The following interview appeared on Bad at Sports and Daily Serving in December, 2013. Singapore-based artist Robert Zhao Renhui is the Institute of Critical Zoologists, an organization that, for any Doctor Who fans out there, would be the environmental analogue to the Torchwood Institute. The… +
The following interview was originally published by Artslant on September 16, 2013. When I came to Chicago in 2004, Goat Island was a prominent feature in the performance art landscape. Its reputation extended beyond the Midwest, across the ocean to Europe. The group began… +
“Field Static”, Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Clare Britt.Stephen Lapthisphon, “Taxonomy of Root Vegetables”, 2012. Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Clare Britt.Ellen Rothenberg, “Constellation”, 2012. Installation view, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL. Photo by Ryan Weber.
June 2nd – June 13th, 2012 at the Co-Prosperity Sphere .:. 3219 South Morgan Street Chicago, IL 60608 Featuring the work of Ellen Rothenberg, Mark Booth, Stephen Lapthisophon, Heather Mekkelson, Christian Kuras and Duncan MacKenzie, Carrie Gundersdorf, Justin Cabrillos, and Rebecca Mir. Field Static examines… +
Heather Mekkelson. “Limited Entry,” 2008. Mixed media (soaked in clay slurry, particulates added, sealed). Old Gold, Chicago, IL. Courtesy of the artist.
The following essay was originally published in Art21 in May, 2013. It was the summer of 2008. It was hot. And humid. Everything was green and/or sweating. People who didn’t sweat stood out. Their reserve both enviable and mysterious—a contrast from everything else. Refuge… +
The following interview was originally published by Artslant on April 28, 2013 Guy Ben-Ner began with an idea. He wanted to divorce a soundtrack from a film, then make a new film that accommodated the appropriated soundtrack. The idea provided a mechanism, defining the… +