Conversations
In-depth interviews with artists
Evelyn Bencicova & Enes Güç
In the collaborative project, ‘Alter Ego’, photographer Obinna Obioma and architect and illustrator Nafisa Bukar create layered images that explore the duality of identity in the African diaspora.
Keiken: Deconstructing the Now
Josipa Krolo fills her canvases with empty scenes from her hometown Split, portraying gentrification and the effects of tourism in pastels. She has been selected by Raum www as the winner of our open call competition ‘Unseen.’
Embracing Ambiguity with Scarlett Yang
In the collaborative project, ‘Alter Ego’, photographer Obinna Obioma and architect and illustrator Nafisa Bukar create layered images that explore the duality of identity in the African diaspora.
Josipa Krolo: Paintings of Gentrification
Josipa Krolo fills her canvases with empty scenes from her hometown Split, portraying gentrification and the effects of tourism in pastels. She has been selected by Raum www as the winner of our open call competition ‘Unseen.’
A Conversation with Mareo Rodriguez: Matter is Condensed Light
Mareo Rodriguez’s work is constantly moving, like a tectonic plate, and depicts powerful and beautiful earth forces spanning an array of scales within his artistic approach.
Discomfort as (curatorial) strategy: A Funeral for Street Culture
This conversation is a transcription of an episode of Errant Podcast, part of Errant Journal. Which has launched its 3rd issue on DISCOMFORT.
Art Initiatives Working Towards a Sustainable Future
We spoke to Yasmine Ostendorf, founder of Green Art Lab Alliance, about working towards a reduced environmental footprint and climate justice from within the art sector, imagining possible future alternatives.
Artist Residencies as Social Practice: A Conversation with Yinka Shonibare Foundation
We caught up with the Yinka Shonibare Foundation to talk about their new residency program at the G.A.S Foundation in Nigeria, where community engagement and social intervention are a key component.
Dear Michael: Fictions of Masculinity
In his video essay, ‘Dear Michael’, Agil Abdullayev presents a social portrait layering and deconstructing narratives of masculinity, identity and male friendship.
Collaborating with Nature: Art and Sustainability
In the collaborative project, ‘Alter Ego’, photographer Obinna Obioma and architect and illustrator Nafisa Bukar create layered images that explore the duality of identity in the African diaspora.
artspring festival Artistic Directors Julia Brodauf & Jan Gottschalk
In the collaborative project, ‘Alter Ego’, photographer Obinna Obioma and architect and illustrator Nafisa Bukar create layered images that explore the duality of identity in the African diaspora.
Jon Henry: Depictions of Vulnerability — and Strength
Queens-born photographer Jon Henry is the recipient of the 2020 Arnold Newman Prize For New Directions in Photographic Portraiture for his series “Stranger Fruit”. We caught up with the artist to talk a bit about his practice, the themes that he works with, and what influences him.
Visual Dialogues with Nicole Kouts and Gabriel Pessoto
With a shared interested in investigating the nature of images and their changing associations, artists Nicole Kouts and Gabriel Pessoto decided to collaborate. The result is the work “trocando figurinhas“, which was selected by curator Brunno Silva as one of two winning projects in our open call competition, “Correspondence”.
Joaquin Margulis: Exploring Automation
Ever since he was a child, Joaquin Margulis has been amazed by machines. Today, he builds them as a part of his artistry – exploring themes of automation.
Tomorrow’s Snow: A Hopeful Lullaby
In Tomorrow’s Snow (Übermorgen Schnee), photojournalist and artist Sonja Trabandt portrays her best friend A.’s fight against cancer. In still life photographs, anonymous portraits, medical scans, and landscapes, she tells a gripping story about overcoming the worst.
Alter Ego: Narratives of Fashion
In the collaborative project, ‘Alter Ego’, photographer Obinna Obioma and architect and illustrator Nafisa Bukar create layered images that explore the duality of identity in the African diaspora.