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Posts Tagged ‘Mia Butter’
A City of Searching: An Interview with Viv Li
by Mia Butter // Feb. 12, 2026
Artist and filmmaker Viv Li was born and raised in Beijing, but has lived abroad for 15 years—a fact that has inspired several of her films, in which she navigates identity politics and belonging…[read on]
Letter from the Editor: Weird
by Alison Hugill // Sept. 5, 2025
In literature, “weird fiction” describes a sub-genre of speculative fiction, popularized by authors like H.P. Lovecraft, and characterized by a certain slippery or macabre quality…[read on]
Haptic Yearning: Toyin Ojih Odutola at Hamburger Bahnhof
by Mia Butter // July 8, 2025
Hamburger Bahnhof, as we know it, has only existed since the late 1980s. Previously the terminal station of the Hamburg-Berlin line…[read on]
Not A Retrospective: Amy Sillman at Ludwig Forum
by Mia Butter // May 16, 2025
Definitively not a retrospective, ‘Oh, Clock!’ displays hundreds of works by Amy Sillman from the past 15 years in a way that could be perceived as one–with a twist. In her first museum exhibition in…[read on]
Quiet Acts of Resistance: An Interview with Igor Grubić
by Mia Butter // Apr. 18, 2025
My gateway into activist and artist Igor Grubić’s practice was equal parts jarring and cathartic. Croatian and Serbian voices shouting, gunfire and Missy Elliot’s 2001 hit…[read on]
Letter from the Editor: Public
by Alison Hugill // Mar. 7, 2025
At some point or another, an exhibition text is likely to refer to the public—the audience, the visitor, the viewer. This amorphous category is given a lot of weight and critical responsibility…[read on]
Deadpan Indifference: Louisa Gagliardi at MASI Lugano
by Mia Butter // Feb. 28, 2025
Louisa Gagliardi does not paint, as much as she creates paintings. Describing her practice as “drawing” on her computer falls short of defining what she is really doing…[read on]
Nothing Is Destroyed: Esvin Alarcón Lam
by Mia Butter // Feb. 4, 2025
“All things are alter’d, nothing is destroyed,” writes John Dryden, translating Odin’s ‘Metamorphosis.’ Or M. NourbeSe Philip, who borrows this epigraph from Odin in her book…[read on]
The Disempowered: Leo Naomi Baur at Tanztage Berlin
by Mia Butter // Jan. 14, 2025
“A white, short person with brown short hair” is how Leo Naomi Baur—who is standing on a chair, addressing their audience at Sophiensaele—introduces themselves minutes…[read on]
