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Afterall Online articles, interviews and reviews. Last updated 1st September 2008
Theodor W. Adorno � One Last Genius, by Detlev Claussen Early in Theodor W. Adorno � One Last Genius,¹ Detlev Claussen�s recently translated biography of the Frankfurt School philosopher, Claussen gives the following excerpt from a diary Adorno wrote during a visit to the Alps in the 1960s: �Anyone who has heard the sound made by marmots is unlikely to forget it...	Undecidability as Resistance: The Potential Space of Suspension. Notes on Art Sheffield 08 It is hard to define whether the photograph of Julius Koeller's action of demarcating a tennis court in Time/space Definition of the Psychophysical Activity of Matter 1, 2 (Anti-Happening) (1968) is an artwork, a document of an artwork or a mere event. That this image presents such inconsistencies lends Kllers work a tangible quality of undecidability, a resistance to a straight interpretation. Similarly, in Ryszard Waskos 1973 film Zaprzeczenie (Negation), as the word Nie (No) is either being typed...	*Bill Burns, The Flora and Fauna Information Service* at ICA, London** Bill Burns�s exhibition of The Flora and Fauna Information Service, 0.800.0Fauna0Flora (2008) and Bird Radio¹ (2007�2008), at the ICA in London, put a full supply of nature rescue gear on display. From January to February earlier this year, visitors to the Institute�s digital studio could investigate the varied contents of Burns�s Safety Gear for Small Animals, the �largest museum of safety gear for small animals in the world�. The mini-museum contains: miniature hard hats...	'Lucy Skaer: The Siege' at the Chisenhale Gallery, London Lucy Skaer�s recent exhibition The Siege at the Chisenhale Gallery in London presents a siege-scape in which the positions of victim and victor are legible and clearly defined. Within the ensemble on show here � consisting of new and pre-existing works from her practice � the very process of art-making is posed as Skaer�s battle strategy...