The discovery of a votive uterus in a museum prompts an enquiry about the organ as a potential site of lost female subjectivity.
Filmmaker Dar Gai reminisces the indestructible magic of Ukraine
Apr 29, 2022by Dar Gai Apr 29, 2022
For her, Ukraine isn't just a country of birth, love and loss. ‘It’s Molfa. A magical object that gives you power only if you are magical yourself,' she writes in an intimate account.
Meet Slava Balbek: defender, designer, optimist behind the RE:UKRAINE project
Apr 26, 2022by Natalia Torija Nieto Apr 26, 2022
The 38-year-old Kyivan sheds these titles while fighting against demolition of historic buildings, preparing rescue kits and creating an emergency housing plan within just 10 days!
Of tigers and wolves: two films tackling conservation from an ecofeminist lens
Apr 25, 2022by Rosalyn D`Mello Apr 25, 2022
Indian scriptwriter Aastha Tiku’s film, Sherni, shares ideological resonances with a work-in-progress by a South Tyrolean museologist and researcher duo.
Afghan war carpets: weaving tales of conflicts
Apr 23, 2022by Afra Safa Apr 23, 2022
After half a century of foreign occupation, war and conflict, craftspersons in Afghanistan are weaving these stories-through age-old methods & modern war symbols-into carpet design.
Brazil, 1822-2022: Celebrating two hundred years of the nation’s independence in India
Apr 21, 2022by André Aranha Corrêa do Lago Apr 21, 2022
The Brazilian Ambassador to India, André Aranha Corrêa do Lago pens an account of Brazil’s now global architectural identity, and the exhibitions in Delhi commemorating the bicentennial.
Veni, Vidi, Venezia: a photo contemplation with a twist
Apr 12, 2022by Anne Feenstra Apr 12, 2022
Venice, in order not to sink, will need to take up its historical function of a microcosm once more, and it will be the testing ground for radical experiments of solutions.
Graphic design in Iran: A journey of evolution and practices shaping the future
Apr 06, 2022by Afra Safa Apr 06, 2022
A review of the outstanding graphic design studios in Iran whose works are enriched by the country’s long visual history and diverse contemporary life.
Songs from the cellar: Ukrainian creators bare their hearts ahead of Triennale Milano
Mar 30, 2022by Natalia Torija Nieto Mar 30, 2022
In Ukraine, curators, artists, musicians now double as drivers, volunteers and fighters. Planeta Ukrain voices their hope for life, and participation at the 23rd Triennale Milano. A tribute.
Reimagining architecture: Cloud Studies by Forensic Architecture at VISUAL Carlow
Mar 25, 2022by Divya Menon Mar 25, 2022
Through the art of unconditioning, architecture repositions itself as a research instrument in the new world.
Fantasy by construct: The Architecture Model Museum in Shanghai
Mar 22, 2022by Weili Zhang Mar 22, 2022
A visit to the Wutopia Lab-designed Architectural Model Museum, an innovative and focused new addition to Shanghai’s burgeoning collection of exhibition spaces.
What is modernism in African art and when did it take place?
Mar 15, 2022by Sukanya Deb Mar 15, 2022
The last of a three-part series investigates modernity and the cultural underpinnings around its conception in African diaspora artists who contributed to the Western canon.
What do artistic manifestations of maternal exhaustion in late-capitalism look like?
Mar 11, 2022by Rosalyn D`Mello Mar 11, 2022
Mother-artists are visualising the heretofore invisibilised corporeal and emotional fatigue of care-giving through diverse materials rooted in embodied subjectivity.
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