Posts Tagged ‘video art’
Art as Counter-Ritual: ‘A Fire In My Belly’ at JSC Berlin
by Dagmara Genda // Mar. 9, 2021
A ritual highlights a given social practice and renders it symbolic on another, often spiritual, level, thereby legitimizing and expanding certain structures or, at other…[read on]
‘The Mesh and the Circle’: Mariana Caló and Francisco Queimadela at Berlinische Galerie’s IBB Video Space
by Intissare Aamri // Oct. 6, 2020
Flames, silver cutlery and humming bees, the drifting hand is the silent narrator but also the protagonist. This fragmentary film is immersed in the idea of transformation…[read on]
Open Call for Public Video Art Exhibition Switch 2020
Sept. 1, 2020
Since its initiation in 2008, the Switch project has aimed to investigate the connection between art works and their sites by exhibiting lens-based works in the public sphere…[read on]
Gaming, Visibility and Black Trans Experience: An Interview with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley
by Judith Vallette // Aug. 14, 2020
Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is a London- and Berlin-based Black trans artist, game developer and mother. Through video game aesthetics and technologies, Brathwaite-Shirley aims to bring to the forefront the experiences…[read on]
The Revival of Language: An Interview with Synnøve Persen
Interview by Denisa Tomkova // May 12, 2020
We talked to Synnøve Persen about her Sámi origin, her work as a visual artist, activist and poet, and about her video work in the upcoming exhibition ‘The White, the Green, and the Dark’ at…[read on]
Politics of the Body in Emília Rigová’s Practice
Article by Denisa Tomkova // Apr. 29, 2020
Emília Rigová is a Slovak visual artist and academic of Roma origin. She teaches art at the Matej Bel University in Slovakia, where she established the Department of Roma Art and Culture in 2019…[read on]
Conflictual Topographies in Rosa Barba’s Film Installations
Article by Hannah Carroll Harris // Apr. 28, 2020
To encounter Rosa Barba’s expansive filmic installations in the flesh is to experience an expert unravelling of the documentary format and a rethinking of how we bear witness…[read on]
A Hypothetical Show for a Very Real Crisis: M Woods’ Virtual Exhibition
by Hannah Carroll Harris // Apr. 22, 2020
As galleries scramble to reconsider the way audiences experience art in the wake of widespread institutional closure, it seems obvious that the world should turn to the…[read on]
Art in the Time of Corona: A Solitary Encounter with Daniel Steegman Mangrané’s ‘Fog Dog’
Article by Dagmara Genda // Mar. 27, 2020
It could be cynical to say that Daniel Steegman Mangrané should consider himself lucky for the chain of events that have made ‘Fog Dog’ at Esther Schipper even more alienating, uncanny and strange…[read on]
The Emotional Juxtapositions of Gernot Wieland
Mar. 03, 2020
In much of his output, the Austrian-born, Berlin-based artist Gernot Wieland juxtaposes fact and fiction, horror and humor, and profundity and triviality.…[read on]
Open Call for Dlectricity 2020 Festival of Art and Light in Detroit
Feb. 16, 2020
Applications are now open for Dlectricity 2020. Dlectricity is Detroit’s festival of art and light that showcases site-specific installations by established and emerging artists from the…[read on]