NC Arte - Bogotá
Curated by Beatriz López
URUMU: Origin and Cycle of Art and Life.
By Caridad Botella
As if it were the pointing finger of an ancient cicerone, Monika Bravo’s (Colombia, 1964) project URUMU at NC Arte (Bogotá) invites us to reflect upon the ideas of origin and cycle both in art and life. Bravo’s [...]
By Caridad Botella
THE HAND WITH A LENS
The first films shot with mobile phones appeared between 2005 and 2006, among them the feature film SMS Sugar Man1 (2005-2006) by South African director Aryan Kaganof, which is regarded as a revolutionary, alternative way of making films with the limitations imposed by a mobile phone. Another [...]
NIMk - Amsterdam
The Attitude of Hacking: More Than Just Cracking.
By Caridad Botella
“The Art of Hacking,” on exhibition at the Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst (NIMk) in Amsterdam, explores the artistic side of hacking, taken as an attitude instead of a crime. This mode of interfering with existing systems often generates negative reactions that make [...]
