In 2011-12 the San Francisco-based collective Futurefarmers staged a 10-part series of conversations and collaborations with scientists, theorist, and philosophers inspired by Charles and Ray Eames’s film, Powers of Ten (1977). PoT was an IBM sponsored documentary that visualized the relative scale and limits of the known universe, both macro and microscopic, through a sequence of magnifications by 10-to-the-x-power. Using the picnic as human-scale index, Futurefarmers capture their meetings with scholars through audio, photography, and then distributed the results publicly through a website and publication .
To make the video installation Soft Staycation (Gaze Track Edit) , the artist, playing the role of ‘job creator’, hired a group of unemployed and expat freelancers through Craigslist to watch a 30 minute compilation of national tourism ads. These ads, which are generally sponsored by various publicly funded tourism boards and screened in airports for example, were found on the Internet by Keller. He used a gaze-tracking camera to measure the eye movements of the people participating in the experiment.
Futurefarmers is an international, trans-disciplinary network...
Daniel Keller belongs to a generation of artists born at the end of the 1980s, nourished by digital imagery, who have participated in the social networks as a communication strategy, combining the public and the private spheres; a logical heir to the “entrepreneur” artist of 1990-2000...
National Academy of Design Presents “Sites of Impermanence” Skip to content Willie Cole, “Five Beauties Rising” (2012), suite of five prints, intaglio and relief (courtesy the artist) The National Academy of Design’s new exhibition , Sites of Impermanence , celebrates the contributions of the 2023 Class of National Academicians: Alice Adams, Sanford Biggers, Willie Cole, Torkwase Dyson, Richard Gluckman, Carlos Jiménez, Mel Kendrick, and Sarah Oppenheimer...
Pauline Curnier Jardin and the Feel Good Cooperative Collaborate on “Roman Parties” Skip to content Installation shot from Roman Parties exhibition by Pauline Curnier Jardin and Feel Good Cooperative, on view at Prague City Gallery (photo by Jan Kolský) Pauline Curnier Jardin founded the Feel Good Cooperative with the help of photographer and sex worker Alexandra Lopez and architect and academic Serena Olcuire...
New Bedford Whaling Museum Restores Rare Panorama Painting Skip to content Conservation efforts to restore Charles Sidney Raleigh’s “Panorama of a Whaling Voyage” (1878–80) This December, the New Bedford Whaling Museum revealed the groundbreaking restoration of one panel from Charles Sidney Raleigh’s “Panorama of a Whaling Voyage” (1878–80)...
Join Purchase College’s Creative Hub for Graduate Studies in Art Skip to content Richard & Dolly Maass Gallery installation: Lane Sell, “Navelstring” (2023), silkscreen, painting, cyanotype, and assemblage The MFA in Visual Arts at Purchase College, State of New York (SUNY), is a small, selective interdisciplinary program that fosters the artistic, intellectual, and professional growth of students through independent studio work and rigorous academic studies...
Stamps School of Art & Design Seeks Proposals for Witt Residency Skip to content Machine Dazzle, current Roman J...
Rules & Repetition: Conceptual Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum Skip to content “The Maze and Snares of Minimalism” (1993) by Carl Andre in front of Alfred Jensen’s “The World As It Really Is” (1977), on view in Rules & Repetition: Conceptual Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art presents works by groundbreaking conceptual artists of the 1960s and ‘70s alongside more recent acquisitions in Rules & Repetition: Conceptual Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum ...
“Cloth as Land” at JMKAC Presents Textiles as a Wellspring of Hmong Indigeneity Skip to content Ger Xiong/Ntxawg Xyooj, “I sat closely and watched it crumble and unraveled and crumbled and unraveled and...” (2023), Coca-Cola can and embroidery thread (image courtesy the artist) HMong* indigeneity is complicated by centuries of political conflicts, displacement, erasure, and disorientation in HMong homelands of China and Southeast Asia...
Duygu Demir Appointed Curator at the NYU Abu Dhabi Art Gallery Skip to content Duygu Demir (photo by Shiji Ulleri) New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has appointed art historian and curator Duygu Demir to the post of Curator of the university’s Art Gallery, and Research Assistant Professor of Art History...
Apply for 2024 Visual Arts Residencies at Banff Centre Skip to content Amber Müller St...
10 Things You Should Know About: Sepak Takraw | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about the Sepak Takraw...
10 Things You Should Know About: Pantun | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about Pantun, a poetic form in Malay culture...
10 Things You Should Know About: Gasing | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about the Gasing...
10 Things You Should Know About: Keris | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about the keris, a warfare weapon commonly used in maritime Southeast Asia...
ArtsEquator’s Top 10 Picks for Singapore Writers Festival 2022 | ArtsEquator Skip to content The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns with a milestone celebration as it reaches its 25th edition this year...
10 Things You Should Know About: Batik | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the latest episode of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we share facts about batik, a fabric popular in Southeast Asia...
Storytelling and Mental Wellness | ArtsEquator Skip to content In conjunction with the 'Mental Health Awareness & Wellbeing Festival 2022', ArtsEquator learns how storytelling can be a catalyst for mental clarity and self awareness...
Contemporary Moves In Modern Singaporean Tamil Theatre | ArtsEquator Skip to content Hemang Yadav was involved in a recent development program, Tunjuk Arah/ Iyakkunar, for Malay and Indian theatre directors in Singapore...
“What if we do it this way?”: Imagining new Possibilities with Producers SG | ArtsEquator Skip to content With change and transformation being an agenda for the past two years, we talk to Producers SG and uncover how they plan to accommodate the shifts in the art world...
Producers Lab: “What if we do it this way?” | Banupriya Ponnarasu, Mark Benedict Cheong and Deanna Dzulkifli | ArtsEquator Skip to content Have you ever been a part of a project in the arts, and felt something needed changing? Or have you been either the creator or spectator of a programme, and went away from it thinking, “what if we do it this way?” ? “What if we do it this way?” was the title of a Producers Lab organised by Producers SG, which ran from October 2021 to March 2022....
10 Things You Should Know About: Wayang Kulit | ArtsEquator Skip to content For the latest part of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, we delve into the world of Wayang Kulit performances that are popular across Southeast Asia...
Spectrum of Nature in SIFA 2022 | ArtsEquator Skip to content ArtsEquator interviews four artists whose works depict nature in different spectrums, at the upcoming Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022...
Redressing a shared silhouette: project SALOME at SIFA 2022 | ArtsEquator Skip to content What is project SALOME ? Who is Seah Loh Mei? Singapore theatre director Ong Keng Sen puts his own spin on the fantastical figure of Salome in this multidisciplinary multi-pronged performance which incorporates documentary film, live performance and even a pre-event social media component....
10 Things You Should Know About: Gamelan | ArtsEquator Skip to content In the continuation of our popular 10 Things You Should Know series, researcher Rosemainy Buang shares interesting facts about Gamelan as practised in Singapore and the region...
8 picks from the dreamy, mind-bending SIFA 2022 | ArtsEquator Skip to content Singapore International Festival of Arts 2022 is just around the corner, with a slate of offerings that are as multidisciplinary, dreamy and mind-bending as they are spectacular and thought provoking...
Podcast 102: CITRUS Practices & Library of Care | ArtsEquator Skip to content Adib Kosnan chats with arts practitioners Corrie Tan, Elizabeth Chan and Chong Gua Khee, who are members of CITRUS practices...
Empathy is of the essence: Order On The Go by Erwin Shah Ismail | ArtsEquator Skip to content Singaporean performer and playwright Erwin Shah Ismail shares stories of food delivery riders in the promenade theatre piece, Order On The Go, which will see audiences moving around Kampong Gelam...
WINDOW by ATTEMPTS: A click away | ArtsEquator Skip to content What is this show? Rei Poh (Rei): During the Circuit Breaker when we had a sudden lockdown, we decided to start online game nights where we could just play games, and actually give ourselves a reason to check in with one another, make sure everybody is okay...
WINDOW by ATTEMPTS: A click away | ArtsEquator Skip to content How does the folder game work? I’ve never played it before...
WINDOW by ATTEMPTS: A click away | ArtsEquator Skip to content Who is SARA? Cheryl: There’s a SARA that me and Rei talked about, when we were just bouncing ideas...
WINDOW by ATTEMPTS: A click away | ArtsEquator Skip to content How would you describe WINDOW? Rei: Recently I described it as a theatrical video game...