Articles of ‘Allora & Calzadilla’

dOCUMENTA (13)

dOCUMENTA (13)

By Stephen Truax
One-hundred meters past the end of the platform behind the Hauptbahnhoff-a commuter tram station that used to be the central train station in Kassel, Germany, artist Susan Philipsz positioned her seven-channel sound installation, Study for Strings, (2012). By the same title, Study for Strings is a one-movement work composed by Pavel [...]



PUSH TO FLUSH / The Rhetorics of Nationalism

PUSH TO FLUSH / The Rhetorics of Nationalism

(On Venice Biennale’s ILLUMInations)
By Paco Barragán
For people in Venice that aren’t necessarily so well informed in art matters, “ILLUMInazioni - ILLUMInations” might make them think of a kind of light show…
Obviously the title is not very bright and shining. To be more precise: this contradictio in terminis in the title is a cheap, lamentable boutade. [...]