SYNAPSE 2013 – DAY 3
The third day of the Synapse conference began with a stimulating talk by Natalie Jeremijenko. Jeremijenko is an artist and scientist, based in New York, whose work focuses on, among tohers – in her words – “In the tradition of institutional critique……
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SYNAPSE 2013 Continued on Wednesday with a screening of Galapagos, which related to a project in which twelve artists were brought to the Galapagos Islands and asked to freely respond to the fragile environment around them. Following this screening co-curator…
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The SYNAPSE 2013 conference got off to a start today. Present at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt were this year’s round of eleven curators – Nabil Ahmed, Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran, Xiaoyu Weng, Natasha Ginwala, Alice Carey, Manuela Moscoso, Etienne…
READ MORE AND COMMENTInterview with Natalie Jeremijenko
Natalie Jeremijenko is an artist and engineer who directs the xdesign Environmental Health Clinic at NYU. Previously she was on the Visual Arts faculty at UCSD, and Faculty of Engineering at Yale. Her work was included in the 2006 Whitney Biennial of American…
READ MORE AND COMMENTRoundup: recent Anthropocene-related articles and links
The recent The Anthropocene Project: An Opening (10.01.2013 – 13.1.2013) at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt cast overdue light on a theme that’s being increasingly discussed well beyond its original geological context: the Anthropocene and its ties to art and science….
READ MORE AND COMMENTURBAN SYNESTHESIA 城市‧魅感
The technical definition of synesthesia is a state in which one sensory or cognitive pathway crosses over into another. It has also been described as a kind of hidden sense as many synesthetes are unaware that their sensory perceptions are…
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Some notes on the Anthropocene Below are some brief notes ‘in progress’ about the idea of the Anthropocene, specifically in relation to the Whole Earth exhibition that will open at Haus der Kulturen der Welt on April 25, 2013 (one…
READ MORE AND COMMENTSYNAPSE Curators’ Questionnaire – Pt. 3
To mark the end of 2012, SYNAPSE.info initiated a curators’ questionnaire, sent to the first round of SYNAPSE curators, who participated in 2011. This is part 3 of 3. Anthropocene-related topics such as climate change, technological breakthroughs, and developments in…
READ MORE AND COMMENTSYNAPSE Curators’ Questionnaire – Part 2
To mark the end of 2012, SYNAPSE.info initiated a curators’ questionnaire, sent to the first round of SYNAPSE curators, who participated in 2011. This is part 1 of 3. Question 2. What were your two or three favorite exhibitions of…
READ MORE AND COMMENTSYNAPSE Curators’ Questionnaire – Part 1
To mark the end of 2012, SYNAPSE.info initiated a curators’ questionnaire, sent to the first round of SYNAPSE curators, who participated in 2011. Responses ranged from the theoretical to the practical, reflecting the heterogeneity and breadth of curatorial voices. This…
READ MORE AND COMMENTBook recommendations
Arlette Quynh-Anh Tran - Tetxte zur Kunst, Issue Nr. 82 / June 2011 "Artistic Research"
- Andrea Phillips, Markus Miessen (ed.). Caring Culture: Art, Architecture and the Politics of Public Health (2011)
- John Coates, The Hour Between Dog And Wolf - Risk-Taking, Gut Feeling and The Biology of Boom And Bust (2012)