Summer 2013
Beirut
By Beirut Summer 2013 | ArteZine As we write, people in Istanbul protest the demolition of Taksim Gezi park. L’Internationale, a new European Museum Confederation, makes its first statement in relation to the events. In Cairo, “cultural intellectuals” have claimed the Minister of Culture’s office, in a performance-filled sit-in for a fortnight – and ongoing; in…
By Beirut Summer 2013, 2016 | ArteZine Think of the difference between a knife and a 20-dollar bill. Now, think of the difference between a knife and a 20-dollar bill. [i] Institutional reality[ii] increases power, and by increasing institutional reality, we increase human capacity for action. John suggests that presupposing the institution of language (and economy) is precisely…
Form Content, Kunsthalle Lissabon, Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry, Beirut, Art In General
By Beirut Summer 2013 | ArteZine Artist Paul Chan wrote a text for e-flux in 2008 entitled What is art and where does it belong? He describes the first piece of art he ever bought and how he negotiated its presence in the home. There are multiple futures for a work of art, its context endlessly shifting with each…
