Ocula Conversation Sandrine Colard on the 6th Lubumbashi Biennale The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the largest Francophone nation in Africa with vast resources and nearly 80 million inhabitants, is a place where commodities play a vital role in the national economy and the country's significance on the world stage. This is the context from which the 6th Lubumbashi Biennale (24 October–24 November...
Ocula Report From 20 to 21 July 2019, Artspace Sydney held a two-day symposium that brought artists in conversation with leading curators, writers, activists, academics, diplomats, and journalists from across Asia. The symposium was the final chapter of the 52 ARTISTS 52 ACTIONS exhibition, publication, website, and Instagram project. Instigated and...
Ocula News We Are Our Infrastructure, Argues Newly Announced Shanghai Biennale Chief Curator 13 December 2019 The Power Station of Art will make a fitting location for Andrés Jaque, whose past projects expose the politics concealed by buried pipes and managed cables. Spanish architect, writer, and curator Andrés Jaque has been named the chief curator of the 13th Shanghai Biennale, which will take place at the Power Station of Art (PSA) from 13 November...
Ocula Insight Hans Hartung and Art Informel at Mazzoleni London (1 October 2019-18 January 2020) presents key works by the French-German painter while highlighting his connection with artists active in Paris during the 50s and 60s. In this video, writer and historian Alan Montgomery discusses Hartung's practice and its legacy. Born in Leipzig in 1904, Hans...
Related Video & Audio Ian Cheng A Portal to Infinity Louisiana Channel : 17 December 2018 Watch Ian Cheng, a rising star on the art scene, talk about his trilogy of animated live simulation works– Emissaries –which work like a never-ending video game in real time: 'It was a process that was on-going as life is on-going.' Camera: Jakob Solbakken Produced and edited by: Kasper Bech Dyg Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum...
Related Video & Audio Tala Madani: I Really Laugh When I Paint Louisiana Channel : 3 September 2017 American-Iranian artist Tala Madani has gained attention for her highly personal paintings depicting Middle Eastern men performing bizarre narrative rituals. In her art Madani reverses the traditional female object in painting, using laughter as energy.
Related Video & Audio Reflections on Watercolour: Sophie von Hellermann Tate : 23 May 2011 Sophie von Hellermann, one of the artists featured in Tate Britain's Watercolour exhibition, met young people from Archbishop Tenison's School to talk about working in watercolour.
