Information Overload! Research-Based Art

A preview of my next book in Artforum's April '23 issue. They rushed the pictures in the magazine and didn't consult me, so focus on the online version instead! The longer version will be out next year in Disordered Attention (Verso). NB interesting debate about the essay on Dieter Roelestraete's Instagram here.

Bocanegra Performance-Lecture

After a long pause with Artforum, I'm back. They invited me to write a Top 10 but I hadn't seen ten great things. Instead, they let me write about Suzanne Bocanegra's dazzling performance lecture (with Lili Taylor) at The Met back in February. It really stood out as a blinding example of the genre. Link here.

Art of Assembly XIV

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florian Malzacher's long-running and excellent series Art of Assembly came to NY in March. I was totally thrilled to be doing my first in-person public event in 2+ years, and in the company of (insane combination alert) Tania Bruguera and Ann Liv Young. I also discovered I was completely out of practice at navigating live Q&A. Here's the vid.

Conservation Conversation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I know nothing about conservation, so I was disconcerted by this invitation to talk to researchers at Bern University of the Arts about the conservation of performance. I declined but Hanna Hölling was persuasive and twisted my arm. The awkward results can be viewed here.

Interventions lecture in Tokyo

Somewhat belatedly, I'm posting this video of a lecture I gave at Tokyo University of the Arts last June. The paper has changed shape a bit since then, but you'll get the gist. Thanks to Professor Mouri for organizing this event and asking great questions.

In conversation with/en conversación con TB

It only took nine years! My book of conversations with Tania Bruguera has been a labour of love and frustration, but it's finally published. Book launch on 15th October, moderated by the great Irene Small; a recording is here. 

Free Your Mind

A speculative review of new MoMA, imagining what we'd see if they'd got it slightly more right. The piece was commissioned by Artforum but they killed it - because I co-authored with Nikki Columbus, who successfully sued MoMA PS1 for gender discrimination in 2019. In their eyes, this produced a "conflict of interest" and insufficient objectivity. Wow. We finally published it with n+1.