Article by Nat Marcus in Berlin // Nov. 28, 2016
The textual, alphabetical characters spelling out subtitles also become acting, narrative characters in the films of Berlin-based Amelia Umuhire. As self-taught director, Umuhire represents the…[read on]
Article by Beatrix Joyce in Berlin // Nov. 27, 2016
Speech is perhaps the most direct form of communication available to the human race. By selectively using words that have been sourced from a vast vocabulary, any given person is able to express their thoughts and…[read on]
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]
Article by Nat Marcus in Berlin // Nov. 21, 2016
As a premise, Embassy for the Displaced could seem like a bureau written into a Borges story: the design-based collective remains anonymous, and explicitly defines itself as an institution, a consulate general of…[read on]
Article by Alison Hugill in Berlin // Nov. 18, 2016
Norwegian artist Marianne Heier is known for her politically-charged performance and installation works. While practice work has always been underpinned by anti-capitalist aims, she’s taken on a series of pertinent issues…[read on]
Article by Brit Seaton in Berlin // Nov. 14, 2016
Through the photographic and sculptural works in ‘Unnecessary Warsaw Correspondent’, Katharina Marszewski presents a meditation on her migration from her native city of Warsaw, and her own…[read on]
Article by Nina Prader in Berlin // Nov. 09, 2016
Berlin is brimming with transient artists. Originally from Uruguay, Madrid-based artist Veronika Marquez was artist-in-resident at Institut für alles Mögliche in Wedding for the past three months…[read on]
Article by TL Andrews in Berlin // Nov. 04, 2016
How do you argue against ideas that should have died long ago; ideas that, theoretically, should have been debunked by 70 years of scholarly analysis; ideas that against all odds still seem to be roaming the earth like…[read on]
Article by Mitch Speed in Berlin // Nov. 02, 2016
Should you become stranded in space, fear not. You have only to consult the shuttle’s closet. There you will find supplies to jerry-rig a quick fix. This was the no frills solution suggested by the big-budget 1995 American…[read on]
Article by Louisa Elderton in Berlin // Oct. 31, 2016
Refractions of light emanate from the gaps between the edges of a mirrored cube, patterned beams echoing around the room over and over again, creating an expanding immaterial matrix; bright light peeps …[read on]
Article by Lee Escobedo in Dallas // Oct. 28, 2016
Aurora—Dallas’ biennial, public and free art exhibition— will take over the Dallas Arts District again in 2017, and if this past weekend’s Prelude was any indication, it will be a much-improved version. Much of the…[read on]
Article by Julian Bachmann in Munich // Oct. 25, 2016
The Lightart Festival took place for the first time in Weilheim, Bavaria last week. As Philipp Geist, one of the most famous light artists in the world, was born and raised in Weilheim, it was high time…[read on]