Primate Cinema: Apes as Family
At The Arts Catalyst, the team is looking forward to the opening of our latest commission, Rachel Mayeri’s Primate Cinema:
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Zimbabwe in Venice
In a deliciously candid symposium at Iniva yesterday, Raphael Chikukwa, curator of the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the Venice Biennale this
Realities and dreams: Africa in space
Today is the last day of the 62nd International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Cape Town, South Africa. The IAC is
Reunions and resistance – Critical Art Ensemble
Great to meet up with Steve Kurtz at AND festival, Liverpool, last week, recovered from his four-year ordeal of FBI
Power in outer space
Yesterday, I was one of the speakers at the Power in Outer Space symposium at the University of Brighton. The
Arctic architecture competition: winners announced
The winners of the Arctic Perspective Initiative open architecture competition are announced. Three architects – Richard Carbonnier (Canada), Giuseppe Mecca (Italy), and Catherine Rannou (France) – have
Soundings and transitions: Mexico
I returned last week from the Transitio_mx, a festival of electronic and media art in Mexico City, in which I gave
Less Remote: the discussion continues ..
I was rather busy chairing sessions on the last afternoon of Less Remote to give a further report and then
Open sourcing the Arctic
I returned last week from a week in Iceland, where I was judging the architecture competition for an Arctic mobile media-centric work
Interspecies – artists collaborating with animals
How do humans and animals relate to each other? In The Arts Catalyst’s forthcoming Interspecies exhibition and event, seven international artists
Biorama 2: troglodites to thrombolites
Having thoroughly decompressed from our Eye of the Storm conference at Tate in my own way, I proceeded to Huddersfield, and thence
From biohacking to biotech porn
Last week, I was at the Waag Society in Amsterdam for its EcoArt lecture event, with Andy Gracie, Brandon Ballengee and Boo Chapple. The lectures were
Tehran (Part 2)
Tehran blog – Sunday, Monday, Tuesday The other curators went home early on Sunday morning, leaving me with three days
Tehran (Part 1)
Tehran blog – Friday and Saturday My Iranian visa came very late, so the others – this is a visit
A history of forgetting
Harvard scholar Sheila Jasanoff is regarded as a leading light in the field of science and technology studies. Her calls
Nicola Triscott 