Tsai’s style is the opposite of boring; in demanding the viewer’s attention, he allows for incredible moments of human connection and discovery.
Interviews
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Talking Sex Work With Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova
Hyperallergic sat down with the Russian feminist icon for a conversation about art, activism, and how they converge in her OnlyFans sex work.
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Sandra Payne’s Bling Manifesto
The unabashedly feminine oeuvre of the collagist, sculptor, and conceptual artist is a smorgasbord of shimmer and sequin, a bling manifesto for the senses.
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The Happily Haunted Cinema of Guy Maddin
The twilight state between dreaming and waking that permeates a restoration of Maddin’s Tales from the Gimli Hospital echoes that of life and death in his films.
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Artnauts Founder George Rivera Reflects on 25 Years of Art and Activism
Rivera’s art work and professional pursuits are rooted in the racism that wounded him since youth.
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A Trip Through the Many Worlds of David Bowie
With Moonage Daydream, director Brett Morgen sought to let Bowie’s music and philosophy hit in a whole new way, immersing audiences in an IMAX experience.
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Michelle Agins on Perseverance and Photographing Martin Luther King
The second Black woman ever hired as a New York Times staff photographer, Agins built her career at a time when photo editors gave very few assignments to women — much less to women of color.
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Multi-Site Exhibition Resists Isolation Among Southwestern Artists
The curators of Son de Allá y Son de Acá emphasize the importance of creating pathways and fellowship for Mexican-American, Chicanx, and Latinx artists throughout the Southwest.
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An Experimental AI Film Director Calls it Quits
For years, Eye Filmmuseum’s Jan Bot has turned film fragments into digital experimental shorts. Now, with the project ending, those shorts will be archived via NFT.
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Interference Archive’s Democratic Approach to Preservation
Run entirely by volunteers, Interference Archive is a true alternative to the city’s market-driven gallery scene.
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A Crash Course in Method Acting
Hyperallergic talks to historian Isaac Butler and curator Livia Bloom Ingram about how performance technique evolves and what is and isn’t method acting.
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Talking Sex With Two Film Curators
Hyperallergic talks to programmers Róisín Tapponi and Jed Rapfogel about their Anthology Film Archives retrospective and formative erotic film experiences.