Articles

Improptu

Schwartz Gallery introduces IMPROMPTU the first exhibition in a series of projects initiated by Schwartz Projects, a new exhibitions strategy which seeks out dynamic and more flexible models of exhibition-making in line with current debates about curatorial practice.... READ MORE...

Climate for Change

For its first new exhibition of 2009, its UNsustainable year, FACT is proud to present "Climate for Change", a unique experiment in activism, engagement and networking, examining the multiple crises affecting the planet – ecological, financial, food and housing... READ MORE...

The Influencers 2009: Analog Guerrillas

This year from 5 th to 7 th February The Influencers festival was held at the premises of the CCCB in Barcelona. The minds that are behind this exciting event, at its fifth edition, are: Bani ( lively and curious curator and designer), Eva and Franco Mattes ( 0100101110101101.org), and Marco Deseriis (journalist, researcher at the Department of Media, Culture and Communication of New York University and author of the book 'Net Art, the art of connecting'). The large audience consists of people of all ages, many supporters who go every year to the Catalan capital just for this event not to be missed.... READ MORE...

Il Mormorio Della Scissione

La rapida crescita dello sviluppo tecnologico a cui oggi assistiamo ci inghiotta di continuo i nudi piedi appena appoggiati. La via ferrata che ognuno di noi percorre finisce cos" a trasformarsi in un'arrampicata libera che ci lascia sospesi sopra un varco di domande, incertezze e perplessitˆ. All'infinita montagna di informazioni che continua ad espandersi senza sosta attorno e dentro l'epidermide, si  deciso di rispondere con una progressiva e programmata scissione e specializzazione dei saperi.... READ MORE...

Philippe Parreno: No Ghost Just A Shell

I would like to begin this presentation of the work of a great French video artist and experimental filmmaker Philippe Parreno, with two specific terms: 'acquisition' and 'definition'. These are living a new semantic splendour inside the vocabulary of new technologies, mainly connected to the world of images, or the properties of images in function to their relationship as objects, even if virtual objects... READ MORE...

Jan Rohlf: Musical(mind)

Jan Rohlf is a young artist originally from Tübingen, who from 1994 lives and works in Berlin . Jan in mainly a visual artist, but he is also engaged in various collaborations and cultural projects. Together with Oliver Baurhenn and Remco Schuurbiers, he's co-founder and artistic director of ClubTransmediale - International Festival for Adventurous Music and Related Visual Arts (CTM).... READ MORE...