Beatriz da Costa 1974-2012
The artist Beatriz da Costa lost her long, fierce battle with cancer on the evening of 27 December 2012, at
Tag: art
Transformism: new works by Melanie Jackson and Revital Cohen
In ‘Transformism’, the Arts Catalyst’s latest exhibition which has just opened at the John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Melanie Jackson and
Some responses to War at the speed of light …
A couple of recent interesting blog posts have picked up on my War at the Speed of Light: artists and drone
War at the speed of light: artists and drone warfare
“We call it in, and we’re given all the clearances that are necessary, all the approvals and everything else, and
Machine wilderness: personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque
This is a snapshot of personal highlights from ISEA2012 Albuquerque: Machine Wilderness. ISEA (the International Symposium on Electronic Arts) is an international
Nuclear landscapes: exploring New Mexico’s atomic legacy
Looking out towards Trinity Ground Zero (20 miles away), New Mexico My first trip to the States, in 1997, was
Art in the age of “big data”
I’m currently at ISEA2012, the 18th International Symposium on Electronic Art, a six-day international conference, this year taking place
Bionic people: enhancement, bioethics and the politics of disability
Two current exhibitions, a workshop we recently organised at DaDaFest, and the ongoing controversy around “bladerunner” Oscar Pistorius’ inclusion in
Ruins, conflict, culture and science: dOCUMENTA (13)
Many adjectives have already been wielded to describe this year’s documenta, “earnest”, “grim”, “despondent” and “concept-less” among them. Certainly, there
How life transforms: reflections on a conversation with Rob Kesseler and Enrico Coen
Why do I like Rob Kesseler’s work? At first glance, his highly detailed, colour-enhanced micrographs of pollen, seeds, fruit and
Spaced out … the relationship between art and space agencies
I was in Paris earlier this month at the International Astronautical Federation (IAF)’s spring meeting, chairing a meeting of the
AV Festival: unfolding installations, incremental car crashes and unhurried soundscapes
I had 24 hours of frantic slowness at the terrific AV festival last weekend. This year, the theme of this excellent festival of
Proposal: an arts/science* ethics advisory panel initiative
* arts/science, in this context only, implies art that needs or would value science ethics expertise Following from the artist-initiated
Wasted debates: using human remains in art
Recently, I took part in a round table discussion on the use of human remains in art. The discussion participants
Let’s experiment with ourselves
Self-Experimentation and the Ethics Committee of 1 A report on the event ‘Trust Me, I’m an Artist: Towards an Ethics
Nicola Triscott 