Historiophilia, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Polishness
Yet another attempt to hastily map out Polish national identity through a few interesting exhibitions.
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The Ecologies of Care and Caring – A Mediation Program Between all Forms of Life
A series of exhibitions structured on the distinction between useful, poisonous, aphrodisiac and ritual plants in three galleries in Bucharest.
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KIMAERA – A Biotechnological Organism Immersed in the Internet of Things (IoT)
This collaborative project combined the phenomenological interpretation of the world as a network of connections.
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Flashbacks
An interview with artist Irina Dumitrașcu Măgurean about her photography work, her recent exhibitions and about the artist-run space Camera at the Center of Interest in Cluj.
CURATORS #4 Anca Rujoiu
From FormContent to CCA Singapore, via poetry as form of resistance.
I Wanted to Cut Myself Off From the Past and Instead I Cut Myself. I Bet We All Wish It Weren’t So!
A discussion of several exhibitions about Polishness.
Wrestling in the mud. Notes on Romanian painting
Traditional painting infused with some gentle western influence can go side by side with a projection of an exotic country filled with depressing aura out of Herta Müller’s books. Perfect for export.
The Pavilion of a State which Does Not Exist
This year, NSK State puts forward a different kind of approach to the issue of immigrants at the Venice Biennale pavilion as well as the alternative pavilion in Vienna.
Leaving Spaceship Critique
Hyper-jumps through the ruins of the future: notes, repetitions and digressions in the margins of the exhibition Return to Spaceship Earth at Salonul de Proiecte.
The Jokers’ Idiosyncrasies
An attempt to amusingly apply aesthetics to chaos (no one knows where/how, but every now and then it becomes bafflingly beneficial) via the exhibition Overthinking how to make a tea at Launloc.
Dialogues around notions of ritual performativity and a space of one’s own
Our exploration of the 2017 Venice Biennial.
That Frivolous Thing Called Electronic Music
A conversation about the complicated relationship between contemporary art and music festivals, with Cosmin Țapu.