MaytoDay: Myths of the Near Future
MaytoDay commemorated the civil uprisings of May 18, 1980 in the city of Gwangju. The book brings together the collaborations of four teams of curators from Asia and Latin America to think about memory, democratization movements and the state of democracy today.
Myths of the Near Future
Myths of the Near Future brings together artists who actively and poetically revisit militant films from the late 60s, old Korean protest songs, degraded craft techniques, forgotten archives and shamanic rituals; they collaborate with others, human and non-human witnesses of tragedy and violence.
Del Prete or Pictorial Gluttony
There is no evolutionary chain or fate on the horizon 104 in Del Prete’s procedures. What there is, is an arachnid construction and a voracious appetite paired with somewhat slow digestion. Discussions of his modernity and affinities, of his lines of kinship (ancestors and descendants) matter little today.
The Nose, the Princess and a Bowl of Rice. Bits of Decolonization (of the unconscious) in Korean art
This essay analyzes how three Korean artists address precariousness embodied in issues of colonialism, patriarchy, gender, social normativity, and the asphyxiation of desire, as their own places of enunciation and starting point for decolonization, as opposed to mere objects of observation.
Sergio Avello: Joven profesional multipropósito
Sergio Avello (Mar del Plata, 1964 – Buenos Aires, 2010) saw art as a way of studying the world, finding beauty and pleasure in the everyday and connecting with other people. Sergio Avello: a young, multi-talented professional, explores Avello’s artistic career but also expands into a larger universe of nightlife and friendships.