Q&As
‘Affect Archives’ at Berlin Biennale 11: An Interview with Sinthujan Varatharajah
Article by Judith Vallette // July 10, 2020
For their ‘exp. 3,’ the 11th Berlin Biennale presents Sinthujan Varatharajah and Osías Yanov’s exhibition ‘Affect Archives.’ In the exhibition, Varatharajah and Yanov concentrate on the body and movement…[read on]
Towards a Transversal Pedagogy: Ahmet Ögüt and the Silent University
by Cristina Ramos // July 03, 2020
The Silent University is a solidarity-based knowledge exchange platform by displaced people and forced migrants. It is led by a group of lecturers, consultants and research fellows who share this background…[read on]
Cyclical Storytelling: An Interview with Britta Marakatt-Labba
by Alison Hugill // June 23, 2020
Britta Marakatt-Labba, a Sámi textile artist and painter, grew up in a reindeer-herding family in the Northernmost region of Sweden. For the Sámi, who have lived across the borders of the countries today known as…[read on]
Inside a Missing Room: An Interview with Lundahl & Seitl
Interview by Elizabeth Schippers // June 23, 2020
‘AmissingRoom’ is an artwork to be experienced in the evening, when it gets darker and the moon might be seen peeking from behind a tree in your housing block’s garden. Previously shown in various…[read on]
Between Seeing and Perceiving: An Interview with Aleksandra Domanović
Article by Elizabeth Schippers // June 19, 2020
In one corner of the exhibition space, the walls are covered with prints of dots: overlapping dots, intersecting dots, eyes looking the visitor up and down, meeting our gaze. The prints also include adaptations of the text…[read on]
Privileging Utterances as Forms: An Interview with Allison Janae Hamilton
by Jack Radley // June 12, 2020
Allison Janae Hamilton triangulates her artwork between her Kentucky birth, Florida upbringing, and Tennessee family farm. The swamps simmer beneath skewers of skinny pines. The crickets commandeer conversations…[read on]
Art as a Political Tool: An Interview with Máret Ánne Sara
by Elizabeth Schippers // June 09, 2020
A cascade of bones spirals down from the ceiling, creating a fluid motion reminiscent of that of a wind chime. For ‘Spirals of the Pile’ (2018), the reindeer jaws, reused from her previous pieces, are carefully…[read on]
What Does It Mean to Paint a Landscape? Hannah Brown and Rebecca Partridge in Conversation
June 05, 2020
As part of a growing number of artists who are addressing landscape through the traditional medium of painting, we invited Hannah Brown and Rebecca Partridge to have a conversation, which took…[read on]
Alchemical Observation: An Interview with Jan Eric Wold Skevik
Interview by Hannah Carroll Harris // May 26, 2020
A steel mountainous landscape steadily deteriorates in its brine-filled vitrine, turning the once-clear liquid a corrosive dusty orange; a hanging plastic sheet rhythmically moves to a draft of air in the…[read on]
Agro-Ecology, Collectivity and the Post-Pastoral: An Interview with Fernando García-Dory
Interview by Cristina Ramos // May 22, 2020
The shift from consumer aesthetics toward an understanding of agriculture and the rural(s) as a sphere for artistic research is the basis of Spanish artist Fernando García-Dory’s work. Combining locally-rooted…[read on]
On Porn and Other Healing Art Forms: An Interview with Rachel Mason
May 21, 2020
In April of this year, Rachel Mason’s documentary ‘Circus of Books’ premiered on Netflix to great acclaim. The film is an intimate portrayal of her parents’ experience as a straight Jewish couple running a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles…[read on]