Interviews
Imminent Disaster's Street Art from the Past(e)
When I went to see the “Poets of the Paste” show at Ad Hoc Art in East Williamsburg, the lesser known of the four exhibited artists particularly captured my attention. There was something about Imminent Disaster’s work that asked to be further explored; the pieces seemed to emit a flurry of stories. When I found […]
Lights, Action, Plywood: Artist Jay Gard deconstructs in America
Your first U.S. show “DoubleGard” recently went up at Half Gallery on the Lower East Side. How was it presenting your work in the States for the first time? It was the biggest effort I’ve ever had for an exhibition. I didn’t have money to ship the stuff, so I cut all the objects in […]
Interview With Shige Moriya of CAVE
CAVE is an artists’ collective, gallery-performance space and arts organization. Founded in 1996 and organized as a non-profit organization in 2004, CAVE is now one of the longest running experimental art spaces in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, NY.
Video Installation in Translation: an interview with Tabaimo
“The feedback I really take to heart comes from the audiences who come to my show and talk to me there. I feel like I’ve been going around collecting these opinions on an individual basis, because personal thoughts are what I remember the most.”
Various States of Undress, Construction and Repair
“Beyond the fragmented and broken structures, the easiest way to affiliate myself with Brooklyn, and my neighborhood, is my choice of color. A lot of grey and metal, silver, fake gold and neon spray paint.”
Country Love
German born artist Pia Dehne has a zeal for taking cultural artifacts from her past and transforming them into work that is relevant and fresh. For her “Naked City” show in 2004 at Deitch Galleries, she recreated the Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Lady Land album cover with assorted ladies from the New York bohemia world. […]
New York and o.blaat: No Absolute Good-Byes
Based in Brooklyn, New York, Keiko Uenishi, a.k.a. o.blaat is a sound artist, composer, and core member of SHARE. She is known for her sound works formed through experiments in restructuring and analyzing one’s relationship with sounds, through kinesthetic response as well as aural cognition.
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