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…
Looking to escape the model of temporarily occupying a wasteland proposed by institutions and private companies, art collectives are rethinking how to live and work together by acquiring land that will ensure…
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…
Drawing on Sianne Ngai’s Theory of The Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form (2020), this essay examines the reception of fashion collective Vetements through the lens of the gimmick, discussing the label’s…
Giulia Mensitieri conducted a field survey on the working conditions in fashion, demonstrating how the image of luxury masks and justifies the precarious reality of workers. In this in-depth interview, Aude Fellay…
Published in 2022 and already out of print, the book Graphic Design in the Post-Digital Age is currently being reprinted. To celebrate this upcoming return to bookstores, we are publishing an excerpt…
The cinema Department's "À qui donne-t-on la parole?" (Whose Voice?) seminar invited filmmakers and thinkers to offer critical and inquiring perspectives on the issues of representation and the construction of our imagination.…
As the academic year draws to a close, ISSUE invites you to discover a selection of exemplary theses written by graduates from the various master's programs at HEAD – Genève in 2021…
On the 18th of June, 2022, documenta fifteen will open its doors in Kassel. The Indonesian collective ruangrupa run this new edition of the German five-year event, seeking to embed it in…