On one of those record-breaking hot days in early September, I took a train to Neuss to see Julian Charrière’s latest show at the Langen Foundation. The venue is located just 20 km…[read on]
Oliver Ressler’s works operate in the space between visual art and activism. He is known for works that delve into the deliberately murky world of fossil fuel extraction and…[read on]
Half of the Brazilian flag is blacked out with oil, its green colour progressively devoured by black. Titled ‘From Abstract Orders to Material Progress’ (2010–2011), it is one of the…[read on]
Oil, that black viscous substance trapped in reservoirs below the earth’s surface, is burned in the blink of an eye but takes millions of years to form. 70% of the “black gold” powering…[read on]
We spoke with Alex Cecchetti about his walk-based project ‘Sentiero’ that can be experienced in the unique setting of the Dolomites, a Unesco World Heritage Site, until September 25th…[read on]
Biotech artist Diana Scherer creates artificial biotopes to grow her root art using soil, seeds, light and subterranean templates from both natural and man-made patterns. The roots follow…[read on]
For the feature topic ‘Slow,’ Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin created a “quiet and suggestive black and white photo essay on the inevitable passing of time and its effects and traces.”…[read on]
Andrea Fourchy’s canvases in ‘Bachelors’ at Société are drawn from the golden age of post-war cinema and glossy magazines when Jet Set 1.0 ruled the skies. Looming over all others amidst…[read on]
“Stillness does something … this is not just downtime, it is about cultivating an attitude of rest,” says Victoria Stanton in our interview about doing nothing as art practice…[read on]
One of the lessons documenta fifteen might, despite itself, teach us this year, is that internationalism does not exist. Like the academic concept of interdisciplinarity, the…[read on]
E-Werk Luckenwalde decided to slow everything down. The curatorial team made use of the circumstances brought about by the pandemic to begin a program of sustainable…[read on]
As the summer heats up and the art world winds down, we will also focus on what it means to slow down or do nothing. This month I will be talking to Victoria Stanton, a Montréal…[read on]
