Month: July 2019
Krista Clark: Base Line of Appraisal
In Base Line of Appraisal, Krista Clark’s solo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, the artist interrogates...
Daniel Rich: Energy Structures
WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden, instances of hacking, digital warfare, software glitches at Nasdaq, the role of social media in recent revolutions and wars in the Middle East, and the fragility of the systems on which we depend.
Xandra Ibarra: Endurance and Excess
Alexis Wilkinson and Xandra Ibarra discuss cockroach consciousness.
Lucia Berlin: Evening in Paradise and Welcome Home
Schoolteacher, dressmaker, cleaning woman, ER clerk, switchboard operator, oral historian: these were a few of the jobs that occupied Lucia...
Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt defines the concept of iconoclasm as “the intentional damage to and destruction of culturally...
Chernobyl
“What is the cost of lies?” HBO’s miniseries Chernobyl opens with this dark rumination of dying Soviet chemist Valery Legasav’s....
A Brief History of Power
Contributing editor Stephanie Bailey traces the lines of electrification to political power via Chilean artist Iván Navarro and the 38th EVA International in Ireland.
Avantika Bawa: APEX and Coliseum
Avantika Bawa’s APEX and Coliseum examine a Portland, OR landmark that stirs halcyon memories among several generations of architecture and...
Jennifer Wen Ma: Cry Joy Park—Gardens of Dark and Light
The state of blessedness has been long mythologized as a garden, an enclosure that protects verdure and growth. Not to...
The Energy Paradox
Japanese artists’ and cultural workers’ strategies for response to the Fukushima disaster.