Art

Trance at Tallin Art Hall

In the context of Trance, Tallinn Photomonth 23’s main exhibition, the trance relates to a heightened state of watching: the kind that borders on addictive and is often mediated through screens. The presence of these objects and their attractive glow is so mundane and pervasive that not having one could today give an individual the feeling of isolation from a social context altogether.... READ MORE...

Breaking Ground – Nuit Blanche Toronto

This year’s Nuit Blanche theme, Breaking Ground, encouraged exploration within the arts community to focus on issues related to nature and pioneering change. Specifically, Breaking Ground invites artists to explore themes of climate change, the impact of urban development on communities and collective responsibilities around land and stewardship.... READ MORE...

Energy cultures. Energies, imaginaries, currencies, and nuclear horizons of the planet

Energy has shaped life on earth, cilvilizations and societies throughout history, from the pre-human photosynthetic conversion of solar power into plant biomass, passing through the human-induced CO2-producing carbon fossil fuel including coal, gas, and oil, to hydroelectricity achieved through damming, up to the “very human” mid-20th century use of atomic energy through nuclear fission (the process by which neutrons released from atoms boil water used to generate electricity in turbines). Energy “makes the world go round.”... READ MORE...

Jinjoon Lee: Audible Garden

Utilizzando la tecnica di pittura paesaggistica asiatica (Sansui), i sistemi audio e l’IA come strumenti, Lee esplora lo spazio liminoide e lo stato intermedio, bilanciando delicatamente l’interazione tra arte e natura, suono e silenzio e regno fisico e digitale.... READ MORE...

choreographies of the impossible

Proprio come i loro linguaggi, colpiti dalle sfide quotidiane dei tempi e dei contesti in cui vivono, creano una coreografia di possibilità estetiche e politiche in cui manifestano un sapere e un saper fare che si costruisce, soprattutto, a partire dalla memoria corporea. ... READ MORE...

Atmospheric Heritage: Experimental Preservation Approaches between Art and Science

The 2023 Fitch Preservation Colloquium “Atmospheric Heritage: Experimental Preservation Approaches between Art and Science” is organized by Jorge Otero-Pailos, Professor and Director of the Historic Preservation Program at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). The event will be moderated by Andrés Jaque, Dean of Columbia GSAPP; Carol Becker, Professor of the Arts and Dean Emerita, Columbia University School of the Arts; and Erica Avrami, the James Marston Fitch Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation at Columbia GSAPP... READ MORE...

Launch of SAM Contemporaries at Singapore Art Museum

SAM Contemporaries continues the museum’s commitment to supporting artists’ practices and charting significant developments in contemporary art. Fuelled by collective research, this series is conceived as a platform for artistic and curatorial experimentation, informed by conversations, exchanges and collaborations between curators and artists. Emerging from these collective dialogues are presentations of works and processes that puts forth current trajectories in artistic and curatorial thinking.... READ MORE...

Ulrike Rosenbach: today is tomorrow

Ulrike Rosenbach’s early performances, in which she experiments with video’s technical capabilities of direct recording, storage and playback of videos, sometimes attaching cameras to her body, received wide international acclaim. Through her participation in landmark exhibitions such as documenta 6 (1977) and documenta 8 (1987), Rosenbach became the most renowned German performance and video artist of her time.... READ MORE...

RE:HUMANISM III edition SPARKS AND FRICTIONS

Dramaturgy created by artificial neural networks, bizarre sea creatures, virtual biomes, new ways of imagining space exploration and the possibility of falling in love with an artificial intelligence: it is the near future according to the gaze of twelve artists from India, from China, the United Kingdom, the United States, Slovenia and Spain, as well as a large group of Italian artists.... READ MORE...

ARTIVISM: The Art of Subverting Power

Il programma presenta tecniche e metodi per creare giustizia sociale e politica grazie all’uso delle tecnologie digitali per la consapevolezza sociale e la critica politica. I relatori invitati spaziano da artisti, attivisti politici e sviluppatori a difensori dei diritti umani e narratori della verità. ... READ MORE...