Category: Exhibiton

DAM BANKSY! Street Art’s Commercialization and Objectification

November 1, 2016

Last week my colleague Simon Lindgren and I were in Amsterdam for a workshop dedicated to questions of materiality within the context of social movements’ use of digital media. The workshop, which I organised with Thomas Poell of the University of Amsterdam and Anastasia Kavada of the University of Westminster, involved loads of really interesting … More DAM BANKSY! Street Art’s Commercialization and Objectification

Perpetual Uncertainty – Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene at Umeå’s Bildmuseet

October 9, 2016

Last weekend I attended the opening of the Perpetual Uncertainty – Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene exhibition that has been curated by Ele Carpenter of Goldsmiths University at Umeå’s Bildmusset. The exhibition which accompanies Carpenter’s new edited book, The Nuclear Culture Source Book, brings together the works of artists from all over the world … More Perpetual Uncertainty – Contemporary Art in the Nuclear Anthropocene at Umeå’s Bildmuseet

Bodies on Beaches: John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea

January 26, 2016

The news of whales being found dead on Lincolnshire beaches yesterday brought John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea back to the forefront of my thoughts. I saw Vertigo Sea a couple of weeks back just before it closed at Umeå’s Bildmuseet. Sitting on a couple of beanbags with my fiancé, with the snow falling onto the frozen … More Bodies on Beaches: John Akomfrah’s Vertigo Sea