TEXT ME • Syrine Bettaleb ali – Game of Swarms

TEXT.ME Young Curators IS THE ARTWORK ONLY WHAT WE SEE? On Paula Nishijima’s ‘Game of Swarms’   By Syrine Bettaleb ali Visual art has served for hundreds of years to ensure the documentation and archiving of traces of human life. This...

TEXT ME • Neja Kaiser – Pulse

TEXT.ME Young Curators A second life On Samira Arrami’s ‘Pulse’   By Neja Kaiser Richard Wagner based his idea of ‘the consummate artwork of the future’ on Gesamtkunstwerk, frequently translated as ‘total work of art’, ...

TEXT ME • Jan Herman de Boer – Anina

TEXT.ME Young Curators A cold metal world floating on an even colder sea On Alcaeus Spyrou’s ‘Anina’   By Jan Herman de Boer It is dark and silent on board the MS Anina, as well as in the infinite vast sea, indifferently lifting the motor ship....

TEXT ME • Bettina Pelz – Could they be worn or not?

TEXT.ME Young Curators New Material World On Lan Hsin Tu’s ‘Could they be worn or not?’   By Bettina Pelz One of the artworks on display at the entrance hall of the Media Art Festival is by Lan-Hsin Tu. It is an installation composed of a series...

TEXT ME • Famkje Elgersma – Imaginarium

TEXT.ME Young Curators The cycle of creation in three layers On Haifa Ouerfelli’s ‘Imaginarium’   By Famkje Elgersma The quiet and calm atmosphere invites the audience to the main hall. The various installations make the light shimmer in different...