IT IS PROBABLY BETTER TO START FROM ZERO at the Window Space

The Window Space, located directly across from the Whitechapel Gallery, has been the host of a diverse group of shows Continue reading →

Curating Identities: A quasi-ethnographic approach

The current world-picture changed massively since the post–World War II aftermath led to the reconstruction of the idea of Europe; Continue reading →

Redundancy: the artists’ material. Technology’s failure is art’s gain.

Curator of Digital Artist Residency, Tom Milnes, speaks to resident artists Jason Brogan and Joanne Masding. “I’m specifically interested in Continue reading →

CtC 2015: a selection of articles

Curating the Contemporary (CtC) is a meeting point for discussion on arts and culture. CtC uses writing as a resource Continue reading →

An Empathetic Affair: The Embodied Practice of Hedwig Houben

Why is it that imagery seems to translate so willingly, from subject to artwork, and from artwork to viewer? Phenomenologists Continue reading →

Intertextuality and thematic development. From Badlands to True Romance

Hans Zimmer’s produced score for True Romance (1993) pays homage to Terrence Malick’s debut feature Badlands (1973). The two films Continue reading →

Where can we find our contemporary heterotopias?

Michel Foucault’s heterotopia has been a fundamental tool for understanding the territory of our past. Heterotopia specifies zones like the Continue reading →

Post-modernism, Neo-liberalism and the Selfie

The phenomenon of the selfie has been the subject of much debate and discussion in recent times. This essay aims Continue reading →