Mousse
Issue 28 out now
How has the Internet influenced art? In HARK!, Jennifer Allen takes stock of a missed opportunity.
From the broad perspective of their respective careers, John Miller and Tony Conrad weave a conversation that sheds light on the contemporary cultural scene.
In the first part of his conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist, Thomas Schütte looks back over what led him to become an artist and the myriad cultural figures who have crossed his path.
Ben Rivers‘ films portray rural, wooded settings that look alien, forgotten. Ed Halter questions the artist about his choice of locations.
Is art knowledge, or a headlong plunge into the unknown? Dieter Roelstraete argues about this with the enigmatic Blind Man in a volley of editorials that explore the difference between seeing and knowing.
An encounter with someone is what spurs Manon de Boer to develop a work. The artist tells Raimundas Malašauskas why a voice and the way it tells a story are so important to her.
Gabriel Sierra investigates the way we perceive familiar objects. Talking with the artist, Ruba Katrib explores his “customized” world, a blend of art, design and architecture.
ARTIST PROJECT: Eva Rothschild
TEN FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF CURATING, a project curated by Jens Hoffmann, sponsored by Fiorucci Art Trust and Mousse Publishing, explores the multifaceted physiognomy of the curator. The fourth of ten dossiers features Maria Lind answering the question “Why Mediate Art?” plus selected illustrations by Marysia Lewandowska.*
Reporting from:
NEW YORK: Sung Hwan Kim, a movie-loving mathematician. Anthony Huberman asks the artist how his impressive scientific background and his passion for film fit in with his work in video and performance.
LOS ANGELES: Chrome-plated metal is a recurring element in the works of Kathryn Andrews, reminding us of both the ephemeral objects immortalized by Koons and the finish fetish of SoCal minimalism. Andrew Berardini has tried to scratch their surface…
LONDON: Talking to Isla Leaver-Yap, James Richards explains the overlap between his public screenings and his video work, his collaboration with Steve Reinke, and his experiments with the language of video animation.
PARIS: Vincent Honoré catches up with France Fiction, a collective that is also a Parisian venue, a permeable space for action and reflection, as well as exhibition.
BERLIN: Gigiotto Del Vecchio interviews Gernot Wieland about his lecture performances, which tell personal stories and express desire.
Plus:
Luigi Fassi talks to Rob Johannesma about his works, which are based on a sophisticated comparative methodology of reading images that links together iconic pictures from art history and materials from the media.
Andrea Viliani ventured into the deserted Biennale Gardens and met up with Mike Nelson, to talk with the artist about his practice and about the architectural addition that’s taking shape inside the British Pavilion.
For REPRINT, K8 Hardy has chosen a text by Andrea Dworkin that’s worth rereading, thirty-some years after it was first published.
Artworks just can’t be rendered by their images on the Internet. Helen Marten explains to Matias Faldbakken why exhibitions are important, and why it’s worthwhile to build everything from scratch.
In NICE TO MEET, Axel Wieder explains how Tobias Kaspar‘s work skillfully connects aspects of the entertainment industry and the visual arts.
Javier Téllez learned early on that madness is the “other” in the social order. Ana Teixeira Pinto talks with him about his collaborations with psychiatric patients.
Morag Keil likes to project herself onto her friends. For PORTFOLIO, John Harrington explains how the artist is specialized in mimesis and sharing. In her world there’s no “I”, just “we”.
Norwegian artist Fredrik Vaerslev recently presented a series of paintings inspired by Venetian terrazzo flooring. Talking to Esperanza Rosales, the artist explains how they grew out of the synergy between human will and the whims of the elements.
* Available only in subscription copies in Italy.
Save the date:
Mousse is working on the visual identity and the publication for the Danish Pavilion at the next 54th Venice Biennale. Find out more about Speech Matter, the group exhibition curated by Katerina Gregos, on www.danish-pavilion.org
Mousse will be curating the Artist Projects for the upcoming Art Brussels, Brussels, 27 April–1 May 2011.
Mousse has invited Matthew Brannon, Claire Fontaine, Liam Gillick, Linder, Rob Pruitt, and Nora Schultz. Find out more on www.artbrussels.be/artist-projects.html
Cover:
John Miller, Untitled, 1989.
Courtesy of the Artist.