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Book review: Collect Contemporary Photography

Collect Contemporary Photography by Jocelyn Phillips and Malcolm Cossons. Available on amazon USA and UK. Publisher Thames & Hudson writes: The individual photograph exists as both image and physical...

1 day ago

Make your own lie-detector or see art under a forensic perspective at the Wide Open School

Last week i went to the press view of the Wide Open School that opens on June 11 at the Hayward gallery. I cant remember having ever laughed so much at a press preview. There was a boxing demo, a pub...

3 days ago

An Architectural Time Machine

An architectural Time Machine by architect Heechan Park explores how to create an architectural time-based event. As the machines blow vapour rings that double as ephemeral scent zones, the public no...

4 days ago

The Cold Coast Archive: Future Artifacts from the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

Inside the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Image courtesy Steve Rowell As i mentioned this morning, The Center for PostNatural History in Pittsburgh has recently opened The Cold Coast Archive: Future Art...

5 days ago

#A.I.L - artists in laboratories, episode 2

As announced last week, ive started a programme about art and science for ResonanceFM. The second episode is broadcast today Monday 28 May at 16.30 (GMT.) There will be a repeat on Thursday at 22.30....

5 days ago

Living as Form - Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011

Living as Form - Socially Engaged Art from 1991-2011, edited by Nato Thompson, with essays by Claire Bishop, Maria Lind, Teddy Cruz, Carol Becker, Brian Holmes and Shannon Jackson. (available on amaz...

25 may 12

Subversion in the Arab Art world

Theres an exhibition featuring sci-fi, history, video games, sexuality, soap operas, censorship and a powerful sense of humour at Cornerhouse in Manchester right now. The show is called Subversion an...

22 may 12

#A.I.L - artists in laboratories

The first episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the radio show about art & science/technology im recording for Resonance FM is broadcast today Monday 21 May at 16.30 (GMT.) There will be a rep...

21 may 12

An Ant Ballet at FutureEverything

Yesterday i was in Manchester for the FutureEverything festival. Mostly to see the art exhibition. The festival is up until Saturday but the exhibition remains open until June 10. Its a good show. Sm...

17 may 12

Sony World Photography Awards 2012

Last week, i visited the Sony World Photography Awards 2012 at Somerset House. I object to paying £7.50 to see and exhibition which title starts with the name of a brand. I feel cheated when the show...

13 may 12

My Name Is Janez Janša

Five years ago, three artists legally changed their name to Janez Janša and joined the conservative Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS.) So far, so almost normal. Except that Janez Janša is also he name...

09 may 12

American Dreamers

Nick Cave, Various works. Exhibition view at CCC Strozzina. Photo Martino Margheri Thomas Doyle, Null Cipher, 2006 American Dreamers, the exhibition currently on view at Strozzina, Center for Contemp...

08 may 12

The Chronocyclegraph

I cant remember having ever been disappointed by any of the exhibitions on show at Fotomuseum in Antwerp. The current shows are particularly worth the trip to the city (one of my favourite places in ...

06 may 12

The Immortal, life-support machines keeping each other alive

A number of life-support machines are connected to each other, circulating liquids and air in attempt to mimic a biological structure... The Immortal - preview from Revital Cohen on Vimeo. Revital Co...

04 may 12

Compulsion

4:29pm Van Nuys, 2012 Compulsion, an exhibition of new work by Alex Prager, i saw a few days ago at Michael Hoppen gallery is so impressive Im breaking out of my habit of writing about exhibitions me...

02 may 12

Book review: Utopia & Contemporary Art

Utopia & Contemporary Art, edited by Christian Gether, Stine Høholt and Marie Laurberg. (available on amazon UK and USA.) Publisher Hatje Cantz writes: Utopia has become a controversial concept, span...

29 apr 12

ZOO, or the letter Z, just after Zionism

On Tuesday, i took that decrepit and charming train that goes from Liege to Maastricht to visit one of my favourite architecture centers: NAIM / Bureau Europa. Part of a research on the relationship ...

25 apr 12

Sometimes i actually see fun exhibitions

The title of this post is a nudge to an old friend i met by chance while i was on my way to the BIP, the International Biennale of Photography and the Visual Arts in Liege. I hadnt seen him in ages a...

22 apr 12

Welcome to the Republic of Abkhazia

Since 2009 writer and filmmaker Arnold van Bruggen and photographer Rob Hornstra have been touring around Sochi (Krasnodar Krai, Russia), a small city on the Black Sea that will host the Winter Olymp...

19 apr 12

If this blog became a radio programme

On Friday at 4pm, set your radio to 104.4fm if you live in London and your browser to http://resonancefm.com/ if you dont. Thats when the pilot for programme ive recently recorded for Resonance104.4f...

18 apr 12

Brains: The Mind as Matter

Helen Pynor, Head Ache (detail), 2008 Featuring over 150 artefacts including real brains, artworks, manuscripts, artefacts, videos and photography,Brains: The Mind as Matter follows the long quest to...

16 apr 12

Mind Over Matter

The Wellcome Collection in London has recently opened Brains: The Mind as Matter, a fascinating and informative show that explores what humans have done to brains in the name of medical intervention,...

14 apr 12

Jeremy Deller: Joy in People

A belated review of the exhibition Jeremy Deller - Joy in People... Life Is to Blame for Everything, banner by Jeremy Deller, outside the Hayward Gallery in London. Photograph: David Levene Its alway...

08 apr 12

Visualizing Sound - Representations of Sound in Contemporary Creation

Believe it or not, i enjoy sound art pieces more than many visual art ones. The reason why i hardly ever write about sound art is because i find it particularly challenging to write half intelligentl...

04 apr 12

Robots and Avatars exhibition at FACT, Liverpool

As you might remember, i recently took the train to Liverpool to see the exhibition Robots and Avatars, conceived by design collective body>data>space and FACT. Martin Bricelj Baraga, RoboVox, 2006. ...

04 apr 12

Book review: Visual Storytelling- Inspiring a New Visual Language

Visual Storytelling- Inspiring a New Visual Language, edited by Robert Klanten, Sven Ehmann, Floyd Schulze (available on Amazon USAand UK.) Publisher Gestalten says: Visual storytelling uses graphic ...

02 apr 12

The day I didnt turn with the world

On Tuesday i was in Amsterdam for a conference titled "Im not a Barbarian, Im an Alien at the Dirty Art Department of the Sandberg Institute (with titles like that how could i refuse the invitati...

31 mar 12

Where to see new media art works in London this week

It might appear that London doesnt spare much thought for art & technology. The capital doesnt host any institution specifically dedicated to art & technology, like FACT in Liverpool. Nor does it hav...

26 mar 12

The Moon Goose Analogue: Lunar Migration Bird Facility

Theres only one week left to head to Newcastle, Sunderland, Gateshead and Middlesbrough and visit AV Festival, a biennial of contemporary art, music and film which main theme this year is As Slow As ...

25 mar 12

I love Liverpool

Last week i took the train to Liverpool to see the exhibition Robots and Avatars, conceived by body>data>space at FACT. Proper report will appear next week. In the meantime i felt like singing the pr...

24 mar 12

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