Archive for the 'News' Category
Spiral Jetty Threatened
Via Artfagcity:
This just in via MAN: A new drilling contract in Utah threatens Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, an emergency email from the artist’s widow, Nancy Holt, informs journalists. A number of pipes and pumps will be laid beneath the water and shore, as well as roads built for oil tank trucks, and cranes for other [...]
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Technology fetishism from afar
I don’t really like technology fetishism. It makes me a little nauseous when the flat aesthetic of screen design steps out into an art space, proving once again that the fetishization of use value creates nothing but useless attractions. Somehow for me art is more about all kinds of things that the internet can’t [...]
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Tags: ZKM
Osmolovsky wins Kandinsky Award
Unexpected news: Anatoly Osmolovsky has won the Kandinsky Award, which is a little surprising given the overall tenor of the show. It is maybe the first time that big media in the West are writing about him. For an example, Bloomberg’s John Varoli.
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Special issue of Chto delat
Chto delat has published a new issue called “Becoming a Mother.” Have a look here!
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More on prize shows
The Guardian recently featured a look at the Turner Prize show in Liverpool. There is a nice little excursion video.
And the winner might be …
Monday October 22, 2007
The Guardian
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Tags: prize, Turner, UK
