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BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

Sissu Tarka

BorderXing: Heath Bunting, Sissu Tarka

Sissu Tarka

In August 2007, the artist Heath Bunting and I agreed to exchange SMS messages during...

Published 19.03.09

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How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli about La Cecilia

How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli...

Rosa Lleó

How to Film History: An Interview with Jean-Louis Comolli about La Cecilia

Rosa Lleó

Jean-Louis Comolli in conversation with Rosa Lleó

Published 05.03.09

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'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Brian Sholis

'theanyspacewhatever' at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Brian Sholis

Some claim that art historians and curators, like fashion designers in search of fresh inspiration,...

Published 05.02.09

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Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Mike Sperlinger

Artists at Work: Emily Wardill

Mike Sperlinger

Film-maker Emily Wardill discusses her films The Diamond (Descartes' Daughter) and Sea...

Published 27.01.09

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'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum

'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius...

Antonia von Schoening

'The Collections of Barbara Bloom' at the Martin Gropius Bau Museum

Antonia von Schoening

For Barbara Bloom, the mere idea of a retrospective is reprehensible. Her installations have...

Published 22.01.09

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Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart

Missing Prospects: A Reflection on Prospect.1 New Orleans

Natalie Sciortino-Rinehart

It is impossible to ignore the catastrophic - to do so would discredit our humanity,...

Published 19.01.09

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52nd London Film Festival 2008

52nd London Film Festival 2008

George Clark

52nd London Film Festival 2008

George Clark

'By chance, in 1980, I was struck by a scene in a TV documentary about...

Published 15.01.09

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Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

David Noriega

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

David Noriega

Wild Combination is director Matt Wolf's self-described filmic 'portrait' of Arthur Russell, the...

Published 06.01.09

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Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Andrew Berardini

Artists at Work: Piero Golia

Andrew Berardini

Piero Golia in conversation with Andrew Berardini

Published 15.12.08

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Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Coline Milliard

Allen Ruppersberg at the Camden Arts Centre

Coline Milliard

'Art should be familiar and enigmatic, just as human beings themselves', wrote Allen Ruppersberg in...

Published 02.12.08

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documenta 12 at Kassel

documenta 12 at Kassel

Lisette Lagnado

documenta 12 at Kassel

Lisette Lagnado

Roger M. Buergel, artistic director of documenta 12, has done what no one else has...

Published 27.11.08

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Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Broken Americas: The Cool World and The Exiles

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer

Two recently resurrected films from the fringes of early 1960s American independent cinema put forth...

Published 19.11.08

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Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Markéta Stará

Rafani collective at the Vaclav Spala Gallery, Prague

Markéta Stará

The Rafani collective is one of a handful of activist art groups in the Czech...

Published 13.11.08

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A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts, Marfa, TX

A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts,...

Mary Walling Blackburn

A Politics of Tears: The Museum of Useless Efforts, Marfa, TX

Mary Walling Blackburn

A multi-national art industry seems to have air-dropped its contemporary art institutions onto the vast...

Published 05.11.08

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‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló

‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de...

Pedro de Llano

‘Cold Cuts: John Knight' at Espai d’art contemporani de Castelló

Pedro de Llano

In Cold Cuts, the California Conceptualist John Knight addresses the history of illegal...

Published 28.10.08

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'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War' at the Centre Pompidou

'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War'...

Sarah-Neel Smith

'The Anxious: Five Artists Under the Pressure of War' at the Centre Pompidou

Sarah-Neel Smith

In 1985 a Lebanese communist called Jamal Satti made three attempts to record a final...

Published 21.10.08

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Tony Conrad: On the Threshold

Tony Conrad: On the Threshold

George Clark

Tony Conrad: On the Threshold

George Clark

On Saturday 14 June 2008, the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in London was filled...

Published 13.10.08

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Artists at Work: Haris Epaminonda

Artists at Work: Haris Epaminonda

Sonia Campagnola

Artists at Work: Haris Epaminonda

Sonia Campagnola

Haris Epaminonda in conversation with Sonia Campagnola

Published 07.10.08

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James Coleman, Background, 1991–1994, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

James Coleman, Background, 1991–1994, at the Irish Museum of...

Tim Stott

James Coleman, Background, 1991–1994, at the Irish Museum of Modern Art

Tim Stott

Although his influence cannot be overstated, with Doug Aitken, Douglas Gordon, and Steve McQueen amongst...

Published 03.10.08

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54th Oberhausen Short Film Festival

54th Oberhausen Short Film Festival

Melissa Gronlund

54th Oberhausen Short Film Festival

Melissa Gronlund

In Lis Rhodes's expanded cinema piece Light Music (1973) two beams of light,...

Published 17.09.08

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Theodor W. Adorno – One Last Genius, by Detlev Claussen

Theodor W. Adorno – One Last Genius, by Detlev...

Carl-Filip Brück

Theodor W. Adorno – One Last Genius, by Detlev Claussen

Carl-Filip Brück

Anyone who has heard the sound made by marmots is unlikely to forget it. To...

Published 01.09.08

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Undecidability as Resistance: The Potential Space of Suspension. Notes on Art Sheffield 08

Undecidability as Resistance: The Potential Space of Suspension. Notes...

Gil Leung

Undecidability as Resistance: The Potential Space of Suspension. Notes on Art Sheffield 08

Gil Leung

It is hard to define whether the photograph of Julius Koeller's action of demarcating a...

Published 15.08.08

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'Bill Burns: The Flora and Fauna Information Service' at the ICA

'Bill Burns: The Flora and Fauna Information Service' at...

Jennifer Gabrys

'Bill Burns: The Flora and Fauna Information Service' at the ICA

Jennifer Gabrys

Bill Burns's exhibition at the ICA put a full supply of nature rescue gear on...

Published 09.08.08

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'Lucy Skaer: The Siege' at the Chisenhale Gallery

'Lucy Skaer: The Siege' at the Chisenhale Gallery

'Lucy Skaer: The Siege' at the Chisenhale Gallery

Lucy Skaer's recent exhibition 'The Siege' (2008) at the Chisenhale Gallery in London presents a...

Published 26.06.08

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