Artist-activist collective INDECLINE talks about its politically provocative work
by Manu Sharma Jan 19, 2021
A representative of the notorious US-based collective INDECLINE discusses the group’s history, practice and trajectory.
Manu is a new media artist and an arts scholar, with a Masters in Asian Art Histories from LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore. When he is not busy writing about art in the internet age, you can find him hard at work, making music videos.
‘Reading’ the gluttonous hellscape of Gregory Jacobsen
by Manu Sharma Jan 16, 2021
American painter Gregory Jacobsen takes STIR on a journey through his corpulent and violent realm.
Comic artist tom.af.brockbrock seeks to rekindle creative curiosity within his work
by Manu Sharma Jan 11, 2021
Tom Karlsson of Sweden discusses his quest to return to a state of youthful wonderment, and its centrality to his artistic practice.
Exploring the bizarre world of Justin Tomchuk’s ‘Interface’
by Manu Sharma Jan 06, 2021
Canadian Youtuber Justin Tomchuk takes viewers on a surreal journey through his two-year-old animation project.
ROM Corruption artists distort old videogames to create glitch artistry
by Manu Sharma Dec 23, 2020
Four ROM Corruption artists - Jordan Bortner, Dawnia Darkstone, Sabato Visconti and Rudy Paganini - highlight the practice and purpose of their craft.
Traversing the absurd worlds of Pancreas Supervisor
by Manu Sharma Dec 15, 2020
Minneapolis-based artist Pancreas Supervisor creates visceral assemblages that defy rational thought.
Political painter Mark Bryan and his vibrant, satirical work
by Manu Sharma Dec 04, 2020
STIR speaks with American satirist Mark Bryan, and discusses ethos, practice and trajectory.
Pablo Iglesias Prada captures human evil through his expressionist works
by Manu Sharma Nov 28, 2020
Spanish artist Pablo Iglesias Prada seeks to capture human emotions and vice within his sinister paintings.
‘In Kepler’s Gardens’: Adapting to and interrogating the global zeitgeist
by Manu Sharma Nov 11, 2020
In the first of a two-part series, STIR examines how Ars Electronica presents a responsive and diffused exhibition model from Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria.
Exploring Eduard Krasilnikov’s sublime generative art
by Manu Sharma Oct 31, 2020
Russian IT professional Eduard Krasilnikov creates beautiful art that allows for generation of complex, evolving multimedia content.
Unseen Art: José Ángel Gomis González presents his Medusa videos
by Manu Sharma Oct 26, 2020
Spanish video artist José Ángel Gomis González channels memory and lived experience to create a video project that spans 18 chapters.
William Utermohlen’s critical works reveal extent of Alzheimer’s disease
by Manu Sharma Oct 10, 2020
In a conversation with the late American painter’s wife, Patricia Utermohlen, STIR discovers how William created critical artistry, highlighting the conflux of art and mental wellness.
Artist Karthika Sakthivel’s ‘Mayajaal’ fosters mindfulness through technology
by Manu Sharma Sep 23, 2020
Karthika Sakthivel’s project at the Royal College of Art in London fostered mindfulness through a breathing exercise couched within the Hindu creation myth.
Artist toadofsky resurrects memories of a childhood spent enjoying video games
by Manu Sharma Sep 12, 2020
An Instagram artist, known as toadofsky, has been building a body of work for over five years, through visual art that evokes the nostalgia of video games popular in the early 2000s.
'Terminal 00' of Angus Nicneven explores participatory new media practice
by Manu Sharma Aug 28, 2020
STIR explores new modes of artistic engagement in the internet age, through American author and web designer Angus Nicneven’s ongoing website art project, Terminal 00.
