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FRANCESCO VEZZOLI
essay by Andrea Viliani
As a critic, I’ve often asked myself what makes Francesco Vezzoli such a controversial figure. Both influential and highly criticized, Vezzoli pushes his position as an artist to the brink of self-destruction. More than any other,
LORETTA FAHRENHOLZ
words by Michele D’Aurizio
Loretta Fahrenholz’s films confront a cynical understanding of a prevailing reality with an ingrained affection for human life—an ethos one might call “emo-core.” The prosaic muteness of some of the characters in her films could be
NED VENA
words by Mathieu Malouf
Since the mid-20th century, painted abstraction has been associated with utopian transcendence, the emancipation of the unconscious and much more. If it has been declared dead several times, abstraction has also been restated and
ELLA KRUGLYANSKAYA
words by Chris Sharp
The secret to the work of the Latvian-born, New York-based painter Ella Kruglyanskaya is barely a secret. Or better yet, it is an open one. And that secret is tension: raw, mediated, utterly captivating tension. If it is a secret, it is
SHANGHAI
interview with Birdhead by Davide Quadrio
DAVIDE QUADRIO: Interviewing Birdhead, also known as Song Tao and Ji Wenyu, is like talking to a whole generation of Shanghainese: global, yet completely and radically existing through their beloved city of Shanghai. You
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI
interview by Kevin McGarry
KEVIN McGARRY: I am looking at these images that you’ve created to accompany this interview: iPhone screens showing mock Grindr profile pages with your pictures.
SIMON CASTETS
interview by Carson Chan
CARSON CHAN: Congratulations, it has been a big year for you! Amongst other activity, in January 2012, you launched 89plus, a multi-platform research project on the generation of artists and makers born after 1989 with Hans
#VOICEOVER: OUT OF SYNC
words by Pablo Larios
Moments before the cut to commercial, the child realizes this cartoon is not actually for him at all. It’s for his parents, or older sister, or perverted uncle. Despite the friendliness of onomatopoetic dings and dongs, and boings and bangs and gongs,
