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Killer Kitsch

Could Kitsch Be Dangerous? Like Frankenstein’s monster, sewn together from different body parts, Kitsch is a pastiche of various styles thrown together. On the surface it seems like just harmless fun, but could it also conceal a darker agenda?

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Killer Kitsch

Could Kitsch Be Dangerous? Like Frankenstein’s monster, sewn together from different body parts, Kitsch is a pastiche of various styles thrown together. On the surface it seems like just harmless fun, but could it also conceal a darker agenda?

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Kaprow’s Vector

Has Art Committed Suicide? The modus operandi of today’s contemporary artist includes a number of provocative & experimental techniques, from working blindly to generative software. But whether this technology actually empowers the artist is another question. Has the artist finally become a machine, as Warhol predicted? Who makes the work, Man or Machine?

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Kaprow’s Vector

Has Art Committed Suicide? The modus operandi of today’s contemporary artist includes a number of provocative & experimental techniques, from working blindly to generative software. But whether this technology actually empowers the artist is another question. Has the artist finally become a machine, as Warhol predicted? Who makes the work, Man or Machine?

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Re/Mix! – Innovators, Appropriators & Copyright Criminals

Oft-times an overlooked & misunderstood tradition, the art of sampling historical source material into new works of art and music is a rewarding, sophisticated and ingenious practice rife with departures, ruptures & contradictory possibilities.

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Re/Mix! – Innovators, Appropriators & Copyright Criminals

Oft-times an overlooked & misunderstood tradition, the art of sampling historical source material into new works of art and music is a rewarding, sophisticated and ingenious practice rife with departures, ruptures & contradictory possibilities.

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Promiscuous Visions: The Hackers At The Heart of Photography

Photographers have been hacking into the medium of photography from its very inception. Confined not just to the world of computers, “Hack Value” describes the creative ethos of an artist interested in fully exploring a System to stretch its capabilities, as opposed to an ordinary user, who prefers to use the system as originally designed.

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Promiscuous Visions: The Hackers At The Heart of Photography

Photographers have been hacking into the medium of photography from its very inception. Confined not just to the world of computers, “Hack Value” describes the creative ethos of an artist interested in fully exploring a System to stretch its capabilities, as opposed to an ordinary user, who prefers to use the system as originally designed.

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