Tuesday, January 29, 2008
misc 20080129
Brumaria 9 ‘Modernity? Life! Documenta 12’ compiles a series of translated and edited texts extracted from the editorial interchange platform of documenta 12 magazines, in documenta 12, Kassel.
PILOT: was established in 2004 to offer a new model for 
showcasing the work of contemporary artists. PILOT: is run by artists and independent curators with the aim of representing artists and curators in a way that allows them maximum control of how their work is presented.
This book has been produced on the occasion of the third edition of PILOT: and shows a selection of works by each artist participating. There is also writing by each of the nominators describing why they have chosen their nominee.
PILOT:3 85 artists / 85 nominators
`Life is more important than art’ wrote James Baldwin, `that’s why art is important’. A novelist, playwright and essayist, Baldwin was concerned with the dynamic and contingent relationship between art and everyday life.
Acrylic on paper (244 x 140 cm + 262 x 94 cm).
David Tieger Collection
Image by Joshua White
(Courtesy of ht artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles)
Cerith Wyn Evans, Dave Muller, Blanca Li, HBOX, Benicàssim. The Festival and The Published Image
January 26th - May 4th, 2008
publiccurating is an ongoing research-project by the Vienna-based
platform CONT3XT.NET collecting methods, resources, and theories
concerning the curation of (New) Media and Internet-based Art.
