Emma Campbell While loss and impermanence are necessary facets of human existence, they are not always at the forefront of our everyday experiences. San Francisco-based artist Elisheva Biernoff captures the quiet and somewhat hidden aspects of the precarity of human…
Author: avantika
The Ethics of Instrumentalization: Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s from here to ear at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art
Laura O’Brien There are a lot of things that you cannot do at Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s installation at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art: you can’t take photographs, nor touch the guitars. No touching the chain-link curtain, and—most importantly—no provoking the…
Cove
Alexander Duncan All images by and courtesy of the artist. Cove (anthropocene), 2007-2012, polyurethane, polystyrene. Cove explores the complex relationship between man-made materials that inhabit the contemporary world. Polyurethane foam is an in-between material – of housing insulation, boat floatation…
Entitlement 1
Simon Gilby with text co-written by Dave Whish Wilson All images are of Entitlement 1, Bathers Beach, Fremantle, salt and stainless steel, 61″ tall. Photos by Rooel Loopers. There is an ethereal quality to Simon Gilby’s salt figure, cast from…
Oceans of Junk
Cynthia Minet All images courtesy of the artist. Photos by Martin Cox. Can the issues of plastic in our oceans and on land be engaged in a visual and non-didactic format? Can artworks made from trash become something…
The Advance
Susan Murrell All images by and courtesy of the artist. The Advance, 2015, 9x18x6 feet, watercolor, acetate, sand, vinyl, tape, fabric remnants, insulation, gallery pedestals. Technology has fundamentally changed our connection to the landscape. The horizon has defined…
The Intimate Realities of Water
Adrian Parr Water regularly and effortlessly cleans and refreshes every aspect of our lives so that we can get on with our lives, spending time on other things, like earning a living, studying, or simply just enjoying the best life…
Sounds from a Watery Grave
Daniel Trivedy Film and still frame courtesy of the artist. Sounds from a Watery Grave, 2015, film. The shores of the Mediterranean have long been a favored holiday destination for Europeans, but beneath the waves one of the tragic stories…
Sea Change
Hajra Waheed Sea Change (2013 – ) is a visual novel that stitches together a story about the missing and the missed. It revolves around the journey and disappearance of nine people who do so in the name of salvation, a…
Towards the Essential Reduction of a Drop of Water: An Interview with Wilfredo Prieto
Adam Barbu All images by the artist. The work of Cuban artist Wilfredo Prieto speaks a language of form that challenges how we think about the relationship between art, culture and politics in the time of neoliberal global capitalism. Prieto…