Hello World! A documentary series on open creative programming languages
You know when you hear about a project and think "Brilliant! this is so brilliant, why hasn't it been done before?" Well, that happened to me a few months ago when i met Gustavo Valera at an opening at...
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Tatty nostalgia. Mike Kelley's retrospective at the Stedelijk
Janitorial Banner, 1984 The press release for the exhibition states that Mike Kelley is widely acknowledged as an artist who defined his era. Meanwhile, an article in the LA Times says that he is an...
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#A.I.L - artists in laboratories, episode 22: Asa and Rachael from MadLab
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired tonight. My guests at Resonance today are creative technologists...
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Carsten Nicolai - Observatory
Very few artists manage to translate scientific phenomena into stunning images as elegantly as Carsten Nicolai. If you're in London, don't you dare miss Observatory at Ibid Projects. The works on show...
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Primrose - Russian Colour Photography
Whenever i'm in Amsterdam i head to Foam, the city's museum of photography. Out of habit mostly. I actually think that Huis Marseille's programme is often bolder and more relevant to my own interests...
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#A.I.L - artists in laboratories, episode 23: Austin Houldsworth
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired tonight. My guest at Resonance today is Austin Houldsworth, a...
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STRP Biennial, a walk through the city of cyborgs
I just read in a press release that i was one of the 20.000 visitors of the sixth edition of STRP in Eindhoven. The yearly festival is now a biennial but the formula hasn't changed much: 10 days of...
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Ruins in Reverse
The programme of Project Space, the quiet gallery by the side entrance of Tate Modern, almost in front of the gadget shop, is often bolder, brainier and more socially-engaged than Tate's more...
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2013 Sony World Photography Awards: Afrometals, crimes and Cossak's bootcamps
The other day i received the code to download the photos of the photographers shortlisted for the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition. Idle and bored, i opened the files and thought i should...
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The 2013 Kinetica Art Fair
Belated and speedy report on the 5th Kinetica Art Fair. Aphra Shemza, Composition X. Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Photo by Luke Neve for Kinetica Year after year, i go to Kinetica with enthusiasm....
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#A.I.L - artists in laboratories, episode 24: Ulla Taipale
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired tonight. Pipet exercise at Aalto BiofiliA Lab during the First...
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Art13 London, the art fair that took us by surprise
You'd think that this town wasn't big enough for another contemporary art fair. London has Frieze of course but also the London Art Fair, The Other Art Fair, the Affordable Art Fair, Kinetica, and i'm...
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The Silence of Dogs in Cars
The facade of the Little Black Gallery in Chelsea is indeed painted in black, the interior is not that small and right now they have a stunning show that bears a slightly unnerving title: The Silence...
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Art13 - Photography
As i blogged a few days ago, Art 13, London's new contemporary art fair, brought many (good) surprises and new names on the radar of collectors and plebeians. In order NOT to illustrate my point, i'll...
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Chaos and grace
A few weeks ago, i was back in Gijón for the opening of Elastic Reality at the Laboral Art Center. The show looks at how artists are representing, commenting on and reacting to the shift in our...
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Book review - Unpleasant Design
Unpleasant Design by Gordan Savicic and Selena Savic. Publisher: G.L.O.R.I.A (Belgrade.) Available on Amazon USA. Sorry, I couldn't find it on amazon UK. Book Description: The "Unpleasant Design" book...
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Marcel Dzama's Puppets, Pawns, and Prophets
I've managed to keep it under control so far but i've got quite an obsession with the work of Marcel Dzama. The world he creates mixes childhood nostalgia, violence, sex and history (without...
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#A.I.L - artists in laboratories, episode 25: Kira O'Reilly
The new episode of #A.I.L - artists in laboratories, the weekly radio programme about art and science i present on ResonanceFM, is aired today at 4pm (London time.) My guest at Resonance this afternoon...
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Anonymization, urban sprawl without a soul
I'm just back from a few days in Madrid where i visited the jaw-dropping vast new headquarters of Medialab Prado. More about that soon. I did however find some time to visit a couple of exhibitions in...
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Book review - The Art of Walking: A Field Guide
The Art of Walking: A field guide. Edited by David Evans and published by Black Dog Publishing. Available on amazon USA and UK. Book description: The Art of Walking: a field guide is the first...
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