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The Invisible Community: Disappearance and Collectivity in the TAZ

The Invisible Community: Disappearance and Collectivity in the TAZ...

Nickolas Calabrese

The Invisible Community: Disappearance and Collectivity in the TAZ

Nickolas Calabrese

Nickolas Calabrese reflects upon Hakim Bey’s Temporary Autonomous Zone and its bearing on collectives from...

Published 30.04.13

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Artists at Work: Public Movement

Artists at Work: Public Movement

Ellen Feiss

Artists at Work: Public Movement

Ellen Feiss

Ellen Feiss talks with Dana Yahalomi, the leader of ‘performative research body’ Public Movement, about...

Published 11.04.13

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Artists at Work: Cynthia Maughan

Artists at Work: Cynthia Maughan

Fatima Hellberg

Artists at Work: Cynthia Maughan

Fatima Hellberg

Fatima Hellberg talks to Cynthia Maughan about her dark and funny early video works and...

Published 20.03.13

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Corin Sworn: Historical Narratives

Corin Sworn: Historical Narratives

Travis Riley

Corin Sworn: Historical Narratives

Travis Riley

Travis Riley profiles Corin Sworn’s recent slide and film installations, finding in them a persistent...

Published 15.03.13

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Art under a Diagrammatic Perspective: Brazilian Artistic Production in the 1960s and 70s

Art under a Diagrammatic Perspective: Brazilian Artistic Production in...

Mirtes Marins de Oliveira

Art under a Diagrammatic Perspective: Brazilian Artistic Production in the 1960s and 70s

Mirtes Marins de Oliveira

Mirtes Marins de Oliveira examines contemporary readings of Brazilian art history in her review of...

Published 28.02.13

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Exhibition Histories Talks: Ute Meta Bauer – video online

Exhibition Histories Talks: Ute Meta Bauer – video online...

Exhibition Histories Talks: Ute Meta Bauer – video online

Watch video footage of Ute Meta Bauer in conversation with Iwona Blazwick, the first in...

Published 20.02.13

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‘Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain’: Heiner Goebbels’s ‘Stifter’s Dinge’

‘Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain’:...

Hannah Rickards

‘Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain’: Heiner Goebbels’s ‘Stifter’s Dinge’

Hannah Rickards

Hannah Rickards asks if mechanical performance must always come at the cost of liveness in...

Published 13.02.13

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Afterall ‘Artist as Curator’ Symposium – videos online

Afterall ‘Artist as Curator’ Symposium – videos online

Afterall ‘Artist as Curator’ Symposium – videos online

Video documentation of Afterall's ‘Artist as Curator’ symposium is now available. View talks by Elena Crippa,...

Published 28.01.13

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On Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the Value of Art and Populist Tendencies in Denmark

On Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the Value of Art and Populist...

Line Ellegaard

On Kunsthal Charlottenborg, the Value of Art and Populist Tendencies in Denmark

Line Ellegaard

Line Ellegaard puts the spotlight on Kunsthal Charlottenborg’s tumultuous journey from artists’ house to internatio...

Published 20.01.13

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Creative Scotland <br/> Or: The Lottery, the Funders and the People

Creative Scotland
Or: The Lottery, the Funders and...

Sarah Lowndes

Creative Scotland
Or: The Lottery, the Funders and the People

Sarah Lowndes

Sarah Lowndes looks at the impact of austerity on the arts sector, particularly in Scotland,...

Published 09.01.13

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Pluralising the Institution: On the Conference ‘Institutions by Artists’

Pluralising the Institution: On the Conference ‘Institutions by Artist...

Liz Park

Pluralising the Institution: On the Conference ‘Institutions by Artists’

Liz Park

Liz Park looks at the complex relationships between author and producer in her report on...

Published 20.12.12

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Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Room – Jo Applin in conversation with Briony Fer – video online

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Room – Jo Applin in...

Jo Applin, Briony Fer

Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Room – Jo Applin in conversation with Briony Fer – video online

Jo Applin, Briony Fer

On 22 November 2012, we launched the most recent addition to Afterall’s  One Work  series,  Infinity...

Published 13.12.12

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‘Art in Action’ at Tate Modern: De-Bordered and Potential Spaces for Art

‘Art in Action’ at Tate Modern: De-Bordered and Potential...

Josefine Wikström

‘Art in Action’ at Tate Modern: De-Bordered and Potential Spaces for Art

Josefine Wikström

Josefine Wikström discusses how Tate Modern’s programme ‘Art in Action’ brings the museum up to...

Published 13.12.12

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A Look Back at the Serpentine Marathons

A Look Back at the Serpentine Marathons

Melissa Gronlund

A Look Back at the Serpentine Marathons

Melissa Gronlund

Following the recent Serpentine Gallery Memory Marathon in London, Melissa Gronlund considers the Serpentine Marathons...

Published 28.11.12

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Artists at Work: Arseniy Zhilyaev

Artists at Work: Arseniy Zhilyaev

Silvia Franceschini

Artists at Work: Arseniy Zhilyaev

Silvia Franceschini

Silvia Franceschini talks to Arseniy Zhilyaev about his artistic and curatorial projects and their relation...

Published 21.11.12

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Fear Eats the Soul: The Paris Triennale 2012

Fear Eats the Soul: The Paris Triennale 2012

Jennifer Burris

Fear Eats the Soul: The Paris Triennale 2012

Jennifer Burris

Jennifer Burris reviews 'Intense Proximity', Okwui Enwezor's ambitious Paris Triennale, examining the intricate relatio...

Published 14.11.12

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