Cory Arcangel wearing an multi-function scarf from his clothing line, Arcangel Surfware. Courtesy of the artist
All art evolves with time: what was once cutting edge may now feel outmoded, while something that was previously forgettable might today seem prescient.
Few artists are as tied to this cycle as Cory Arcangel, who is known for his alternately crude and clever interventions into the technologies that are so embedded in our daily lives, we forget to take account of their influence. He’s hacked Nintendo cartridges, created computers that send “out of office” replies back and forth to each other forever, and reimagined Modernist musical compositions with Youtube videos of cats walking on pianos.
Prix Pictet, Confinement
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More than 40 photographers shortlisted for the prestigious Prix Pictet photography prize since 2008 cast their eye over a world depleted by the Cobid-19 pandemic in
Prix Pictet, Confinement. High-profile names such as Naoya Hatakeyama of Japan, London-born Susan Derges and the US photographer Joel Sternfeld give their own personal responses, in texts and imagery, to the devastation caused by the coronavirus crisis. The US photojournalist Ed Kashi shows sufferers being transported to hospital by the emergency services while the French photographer Stéphane Couturier focuses on “buildings in Brasilia’s banking sector [representing] a world that has suddenly become obsolete”. Activist Shahidul Alam’s image is pithily summed up in its title:
Kunsthal Rotterdam Invites Visitors to Enter the Realm of Animal Art
We Are Animals Exhibition is a tribute to humanity’s loving and cruel coexistence with the other living beings on this planet.
December 23, 2020, 9:00 am
6. Daniel Firman, Nasutamanus, 2012, Courtesy the artist and Perrotin
Feathered polar bears, wild wolves, cuddly cats, and a rabbit with extremely long ears, this spring the
Kunsthal Rotterdam is inviting its visitors to enter the realm of animal art. One of the leading cultural institutes of the Netherlands, Kunsthal, is hosting the exhibition dedicated to extraordinary animal creations named
“We Are Animals”.
This provocative selection will feature the works by over thirty contemporary artists, including
By Nellie Killian & Jon Dieringer
dec 22, 2020 All images: Masao Adachi smokes a cigarette, screenshot on Zoom, from an evening copresented by Collaborative Cataloging Japan.
As 2020 comes to a close, and we mark nearly one year of navigating the effects of COVID-19, we ve invited a group of curators and programmers to reflect on how they ve evolved their work to meet their mission during these uncertain times. Previously, we published Paolo Pedercini on LIKELIKE Online and Nimrod Vardi and Curator Rebecca Edwards on arebyte Gallery. Today, Nellie Killian and Jon Dieringer on Screen Slate s year outside the screening room.
The year 2019 was clarifying for Screen Slate. For nearly a decade we had been an all-volunteer effort dedicated to listings and coverage of New York City’s repertory/independent film and media art scene essentially any screen outside a multiplex, including galleries and DIY spaces. After declining an unexpected buyout offer from a venture capitalist wh
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From the premiere of Aby Warburg’s
Mnemosyne Atlas in Berlin to Corita Kent’s political prints in Innsbruck
If there’s anything positive to say about 2020, then it’s that we were given the chance to rethink the status quo. We were asked to re-evaluate our priorities, to listen to those in need and to expand our knowledge in areas where we previously had blind spots. In many ways, 2020 has been a series of lessons in unlearning ignorance – something that art can contribute to as well, I believe. Here are a few highlights from some of the remarkable exhibitions that were on view in this unprecedented year: