In the recent exhibition at Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) a movie theatre-like darkness pervades, and scarce light is provided only by the films being shown. This is Hito Steyerl’s first solo exhibition in Germany, and it doesn’t seem a moment too late considering her rather impressive career. The Munich-born filmmaker and writer holds a PhD in [...]
Author Archives: Karl Lydén
Interview: Anton Vidokle of e-flux
April 20, 2009 – 9:28 am
Every day e-flux reaches 50,000 people around the world with three or four emails announcing exhibitions, publications, discussions and events related to contemporary art. But this enormous announcement digest – with an online archive stretching back to its inception in 1999 – is just a part of the story. In a symbiotic operation, e-flux manages [...]
There will be blood: Ron Athey curating Resonate/Obliterate I.E
March 18, 2009 – 10:37 pm
After a two-hour drive from downtown LA and arriving slightly late, we entered the dark and crowded locale in Riverside that had probably once been a restaurant, but now had black plastic sheets covering the windows. On the old bar, an oiled-up bodybuilder was standing and trembling in a miniscule swimsuit and a splash of [...]
