How do we perceive objects when they become “activated” by a performer? Can there be, thereafter, a neutral spectatorship? ‘Forum: Bread and Games’, curated by Natalija Pauni for Open Space Contemporary, reflects on these questions, considering the precariousness of authors’ ideas and authorship.
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Performance of new work by Dimitris Papaioannou: Sisyphus / Trans / Form
The site specific performance commissioned by Collezione Maramotti responds to a world class private collection with challenges about meaning and our interaction with the material world.
Continue Reading...Interview with Jeschkelanger & Hayk Seirig for Empty_Glass 05— a work of art for A Plus A gallery co-created by the artistic duo, the chef, and the public
The artistic duo Jeschkelanger collaborated with chef Hayk Seirig to present Empty_Glass 05. This immersive and overwhelming symposium resulted in an artwork exhibited at A Plus A gallery in Venice for the exhibition Anecdotes on Origin.
Continue Reading...Modes of Performance
Performance is present in many – maybe even all – artworks in some way, given that making is itself a performance. Here are three performative works I’ve liked recently:
Continue Reading...Mimetic food: how Heather Sincavage exposes trauma, and heals from it
Read my interview with Heather Sincavage. The performace artists employs food metaphoric properties (both symbolically and visually) to explore and explode trauma.
Continue Reading...Marroni-Ouanely playful performances teach us to fail, at PUBLIC Gallery
The Italian-French duo Marroni-Ouanely’s debut UK solo exhibition at PUBLIC Gallery is full of unorthodox imperfections. Sit back, smile, and enjoy.
Continue Reading...UPCOMING: The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice
The Salamander Devours its Tail Twice is an international group exhibition, curated by Ashley Middleton, featuring works from emerging and established artists.
Continue Reading...The art of dreaming, or how art can shape dreams
Last week Allegra Shorto launched a new program dedicated to the exploration of dreams through the lense of a wide range of artistic practices. The Freud Museum hosted the first experiment on May 25th
Continue Reading...LIMINALITY 2 (THE UNKNOWN) exploring new cross-disciplinary works in visual-sound-performance.
The second instalment in the LIMINALITY series, exploring new cross-disciplinary works in visual-sound-performance. Focusing on ‘the Unknown’ as a central theme, Liminality 2 includes artists and performers working across diverse practises, from film, installation, sculpture, live performance, drawing and printmaking.
Continue Reading...What’s Wrong With Art: Art Itself
Tabish Khan loves art and visits hundreds of exhibitions a year. But every now and then he comes across something in the art world that doesn’t meet his approval.
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