Tishan Hsu MAMCO / Genève
“Cyberspace involves a reversal of the current mode of interaction with computerized information. At present, such information is external to…
“Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility” Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum / New York
Visibility is a double-edged sword or, as French philosopher Michel Foucault once categorized it, “a trap.”1 The term’s duality is…
David Lieske “Armed Interpretation” VI,VII / Oslo
Upon entering the ground floor of VI, VII, in Oslo, one can hear the underlying crackle of a vinyl recording…
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Originally published in Aperto ’93: Emergency/Emergenza, Giancarlo Politi Editore, 1993. The European scene of late has been dominated by the…
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Twilight Oddities, Real Nightmares, Queer Errands, and Other Daydreams: The Gothenburg Biennial
What perspectives shall we adopt; filters shall we use; mindsets shall we construe so as to usher a crowd of…
346 SPRING 2024
COVERS → ◯ Klára Hosnedlová photographed by Joseph Kadow at Sculpture Berlin, December 2023, wearing Ottolinger and eyewear by Kuboraum.…
345 WINTER 2023-24
COVERS → ◯ Heji Shin wearing Givenchy in Richard Kern’s home studio, New York, November 2023. Photographed by Richard Kern.…
344 FALL 2023
COVERS ◯ Rhea Dillon wearing Bottega Veneta, New York, June 2023. Photographed by Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. Courtesy of…
343 SUMMER 2023
COVERS → Anne Imhof wearing Saint Laurent by Anthony Vaccarello in her studio, Berlin and New York, April/May 2023. Photographed…