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Jesse Darling

by Emily Watlington // May 14, 2019

A piano with some of its panels removed and innards exposed sits in Jesse Darling’s Berlin studio. It’s a broken piano they got for free,…[read on]

Fluid Identities in a Landscape Beyond the Keys: An Interview with ¥€$Si Perse

Interview by Penny Rafferty // May 03, 2019
¥€$Si Perse is, in the words of its creators, “a fiction suit – a hyperstitional interface” that allows its wearers to enter into alternative narratives. This acts as both a point of departure from this world and a form of…[read on]

Cyfem and Queer – Creamcake’s 2nd Symposium

Article by Johanna Hardt // Apr. 23, 2019
Creamcake’s second experimental symposium on cyber- and technofeminist thinking, took place a couple of weeks ago at Berlin’s aquarium and Südblock, two community-run spaces right next to each other…[read on]

The Art of Anticipation: Anne Imhof’s ‘Sex’ at Tate Modern

Article by Nora Kovacs // Apr. 17, 2019
The anticipation surrounding the latest BMW Tate Live Exhibition at Tate Modern had been palpable in the months leading up to it, this March. The exhibition, titled ‘Sex’, carried a mysterious air…[read on]

Mirrors and Windows: An Interview with Alec Soth

Interview by Emily McDermott // Apr. 09, 2019
Following what he calls a “full-on mystical experience” in 2016 in Helsinki, photographer Alec Soth pressed pause on his familiar routine of traveling, giving talks, hosting workshops and taking photographs…[read on]

Seat Assignment: An Interview with Nina Katchadourian

Interview by Michelle Standley // Apr. 05, 2019
In honor of this month’s ‘Travel’ theme, we sat down with the New York and Berlin-based interdisciplinary artist Nina Katchadourian, whose work largely deals with the pleasures and pains of crossing borders…[read on]

Loaded Souvenirs: A Guided Tour of ‘Ostalgie’ with Henrike Naumann

Interview by Nina Prader // Mar. 26, 2019
Once again, Henrike Naumann is tasked with installing the last exhibition in a space before a change: ‘Ostalgie’ is the farewell show at KOW’s Brunnenstraße address. In this “Abrissparty” (demolition party),…[read on]

Where Are We?: Eric Baudelaire Traces An Existential Journey in Also Known as Jihadi

Article by William Kherbek // Mar. 22, 2019
“Where are we?” As the opening images of Eric Baudelaire’s Also Known as Jihadi appeared, depicting what I would later learn were the streets and neighborhoods of Val-de-Marne in France, the…[read on]

Here and Now: The Local Ethos of Aki Aora

Article by Sarah Messerschmidt // Mar. 18, 2019
Aki Aora, a residency programme in Tulum, Mexico, cultivates a particular focus on the local, aiming to include, and possibly even highlight, those working at the regional level…[read on]

Classical Female Portraiture and the Art of Constraint: An Interview with Ewa Juszkiewicz

Interview by Lucia Longhi // Mar. 01, 2019
Ewa Juszkiewicz’s work stems from a substantial failure in the history of art: the portrayal of women. Rather than the depiction of a person, portraits of women – especially in the Renaissance – were a composition…[read on]

Embracing Loss: Tracey Emin’s ‘A Fortnight of Tears’ at White Cube Bermondsey

Article by Celia Wickham // Feb. 26, 2019
‘A Fortnight of Tears’, Tracey Emin’s latest major exhibition currently on display at White Cube in Bermondsey (London), features a vast range of work, from neon and sculpture, to paintings and drawings, to photographs and film…[read on]

The Invention of Science: An Interview with SAVVY Contemporary

Interview by Berlin Art Link // Feb. 19, 2019
This year SAVVY Contemporary has announced a programme of exhibitions, research projects, events and collaborations with partners like the Rachel Carson Centre, under the heading ‘The Invention of Science’…[read on]