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Writer

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Activism

International

The author discusses the Italian artist duo Goldiechiari, comprised of members Sarah Goldschmied and Eleonora Chiari. The duo describes their work as “ironic activism,” striving to create images in which difficult and political issues also manage to be entertaining, pleasurable, and lively. The article discusses the duo’s 2002 photograph Submerged Struggle, as well as their 2004 work Welcome, which the author discusses in relation to the Israel Palestine conflict.

Views: Adventures in Ironic Activism

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Women

Photography

The author discusses the photographic works of the Austrian artist Iris Klein, who is now based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The article discusses the idea of the model as a popular trope within conceptual art and photography, as well as the element of multiplicity in her work. Works discussed include Alte Frau/Old Woman (1999/2005), Swallow 1-4 (1999/2005), Railroad 1-3 (2001/2005), and Le Desir (2007).

Views: She, Her and Me

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Editorial

Editor

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Social

Relational art

The editor discusses the boom of the contemporary art scene, the social exchange as a basic condition of the contemporary art experience, and relational aesthetics.

Art=Real Life

Feature

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Internet

Technology

Canadian

The article discusses Canadian artist Cheryl Sourkes’ “Cam works.” In these art projects, Sourkes samples a wide range of cyberimagery taken from street and nest cams; commercial, institutional and private camera sites, video chat rooms, and screenshots of instant messaging exchanges. The author writes that Sourkes’ project sources from the visual field of the internet and takes measure of the types and qualities of social behaviour exhibited by the populace of virtual postmodernity. Works mentioned in the article include Cam Cities (2001), Locations (2002-3), Interference (2003), and Homecammer: Guy (2006).

Loitering in Cyberspace

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Film

Video

The article discusses the Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, which featured of over 100 international artists and various private and public galleries. The article discusses artists Matt McCormick, Jeff Wall, and Jozef Robakowski.

Notes on the Second Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the rubble (not the ruble… or the bomb)

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This article presents a review of Oslo-based artist Katja Host’s solo exhibition titled “The Lonely Crowd,” held at Articule in Montreal.

Katja Host: The Lonely Crowd

Interview

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Installation

This article presents and interview with Canadian artist Laura Kikauka. The interview discusses Kikauka’s installation works, the elements of camp and kitsch in her art, the notion of the “failure object,” sorting and ordering, and the notion of systems of emergence.

A theory of Emergence

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The article features an interview with Jerry Saltz, the twice-Pulitzer-nominated art critic for New York Magazine. The interview touches on Saltz’ early years as an artist and his previous posts at Time Out New York and the Village Voice. They discuss his self-description as a “trench critic,” whose writing on art is grounded in personal reactions.

Long Distance Haul

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Publisher

Artist Project

Artist

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Games

Snakes and Ladders (2007), and artist project by Canadian artist Jon Sasaki, is presented. C Magazine readers are invited to play this game of chance with up to six people, each vying to be the first to advance to the finish goal.

Snakes and Ladders (2007)

Review

Candice Hopkins is a Canadian writer and curator from Whitehorse, Yukon. She lives and works in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has held positions at The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, The Banff Centre’s Walter Phillips Gallery, Western Front in Vancouver and the National Gallery of Canada. At present, she is Curatorial Advisor for documenta 14, which opens in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany in 2017.

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Sculpture

This article presents a review of Lucy Pullen’s solo exhibition “New Knowledge” held at Vancouver’s Republic Gallery.

Lucy Pullen: New Knowledge

Patricia Reed is an artist and writer based in Berlin. She has exhibited and lectured internationally at venues including Artists Space, Archive Kabinett, The House of World Cultures, Württembergischer Kunstverein and Witte de With (forthcoming). Texts have appeared with Fillip, Sternberg Press, 010 Publishing, Shifter Magazine and Art Papers, amongst others.

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This article presents a review of Canadian artist Rodney LaTourelle’s exhibition of a site-specific installation titled In the Absence of Unambiguous Criteria (2007), which was shown at Program in Berlin.

Rodney LaTourelle: In the Absence of Unambiguous Criteria

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Participation

This article presents a review of the group exhibition “Material Overtures” featuring artists Anne Fauteux, Corwyn Lund, Sandy Plotnikoff, and James Wright. Curated by Kim Simon, the shows was held at the Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.

Material Ouvres

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This article presents a review of an exhibition of Canadian artist Jillian Pritchard’s video works at Artspeak in Vancouver.

Jillian Pritchard

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This article presents a review of the group exhibition “The Idea of North” featuring Canadian artists Allison Hrabluik, Zin Taylor, and Ron Terada. Curated by Belgian curator Dieter Roelstraete, the show was held at Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie in Berlin.

The Idea of North

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This article presents a review of the exhibition “In the Blink of an Eye” organized by Winnipeg Art Gallery. For the exhibition, curators Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan commissioned 12 video and film works by 13 Canadian artists that were shown in various venues in Winnipeg.

In the Blink of an Eye

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This article reviews the Kiki Smith Exhibition “A Gathering, 1980-2005″ held at teh Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Kiki Smith: A Gathering, 1980-2005

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