Posts Tagged ‘Walter Benjamin’
Performing the Political in Drag: An Interview with Olympia Bukkakis
Interview by Ilyn Wong // May 31, 2019
For the Berliner Tanztage in March of this year, the performer Olympia Bukkakis presented ‘Gender Euphoria’, a performance-lecture-cabaret show that proposes drag as a way to experience not only a sense of euphoria…[read on]
Announcement // 57th Venice Biennale: ‘Viva Arte Viva’
Article by Lisa Birch in Berlin // May 06, 2017
The city of Venice will shortly open its doors once again to present the 57th edition of the Venice Biennale. This year’s main exhibition is titled ‘Viva Arte Viva’ and is curated by Christine Macel, the chief curator of the…[read on]
Migration // ‘Uncertain States’ at Akademie der Künste
Article by Brit Seaton in Berlin // Nov. 25, 2016
Akademie der Künste’s exhibition ‘Uncertain States’ presents an contemporary and archival works, standing as artistic resistance against human crisis…[read on]
Space // A Speculative Fiction: Femina Subtetrix at Ivan Gallery, Bucharest
Article by Alison Hugill // Sept. 23, 2015
The title of the current exhibition by Larisa Crunţeanu and Sonja Hornung, Femina Subtetrix, suggests an underlying feminist counter-narrative, a pseudo sci-fi speculative invention perhaps. This initial…[read on]
Exhibition // Top 6 at the Venice Biennale
Article by Anna Russ in Venice // May 15, 2015
The iconic canals of Venice are once again flooded with visitors for the Venice Biennale, a major international contemporary art…[read on…]
Announcement // 56th Venice Biennale: All the World’s Futures
Article by Nora Kovacs – in Berlin // Apr. 26, 2015
The countdown for the Venice Biennale has begun yet again, with the 56th International Art Exhibition kicking off on May 9th this year and running until…[read on…]
Interview // Nezaket Ekici: (After) Love at Last Sight
Article by Anna Wallace-Thompson – in London; Tuesday, Apr. 01, 2014.
Exhibition // Unfolding Process: Katja Strunz at Contemporary Fine Arts
Article by Alison Hugill // Dec. 05, 2013
Katja Strunz is known for subtly weaving complex artistic references through her work. From Walter Benjamin’s Marxist concept of history to Constructivist allusions, the geometrical shapes and…[read on]
Exhibition // Judy Radul: This Is Television
Blog Post by Jazmina Figueroa – in Berlin; Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013.