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Parasophia 2015: Susan Philipsz

MOVING IN PLACE By Andrew Maerkle   The Three Songs (2015), site-specific sound installation at the Kamogawa Delta, Kyoto. Commissioned by Parasophia: International Festival for Contemporary Culture 2015. Photo courtesy Parasophia: International Festival for Contemporary Culture 2015.   Born inView More >

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Critical Fieldwork 54

‘Okinawa’ and ‘Portrait’: – Ryuichi Ishikawa’s Okinawan Portraits 2010-2012   Ryuichi Ishikawa – from Okinawan Portraits 2010-2012   I have already touched on the portraits of Ryuichi Ishikawa (b. 1984) in a previous column (Critical Fieldwork 48: Japanese Portraits). IView More >

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Parasophia 2015: Xu Tan

VARIETIES OF DISSENT By Andrew Maerkle   “Social Botany” project (2013- ), video still from Immortality.   Born in 1957, Xu Tan first attracted international attention as member of the Big Tail Elephant group of artists active in Guangzhou inView More >

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Critical Fieldwork 53

Photographs as graves: Taiji Matsue’s JP-01 SPK (Part 3) Another “departure” that is striking in the context of this photobook is the use of oblique composition, which applies to just two works: JP01-73 and SPK44134.(1) To repeat, oblique composition isView More >

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