Excess Economies, Now: The Poisoned Gift

Gift noun – a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present. – Oxford English Dictionary It turns out Continue reading →

The Shrinking Space

or: When will we learn to stop worrying and love enjoyment? There’s something that seems to be going unnoticed. Something Continue reading →

Jonas Mekas’ The Internet Saga at the Venice Biennale

“It’s challenging enough to say yes” was Jonas Mekas’ answer when proposed to exhibit a selection of his videos in Continue reading →

What is Contemporeality?

During the early 1990’s reality was a singular entity and yet the world was changing; the internet age had begun. Continue reading →

Everything We Do in Real Life is a Radical Act

One of the greatest challenges for art in the modern world is how to function within an increasingly homogenous education Continue reading →

The Role of Spectatorship in Art outside Market and Critics Rules

The critic Claire Bishop in Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship writes “the audience, previously conceived as Continue reading →

An Open Air Gallery

In 2014 an ambitious and innovative project was born. Its target is to revitalise a wounded territory and to create Continue reading →

Curating Intangible Heritage – Popular Music in Museums The Case of Brazilian Museum Cais do Sertão

In 1993, a seminal research on popular music in museums stated that ‘although music is probably the most thriving and Continue reading →