My invitation to the studio of artist Euan Williams came with strict instructions to bring a pen: “It shouldn’t be a biro, or water resistant, it should be an ink that could…[read on]
By Nora Kovacs // Sept. 30, 2015
When it was first announced that musical artist Jamie XX, visual artist Olafur Eliasson, and choreographer Wayne McGregor would be coming together to collaborate on an adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s…[read on]
Anne Duk Hee Jordan’s studio is a cross between a metal workshop and a wunderkammer, neatly divided down the middle. Against the far window sill she has carefully…[read on]
Article by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin; Tuesday, Apr. 21, 2015.
Andreas Greiner‘s artwork has a mind of its own. The German artist does more than create sculptures or installations; he gives life to his pieces, catalyzing a sort of domino effect of artistic occurrences that build off one another until they can continue no more…[read on…]
Article by Alison Hugill – in Berlin; Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014.
The latest retrospective at the Bauhaus-Archiv in Berlin is a fully immersive experience: a curatorial feat rarely realized in big institutions, but absolutely crucial to the nature of this exhibition. The show is a survey of Hungarian, Bauhaus heavyweight László Moholy-Nagy’s early preoccupation with a full sensorial education…[read on…]
Blog Post by Alena Sokhan – in Berlin; Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014.
The ground floor of the Neue Nationalgalerie, a usually stark and airy space, is now filled with a neat forest of 143 towering tree trunks. Roughly debarked, the columns have a mottled texture that contrasts with the sleekness of the reflected floor…[read on…]
Article by Alexandra Borras – in Berlin; Tuesday, Jul. 23, 2013.
The opening at Institut für Raumexperimente presented a series of experiments by students who have participated in the last semester of Professor Olafur Eliasson´s class. The institute has a purpose to re-invent the educational strategies of art studies. Supported by the Einstein Foundation Berlin and affiliated with…[read on…]
Article by Gustav Åkerberg – in New York City; Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012.
Once again, lights shine from a somewhat dreamy Manhattan skyline.
Same same but different as some buildings still gape empty, tearing
up dark holes in the dramatic scenery, reminding one of what went down…[read on…]
Article by Natasha Klimenko – in Berlin; Thursday, Nov. 01, 2012.
The vastness of space spills beyond the eye’s sight, beyond the photograph’s frame, beyond the body’s physical capacity for travel. Without a landmark, the space loses perspective meaning, expanding and contracting with no definite boundary points. There is nothing to suggest how large the given landscape is. Were you located in the space, you would find yourself…[read on…]
This past week, the art world, collectors and art enthusiasts flooded to Miami for Art Basel Miami, the leading international art show in the Americas. This year, the fair celebrated…[read on]
Walking into the darkened Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, one is drawn by a soft flickering across the room. Approaching this glow – its source initially blocked by a large structure…[read on]
