TBA21–Academy’s program at Ocean Space encourages the creation of transformative visions for the future nurtured through participatory practices and experiences.
Danish art collective Superflex discuss their ambitious ongoing project, Super Reef, an underwater urbanisation project: ‘there are different rules down there’
DUBAI: “We’re speaking about a culture that has been ignored,” says the Iraqi-German artist Rashad Salim. “There has been no work done on vernacular architecture as part of our cultural heritage. We used to have independent anthropologists and ethnologists and people interested in vernacular culture, but since the invasion and occupation of Iraq things have really gone downhill.”
Salim, who has dedicated his artistic career to the protection and revival of the ancient crafts of Iraq, is talking about something he cares passionately about: the traditional boatbuilding, architecture and craftsmanship of central, southern and western Iraq. It’s a culture that has suffered repeated tragedy and been brought to the brink of extinction by conflict, displacement, and an often bewildering collective trauma.
Deep dive: artist Claudia Comte on preserving marine life through art
Deep dive: artist Claudia Comte on preserving marine life through art
We caught up with the Swiss artist and recent Verbier Art Summit speaker about the role of art in driving positive environmental change
Still image from
Dreaming of Alligator Head by Claudia Comte, which sees the artist’s
Underwater Cacti installation at Alligator Head Foundation in Jamaica transformed into a virtual experience at König Galerie
An artist’s life is mostly solitude. Unaccompanied hours, days, or even weeks in the studio conceiving, designing, constructing and finessing; alone with one’s thoughts and creative impulses, triumphs and doubts. So, how does the enforced isolation of a global pandemic affect the working artist? How does an international lockdown impact on the lifestyles and working practices of a profession that is voluntarily locked down for most of the year anyway?