Understanding the present day using the scientific discoveries of the past: Benjamin Labatut
Benjamin Labatut discusses why he believes we have ceased to understand the world and what twentieth century scientists can still teach us
Benjamin Labatut discusses why he believes we have ceased to understand the world and what twentieth century scientists can still teach us
Arturo and Bamboo’s photographic collection, Snow, doesn’t reflect the bluntness of its name. Their photographs are warm despite the winter mountainscapes and Alpine scenery
Making way for the present does not require obliterating the past. Zhang Ke, Xu Tiantian, and Zhu Pei display their designs and share their process at the MOMA Museum
A conversation with the artist around the concept of protection from shelters, the recycling of planks of wood and the collaboration with the students from Brera Academy of Fine Arts
New York, New York, the city, the people. Marie Tomanova introduces her work at W hotel in Rome. «It’s about the connection with the person you’re looking at»
I travelled from Italy to the Meteorology Department at the University of Helsinki in Finland to study the arctic climate, its temperature, wind speed and humidity, to understand which materials could be incorporated in the artificial sun
The work of Brooklyn based ceramicist Yuko Nishikwa is guided by the Japanese onomatopoeia ‘pika pika’, calling «a reaction that moves the observer. This industry has quality»
«The hesitation is in the way I speak». American artist McArthur Binion challenges Minimalism art history by layering personal objects behind geometric grids
«We recognie design processes to have an effect and determination, a form of transparency. I am a globalist when it comes to ideas» – Joseph Grima in conversation with Formafantasma
«If you don’t like the term Beauty, you could replace it with intentional form». The graphic designer argues for the inclusion of Beauty in academic discourse
Berlin-based singer-songwriter, Alice Merton opens up about her musical influences, life after releasing her debut single
Mixing sounds and rhythms from Africa to the Mediterranean Sea, C’mon Tigre and Croatian cartoonist Danijel Žeželj tells us stories of humanity and nude reality
«Vìen it’s a clash» – Blending London, punk parties and underground music. What it is like to be an underground brand according to Vincenzo Palazzo
It’s not like someone working in the post office. For an artist it’s life, it’s a way of life, it’s not something you decide to quit somehow. You’re there the moment you know that you cannot avoid it.
Arcangelo Sassolino will be present at Venice Biennale 2022 with Diplomazija astute, a kinetic art installation which will turn the Malta pavilion into a place of mixture of Biblical narratives
In conversation with Gian Maria Tosatti. A reflection on the Italian industrial landscape and man’s relationship with his immediate and less-immediate environment
Born in New York City in 1939, Liliane Lijn moved to Europe in 1958: «there is a kind of coherence between what I did then and what I do today».
«The idea is to make the viewer conscious of the fact that they are consuming an image of a body which belongs to a person – they are no longer passively viewing but positioned in an active role»
«I extract the bark on my own and it’s not regularly harvested either. The final product ranges from earthy brown to pink to deep terracotta colors with a scent of wood».
BOYS! BOYS! BOYS! Editor and co-founder Ghislain Pascal on combating homophobic censorship – «It’s fine art photography. I don’t want anybody to presume it’s pornography»
Monster derives from the Latin monstrare, to demonstrate. Dr. Michel’s methodology explores this notion of bringing forward shared realities of others and being transparent
Kevin Rouff, Paco Boekemann and Guillermo Whittembury: The challenge to change the perception of red mud to consider it a potential sustainable resource
«I approach an image from several possible angles so to challenge the museum’s audience» — a conversation with Danish multimedia artist Jesper Just
Visual artists David Spriggs and Regine Schumann discuss the role of transparency, both in its physicality and concept: fFrom material, to object, to luminance constraints
«They are not afraid of what they want to do ». A city between Eastern, Western and Soviet influences fosters the new generation of designers
«Online everything becomes flat, which is how many people consume art today and I think my paintings work well seen via the digital». Bringing back the still life for digital consumption
«I don’t want to do things to shock people». Soft is often a synonymous of weak. Pastel colors allow the artist to show the contrast between strong images and soft colors
A look into the vision of an architect and the inspiration to design not only our spaces but the way we live. Talking earth, timeless design, Enzo Mari and a wooden sailboat
From illustration to performances, from sculpture to acting: Nicola Di Benedetto – «We were all staging the Seventies and we all were acting»
«I have been thinking about sculpture, statuary and the representations of the human figure in antiquity». Mai-Thu Perret’s exhibition at Istituto Svizzero in Rome
Defining Fictional streetwear: using ‘dead stuff’ and making it into something new, reimagining these materials in their own image – the idea of death runs through the entire project
Italian contemporary artist Daniele Sigalot plays with aluminium and other artistic mediums to create a sense of disorientation in the mind of the observer
From spinning discs in a local club in Rome to storming Berghain, Italian DJ Adiel talks about her techno music production
A journey through the artistic production of the Neapolitan artist Diego Cibelli, who manipulates the daily life objects to reveal their endless meanings
The wave of art radicalism in the 1960s founded a publication, a bulletin of information transformed into a journal of art literature and research: Gea Politi, Cristiano Seganfreddo
Johannesburg’s queer community, the musical success and the recovery of the shaman tradition in the latest project Gwazamambuka. Desire Marea tells about the many identities that inhabit them
Griffin Frazen on data visualization, 3D modelling and «using architectural thinking and technical skills to help people understand protests from a spacial perspective»
Alvaro Catalàn de Ocon creates PET lamps: he could be considered a precursor of sustainable design bridging the gap between industrial production and craftmanship
Upcycling designer Nicole McLaughlin and John-John Johnson Junya, known as DJ4Animals, repurpose university hoodies for SUFE Fund, delivering a message on the state of student debt in America
Finding logic in emotions and vice versa. An exploration into the chaos of the mind through tangible artistic dialogues by Levi van Veluw
The latest project by the Italian architectural firm based in Bressanone consists in the renovation of a traditional alpine lodge located within South Tyrol’s Dolomites UNESCO World Heritage site
Former architect turned visual artist, Tatiana Brodatch explores love and nudity: «My plasticine people are the actors. The photographs and the stop-motion are the play»
Olivia Rubens grew bioplastic on material from algae, without releasing toxicity in the process «We use humor as a shield and as a pathway»
The bombardment of texture, volume and color, the union of playfulness and self-depreciation – and the civil and social commitment
Released in 1983 and reissued in 2019, the album is a collaborative work by Mendini with a collective of Italian alternative artists from music and theater. A rediscovery of the Italian master’s postmodernist legacy
Childhood and adolescence split between conservatory and street, this is how Pamart’s love for classical music and rap grew and gave results
The brand carving new shapes of communication. Louise Lyngh Bjerregard is all about exploring vulnerability and investigation through upcycled materials
The Beach animals: machines made out of PVC tubing and sails moved by wind energy that wander the shores of Scheveningen, the Netherlands – man is by nature an artist and an engineer
Flaminia Veronesi – A fish with arms and legs, Adam in penises and nipples, a mermaid with two legs and a tail. When does one employ fantasy?
«Wherever I went, I went with myself, and I couldn’t escape the person that I was in all those different scenarios» – Jamie Sutherland on creating imagined realities as a catalyst for their final collection at CSM
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AURET VAN HEERDEN
NOÉMI MICHEL
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EKOW ESHUN
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REGINE SCHUMANN
ANDREA BARONCHELLI
MAURO MARTINO
ROBERT NORTON
EMANUELE DASCANIO
LISA WHITE
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