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GRAYSON PERRY: PROVINCIAL PUNK │ Turner Contemporary, Margate → 13 September 2015

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“It z a cnd v tizñ rbłn; it z nt a vayḷnt rvluśn”

Noel Halifax SOCIALIST REVIEW June 2015
Daniel Barnes AESTHETICA 31 May 2015
Martin Gayford SPECTATOR 30 May 2015
Alison Cole INDEPENDENT 29 May 2015
Joe Lloyd APOLLO 27 May 2015
Michael Prodger BLOUIN ART INTO 25 May 2015
Jonathan Jones GUARDIAN 22 May 2015
David Johns ITV 22 May 2015
Bob Henderson GAY TIMES

Continue reading GRAYSON PERRY: PROVINCIAL PUNK │ Turner Contemporary, Margate → 13 September 2015

REAL PAINTING │ Castlefield, Manchester → 2 August 2015

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ARTISTS
Simon Callery, Adriano Costa, Deb Covell, Angela de la Cruz, Lydia Gifford, David Goerk, Alexis Harding, Jo McGonigal, DJ Simpson, Finbar Ward

“Pêntñ z trnsformd fṛm subjictmatr t objictmatr, trnsndñ its flat srfis t fix ɖ vywr’z atnśn on ‘siyñ’ az bʈ a viźl n fizicl incântr”


Rick Copsey and Beccy Kennedy ALL ART HISTORY IS CONTEMPORARY 23 June 2015
AESTHETICA 22 June 2015

Continue reading REAL PAINTING │ Castlefield, Manchester → 2 August 2015

LUCY CLOUT / MARIANNA SIMNETT: ‘WHAT WILL THEY SEE OF ME’ │ Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow → 12 July 2015

Lucy Clout, From Our Own Correspondent (2015)
Lucy Clout, From Our Own Correspondent (2015)

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ARTISTS
Lucy Clout, Marianna Simnett

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FILM & VIDEO UMBRELLA
Lucy Clout: Blood
Marianna Simnett: The Udder

Marianna Simnett, Blood, 2015
Marianna Simnett, Blood, 2015

Continue reading LUCY CLOUT / MARIANNA SIMNETT: ‘WHAT WILL THEY SEE OF ME’ │ Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow → 12 July 2015

LUCY BEECH: ME AND MINE │ Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston → 4 July 2015

M n Mîn z Lūsi Bìč’s frst mêjr sôlo xbišn in ɖ YC. Fôc̣st on ɖ wez in ẇč wimin cnstruct n ssten cmyṇtiz, ɖ wrc on šo at ɖ Haris Myziym z dveḷpt ât v Bìč’z xtndd bodi v rsrč arnd imošnl lebr n ɖ êjnsi v ɖ indivijl in a grūp. Ɖ raw mtirı̣lz fr ɖz riinactmnts r fabricetd fṛm fīldnôts; rsrč c̣lctd ʈru actv ingejmnt in wrcšops n netwrcñivnts; contxts ɖt dmand grūp̓fwmns ẇlst blŕñ ɖ bândriz btwn wrc n ple.

Sentṛl t ɖ xbišn z M n Mîn, Bìč’z most ambišs filmwrc t dêt (cmišnd bî Film n vidio Umbrela, 2015). Bìč cnstructs an inṭprsnl drama ɖt xaminz hâ ɖ so-cwld feminin vrtyz v emṗʈi n rlešnaḷti hv gênd incrīsñ cuṛnsi wɖn prīvı̣sli pêtriācl inḍstriz. Set btwn a tṛdišnl unḍtecrs n an aňl awōdseṛṃni, dfînd bî wn v its ptisipnts az ɖ nyclı̣s v ɖ fynṛl inḍstri’z fīmel revlušn, ɖ film foloz a fīmel unḍtecr az š ngošiets hr we ʈru ɖ šiftñ landscep v ɖ fynṛlbiznis, az wel az hr xpirı̣ns az a wmn amñ wimin. Ostensbli a studi v ɖ culčṛl n ic̣nomic fwsz srândñ ɖ biznis v deʈ, M n Mîn z cnsrnd wɖ îdiyz v trnzišn: btwn sošl grūps, prîvt n public wrldz, tṛdišn n iṇvešn, ɖ indivijl n ɖ grūp. Ɖ film demnstrets hâ ɖ reṭric v cmyṇti ɖt unḍlîz ppl’z piriodic apilz t ɖ ynivrsl vrtyz v hymn ssayti n inṭprsnl rlešnšps sits ambiğsli wɖ an incrisñli asrtv poḷtcs v ɖ slf.

Fīmel rlešnšps n grūpdnamics r frɖr xplord in Caniblz n ɖ dyl-scrīn wrc Berid Alîv (bʈ 2013). Bilt fṛm rsrč intu multīlevl mācitñscīmz, Caniblz fôc̣sz on an ol-fīmel ṣpwtgrūp Wimin Impârñ Wimin ɖt adoptd an īʈos v slf-čenj az a viycl fr a non-sstenbl biznismodl. Ɖs wrc trêsz hâ nošns v fīmel impârmnt cn oṗret az an oʈorittv brandñtūl. WEW imrjz in Caniblz az a tṛdišnl piṛmidscīm – a mîcṛcozm v a capitlist sistm, mirrñ an imij v unsstenbl grôʈ. Ɖ tírd strucčr z rfŕd t ʈru yf̣mizmz sč az aṗtîzr, mn cws n dzrt. Bfr ɖe īt, ɖ wimin ptisipet in imošnl srcițrênñ; ɖ bodi z tenḍrîzd in preṗrešn fr slfcnsumšn. Ɖ fiẋnl prôses dtirı̣rets ẇn wn v ɖ ptisipnts obzrvz ɖs sūdo-ʈeṛpytc prôses t b ītñ awe at itslf.

Xplorñ frendšp az a biznismodl, Berid Alîv z a multīscrīn wrc ɖt dokments a fictišs wrcšop in līdršp. Pleyñ wɖ fiẋnl îdiyz v imošnl ontṛpṛnŕšp in ẇč welbiyñ z srkletd az ɖ prinṣpl cmodti, ɖ filmz folo a grūp v wimin lrnñ t capiṭlîz on ɖer ôn xpirı̣nsz in ōdr t bild ɖer ôn homspun, ʈeṛpytc meʈdoḷjiz. Ɖ līdr z crietñ a seilzfws hu in trn trêd on ɖer prsnl c̣rizma n contacts t muv ɖ ʈeṛpytc prodct amñst a netwrc v frendz, famli n nêbrz.”

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Continue reading LUCY BEECH: ME AND MINE │ Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston → 4 July 2015

HENRY MOORE: BACK TO A LAND │ Yorkshire Sculpture Park → 6 September 2015

Large Reclining Figure, 1984

“Born in Caslfd, West Ywcšr, Henri Mur (1898–1986) z wn v ɖ most impwtnt artists v ɖ 20ʈ senčri. Đs mêjr xibišn, in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Ɖ Henri Mur Fândešn, têcs a freš aproč t Mur’z wrc bî cnsidrñ hiz pṛfând rlešnšp wɖ land, wč wz funḍmntl t hiz practis n fyld hiz vižl vcabylri.”


Ɖ mistri v ẇt z undr ɖ šrâd z smẇt acin t ɖ mistri in powtri. It z ɖs eḷmnt v ɖ uņon ɖt fasinets m in cevz n ɖ houlz in ɖ sîdz v hilz – y d’nt nô ẇt z ɖr untl y lc n xplor intu ɖm. Mistri plez a lj n inlîvnñ pāt in âr lîvz; nt nwñ bt wntñ t nô, wundrñ n gesñ, qesčnñ n xplorñ. (Henri Mur, 1974)

A fândñ pêtṛn v YSP, Mur wz cmitd t šowñ hiz wrc in ɖ ôpn er, n in ɖ rolñ hilz v ɖ fwmr Dírpāc in ptklr.

Ɖ xibišn nt onli xplorz ɖ ātist’s radicl nošn v plêsñ sculpčr in ɖ landscep – lj-scêl sculpčrz grīt ɖ vizitr on arîvl at ɖ Pāc n r dspled agnst ɖ bytifl n historic visṭz v ɖ Boʈīgādn – bt ɖ impwtns v ŕʈ in Mur’z crietv ʈncñ. Āčroc, Îsbrg, Roci Landscep n nymṛs uɖr drōñz, sm rerli sīn in public, alñ wɖ a renj v sculpčrz xplorñ scêl n ɖ inṭple btwn intrnl n xtrnl spêsz, emfsîz ɖ ātist’s constnt invstigešn v land, fṛm ɖ blac colsìmz v hiz homtân n ɖ rič jioḷji v Britn, t ɖ mistcl ênčnt fwmz v Stônhenj.

Ɖ xibišn olso priznts an oṗtyṇti t xplor ɖ man bhnd ɖ practis wɖ a cerfli ṣlctd dsple v prsnl āṭfacts, nôts, scečz n fôṭgrafs, kretd in c̣laḅrešn wɖ ɖ ātist’s dwtr, Mẹri Mur.

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Continue reading HENRY MOORE: BACK TO A LAND │ Yorkshire Sculpture Park → 6 September 2015

JASON RHOADES, FOUR ROADS │ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead → 31 May 2015

Renovation New York (CHERRY Makita), 2013. Installation view. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media

Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ɖ frst mêjr gaḷriexibišn v ɖ wrc v ɖs xpšnl ātist, hu dîd in 2006 at ɖ êj v 41. Roudz livd n wrct in Los Anjlīz.

Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz okpîz BALTC’s tu ljst florz, wɖ for insṭlešnz t b navigetd bî for intrpṛtv paɖz or rôdz: Jêsn Roudz, Americn Ātist; Jêsn ɖ Mêsn, (a bạgraficl ʈred nemd fr a čîldhd nicnem); Sistmz (lanĝj, scêl, indxñ, icoṇmiz), n PīRôFôm. Bî fwgrândñ ɖz ʈīmz, ɖ xibišn emz t ôpn p fr invstigešn Roudz’z spectaklr, ovrlodd insṭlešnz. Imījtli axeṣbl n î-cačñ, ɖz wrcs r at ɖ sem tîm dīpli sisṭmatc, dīteld, n rwōdñ v cerfl ingejmnt. Yzñ nion, plastc bucits, pârtūlz, snêcñ wîrz, fiğrīnz, sând, n a vast renj v uɖr mtirı̣lz, includñ a V8 enjin, Roudz’z wrc brñz ɖ vywr in wɖ hymr, vîbṛnsi, n ɖ pṛvoc̣tv ōdaṣti v hiz vižn. Ɖ šo wl b ancrd bî for mêjr insṭlešnz.

Sutter’s Mill, 2013. Installation view. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media
Sutter’s Mill, 2013. Installation view. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media

Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ōġnîzd bî ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa n kretd bî ICA Čīf Kretr, Ñgrid Šefnr. Ɖs xibišn z md psbl bî Ɖ Py Sentr fr Āts n Heritij n z a cooṗrešn btwn ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa, BWLTC Sentr fr Cntmprri Āt n Kunsthalle Brêmn”

The Creation Myth, 2013. Installation view. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media
The Creation Myth, 2013. Installation view. Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania. Photo: Aaron Igler/Greenhouse Media

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Continue reading JASON RHOADES, FOUR ROADS │ Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead → 31 May 2015

LYNDA BENGLIS │ Hepworth Wakefield → 1 July 2015

Raptor, 1995-96 Stainless steel, wire mesh, silicone and bronze
Raptor, 1995-96. Stainless steel, wire mesh, silicone and bronze

Hr retṛspctv at ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld z a revlešn. **** – Êdrı̣n Srl, Ɖ Gādı̣n

Nʈñ z evr riyli az it sīmz: fand metl sīmz weitls n frajîl: inwms bilowñ pîlz v led sīm cinetc; n ɖ ātist hrslf sīmz t b constntli čalinjñ s t criet âr ôn mīnñz rgādñ abstract fwmz.It’s Nîs Ɖt

Lynda Benglish 1970, originally published in Life. Feb. 1970. Photo by Henry Groskinsky. © Life Inc.
Lynda Benglish 1970, originally published in Life. Feb. 1970. Photo by Henry Groskinsky. © Life Inc.

XIBIŠN

Ɖ Hepẉʈ Wêcfīld priznts ɖ YC’s frst myziymsrve v wrc bî Grīc-Americn ātist n feminist îcon Linda Benglis. Ɖs hîli antisipetd xibišn wl b ɖ ljst prezntešn v Benglis’ wrc in ɖ YC, fīčrñ aproxiṃtli 50 wrcs ɖt wl span ɖ intîṛti v hr pṛlific c̣rir t dêt.

Êjd 73, Benglis z wn v America’z most significnt livñ ātists. Born in 1941 in Luīziana, YSA, š wz heṛldd az ɖ ér t Poḷc bî Lîf maġzīn in 1970, n imrjd az pāt v a jeṇrešn v ātists fwjñ ny apročz t sculpčr n pêntñ in ɖ wêc v Abstract Xprešnizm, Miniṃlizm n Popāt.

Cântñ Andi Wōhol, Sol LeWit n Bānit Nymn amñ hr frendz n pirz, Benglis istablišt hr c̣rir wɖn a mêl-dominetd āt wrld n bcem fems nt onli fr hr radicl riinvižnñ v sculpčr n pêntñ ʈru hr ŕli wrcs yzñ wax n pord lêtx, bt olso fr hr wrcs dīlñ wɖ feminist poḷtcs n slfimij.

BÎOGṚFI

Born in Lêc Čālz, Luīziana in 1941, Linda Benglis muvd t Ny Ywc Siti in ɖ lêt 1960z.  Š nâ rzîdz in Ny Ywc n Santa Fe, Mexico, n z ɖ rsipı̣nt v a Ggnhîm Felôšp n tu Našnl Indâmnt fr ɖ Āts grants, amñ uɖr comndešnz. Hr wrc z held in impwtnt public c̣lẋnz n hz bn xibitd at Têt Modn, Ɖ Myziym v Modn Āt n ɖ Ẇitni Myziym.

Benglis wz ɖ subjct v a 2010–11 inṭnašnl retṛspctv ɖt travld t Ɖ Îriš Myziym v Modn Āt, Dublin; Ɖ Von Aḅmŭzeum, Indôvn; L’Conswsium, Dīžõ; Ny Myziym, Ny Ywc; n ɖ Myziym v Cntmprri Āt, Los Anjlīz. Most rīsntli, in ŕli 2014, Benglis šôcêst a siriz v ny sramic wrcs in a sôlo xibišn at Čîm n Rīd, Ny Ywc, n Toms Dên Gaḷri, Lundn.”

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Continue reading LYNDA BENGLIS │ Hepworth Wakefield → 1 July 2015

GUY BOURDIN: IMAGE MAKER │ Somerset House, London — 15 March 2015

Vogue Paris, May 1970
Vogue Paris, May 1970

“Ɖ YC’z ljst evr xibišn v ɖ influenšl n enigmatc fašnftogṛfr Gi Bŭrdĩ, fīčrñ ovr 100 wrcs n prīvı̣sli unsin mtirı̣l fṛm ɖ ftogṛfr’z istet, fṛm 1955 t 1987.  Ɖs mêjr šo čāts Bŭrdĩ’z dstnĝšt 40-yir c̣rir, fṛm Man Re’z proṭže t ftogṛfīreṿlušnri in hiz ôn rît, n xplorz hiz psyt v pfẋn. Ɖ xibitd wrcs xmplifî ɖ craftsmnšp bhnd hiz imijz, fṛm pṛduẋn t publicešn, n ɖer indyrñ qoḷti az a consiqns.

Gi Bŭrdĩ’z editwrı̣l n advtîzñ imijri repriznt a hîpýnt in lêt twentiiʈ senčri fašnftogṛfi. Hiz wrc tc ɖ bêsic funẋn v ɖ fašnfôṭgraf – t sel cloɖñ, byti n axeṣriz – n md it intu smʈñ rič n strenj. Bŭrdĩ dd ɖs wɖt rzwtñ t xotisizm; instd, h istablišt ɖ îdīa ɖt ɖ product z secndri t ɖ imij. Fṛm hiz pṛfešnl dêby fr Paris Vôg in ɖ 1950z, Bŭrdĩ dveḷpt a dstnctv stîl v vižl stwrītelñ, ẇč cntinyz t srv az a sws v inspirešn t cntmprri fašnftogṛfrz fṛm Tim Wōcr t Nic Nait.

Kretd bî Alister O’Nīl wɖ Šeli Vertīm, ɖ xibišn includz ovr 100 culr xibišnprints v Bŭrdĩ’z most significnt wrcs, az wel az ŕli n lêt wrcs in blac n ẇît ɖt srv t čalinj Bŭrdĩ’z repytešn az a culrftogṛfr. Ɖs z complimentd bî a renj v uɖr fôṭgrafic mtirı̣lz: ynīc Pôḷrýd testšots, dubl-pêj spred lêâts, contactšīts n trnspaṛnsiz māct fr comṗzišn ɖt xplor Bŭrdĩ’z craftsmnšp az an imijmêcr n ɖ prôsesz involvd in pṛdysñ stātlñ n pṛvoc̣tv imijri in a prīdijitl êj. It olso hîlîts Bŭrdĩ az a paynir v fašnfilm, šôcêsñ a renj v Sūpr-8 filmz h md at ɖ sem tîm az hiz on-lcešn fôtôšūts.

Ɖ xibišn olso fīčrz a ṣlẋn v pêntñz, wrcñdrōñz, scečz n nôtbcs, nt sīn in ɖ YC bfr, ẇč infwm hiz aproč az a comṗzišnl imijmêcr n mtikḷs draftsmn. A hîlît z ɖ Wōcñlegz siriz – a campen cmišnd bî Šāl Žŭrdã in 1979 xibitd in its intîṛti fr ɖ frst tîm wɖ a yt unsin acumṗniyñ fašnfilm.”

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Continue reading GUY BOURDIN: IMAGE MAKER │ Somerset House, London — 15 March 2015

NICK CROWE AND IAN RAWLINSON: SONG FOR COAL │ Yorkshire Sculpture Park → 19 April 2015

Soñ fr Col z bytifl, plêfl n enigmatc. Evri tîm I si it I fînd smʈñ ny ɖt I hd’nt īvn nôtist ɖ last tîm. Pāt c̣lîḍscôp, pāt cʈīdṛl rôzwindo, wɖ vôcl myzic ɖt z bʈ reẓlutli seklr n krı̣sli spiričl. Vri prâd t hír ɖ gwjs výsz v ɖ Cwrs v Opra Nwʈ in ɖs pìs.

Dominic Gre, Projcts Drectr at Opra Nwʈ.

Ɖs hîli ivoc̣tv c̣lîḍscopic wrc, instwld in ɖ bytifl n cntmpḷtv 18ʈ senčri čapl, xplorz ɖ fizicl n culčṛl proprtiz v col ʈru rič imijri n soñ.

Soñ fr Col têcs a fwm bêst on ɖ flamboynt trêsri v ɖ apoc̣liptc rôzwindo v Sainte Chapelle, Paris. Brôcn dân intu 152 sepṛt panlz, č sẋn v ɖ rôz hôsts indivijl filmz ɖt três col fṛm ɖ cāḅnifṛs t ɖ pôstindustrı̣l.

Ɖ hymn výs z a sentṛl n pârfl eḷmnt in ɖ comṗzišn v ɖs wrc. Wrcñ wɖ Opra Nwʈ, Cro n Rwlinsn hv crietd a plênsoñ, bêst on Ɖ Colcaṭcizm (1898) bî Wiłm Jaspr Niclz.

Ɖ ātists hv wrct wɖ ɖ c̣lẋn v ɖ Našnl Colmainñ Myziym n Drax Pârstêšn, bʈ wɖn a fy mîlz v YSP, in filmñ sẋnz v ɖ wrc. Ɖe hv olso implýd ɖ rer practis v canlcol carvñ t criet objcts n fiğrīnz ẇč wr lêtr brnd in frunt v ɖ camra.

Nic Cro n Iyn Rwlinsn wrc c̣labṛtvli btwn stydioz in Brlin n Mančestr. Ɖer wrc z primṛli cnsrnd wɖ ɖ lanĝj v pâr, wɖ its gramr n wɖ its reṭric. Ɖer projcts adres qesčnz arnd fêʈ, poḷtcs, našnl îdntti n ɖ invîrnmnt. Rīsnt projcts includ xibišnz at Nwɖn Gaḷri v Cntmprri Āt, Sunḍḷnd, n VlpsVlps, Lundn, n a cmišn fr Ɖ Ẇitẉʈ Ātgaḷri, Mančestr. Ɖ ātists wr ṣlctd fr ɖ Nwɖn Ātprîz in 2009.”

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Continue reading NICK CROWE AND IAN RAWLINSON: SONG FOR COAL │ Yorkshire Sculpture Park → 19 April 2015

NÁSTIO MOSQUITO: DAILY LOVEMAKING │ Ikon Gallery, Birmingham → 19 April 2015

Nástia’s Manifesto (2008)
Nástia’s Manifesto (2008)

“Ɖs z ɖ frst sôlo xibišn v wrc bî Nastiu Mscītu, imrjñ t b wn v ɖ most xîtñ ātists v hiz jeṇrešn.

Rūtd in ɖ brwdcastinḍstri, ẇr Mscītu wrct prīvı̣sli az drctr n camṛmn, hiz ātistc practis z xtrōdnri fr its eṇji, intelijns n wit. It z az funi az it z confṛntešnl, az candid az it z îronic, ṣtiricl n cūl. It imbresz film n myzic, ʈiatricl pfwmns, vidio n insṭlešn, ofn rqîrñ ɖ c̣laḅrešn v uɖrz, most nôṭbli Spaniš ātist Vic Ṗrêró. Frīqntli apirñ in conṣts n myzicfestivlz, Mscītu hz olso pfwmd wɖn ɖ contxt v vižl āts prôgramz n mntenz a lîvli onlîn prezns.

Ʈiatricli, Mscītu têcs sentrstêj in hiz wrc. H ofn asymz rôlz, ʈru mimicri, in ōdr t xpres îdiyz ocŕñ t hm, nt so mč az hiz ôn čerišt ḅlifs bt rɖr obẓvešnz on hymn foli manifstd in modn lîf. Ɖ distns btwn hiz acčl îdntti n sč caṛcṭrîzešnz ineblz hm t xpres hmslf verı̣sli az biyñ trnzgresv, cūl, sinicl, pṛfen n vulgr. Nāstia, a nô-it-ol wɖ a Rušn axnt – a monstr injendrd bî ɖ Cold Wor – ipiṭmîzz ɖs tendnsi, n ofn mcs an apiṛns. At ɖ hāt v ɖ xibišn z Nāstia’z Manifsto (2008), a srklr pṛjẋn sspndd jst abv ɖ flor, bêst on ɖ cīwrdz Hiṗcritcl, Îronic n D Nt Gv a Fuc.

Nástia’s Manifesto (2008). Video, 4:10.
Nástia’s Manifesto (2008). Video, 4:10.

In a vrayti v wez Mscītu z an ātist pýntñ s twdz a fyčr in ẇč clir dstnẋnz md btwn ātfwmz, btwn popylr culčr n fîn āt, n ɖ caṭġrîzešn v culčṛl îdnttiz wl hv bcm îɖr rdundnt or ireḷvnt. Hiz slf̣werṇs az smwn in ɖ ātwrld sits alñsd hiz cnsrnz wɖ Africn poḷtcs, ispešli ɖoz ptenñ t Angola – az it dīlz wɖ ɖ leġsi v a loñ n bludi sivl wor – sẋl poḷtcs, rampnt cnsyṃrizm n uɖr simtmz v glôḅlîzešn.

3 Continents (2010) Video, 7:45’
3 Continents (2010) Video, 7:45’

Ɖ dvîs v procḷmešn, v prīčñ or peḍgoji, z dplýd wɖ îronic nowñṇs. In 3 Continnts (2010) w incântr ɖ cnd v confidns ɖt caṛcṭrîzz ɖ nūvo rīš stumblñ intu sičuešnz ɖe d’nt riyli undrstand. Acts (2012), a mr rīsnt wrc bî Nastīvišs (Mscītu n Ṗrêró), z ls naṛtv. In for pāts, w si hm in siluet agnst bacgrândz v vivid culr, pfwmñ cuvrz v soñz sč az I Šot ɖ Šerif n Prpl Rên, inṭsprst bî xwtešnz in Pwčgīz. Ɖz r cmbînd wɖ ilectronic drônz n dijitl ifcts t cunjr p a vižn ɖt z az wirdli omiṇs az it z abstract.

Acts (2012) Video, 12:17’
Acts (2012) Video, 12:17’

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Îcon, in c̣laḅrešn wɖ Nuova Icona, priznts a projct cmbînñ Nastiu Mscītu’z filmz n pfwmnsz at ɖ 56ʈ Bienāle di Venezia (Me–Ōġst 2015) at ɖ Oratorio di San Ludovico, S. Basilio.

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“Recgnîzd az a ci figr v avãgād cntmprri juwlri, Bernhāt Šrbñr’z sbvrsv aproč t mcñ spanz mr ɖn forti yirz n hz ŕnd hm a repytešn fr rbełs iṇvešn. Hiz wrc scilfli trnsfwmz dscuvrd objcts intu pìsz ɖt alud t past n preznt, prešs n left-ovr.

Smʈñ v an alc̣mist, Šrbñr gaɖrz n prôsesz ol manr v matr, ẇč frīqntli includz dscādd dtrîṭs. Fṛm culrd penslz, spent nic̣rilastc, prešs stônz, comz or worn irezrnubz, t cýnz, dîmndz, pricli swfîlz or pýznbotlz – sč scavinjd mtirı̣lz r ol swsz v isʈetc n fizicl ričṇs. At wns anācic n c̣lcṭbl, Šrbñr’z wrc ynîts ɖz mtirı̣lz t criet hîbrid juwlz ɖat irevṛntli xpres ɖer provnns ẇl čalinjñ cnvnšnl histriz v bodı̣dwnmnt.”

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