Louis Henderson: Geophysical Matters
Commissioned by LUX (published on 8 May 2016) A revolutionary cry is heard in Haiti. Police sirens race across a Parisian street by night, and we collectively listen to Angela Davis discuss the prison industrial complexi: “I want to try to urge you to think about the historical system of slavery and the institution of … Continue reading
Bani Abidi: An Unforeseen Situation
Introduction and conversation commissioned by Vdrome An Unforeseen Situation refers to a series of orchestrated mass events and spectacular individual feats hosted by the Punjab Ministry of Sports in 2014 during which multiple world records were reportedly broken by Pakistan. Picking up from the popular rumors, newspaper clippings and video footage surrounding the events, the artist … Continue reading
In Memoriam: K. G. Subramanyan (1924–2016)
Commissioned and published for documenta 14 As the days pass by And you gain in years The past does not keep you captive. —K. G. Subramanyan, from “A Near Vision” (Poems: Rhymes of Recall, Seagull Books, 2014) A visionary artist and pedagogue has departed after tireless decades of teaching, making, and sharing time. It was … Continue reading
Film Screening + Discussion: Sisters! at Clark House Initiative
Film Screening: Sisters! Petra Bauer – Artist Stefano Bertacchini – Photography Rachel Dowle – Assistant Marius Dybwad Brandrud – Editor Rob van de Schootbrugge – Sound Main cast: Southall Black Sisters Discussion: Zehra Jumabhoy, Tejal Shah, Shaina Anand, and LABIA collective. Curated by Natasha Ginwala at Clark House Friday 13 January 2012 5.30pm – 8.00pm Sisters! is a collaboration between Petra Bauer and the Southall Black Sisters — … Continue reading
…Of conquest, resonance and falling: Notes on Some Left
Source: If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam On Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 July, at 22:20, If I Can’t Dance presents the performance Some Left by Sung Hwan Kim at Ruyschstraat 4-III in Amsterdam, with performers Matthew Infante and Jieun Rim, and with music by David Michael DiGregorio (aka dogr). After a full month of working, … Continue reading
White on White on White
Exhibition Review: ABSALON curated by Susanne Pfeffer 28. November 2010 to 20. February 2011 KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin) From my apartment window the ‘memorial for the murdered Jews of Europe’ appears as a vast snow-covered rectilinear grid. When one stands within, the flatness of the top view gives way to a dense network … Continue reading
Natasha Ginwala: Work and Writing 