Briefly Witnessing the Impossible. A Conversation with Megan Mi-Ai Lee
To what extent are we willing to be fooled? Megan Mi-Ai Lee’s practice probes the affective pull that keeps us…
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A Painting That Says No . Olivia van Kuiken
Olivia van Kuiken once said: “A painting is incapable of telling time. It’s a static image.”[1] That line keeps tolling…
Skin, Cloth, Paper, Snow. A Conversation with Ruoru Mou
Ruoru Mou’s practice folds together industry, ownership, and inheritance. Working across sculpture and installation, she manipulates factory debris and fragments…
On Language and Kitsch. Tasneem Sarkez
It feels appropriate to approach Tasneem Sarkez’s work through the seed of language. The word, as a manifold concept, laces…
Zora Sicher, Geography
“Intimacy builds worlds; it creates spaces and usurps places meant for other kinds of relation,” wrote the late theorist Lauren…
How To Play It. A Conversation with alfatih
alfatih doesn’t really do interviews. So, our conversation happened as it could. Talking to alfatih these days means organizing a…
SOFT-POWER-MANIA. A Conversation with Tommy Xie
To speak of vulnerability as soft power is to encounter its double. Hidden agency, bare desire, and quiet possession take…
89 Seconds to Midnight. Yngve Holen
“Form – it’s because there are consequences,” writes poet Lisa Robertson.[1] I came across this line late at night during one…
Shadow Theater. Solomon Garçon 
Working across performance, installation, sound, and film, Solomon Garçon plays on the role of artist as director. He breaks the…
The Straightforward Complexity of Psyche. Paul McCarthy
Paul McCarthy’s art often challenges societal norms and expectations through absurd, provocative, and humorous imagery. Even his most disturbing works…
Square One. A conversation with Kate Spencer Stewart
The Los Angeles–based artist Kate Spencer Stewart and I video chat from our respective desks — mine is actually my…
Don’t Be Alive. Aki Goto
The first time I encountered Aki Goto’s work, it was received as a message from a friend during the summer…
Reality Breaks the Frame. Lenard Giller
Lenard Giller sees his moving-image works as closer to photography than film. The camera never moves; its stasis is kinetically…
[Diary Entry – Undated, perhaps imagined]. Anna Clegg
It’s difficult to pinpoint where Anna Clegg’s paintings first appeared. Maybe it was online, or in a basement gallery in…
Compassionate Pessimism. Cécile B. Evans
A memory: Before reconnecting with them a few days ago in preparation for this text, I had last spoken to…
And Yet. Diego Marcon
“I like the term pervert or perversion,” says Diego Marcon, speaking to me during an early June heatwave, his Italian rrrrrs rolling deliciously. He’s…