Articles

Dangerous Persuasions

Meeka Walsh’s introductory essay to Issue 134, the all women issue.

Paper covers rock, scissors cuts paper, rock smashes scissors, paper covers rock. A letter is just paper, and so very much more.
Sensoriationalism

Moholy-Nagy projects with: Oliver Botar, Eduardo Aquino, Ken Gregory, Guy Maddin, Erika Lincoln, Bernie Miller, Freya Olafson, Lancelot Coar & Patrick Harrop, Louise Witthöft & Rodney LaTourelle
The Living Beings of Sound

“I’m very interested in space but there are two different types of space in music. One is the real space where the instruments are playing. The other side involves natural spaces, which you perceive if you hear different types of sounds within the orchestra; I compose for these virtual spaces, too.”
The Many Faces of Suzy Lake

In the case of Suzy Lake, contemporary art history has had to go back in time to recognize her present achievement. From the beginning she was interested in the places where pictorial formats crossed over into one another.
Somewhere Between Berlin and Bogota

The Forbidden Room, 2014 - directed by Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson
The Matter of Art

“Still Life” is the kind of exhibition that makes you realize why art matters. Every one of the artists Gillies has chosen has been made better through the making of their art, just as we are in looking at it.
Soft Transformations

Nelson is a subtle transformer; she takes flat subjects and turns them into objects of compelling wit and humour.
Making Senses

“We liked the idea of working with water as an analogue means of registering a sound as a visual thing. All sound is some form of vibration.”
Embodied Confusions

To properly appreciate Jen Aitken’s sculptures, you have to walk around them, get down low to see into their interior spaces, and look closely at the places where one material shifts into another.
There Can Never Be Enough: New and Selected Stories by David Arnason
Jimmy Limit
Jake and Dinos Chapman

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