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PRESS: CHIFOR (TITO) VALERY: “WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT THE FOREIGN CULTURE IS A BETTER CULTURE. FROM THAT NOTION, EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS APART”
Source: Inspireafrika Press Text: CHIFOR (TITO) VALERY: “WE HAVE BEEN TAUGHT THAT THE FOREIGN CULTURE IS A BETTER CULTURE. FROM THAT NOTION, EVERYTHING ELSE FALLS APART” BY IA TEAM In 2017, he was part of “Everytime I ear di soun”[1], a … Continue reading
PRESS: Art Review – Is art too polite to fight the far right?
PRESS TEXT re: Is art too polite to fight the far right? Source: Artreview.com By Mike Watson Donald Trump’s particular brand of presidential communication has allowed him to dominate the cultural conversation globally ever since he came to power in January … Continue reading
PRESS: MAI KHOI & HELSINKI EXPERIENCE (in finnish)
PRESS TEXT re:MAI KHOI & HELSINKI EXPERIENCE source: Kantele.net 3 huhti, 2018 | Mai Khoi on vietnamilainen artisti, joka yhdistää tuotannossaan perinteistä vietnamilaista musiikkia bluesiin, souliin ja rockiin. Mai Khoi laulaa ja soittaa pääasiallisesti kitaraa ja sen lisäksi goong:ia, bambusta … Continue reading
PRESS: Moyo releases anti-Mugabe book
PRESS TEXT re: Kwekwe human rights activist Nkosilathi Emmanuel Moyo has released a book that takes a dig at the alleged undemocratic systems in government left during and after the rule of former president Robert Mugabe. source: The Standard By Stephen … Continue reading
PRESS: Top 10: Art in Central Europe 2017
TEXT re: Adrift Further East: Dispatches from 2017 Curator and critic Dorian Batycka reflects on 2017, a year that saw him pivot away from Western Europe in search of aesthetics less familiar… source: blokmagazine.com (…) April – Athens, Greece I discovered Artists at … Continue reading
PRESS: SVENSKA YLE INTERVIEW WITH AR-SAFE HAVEN HELSINKI ARTIST SHEIKO RETO
PRESS TEXT Source: Svenska Yle Förtryckta politiska konstnärer kan andas ut på Sveaborg PUBLICERAD 12.12.2017 – 21:15. Hbtq-aktivisten Sheiko Reto har bott i Finland i snart två år. Kylan har inte blivit hennes vän. Bild: Yle / Eva Lamppu HELSINGFORS … Continue reading
PRESS: Amidst uneasiness, 15th Istanbul Biennial draws to a close
PRESS TEXT re: Erkan Özgen‘s “Wonderland” at Istanbul Biennale from AR-Pavilion in Athens: Source: http://www.drailedmag.com/2017/11/10/15th-istanbul-biennial-draws-to-a-close/ POSTED BY: DORIAN BATYCKA 10 NOVEMBER 2017 Elmgreen and Dragset Portrait, Courtesy IKSV Istanbul — Following the precipitous decline of freedom of speech and expression in Turkey in … Continue reading
PRESS: Cultural Diplomacy and Artwashing at Documenta in Athens by Hyperallergic
Source: Hyperallergic By Dorian Batycka June 12, 2017 PRESS TEXT It remains a question whether Learning from Athens actually manages to learn anything from Greece and its financial crisis. Thierry Geoffrey, “Is Documenta the botox of late capitalism?” (2017), (image courtesy of the … Continue reading
PRESS: In The Surrounds of History
PRESS TEXT BY JOTA MOMBAÇA 19 May 2017 Documenta 14: Athens In The Surrounds of History Jota Mombaça recently moved to Athens for observing the multiple events surrounding Documenta 14. One of them is an exhibition by the initiative “Artists … Continue reading
PRESS: Awaiting political specters: Documenta 14
PRESS TEXT POSTED BY: DEIANIRA TOLEMA MAY 11, 2017 Written by Dorian Batycka and Vanessa Gravenor Documenta is a quinquennial exhibition of contemporary art that since 1955 has created a space for healing war torn regions through art. Begun in the German city of Kassel, … Continue reading
