In reaction to the article 'Common Sense' by Charles Esche in the December issue of Artforum German critic and curator Hans-Christian Dany presents his view on the significance of the credit crisis for art.
Tate Modern stages art festival for tenth anniversary celebrations and has invited 50 independent art spaces and collectives, from Shanghai to Prague, to create unique projects. (JV)
Name that painting. Have art historical references become the new brand-name-dropping? (video) (JV)
The latest issue of Metropolis M researches the work of rising star in the international exhibition circuit: Constant Dullaart. In regard to the highly internet active nature of his work we provide you a collection of links and video’s contextualizing the article in the magazine.
In 2007, Dullaart and the writers of the popular Dutch soap opera Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden (Good Times, Bad Times), collaborated on creating a fictional character of the prototypical artist: Juan-Stefano Vidal, as the result of a survey amongst Rijksakademie employees. Juan’s studio can be seen on Dullaart’s Flickr page.
Sometimes a coincidentally shared authorship unfolds. For the 2009 exhibition Versions in NIMK, Dullaart created the video series YouTube as a Subject. Electronic media artist ilovetoeatmicedotcom, alias Ben Coonley, responded with a series of his own films that investigate the YouTube trademark.
As a heavy user of the internet, the extent to which he shares his work and fascinations is extensive. He shares his favourite links on del.icio.us and Nasty Nets, his internet surfing club.
At www.readymades.net he gives a 2.0 meaning to the term 'readymade', which contains a collection of sponsored links, error messages and free domain names.
Archives of his video's can be found here, here and here.
