FW Spotlight: Top Submissions of December
Tradition and modernity collide like tectonic plates, their friction fueling questions of identity and power. Antique symbols family crests or ritual icons, stand in uneasy contrast to sleek technologies and digital motifs. Each side casts shadows on the other, revealing the fault lines of belonging
Skygolpe: Digital Maieutics
“The avant-garde is nothing more than a symptom still easy to ignore.” (Digital Maieutics, Skygolpe, p. 5, 2024) From December 19 to 21, 2024, the second U.S. exhibition in the Paint on Pixel series took place at 48 Hester Street in New York. This series had previously debuted in New York at Chr
Suspended in Transition: Peter Wächtler’s Exploration of Failure and Impermanence
Upon crossing the threshold of Peter Wächtler’s exhibition, “Crackers,” the first thing that captures our attention is the sensation of being in an environment suspended between construction and ruin. The vast, linear spaces of Simian, with their raw concrete floors and untreated
Weiyu Chen, “Restraned Desre, 2024,” at HEAD-Genève, Geneva.
“Restraned Desre, 2024” by Weiyu Chen, at HEAD-Genève, Geneva, 30/01/2024. Exhibition Text: The external violence morphs into self-inflicted violence, perpetuated by the relentless illusion of free will within the framework of self-exploitation. Madness and depression, akin to murky wat
Natalia Drabik and Thomas Musehold, “Under the Spell,” at AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf.
“Under the Spell” by Natalia Drabik and Thomas Musehold, at AURA Kunstraum, Düsseldorf, 22/11/2024 – 15/12/2024. Exhibition Text: Under the Spell is the first joint exhibition by Düsseldorf-based artists Natalia Drabik and Thomas Musehold, examining the unconscious, residual-reli
Michael Webster, “Sonic Fictions,” at Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery at Coker University, Hartsville.
“Sonic Fictions” by Michael Webster, curated by Austin Sheppard and Colleen Critcher, at Cecilia Coker Bell Gallery, Hartsville, 23/09/2024 – 18/10/2024. Exhibition Text: Sonic Fictions is an exhibition comprised of exhaust pipes, hunting paraphernalia, and fragments of imperialist
Theo Papandreopoulos, “CARNYX,” at Koppel Project – PAUSE/FRAME, London.
“CARNYX” by Theo Papandreopoulos, curated by SUNEND, at Koppel Project – PAUSE/FRAME, London, 14/10/2024 – 2/11/2024. Exhibition Text: Theo Papandreopoulos’s sculpture and sound works in this exhibition interrogate the associations of historical symbolism, modern technology
Marek Wolfryd, “The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or ‘Season’s Greetings!'” at Swivel Gallery, New York City.
“The Great Logic of Contents that Bind the World into Existence or ‘Season’s Greetings!'” by Marek Wolfryd, at Swivel Gallery, New York City, 14/12/2024 – 16/01/2025. Exhibition Text: Swivel Gallery is pleased to present the first New York solo exhibition of Mexican art
Nestor Siré and Steffen Köhn, “CTRL+ALT+REPAIR,” at Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus.
“CTRL+ALT+REPAIR” by Nestor Siré and Steffen Köhn, curated by Anders Emil Rasmussen, at Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus, 16/11/2024 – 18/05/2025. Exhibition Text: CTRL+ALT+REPAIR at Moesgaard Museum, Aarhus, is the first solo museum exhibition by Nestor Siré and Steffen Köhn, bringing
Beatriz Olabarrieta, “Proximity,” at Shahin Zarinbal, Berlin.
DECEIT…on the move. One of our* tasks is to give you a WARNING, warn you about invisible fields, ofterritories you might not see, but that exist nevertheless. All parties involved up until this point have attempted to determine all that is needed,you too are now involved.Whomever receives
