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Desire and obsession in How far to open up? at Forum Stadtpark Feb 17

14 February 2017

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The How far to open up? group exhibition is on at Graz’s Forum Stadtpark, opening February 17 and running to February 25.

Organised by Florentine Muhry and Cathrin Mayer, the show features works by over 20 artists, including Gina Folly, Hanne Lippard, Philipp Timischl, Michaela Schweighofer, Fabian Leitgeb, Samantha Bohatsch and Rosa Rendl, among others. The opening night will host performances by Alizee Lenox, Anna Barfuss, Barbara Kapusta and Battle-ax.

Accompanying the event is a text by Muhry who analyses the “longing, desire, obsession, and the projections resulting therefrom” that make up the basis of the exhibition. Looking at ephemerality, vulnerability and intimacy, the artists explore what it is to yearn, both physically, as an act of production, and mentally.

See the Forum Stadtpark website for details.**

Philipp Timischl, 2, (2016). Courtesy the artist and Vilma Gold

From vessel to vessel: Cristine Brache’s I Love Me, I Love Me Not opens in New York, Feb 10

9 February 2017

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Cristine Brache presents solo exhibition I Love Me, I Love Me Not at New York’s Fierman opening February 10 to March 19.

The press release takes the form of a long annotation by manuel arturo abreu who moves between first person subjectivity and a factual distance through footnotes that connect the two artists.

“With each pass, from vessel to vessel.⁶

6 Brache presents works that speak to the coloniality of mestizx identity, with its simultaneous assimilatory striving and inexorable sense of loss: a maple domino table with colonial-style legs features porcelain Hoyle-clone playing cards instead of dominos on the raised playing area, which has been coated in the “flesh” tones of silicone.”

Alongside will also be an afternoon of poetry readings at Fierman on February 11 at 2pm by Brache, Rin Johnson, Jameson Fitzpatrick, and Cat Tyc.

See the Fierman Gallery website for details.**

Cristine Brache, ‘I Love Me, I Love Me Not’, (2017). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Fierman Gallery, New York.

Ruins Magazine presents new forms of resistance in Thank You for Believing in Me opening at Material Art Fair, Feb 9

6 February 2017

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Ruins Magazine is presenting the Thank You for Believing in Me group exhibition at Mexico City’s Edificio Humboldt, opening February 9 and running to February 12.

Happening alongside the Mexican capital’s Material Art Fair, the London-published and Athens-printed publication will exhibit newly commissioned video-based works in a show curated by Christos Petritzis and Guillermo Martinez de Velasco. The four -day event will feature pieces by Whitney Mallett, Chloe Wise, Debora Delmar Corp, Eva Giannakopoulou, Oscar Ramos, Ruth Angel Edwards, Marcel Alcalá, Rachel Woroner, Chino Amobi, and Manuela de Laborde among others.

In response to the trending currents of “fascism, neoliberalism and white supremacy,” the press release roots the show from “one neo-colony to another” in varied iterations of resistance.

To hear more about the project, check out their interview on Berlin Community Radio.

See the Ruins Magazine website for more details.**

Chino Amobi, ‘NON manifesto’, (2017). Film still. Courtesy the artist + Ruins Magazine.

Introducing a new project by Ashley Holmes as the first Sheffield Platform Residency artist

30 January 2017

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Ashley Holmes has been selected as the first artist to participate in Site Gallery‘s Sheffield Platform Residency where he will present new project Dot Dot Dit Dit Dot Dot Dash running from January 31 to February 11.

The project will look at “black British cultural production, unspoken coded languages and the history of black personae in popular culture” and will be multi-directional in its approach, bringing together DJs, cultural theorists and artists to “uncover a set of international common threads that exist in black communities, made visible through the Internet and its powerful ability to find links within the black diaspora.”

There will be five new video works presented, as well as a live research hub among music and other events that visitors are encouraged to drop in and engage with. Keep an eye out for the following events taking place during the residency:

Open Conversation – Feb 4

An open conversation based around archive and black persona with invited guests, including Evan Ifekoya, Black In The Day and more.

In Conversation and Closing Party – Feb 9

Ashley Holmes will be in conversation with Simeon Barclay, as well as a night of live DJ’s and a performances including London based artist Georgia Lucas-Going.

Film Screening – Feb 11

a screening of the 1980 film Babylon.

Visit the Site Gallery webpage for more details.**

Polyphonic POV’s in subjectivized art at MoMAW’s Ministry of Internal Affairs. Intimacy as Text, Jan 26 – Apr 2

25 January 2017

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs. Intimacy as Text group exhibition is on at Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMAW), opening on January 26 and running to April 2.

Curated by Natalia Sielewicz — also responsible for 2014’s great Private Settings exhibition — the show features over 20 artists, all at different stages of their careers, including Hannah Black, Dorota Gawęda + Eglė Kulbokaitė, Chris Kraus, Jaakko Pallasvuo, Megan Rooney, Steve Roggenbuck, Agnieszka Polska, and Amalia Ulman among others.

The exhibition promises to showcase “a polyphony of voices in poetry and visual arts whose common mode of expression is a first-person narrative and a confessional character of statements, while self-representation in language becomes a discursive practice of reflection and questioning and struggle for the artist’s subjectivity.”

See the MoMAW website for more details.**

Dorota Gaweda + Egle Kulbokakaite, ‘SHE, A SKELETON’ (2015). Install view. Courtesy SNOlab.

Eric Giraudet de Boudemange humours poetic narratives with Wisdom of the Wild Man, Jan 26

25 January 2017

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Eric Giraudet de Boudemange is presenting solo exhibition Wisdom of the Wild Man at Paris’ Rinomina, opening January 26 and running to February 5.

The artist’s works often focusses on traditional games and local practices of France, Belgium and the Netherlands, using them as “tools to give shape to personal poetic narratives,” while the being described as drawing from “history, politics, folk culture, landscape, biology and sex with a taste of absurdist British humour.”

Founded in 2015 by Daniela Baldelli and Markus Lichti, Rinomina is an artist-run space initiated to promote further dialogue and exchange between Germany, France and other countries.

See the Rinomina website for details.**

Eric Giraudet de Boudemange, ‘Chroniques du rebond,’ (2016). Performance installation documentation. Courtesy the artist.

Burkut Kum’s everlasting + temporary Memorial Danger Zone at Orange Juice

23 January 2017

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Burkut Kum presents solo exhibition Memorial Danger Zone at Istanbul’s Orange Juice opening January 23 and running to February 1.

The newly commissioned exhibition consists of a series of works that reflect on “esoteric possibilities through two-dimensional aesthetics,” through a sculptural installation as well as site-specific video-works curated by Selin Turam.

Described as ‘metaphysical poetry’, Kum‘s practice is concerned with being both ever-lasting and temporary, bringing together juxtapositional scapes to explore “gaps of context between abstraction and representation, fact and fiction, volume and flatness.”

Visit the Orange Juice event page for more details.**

Burkut Kum. Photograph (2017). Image courtesy the artist + Orange Juice, Istanbul.

Some picks for the London-wide CONDO collaborative exhibition, Jan 14 – Feb 11

13 January 2017

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The second CONDO “collaborative exhibition” is on across venues in London, opening with previews the weekend of January 14 and 15, and running to February 11.

Featuring 36 galleries (to last year’s already impressive 32), the annual initiative — starting in 2016 and led by Carlos/Ishikawa’s director Vanessa Carlos — aims to highlight the need for mutual support in order to survive and succeed in the contemporary art ecosystem. In doing so, several London spaces will host solo presentations by international galleries.

The list runs with a number of emerging, independent and institutional names, so here’s list of artist and exhibition recommendations from us in the meantime:

– Jan Kiefer at Union Pacific

– Galerie Gregor Steiger with Shana Moulton, hosted by Emalin

– Bridget Donahue with Martine Syms, hosted by Sadie Coles

– Neue Alte Brücke with Eric Schmid, hosted by Vilma Gold

– Than Hussein Clark with VI, VII, hosted by Arcadia Missa

– Seventeen NYC + Stereo, hosted by The Sunday Painter

– Kris Lemsalu with Koppe Astner, hosted by Southard Reid

– Yuri Pattison with Mother’s Tankstation + Lulou Margarine with Queer Thoughts, hosted by Project Native Informant

See the CONDO website for details.**

Shana Moulton, ‘SPF 2012’ (2013). Video still. Courtesy the artist.

Five artists in five weeks for Cacotopia at Annka Kultys starting Jan 10

9 January 2017

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The Cacotopia group exhibition at London’s Annka Kultys Gallery is opening January 10 and running until February 11.

The multi-media exhibition will unfold over a five-week period, exploring “contemporary perspectives on feminism, ecology, celebrity culture, politics and professionalism.”The title brings together Greek originating words Caco (bad) and Topia (space). Each artist, a recent MFA graduate, will be given a week in the gallery to respond to current anxieties and coping mechanisms.

The event will begin with work Cornu copia copia topia of your broken lusty (2016) by Olivia Strange opening January 10 and running to January 14, taking us into a day-dream fantasy of ‘paradise.’

Andrea Williamson will take over January 18 to 21, giving her own version of a beautifully crafted butterfly chair, inspired by Kurt Vonnegut’s dystopian Cat’s Cradle (1963).

Soo Choi will present video Snow Romance (2016) from January 25 to 28, exploring personal desire through cinematic romance symbols.

February will kick off with work by Olivia Hernaiz from the first to the fourth, who will install an Airbnb in the gallery.

The event ends with Generalized Anxiety Relaxation (2016), a bookable relaxation studio by Ruth Waters running from February 8 to 11.

Visit the Annka Kultys webpage for more details.**

Soo Choi, ‘Snow Romance’ (2016). Video still. Courtesy the artist.

Arcadia Missa + Supplement present Everyone is Rich Now Apparently, Jan 8 – 29

5 January 2017

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Arcadia Missa and Supplement are presenting the Everyone is Rich Now Apparently group exhibition at New York’s 225 Canal Street, opening January 8 and running to January 29.

The show is shared between the two galleries, and features work by Aracadia Missa’s Amalia Ulman and Gaby Sahhar and Supplement’s Gabriella Boyd and Philomene Pirecki.

After the end of the show, the two London-based spaces will alternate using 255 Canal Street for further exhibitions, so keep an eye out for upcoming projects.

Visit the FB event page for details.**

Gabriella Boyd, (2016). Painting. Courtesy the artist.

Act 3: Monira Al Qadiri and the Middle East’s precarious future at Stroom Den Haag, Jan 7

5 January 2017

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Monira Al Qadiri is presenting solo exhibition Act 3: Monira Al Qadiri at Stroom Den Haag opening on January 7.

The show is part of larger series Attempts to Read the World (Differently): Three Exhibitions in Five Acts, of which artists Max de Waard and Jean Katambayi Mukendi are also participants. Over the course of the three show, the space will

Al Qadiri’s work in particular will focus on oil drilling and how the practice is “symbolic for the renewed, yet already precarious, future of the Middle East,” which is something the artist discussed at length with aqnb and Video in Common in a two-part video editorial series called Portraits of the End of he World in 2015. Looking at past, present and future imaginings, the exhibition will explore the realities and metaphors associated with this changing industry.

Visit the Stroom Den Haag website for more details.**

Monira Al Qadiri, ‘Spectrum 1’ (2016). Courtesy the artist + Stroom Den Haag.

The White Pube are reprising Zayn Malik Zindabad at the ICA, Jan 7

4 January 2017

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The White Pube is presenting Zayn Malik Zindabad at London’s ICA on January 7.

After the success of the first screening of the same name at London’s Lewisham Arthouse in August, the art criticism website and research project is back for round two, and comes with the following statement:

“The White Pube is tired of white ppl, white walls, and white wine. So for one night only, we are hosting brown ppl, white walls and chai. Come and view work by brown artists in a real vacuum, where brown-ness is banal, where you can O.O the art without the white-iarchy lookin over ur shoulder, askin if they can eat ur Other.”

Part of the ICA’s Artists’ Film Club, London-based Zarina Muhammad and Gabrielle de la Puente of The White Pube will present a screening featuring a line-up of short films by artists from “South Asia and its diaspora,” including Somnath Bhatt, Sabella D’Souza, Raju Rage and Himali Singh Soin among others.

The event also runs alongside the ICA’s Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 exhibition, which features Muhammad’s video Digjihad (2015) until January 22.

Visit the ICA event page for more details.**

Zarina Muhammad, ‘Digjihad’ (2015). HD Video. Screenshot. Courtesy the artist + ICA, London.

SHYGIRL + Sega Bodega and more performing Progress Bar’s ‘S02E03’

16 December 2016

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Progress Bar is presenting ‘S02E03’ at Amsterdam’s Paradiso Noord on December 17.

The collective, who launched in 2015 in Brighton and also work in Amsterdam, put together events ranging from art, activism, music production, film, performance, talks and club nights describe themselves as “the only political party that cares about radical club culture.”

‘S02E03’ will bring together a mixed bag, featuring a talk by digital artist and designer Aaron McLaughlin, London DJ and NTS resident Cõvco, London-based production duo God Colony performing with South-London MC Flohio, DJ and Viral Radio founder Juha who “plays internet dance music,” DJ and producer SHALT, vocalist and lyricist SHYGIRL with producer Sega Bodega, and Amsterdam-based DJ and event curator Wartone.

See the FB event page for details.**

Joel Dean locates humanity outside the network in Powers of 7-8

15 December 2016

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Joel Dean is presenting solo exhibition Powers of 7-8-9 at Atlanta’s Species, opening December 17 and running to December 31.

The press release reads as an intimate letter from two of his friends who attempt to ‘edit’ his original text, offering insight into his practice and upcoming show:

“I think part of why you’re struggling with the text (and why Jason and I are too) is that there feels like a renewed urgency for art to help us locate our humanity and our confusion and our anxiety in a moment when no tweet or talking head or think piece can.”

The New York-based artist recently exhibited First Person Problems (2016) at New York’s ISCP and Hard to be a God (2016) at London’s Weekends. He is also co-founder of Oakland’s Important Projects (2009 to 2014).

See the Species website for details.**

Joel Dean, 'Empty Stomach Challenge', (2015). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Princess, New York.

Joel Dean, Empty Stomach Challenge, (2015). Installation view. Courtesy the artist + Princess, New York.

Club Late Night @ Le Klub, Dec 15

15 December 2016

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Club Late Music presents one of their Club Late Night events at Paris’ Le Klub on December 15.

The night will feature live performance by ULTRAMARIE (Meteotranse), Aprile (BBO/Casual Gabberz) Shemale (Club Late Music), DJ4D (Club Late Music), Panpan (Club Late Headquarter), Paul Seul, and Drame Nature.

Club Late Music is a London-based record label and art collective who self-describe as a reflection of “contemporary, post-internet attitude [who] personify the instantaneous and global nature of today’s culture.” The group, made up of 100% Halal, AZN Girl, Bubbles, Dragon Uma, Michel Ours, Prince Lucien, T/B/O, DJ4D and Panpan, put on events between Berlin, Paris and London.

See the FB event page for details.**

Noski Deville’s magic realist queer love presented by Patrick Staff

14 December 2016

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Patrick Staff is presenting Noski Deville‘s film Loss of Heat (1994) at London’s The Showroom on December 14.

Organised by the monthly program Cinenova: Now Showing, interdisciplinary artist Staff will show the celebrated director and cinematographer Deville whose film explores epilepsy in a “magical realist portrayal of queer love” and a portrayal of the relationship between the carer and the cared for.

Cinenova is a feminist film organisation that focuses on contemporary moving image and the Now Showing program is working with its archive to re-present what is in the collection.

In addition to the screening, Staff will also present a text and video-in progress to prelude their coming solo show Weed Killer at Los Angeles’ MOCA in 2017 that looks at “illness and gender, and particularly the intersections of queer identity, cross-generational dialogue, and the fine line between states that both poison and nourish”.

See The Showroom website for details.**

Amnesia Scanner are performing ICA with support from coucou chloé

13 December 2016

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Amnesia Scanner will be performing live at London’s ICA on December 14.

Now signed to London’s Young Turks label, the Berlin-based electronic duo will present a new immersive installation, bringing together both visual and audio elements, potentially of a similar ilk to their ongoing Lexachast live collaboration with PAN‘s Bill Kouligas and artist Harm van den Dorpel. London-based French producer coucou chloé will open with a live performance.

The event is part of an ongoing programme selected by NTS Radio who are currently part of the ICA Music Associates. Set up to generate “collaborations with established and emerging record labels, artists and music organisations” it has also worked with Warp, Just Jam, and Factory Floor.

See the ICA website for details.**

“Infinite film” Serf Club by Jasmijn Visser + PWR Studio’s first screening

12 December 2016

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Jasmijn Visser and PWR Studio are presenting their first screening of Serf Club at London’s Delfina Foundation on December 13.

Shot reverse shot. Close-up on tangled plotlines. Build suspense and tear it down. Cut to cables snaking across borders. Cue music.

The screening will be on temporary display but will be carried on through a series of exhibitions and viewings in dates to come.

The project is a collaboration between the Berlin-based artist and researcher Visser and the Berlin-based studio for Research, Design and Development PWR (Hanna Nilsson and Rasmus Svensson) that explore present and future communication systems. Taking the form of an “infinite film constructed from global live streams,” it will play out in real time and real life, influenced by the fluidity of “intuitive, geographical, relational factors”.

Visser, whose work is a combination of drawing, writing, research and design, is currently completing a three-month residency at the Delfina Foundation where she is finalising her ‘conflict atlas‘ of the Falkland Islands. Stay tuned for her upcoming solo exhibition and publication launch in January at Amsterdam’s Allard Pierson Museum.

See the Delfina Foundation website for more details.**

Jasmijn Visser, 'The Falklands Project I, Voids over wars', (2016). Screen shot website Jasmijn Visser in collaboration with design collective Metahaven. Courtesy the artist + Delfina Foundation + Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam. — Jasmijn Visser, ‘The Falklands Project I, Voids over wars’, (2016). Screen shot website Jasmijn Visser in collaboration with design collective Metahaven. Courtesy the artist + Delfina Foundation + Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam.

XO of excess @ EXO EXO, Dec 9

5 December 2016

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Diesel Project Space present XO of excess 1 at Paris’ EXO EXO on December 9.

Diesel, a temporary project space located in a gas station in Liège and run by curator Noémie Merca and artist Xavier Mary, the event will take the form of a day rave, and will feature ssaliva, Early Holography, AllPass and Hasar de Doria.

The live performance and installations will look at ‘theories of catastrophism’ and the economy of excess.

An event dedicated to exploring ‘speculative fiction’ in sound and image, the aim is to immerse the audience in a space of collapsed boundaries between the “real and the virtual, the organic and synthetic, the gallery and the club.”**