Article by Candice Nembhard in Berlin // Jan. 24, 2017
As part of the ‘Utopian Realities—100 Years of Now with Alexandra Kollontal’ Festival, HAU 2 (Hebbel am Ufer) presents a seven object installation by the media artist ::vtol::, alias for the…[read on]
Article by Romily Alice In London // Jan. 20, 2017
Erin Riley’s work is a perpetual fusing of the virtual and the real. Marrying modern concepts with traditional technique, Riley weaves our online lives into large-scale tapestries, asking questions about the value of labour…[read on]
Article by Benjamin Busch in Berlin // Jan. 17, 2017
The history of computation in art is long and varied, continuously shifting to meet the latest update’s minimum requirements. Artists and curators go on about algorithms and their impact on society, but what…[read on]
Article by Ursula Ströbele in Berlin // Jan. 13, 2017
The past year has been an exciting one for VR technology. Carl Goodman, Executive Director of the Museum for Moving Image in New York recently highlighted the paradigm shift: “Virtual reality has been…[read on]
Article by Mitch Speed in Berlin // Jan. 09, 2017
Drones have made killing easier. True as this may be, recent studies have revealed that the screen’s simulation effect is no guarantee against the psychological ravages killers will encounter—even those who operate…[read on]
Article by Penny Rafferty in Berlin // Jan. 04, 2017
Canadian artist Char Davies pioneered the genre now known as immersive virtual reality (VR) in the 1990s. Davies built the famous ‘Osmose’ (1995), a fully immersive artwork that changed the role of the user in radical…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Dec. 25, 2016
How can we capture and represent a changing world, caught in the moment of transition? In the work of Marwan Rechmaoui, a large floor-based black rubber map delineates the entire city of Beirut, sixty individual…[read on]
Franziska Pierwoss and Siska, two artists working both independently and in collaboration, met in Lebanon in 2007 when German-born Pierwoss visited the country…[read on]
Article by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Dec. 14, 2016
Beirut’s Temporary Art Platform is a curatorial platform that develops art projects relating to the public realm. T.A.P. supports and encourages art practices concerned with public space, urban and social design,…[read on]
Christiane Dellbrügge and Ralf de Moll invite us into their minimal, office-like Kreuzberg Wohnstudio – a space established for living and working. Finding the balance…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Dec. 05, 2016
How do we perceive the world as it changes around us, mediating the transition between before and after? How does this process bring with it new meaning, a new understanding of what came first?…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Nov. 30, 2016
I first encountered the work of Belgian-born Philip Aguirre y Otegui at this year’s Ireland Biennale, EVA International, being struck by his new installation ‘Cabinet Mare Nostrum’. Monotone blue, coffin-shaped boats…[read on]