Month: June 2021
Kenneth Tam: The Silence We Hold Between Our Bodies
Re’al Christian speaks with Kenneth Tam about his recent work Silent Spikes; the entwined mythologies of American Cowboys with Chinese laborers on the Transcontinental Railroad; and the intimacy—and intensity—of male coming-of-age rituals.
2021 Atlanta Biennial: Of Care and Destruction
Following a nine-year hiatus since its previous edition, the Atlanta Biennial was resurrected by Atlanta Contemporary in 2016 to present...
Architectural Camouflage and the Class Dynamics of Housing
Gabriel Cira reveals how confounding façades can also reinforce the dominant narrative by masking economic differences to favor a mirage of homogeneity. Photos by Pat Falco.
Jes Fan: Infectious Materials, Molecular Memories
In the United States there is a long history of positioning the foreign, non-White body as a viral contaminant. Confinement...
Karen Holmberg: Archaeology in an Emergency
In Part One of this two-part conversation, Will Corwin and Karen Holmberg discuss her fascination with volcanoes, her discovery of mysterious “spider vulva” petroglyphs, and consider whether these images can still speak to us.