Article by Emily McDermott // Sept. 05, 2019
Penny Rafferty, Paul Seidler and Max Hampshire speak about their new platform, Ishtar Gate, and its electronic currency, Ishtar, within the framework of STATISTA…[read on]
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]
Interview by Penny Rafferty // Sept. 21, 2018
Ben Elliot treads a fine-line between vacuous consumerism and crushingly emotional terrains. At first glance, you may write this Parisian off as an influencer, party-boy or even a troll, but his soft, off-the-cuff quips…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty // Aug. 8, 2018
Brody Condon’s work seeps into your soul. Using psychological and physical apparatuses the Berlin-based artist moulds the viewer into the work, and the work into the viewer…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty // July 26, 2018
Cesare Pietroiusti has spent years crafting his unique practice, taking it from the psychotherapist’s office into the white cube. Using glitched adage material over matter, Pietroiusti is best known…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty // May 25, 2018
Human communities today are often seen as digital ironies—aka Facebook or a nostalgic nod to a once-loved concept of the Left. But in a quiet dank backyard in South-East London in…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty // Mar. 15, 2018
Sonja Alhäuser’s art practice takes the saying “a feast for the eyes” to a whole new level. She often constructs huge sculptural buffets for her viewers; giant butter-ball cherubs and fountains that overflow with rich red…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Jan. 08, 2018
2017 was the year that the truth about sexual misconduct within the cultural sphere broke the headlines—and not just with high profile individual cases like Harvey Weinstein and Artforum’s Knight Landesman being…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Dec. 26, 2017
Erica Scourti’s practice mixes performance art, autobiographical discourse, and code. Her ‘Empathy Deck’ is literally a bot with feelings: it responds to its Twitter followers with custom-made cards specially…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Nov. 7, 2017
Tomasz Kobialka’s new video ‘Pearl Diving for Wyrms’ explores intervention inside a contemporary gaming psychosis, but from the point of view of the gaming company rather than the player. A majestic dragon…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Oct. 06, 2017
Shag carpet fills one room at Sprüth Magers in Berlin right now, a waxy plastic is emitted from the darkness and eight ambiguous lounging foam figures recline. Waiting for your own body to slip into them, or…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Jul. 21, 2017
Dehlia Hannah’s work traverses both the world of image-making and scientific discourse: she started her research in climate change and art around ten years ago and has repeatedly asked the question…[read on]
