Interview

Interview

AA Bronson Reflects on Rochdale College, His Family’s Colonial History, and General Idea

At 72, AA Bronson — co-founder of Toronto-based art collective General Idea, creator of the NY Art Book Fair, and former executive director of Printed Matter — is busier than ever.

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A Portrait of Ray Johnson in His Own Words

Soberscove Press has released nearly 200 pages of interviews with renowned mail artist Ray Johnson, and a preview excerpt can be found here.

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Carl Pope Returns from His Hiatus with His Largest Installation Ever

After four years away from the art scene the artist returns with work that maps the visual language of contemporary blackness through 108 letterpress posters in the most important installation in the US right now.

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Hopes Run High as New Senior Curator Lands at Detroit's MOCAD

Larry Ossei-Mensah discusses his curatorial approach and what he will bring to the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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A Former Webcam Model Writes a Horror Movie Based on Her Experiences

When Isa Mazzei set out to write the screenplay for Cam, she wanted to "create a film where an audience would empathize with a sex worker."

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A Net Artist on Why the Cloud Is a Bad Metaphor for the Internet

Evan Roth is increasingly interested in exploring the physical infrastructure of the internet. His latest project brings his research into your bedroom.

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Rethinking the Archive of Black Visual Culture with Deborah Willis

The photographer, curator, and academic founded the Center for Black Visual Culture at NYU to animate conversations about the archive of African American imagery from the 19th century to today.

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An Archive Restores and Resurrects Hollywood’s Earliest Indie Films

The UCLA Film & Television Archive is restoring the work of these short-lived, largely forgotten independent studios that operated between the late 1920s and mid-1950s.

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A Performance Artist Chronicles the History of Pornography in the Public Sphere

In her new solo piece, Mette Ingvartsen unravels taboos onstage by reenacting key moments in the history of porn.

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“Female Pain Is Fetishized But Never Vindicated”: An Artist Probes the Politics of Women's Bodies

Izdihar Afyouni investigates the ethical and psychological implications of racial and genetic profiling by subverting the process of accumulating race-differentiated data.

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A Museum Architect Sees Himself as a Matchmaker Between Artists and Art Lovers

Kulapat Yantrasast, who is designing the expansion for San Francisco's Asian Art Museum, prefers his museum designs to "take a backseat" to the art and visitors.

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Finding Joy at the Carnegie International: An Interview with Curator Ingrid Schaffner

The Carnegie International may be the oldest biennial in North America, but this year's curator is trying something new.