“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ
“YOU’D LIKE TO DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE AND YOU END UP MAKING MORE THAN YOU’D LIKE”. AN INTERVIEW WITH IGNASI ABALLÍ Aballí is a long distant runner. Discrete be nature, generous, open to dialogue and with a sense of humour that isn’t obvious but is very much present. For decades now he has been methodically […]
Identities
Origins, influences and, finally, the decisions we make are the three main elements that contribute to defining our identity as individuals and also as collectives. They are great themes for great reflections. And also for artists to explore the cracks between identities constructed by individuals and collectives and official narratives. Many examples come to mind […]
Conversación con Angel & Clara Nieto. LOOP 2015
Art, Culture and Society 1984
The future worlds or the futures of the world that Okwui Enwezor points out at the 56th edition of the Venice Biennale are not exactly optimistic, but dark, confusing, motley, unjust and full of inequalities. We are heading towards George Orwell’s 1984, thirty-one years later than the British writer predicted and with a more colourful […]
The Venice Biennale in 12 Notes
http://a-desk.org/highlights/THE-VENICE-BIENNALE-IN-12-NOTES.html All the World’s Futures is a colossal and motley biennale, that doesn’t give a moment’s respite, nor, of course, leave anyone indifferent. One way of fighting against this situation of accumulation, under the assumption it’s not possible to see everything, is to let oneself go and define a pathway with which to try […]
Elective Affinities. The meeting of two collections
Elective Affinities. The meeting of two collections takes its title from the novel Die Walhverwandtschaften (1809), in which Goethe used chemical affinity as a metaphor applicable to human relationships. In the present case, the elective affinities have to do with the sharing of points of view, visions of things, the taste for certain artists and […]
Afinidades Electivas. El encuentro de dos colecciones
Afinidades electivas. El encuentro de dos colecciones toma su título de la novela Die Walhverwandtschaften (1809) en la que Goethe utiliza la afinidad química como metáfora aplicable a las relaciones amorosas. En el caso que nos ocupa, la afinidades electivas aluden a la voluntad de compartir puntos de vista, visiones de las cosas, el gusto […]
In first person
The idea of testimony, of confession, speaking in the first person to narrate one’s own experience, as an expression of subjectivity or as an exposition of the intimate is a way of transmitting truthfulness. We see it in books, in documentaries, in television programmes and also in the works of artists. At a time when […]
“Potentiality is just an openess without an end”. An interview with Pierre Bismuth
“Potentiality is just an openness without an end”. An interview with Pierre Bismuth Pierre Bismuth is a very unusual artist. In 2002, in his biography for the catalogue of Manifesta 4, in Frankfurt he defined himself as “an artist considered a good cook by his friends”. His work calls attention to the construction of […]
What is the city but the people? Jeremy Deller at CA2M
What is the city but the people? Jaremy Deller at CA2M Solely for having made The Battle of Orgreave (An Injury to One is an injury to All) (2001), Jeremy Deller merits a prominent position amongst the artists of the 21st century. Fortunately for him, Orgreave is just one amongst many other brilliant pieces. […]
