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Afterall Online articles, interviews and reviews. Last updated 15th August 2008
Undecidability as Resistance: The Potential Space of Suspension It is hard to define whether the photograph of Julius Kollers action of demarcating a tennis court in Time/space Definition of the Psychophysical Activity of Matter 1, 2 (Anti-Happening) (1968) is an artwork, a document of an artwork or a mere event. That this image presents such inconsistencies lends Kllers work a tangible quality of undecidability, a resistance to a straight interpretation. Similarly, in Ryszard Waskos 1973 film Zaprzeczenie (Negation), as the word Nie (No) is either being typed...	*Bill Burns, The Flora and Fauna Information Service* at ICA, London** Bill Burns�s exhibition of The Flora and Fauna Information Service, 0.800.0Fauna0Flora (2008) and Bird Radio¹ (2007�2008), at the ICA in London, put a full supply of nature rescue gear on display. From January to February earlier this year, visitors to the Institute�s digital studio could investigate the varied contents of Burns�s Safety Gear for Small Animals, the �largest museum of safety gear for small animals in the world�. The mini-museum contains: miniature hard hats...	'Lucy Skaer: The Siege' at the Chisenhale Gallery, London Lucy Skaer�s recent exhibition The Siege at the Chisenhale Gallery in London presents a siege-scape in which the positions of victim and victor are legible and clearly defined. Within the ensemble on show here � consisting of new and pre-existing works from her practice � the very process of art-making is posed as Skaer�s battle strategy...	Whitney Biennial 2008 at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York The idea of �taking the temperature� of the zeitgeist conjures images of rubber gloves and rectal thermometers. And yet people continue to curate the Whitney Biennial. And for what? Which biennials do we remember? Only those whose organizers seized the opportunity to do something bold�1993, the �identity politics� biennial; 2006, �Day for Night�. The rest flow together into a stream that we dip into only for occasional checking of professional bona fides� Was she in the biennial? How many times? When?