Art and Activism (podcast series) The Disappearing Playgrounds of Amsterdam
ART AND ACTIVISM In this podcast series, students from the Graduate School of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) explore the complex overlaps and conversations between art and activism. They seek to illustrate how artistic practices often speak to the urgency of protest and activism, and how activism intertwines with the demands of art….
Art and Activism (podcast series) Walking in Art
ART AND ACTIVISM In this podcast series, students from the Graduate School of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) explore the complex overlaps and conversations between art and activism. They seek to illustrate how artistic practices often speak to the urgency of protest and activism, and how activism intertwines with the demands of art….
Art and Activism (podcast series) Activism and Desire: The Affect in and Around Protests
ART AND ACTIVISM In this podcast series, students from the Graduate School of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) explore the complex overlaps and conversations between art and activism. They seek to illustrate how artistic practices often speak to the urgency of protest and activism, and how activism intertwines with the demands of art….
Messy Entanglements Review: "Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media" by Sharon Mattern
Zeno Siemens reviews Shannon Mattern’s “Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media.”
The Queue
Although it is hard to say these days, I have an inkling that it is nearly morning. As if to prove my point, I see others around me rubbing their eyes, seemingly waking up as well. To relax my hunched shoulders, I lean with my body over my cart and yawn extravagantly, whilst making sure…
Sonic Acts Revisited A Modal Play of Audio-Visual
Soapbox Web’s Cas Bezemer reviews “Kistvaen”, an AV-art performance by Roly Porter and MFO (Marcel Weber) that was featured as a part of the 2020 Sonic Acts Academy.
gardening tools for my balcony
At first glance, Jordi de Vetten’s photographs lull you into comfortable familiarity, with images of the everyday that signal towards a mundaneness of suburbia. You think you know exactly what you see: a garage door, traffic lights, a tree. But each image documents slippage, the not-quite-right and the disruptive, enclosing a narrative that the…
Magical Thinking: Towards a Future Worth Living Review: Sonic Acts Conference Day 1
Soapbox Web’s Nina Biddle reviews “Magical Thinking: Towards a Future Worth Living”-Day One of the Sonic Acts Conference
Pause and Play: An Account of Multiplicity Review: Pause and Play, a 1-day exhibition at NEVERNEVERLAND
Soapbox Web’s Cas Bezemer reviews “Pause and Play”, a one-day exhibition held at Amsterdam-based art initiative NEVERNEVERLAND.
Where is Myself? A Reflection on the Spatiality and Disquieting Effects of Daniël Ernst’s Virtual Reality Dioramas
Virtual reality (VR) technology is an increasingly popular way for artists to experiment with storytelling techniques. In this long read, Nicholas Burman discusses the role of space, agency, and the haunting aspects of Daniël Ernst’s three part installation Die Fernweh Oper.