COMPOSING HOME / UNIVERSAL RIGHTS
Composing Home In this time when we humans have become a geologic force, most of us live in increasingly…
#326 June–Aug 2019
Ettore Spalletti NMNM / Monaco
Experiencing Ettore Spalletti’s solo exhibition at the NMNM’s Villa Paloma — spread over three floors and seven galleries — is…
Conditions of Life: Forensic Architecture in the Age of Climate Breakdown
The Motagua Fault is an active, moving fault that extends across Guatemala and is part of the tectonic boundary between…
“The Life of Matter is Already an Artistic Practice.” Metamorphosis and Alchemy in the work of Bianca Bondi
For centuries, making art has meant opening windows where there are no walls; artworks are open windows “through which history…
Coactivity: Between the Human and Nonhuman
A new generation of artists is exploring the intrinsic qualities of materials “informed” by the activities of humanity, and bearing…
Unsublime Ecology
The frightening theme of global warming is often addressed in catastrophic terms expressed in visions of utter annihilation. At times…
Eco-Tripping: Ant Farm's Environmental Media
In 1970, the American architecture and video collective Ant Farm advertised their distinctly countercultural services as “air buildings, nomadic visions”…
Between Two Bookends: Ecology and the Work of Mark Dion
The environmental catastrophe that is currently unfolding before our eyes has a single culprit at its source — the human…
DATA MATTER
The world is drowning in data. Every second, 2.8 million emails are sent, 30,000 phrases are Googled, and 600 updates…
Transformation, Immortality, and the Abject in Ivana Bašić’s Sculptures
Some years ago I ordered a batch of butterfly chrysalis online. They were intended for a project by an artist,…
The Process Behind Joan Jonas' New Oceanic Work
During the making of her exhibition “Moving Off the Land II,” currently on view at Ocean Space in Venice, Joan…
Dora Budor. On Being a “Deviation Amplifying” System
Questioning perception and experience, the Croatian-born, New York-based artist Dora Budor highlights the urgency of building new relationships between appearance…