Articles

New Industries Festival: Industrial (Research)

INDUSTRIAL (Research) asks a deceptively simple question: What happened to industry? This question applies not only to the Ruhr but also to large parts of Belgium, Northern France, Northern England, the USA, and formerly socialist states in Eastern Europe. How does the so-called ‘structural change’ affect communities and landscapes globally? And what are its repercussions in art and popular culture?... READ MORE...

Helsinki Photography Biennial: Basak Senova appointed curator

Helsinki Photography Biennial is pleased to announce the appointment of Basak Senova as curator of HPB14. The biennial is held next year from 27 March to 4 May. In addition, HPB14 has invited Mustarinda Association (Finland) to develop the theme of the 2014 biennial, which examines causal relations regarding ecological issues, and to build a section presenting critical views on images of nature.... READ MORE...

The antiAtlas of Borders. Control systems at sea, land, air and virtual borders

Bypassing cartography, the antiAtlas of 21st century borders (http://antiatlas.net/) programme presents a new approach to the transformation and experience of land, sea, air and virtual borders. It is co-produced by IMéRA - the Mediterranean Institute for Advanced Research of Aix-Marseille University the Higher School of Art of Aix-en-Provence, PACTE (Grenoble University), Isabelle Arvers (curator) and La compagnie (Marseille).... READ MORE...

ST InnovationCUP: experimenting new artistic and cultural productive processes

ST InnovationCUP è uno dei processi di incubazione e ricerca nel rapporto arte, cultura e innovazione più interessanti presenti oggi sul territorio nazionale. Anche se forse, sarebbe più corretto dire che ciò che ha intercettato il mio interesse è che si tratti di uno dei pochissimi progetti (non si offenda nessuno) che lavorano in modo efficace e fattivo sul concetto di Open Research e su dinamiche di produzione culturale moderne e competenti.... READ MORE...

Challenging perception. “SIN”, the first solo exhibition of Mario de Vega

The visitors of “SIN”, Mario de Vega’s first solo exhibition (1979, Mexico City) which opened on June 20th at the Laboratorio Arte Alameda in Mexico City, were requested to first read a sheet with pieces of information on the installations in that exhibition, in order to then sign a declaration of having read and understood the text, of not having recently undergone a surgery operation, as well as of not suffering health problems or upset such as high blood pressure, heart problems, general hypersensitivity, panic attacks, or epilepsy.... READ MORE...

Art is relationality: an interview with Marinella Senatore

Labor was a central theme at the art division of Ipercorpo, a festival organized in Forlì in May 2013 by Città di Ebla and Iagostudio eventi e comunicazione. The three nights of the festival featured a roundtable dedicated to the Forlì collection Verzocchi and more specifically to the topic of collecting organized by curator Davide Ferri. This initiative was combined with the presentation of three artworks that interpreted labor from three different perspectives: video Nui Simu by Marinella Senatore; Il Capo by Yuri Ancarani (see his previous interview for Digicult[1]) and the performance Dove si racconta di profondi sospiri e lunghi pensieri (“place for deep sighs and long thoughts”) by Stefania Galegati Shines.... READ MORE...

Mark Amerika launches digital artworks on Sedition platform

Sedition, the pioneering platform where the world’s most celebrated contemporary artists offer their work as digital limited editions, presents the first trading platform to resell and buy contemporary art in digital format. From Monday 9th September, art collectors will be able to resell editions of purchased artworks that have sold out, and pursue other artworks for their digital collection.... READ MORE...