Summer 2013
Art In General
By Art In General Summer 2013 | ArteZine What is it to inherit an institution, with all its history, and an identity that exists at a given moment, but that is just one in a longer life of histories – an organic event unfolding over time, both before and after us? How can it be re-imagined,…
Beirut
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
By Form Content Summer 2013 | ArteZine Less than a year ago, I found myself at an artist’s talk held in a well-respected, small institution in East London. I can see now how the expression ‘to find oneself’ might introduce an element of chance in the equation describing my ‘being there’ – an element, I have…
Kunsthalle Lissabon
By Kunsthalle Lissabon Summer 2013 | ArteZine We understand institutions (at large, not only art institutions) always in terms of the act of instituting. In that sense, institutions can be defined as sets of social (and, therefore, fundamentally subjective) protocols (rules) that prescribe and normalize not only behavior but also, and maybe more importantly, perception. We…
Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry
By Centre for Contemporary Art Derry~Londonderry Summer 2013 | ArteZine More than anything else my life, it is my interpersonal relationships, formal and informal, that are at the core of my being. Like anyone, my character and vocabulary change as I engage in a range of conversation: I use my most placating, understanding, and convincing voice…
Spring 2013
Aziz
By Aziz Spring 2013 | ArteZine This quarter’s ArteZine is focused on the question of collecting sound and performance art. Embracing sound art and broader sound archiving practices in the Middle East, UNCOLLECTABLE is packaged into literary and performance components that work together. They investigate the noticeable shift in the Middle East art world towards more…
Hassan Hujairi
By Hassan Hujairi Spring 2013 | ArteZine It is not common to find articles written by artists from somewhere such as Bahrain about the woes of their profession. Such articles are a particular novelty when the artist’s chosen field is not prevalent in his or her country or region to begin with. Although this article alludes…
Ghazi AlMulaifi
By Ghazi AlMulaifi Spring 2013 | ArteZine It always seemed to be secondhand, overheard, or when I got in trouble that a story about my grandfather’s past would surface. At a family meal I expressed some distaste at the food my mother had prepared. In response, she told me about a crew member who had approached…
Yasmina Reggad
By Yasmina Reggad Spring 2013 | Gallery This issue marks the third installment of a six-quarter cycle of the Virtual Gallery that spotlights artists from the Maghreb leading up to the 2014 edition of the Marrakech Biennial. Each subsequent gallery will showcase artists who deal with the every day in their work to reveal the conceptual…
Yasmina Reggad, Amina Menia, Mohamed Bourouissa
By ArteEast Spring 2013 | Gallery Amina Menia’s work questions the relation to architectural and historical spaces, and challenges conventional notions around the exhibition space. Her artworks are a crossovers of sculptures and installations that trigger an interaction of viewers and passersby with socio-spatial configurations. Extra-Muros (2005-ongoing) is a series of site specific installations all over Algiers. An…
