Matthew Crookes is an artist based in Berlin, for whom text is an important part of his ouevre. Last week, I got a mail from Nora Schultz introducing Crookes's blog Pointful Walks and Excursions. Besides building an installation as a part of the… more »

Noële Ody entering the Academy Photo: Stephen Mathewson Dear R,   Have you read I Love Dick – Dick is a person – by Chris Kraus? Basically, the book is consisted of hybrid love letters blended with essays and reviews.   I’ve heard your… more »

From Sam Thorne's lecture Art School Confidential Last weekend, the Academy had guests from various parts of the world such as Dhaka, Amman, Arnheim, London... Hildegund Amanshauser, Sabine B. Vogel, Simone Wille have been working for 1.5 years to… more »

I’ve entered into the studio of drawing class taught by Senam Okudzeto and encountered a web made out of red and black threads, easels are interspersed around. While the class was working on nude painting, the artist-instructor decided to create… more »

  Gestures denote knowledge that is gained through the regulations in society. How we allow ourselves to touch or the way the hand feels a surface or flesh directly correlate with our life experiences. Some gestures are even historically determined as… more »