This series of Talking Heads talks dedicated to low-carbon creation examines how the new climate regime is revolutionising the very nature of the artwork; its raison d'être; its values; its aesthetic criteria…
Originally, in the early 2000s, Jeansdinge was a collection of denim objects brought together by artist-researchers Katharina Hohmann and Katharina Tietze for an exhibition exploring the grey areas between art and fashion,…
With modernity, the understanding of art practice has largely been reduced to the expression of individual subjectivity through the production of objects or events designed for institutions or the market. The two…
A teacher in the CCC Master’s Research Programme and a researcher at HEAD – Genève, Gene Ray is interested in radical practices of art and activism in a time of multiple social…
The collector′s book, Oracles – Artists’ Calling Cards, reinvents itself in digital format and reaches out to a wider audience. In this interview, Pierre Leguillon, the instigator of this multi-faceted project under…
As both the dominant mode of self-realisation and a tool for creating wealth in the capitalist world, work is constantly being redefined. Our relationship to it has been affected by automation, the…
In recent years, numerous initiatives have called for better remuneration for artists. The success of these campaigns is a testament to a salutary change in the status of the artist. For too…
Two films by Lou Cohen explore the contemporary professional world with a wry sense of humour. From recruitment agencies to start-ups, Cohen imagines situations in which coaching and power relations combine and…
During her studies, Eva Meister took on a number of student jobs as her family could not afford to support her. In her TRANS – master’s thesis, Meister, now an alumna, looked…
In The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt famously distinguished labour – linked to bodily activity and the reproduction of it – from work that transcends individual life. Through its physical and material aspects,…