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Kamal Aljafari: Inhabiting Gestures

Kamal Aljafari: Inhabiting Gestures

Gaia Tedone

Kamal Aljafari: Inhabiting Gestures

Gaia Tedone

On the occasion of Kamal Aljafari's screening in London, Gaia Tedone unpacks the relationship between...

Published 28.03.12

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The Changing Times: Cevdet Erek and Hannah Weinberger

The Changing Times: Cevdet Erek and Hannah Weinberger

Monika Szewczyk

The Changing Times: Cevdet Erek and Hannah Weinberger

Monika Szewczyk

Comparing two recent solo exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Basel, Monika Szewczyk detects shifts in attitude...

Published 21.03.12

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Lis Rhodes: Grammars of Looking and Grammars of Language

Lis Rhodes: Grammars of Looking and Grammars of Language...

Lucy Reynolds

Lis Rhodes: Grammars of Looking and Grammars of Language

Lucy Reynolds

Lucy Reynolds reflects on Lis Rhodes's convergences and overlappings of sound and image, text and...

Published 16.03.12

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Artists at Work: Alice Channer

Artists at Work: Alice Channer

Line Ellegaard

Artists at Work: Alice Channer

Line Ellegaard

British artist Alice Channer’s sculptural practice is deeply concerned with the way things are made;...

Published 01.03.12

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‘The Potosi Principle’ – Alice Creischer, Max Jorge Hinderer and Andreas Siekmann – full video

‘The Potosi Principle’ – Alice Creischer, Max Jorge Hinderer...

‘The Potosi Principle’ – Alice Creischer, Max Jorge Hinderer and Andreas Siekmann – full video

On 8 February 2012, Alice Creischer, Andreas Siekmann and Max Jorge Hinderer reflected upon their...

Published 20.02.12

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Artists at Work: Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum

Artists at Work: Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum...

Paula Barriobero

Artists at Work: Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum

Paula Barriobero

Artist duo Iratxe Jaio & Klaas van Gorkum produce performances, videos, publications and actions, interrogating not...

Published 08.02.12

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Cara Tolmie: Chinese Whispers

Cara Tolmie: Chinese Whispers

John Douglas Millar

Cara Tolmie: Chinese Whispers

John Douglas Millar

John Douglas Millar discusses the performances of emerging artist Cara Tolmie, in the context of...

Published 01.02.12

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Nancy Buchanan: Ethical Provocations (photo essay)

Nancy Buchanan: Ethical Provocations (photo essay)

Audrey Chan

Nancy Buchanan: Ethical Provocations (photo essay)

Audrey Chan

Nancy Buchanan's practice posits the audience as participants in a conversation on the gendered body...

Published 10.01.12

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Jeff Wall in conversation with David Campany – full audio

Jeff Wall in conversation with David Campany – full...

Jeff Wall in conversation with David Campany – full audio

On 23 November 2011, following the recent addition to Afterall’s  One Work  book series,  Jeff Wall: P...

Published 13.12.11

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Mary Simpson: Leap/Linger

Mary Simpson: Leap/Linger

Isla Leaver-Yap

Mary Simpson: Leap/Linger

Isla Leaver-Yap

Mary Simpson's work discusses the intimacy of the bodily gesture and the oddly distancing close-up...

Published 18.11.11

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Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Kathy Noble

Laure Prouvost: Excited in Slow Motion

Kathy Noble

Kathy Noble takes a disorientating journey with Laure Prouvost's newly commissioned film sequence and installations,...

Published 03.11.11

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Artists at Work: BADco.

Artists at Work: BADco.

Josefine Wikström

Artists at Work: BADco.

Josefine Wikström

Josefine Wikström interviews the theatre collective BADCo. about their work at the Venice Biennale and...

Published 19.10.11

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Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)...

Natasha Ginwala

Geeta Kapur: On the Curatorial in India (Part 2)

Natasha Ginwala

For several decades now, Geeta Kapur has both shaped and documented India's contemporary art scene....

Published 03.10.11

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Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Ron Hanson

Artist at Work: Yao Jui-chung

Ron Hanson

In this interview with Ron Hanson, Taiwanese artist Yao Jui-chung explains his country's context of...

Published 06.09.11

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Do not go gentle...

Do not go gentle...

Charles Esche

Do not go gentle...

Charles Esche

Co-founder of Afterall and director of the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, Charles Esche passes impassioned...

Published 31.08.11

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Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political uses

Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political...

Line Ellegaard

Publications on (not only) art: cultural, social and political uses

Line Ellegaard

Earlier this summer, Afterall teamed up with partners UNIA arteypensamiento , ...

Published 03.08.11

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