Writer-in-Residence

Writer-in-Residence

Beverly Fishman: Color-Coding Big Pharma

Writer-in-Residence

Beverly Fishman: Color-Coding Big Pharma

Writer-in-Residence Zachary Small uncovers the psychological implications of Beverly Fishman’s brightly colored pill-paintings that explore the consequences of an unchecked medical industry.

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“The Visible Hand”

Writer-in-Residence

“The Visible Hand”

Writer-in-Residence Rachel Valinsky uncovers the diversification of artistic production explored in the exhibition “The Visible Hand,” on view through February 15, 2017 at CUE Art Foundation.

Affixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex | An Interview with Tiona McClodden

Affixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex | An Interview with Tiona McClodden

An interview with filmmaker Tiona McClodden about her digital project memorializing poet and activist Essex Hemphill.

Audible Afterimages

Audible Afterimages

Collapse: Abandoned to the indifference of physical nature, any neglected artifact disintegrates. Places too are social artifacts, architectural masses sustained in space by forms of life. When customs falter or …

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The Future of Mapping: An Interview with Clement Valla

Writer-in-Residence

The Future of Mapping: An Interview with Clement Valla

Ben Valentine talks to new media artist and RISD professor Clement Valla about contemporary mapping technologies.

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The Future of Social Media: An Interview with Simone C. Niquille

Writer-in-Residence

The Future of Social Media: An Interview with Simone C. Niquille

Writer-in-residence Ben Valentine continues his technology series by interviewing designer and researcher Simone C. Niquille, whose “bold style addresses important issues of our time.”

Writer-in-Residence

Drones: An Interview with Ingrid Burrington

Writer-in-Residence

Drones: An Interview with Ingrid Burrington

Ben Valentine kicks off his ART21 writing residency by interviewing artist, designer, and writer Ingrid Burrington who investigates the Internet and surveillance technologies.

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A Quiet Kind of Act

Writer-in-Residence

A Quiet Kind of Act

In her final piece for the “Value” issue, writer-in-residence Elizabeth Devlin profiles Boston-based community quilter Clara Wainwright.

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Intangible Possessions

Writer-in-Residence

Intangible Possessions

Elizabeth Devlin on how “digital media redefines our perceptions of ownership.”

CUE + Art21 Writing Fellowship

CUE + Art21 Writing Fellowship

Art21 and CUE Art Foundation, neighboring nonprofits in the Chelsea/Flatiron district of Manhattan, join forces on their programs for emerging writers.

Read Between the One-Liners

Read Between the One-Liners

Writer-in-residence Elizabeth Devlin profiles Boston-based artist Pat Falco who made his museum debut in the 2013 deCordova Biennial.

The Nature of Worth

The Nature of Worth

Writer-in-residence Elizabeth Devlin shares her plans for the “Value” issue.

Becoming South Sudan

Becoming South Sudan

In her second slideshow, Art21 writer-in-residence Alinka Echeverría shares her photographs from South Sudan.

The Tenth Day of Mourning

The Tenth Day of Mourning

Alinka Echeverría presents never-before-seen photographs from her recent visit to South Africa.

Misinterpreting Satire

Misinterpreting Satire

Sally Frater reflects on The Black Letter, a project by “The N***** Bankzy.”

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

Shifting Perceptions of Houston’s Third Ward

Writer-in-Residence Sally Frater explores Unity Foto Bank, an online project and site-specific installation in Houston, Texas.

Unbecoming

Unbecoming

Writer-in-Residence Cameron Shaw follows up her first piece, “On Becoming,” with some thoughts on unbecoming in the work of Nina Schwanse.

On Becoming

On Becoming

Cameron Shaw begins her online writing residency with some thoughts on what it means to become.

Crowdsourced Beats

Crowdsourced Beats

Blogger-in-residence Dorothy Santos on two crowdsourced sound works that “provoke questions about virtual engagement and interaction.”

The Open Internet: From Virtuality to Physicality

The Open Internet: From Virtuality to Physicality

Blogger-in-Residence Dorothy Santos asks what is actually free online.

“Where Are You From?”: Memoirs of a Palestinian-Israeli

“Where Are You From?”: Memoirs of a Palestinian-Israeli

Through the work of three artists—Aissa Deebi, Kamal Aljafari, and Dor Guez—Noah Simblist addresses the complexity of Israeli and Palestinian national identity.

Two Point Perspective: Akram Zaatari’s “Letter to a Refusing Pilot”

Two Point Perspective: Akram Zaatari’s “Letter to a Refusing Pilot”

Blogger-in-Residence Noah Simblist reports on the Lebanese Pavilion at the 55th Venice Biennale and the “fragmented truths” of Akram Zaatari’s installation.

Community Action Center on the Road

Community Action Center on the Road

Noah Simblist kicks off his blogging residency by writing about a traveling video that “acts like a feedback loop between art and pornography.”

Travelogue No. 4: Experimental Time-based Media Galore in Switzerland

Travelogue No. 4: Experimental Time-based Media Galore in Switzerland

For her fourth and final travelogue entry, Natalie Musteata walks us through Art Basel in Switzerland.

Travelogue Entry No. 3: Singularity and Repetition in Venice

Travelogue Entry No. 3: Singularity and Repetition in Venice

Continuing her trek through Europe, Natalie Musteata reports on this year’s Venice Biennale and “an almost 1:1 reconstruction” of Harald Szeemann’s landmark exhibition of 1969.

Travelogue Entry No. 2: Nouvelles de Paris

Travelogue Entry No. 2: Nouvelles de Paris

Reporting from Paris, Blogger-in-Residence Natalie Musteata visits the solo exhibitions of Lorna Simpson, Ahlam Shibli, Simon Hantaï, and Mike Kelley.

Travelogue Entry No. 1: On and Off the Beaten Track in Europe

Travelogue Entry No. 1: On and Off the Beaten Track in Europe

Blogger-in-Residence Natalie Musteata reports on Nottingham Contemporary, one of the largest contemporary art spaces in the UK, and “the real gem” of her recent visit.

Flooded

Flooded

In her final post as Blogger-in-Residence, Danielle Sommer takes us to the center of Robert Smithson’s canonical work of land art, “Spiral Jetty.”

To Know Is to Touch and Be Touched

To Know Is to Touch and Be Touched

In her third post on the theme of hindsight, Danielle Sommer considers the “confusing” cataloguing system of German art historian Aby Warburg.

Pulling Things Forward

Pulling Things Forward

“…the clumsiest narratives are often the narratives that assume prescribed movement from A to B. “

Hindsight

Hindsight

Danielle Sommer responds to the current theme on the Art21 Blog: “Hindsight is like an arrow, shot from our own time into another…”

100 Artists | Jessica Stockholder

100 Artists | Jessica Stockholder

For the final post in her 21-day blogging residency, Thea Liberty Nichols interviews Art21-featured artist Jessica Stockholder.

“The only thing I do everyday” | Tavi Gevinson

“The only thing I do everyday” | Tavi Gevinson

“Rookie” editor Tavi Gevinson speaks with Thea Liberty Nichols abou crossing disciplines, crossing platforms, and being a writer at the end of the day.

You Can’t Always Give and You Can’t Always Take | Edie Fake

You Can’t Always Give and You Can’t Always Take | Edie Fake

“Sharing what we can is how we help each other thrive on this messed up planet. It creates networks, emotional bonds, kinship, thought…”

“My Work Should Grow on You” | Faheem Majeed

“My Work Should Grow on You” | Faheem Majeed

“Like any sane person that is faced with a difficult life decision, I decided to go to grad school.”

April Blogger-in-Residence | Thea Liberty Nichols

April Blogger-in-Residence | Thea Liberty Nichols

Introducing Art21’s blogger-in-residence for the month of April.