CUT is the themed issue of Journal of Visual Culture. The issue is a collaboration with the Museum of Contemporary Cuts and is supported by Boston University and Kalfayan Galleries, Athens - Thessaloniki. International contributors provide a range of perspectives on the contemporary crisis and its results questioning how the arts and social structures are being affected by the financial cuts. Contributors come from a
Crossing the Line: Rituals and Realities of Life and Death in the Contemporary Mediterranean is my new essay presented at Harvard University for the conference Spaces, Scales, and Routes: Region Formation in History and Anthropology. The conference is convened by Professor Vincent Brown and Professor Ajantha Subramanian and it is an important analysis of contemporary social practices globally and in the Mediterranean. The conference seeks
This is the new LEA book titled Interference Strategies, Volume 20 Issue 2. ISBN: 978-1-906897-32-1. ISSN: 1071-4391. Date of Publication: April 15, 2014. Number of Pages: 157. Book Editors: Lanfranco Aceti and Paul Thomas. In this particular volume the issue of art as interference and the strategies that it should adopt have been reframed within the structures of contemporary technology as well as within the
Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism is the first edited book, part of a series, by the Leonardo Electronic Almanac (Leonardo/ISAST, MIT Press). Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism was edited and has introductions by Lanfranco Aceti, Bill Balaskas, Susanne Jaschko and Julian Stallabrass. The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) is proud to announce the publication of its first LEA book, available on Amazon
Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism, Volume 20 Issue 1. ISBN: 978-1-906897-20-8. ISSN: 1071-4391. Date of Publication: January 15, 2014. Number of Pages: 250. Book Editors: Lanfranco Aceti, Bill Balaskas, Susanne Jaschko and Julian Stallabrass. The print issue of the LEA Book Red Art: New Utopias in Data Capitalism, Volume 20 Issue 1, is available on Amazon. The Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA) is proud
Beware of Cutting Down Trees: Contemporary Politics and Aesthetics between Ideal Matriarchal Democracy and Real Patriarchal Dictatorships is the title of the lecture I will be presenting for the Master Lecture Series at the Centre for Fine Art Research (CFAR), Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. The Director of CFAR, Professor Johnny Golding, will chair the event. The lecture will analyze the mythological role of
This is the title of a talk at Art-Athina on Sunday, May 18, 2014, from 15:30 to 16:00. The talk is chaired by Artemis Potamianou, Director of Platform Project @ Art-Athina, and will focus on the aesthetic representation of anger as an 'uncouth,' disruptive and rebellious act that infringes and impinges upon the codified rules of good behavior and civilized life. The talk will question
This was my keynote for the conference Real Time Visuals organized by Steve Gibson. It was a great event over two full days, filled with activities, lectures, performances, music and, of course, live visuals. Great people from all areas that converged for a two days series of exchanges and future projects. My keynote was a comparative analysis between historical 'transdisciplinary' architectonical practices and contemporary live
I was at the Kunst Hal Aarhus where I had the pleasure of attending the opening of Systemics #3, curated by Joasia Krysia the director of Kunst Hal Aarhus, and participated with a talk that focused on art, money and the aesthetic representation of illusory and utopian worlds. The exhibition was great and I had an interesting evening talking with the artists Song Dong, Fran
This catalog is a project I have worked on with Omar Kholeif and with the support of FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). It follows the first major retrospective on Nam June Paik in the UK with an exhibition and conference organized by Tate Liverpool and FACT. The exhibition Nam June Paik, December 17, 2010 to March 13, 2011, was curated by Sook-Kyung Lee
