Jan / Feb 2016 Issue
“Movement”

“Apricots from Damascus” — A Zine and Exhibition Project in Istanbul

by Elizabeth Larison | Feb 29, 2016

“Apricots from Damascus” — A Zine and Exhibition Project in Istanbul

by Elizabeth Larison | Feb 29, 2016

Contemporary movements of exodus and forced migration have sparked global anxiety as the number of displaced people worldwide approaches 60 million. All over, people necessarily cross borders, and in a …

Playing with Numbers: Black Representation in American Art Institutions

by Olubukola Gbadegesin | Feb 26, 2016

Playing with Numbers: Black Representation in American Art Institutions

by Olubukola Gbadegesin | Feb 26, 2016

Art history professor Olubukola Gbadegesin cautions against celebrating the recent trend of art institutions finally collecting work by Black artists.

Hello world: A letter from ART21’s new director

by Tina Kukielski | Feb 24, 2016

Hello world: A letter from ART21’s new director

by Tina Kukielski | Feb 24, 2016

While my friends and colleagues were spending their winter breaks getting some R&R on sandy beaches in the Caribbean, I was happily watching some of ART21’s more than three hundred …

Flight Paths

by Sky Goodden | Feb 19, 2016

Flight Paths

by Sky Goodden | Feb 19, 2016

I know of artists who fly aloft and land like a glance, perpetually abreast of something—patterned renewal. I know of artists; I have sat nearby as they cock their collared …

How Movement Becomes Music: Transforming Images into Sound

by Julia Adolphe | Feb 12, 2016

How Movement Becomes Music: Transforming Images into Sound

by Julia Adolphe | Feb 12, 2016

How is a moving image captured in music? How does a melody evoke falling rain or the rustle of leaves in the wind? As a composer, I strive to paint …

“Repellent Fence / Valla Repelente”

by Postcommodity | Feb 4, 2016

“Repellent Fence / Valla Repelente”

by Postcommodity | Feb 4, 2016

Continuing their exploration of contested spaces, Postcommodity recently presented Repellent Fence / Valla Repelente, the largest bi-national land art installation ever exhibited on the US/Mexico border. The temporary, two-mile-long fence …

Janitor for the Nation

by Joseph del Pesco | Feb 1, 2016

Janitor for the Nation

by Joseph del Pesco | Feb 1, 2016

“Imagine that this museum is a nation, and inside this nation is a museum.” That idea inspired this experimental text, in which each exhibition is envisioned as its own sovereign state.

How to use the F-word in 2016: The Guerrilla Girls Twin Cities Takeover

by Megan Johnston | Jan 28, 2016

How to use the F-word in 2016: The Guerrilla Girls Twin Cities Takeover

by Megan Johnston | Jan 28, 2016

Museum director Megan Johnston shares the inside scoop on organizing the Guerrilla Girls Twin Cities Takeover, a series of exhibitions and events throughout Minnesota from January to March 2016.

New Kids on the Block

Gina Siepel’s Listening Trips

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 26, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Gina Siepel’s Listening Trips

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 26, 2016

In July 2011, the artist Gina Siepel paddled down the Bronx River with four strangers. This series of excursions in the northernmost borough of New York City, along with four …

Confronting Crisis: An Interview with Syrian Artists Tammam Azzam, Sara Shamma & Kevork Mourad

by Lindsey Davis | Jan 21, 2016

Confronting Crisis: An Interview with Syrian Artists Tammam Azzam, Sara Shamma & Kevork Mourad

by Lindsey Davis | Jan 21, 2016

These three Syrian artists left their homes behind, and their bodies of work have been forever changed by the war that’s tearing their nation apart. In this extended interview we find answers to the question: What is life like as a refugee and artist?

Are We There Yet? A brief history of art and Black Lives Matter

by Sheldon Scott | Jan 18, 2016

Are We There Yet? A brief history of art and Black Lives Matter

by Sheldon Scott | Jan 18, 2016

Artist Sheldon Scott surveys the historical longevity of the Black Lives Matter movement in art, long before the hashtag made the issue trending.

Representing Gender for Ballet’s Next Generation

by Robert Binet | Jan 12, 2016

Representing Gender for Ballet’s Next Generation

by Robert Binet | Jan 12, 2016

Ballet is perhaps the most gendered of all art forms. Male and female dancers are trained differently from an early age and are expected to emerge in the profession with …

Picturing Motion in Photography: When Time Stands Still

by Arthur Shimamura | Jan 4, 2016

Picturing Motion in Photography: When Time Stands Still

by Arthur Shimamura | Jan 4, 2016

UC Berkeley professor Arthur Shimamura shares the history behind the work of early photographers Eadweard Muybridge, Harold Edgerton and Henri Cartier-Bresson, and how each used the camera to capture movement.

Movement and Stillness in Nira Pereg’s “Ishmael”

by Talia Heiman | Jan 4, 2016

Movement and Stillness in Nira Pereg’s “Ishmael”

by Talia Heiman | Jan 4, 2016

Nira Pereg’s four-channel video installation Ishmael (2015), was filmed in the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, the West Bank’s largest city. Holy for both Muslims and Jews, the Cave …

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Chen Tamir

by Chen Tamir | Jan 4, 2016

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Chen Tamir

by Chen Tamir | Jan 4, 2016

“Aptitude for war is aptitude for movement,” said Napoleon, as quoted by Paul Virilio in his book, Speed and Politics.1 Virilio explains that “violence can be reduced to nothing but movement.”2 …