Episode 04: Mechanisms of a Surveillance State
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
Release Date: 10/10/2019
Episode 06: New Nationalism(s)
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
How are local art scenes impacted by the wave of nationalist sentiments rising across the globe? How are artists responding to the current political climate? And what are the strategies being put into place to counteract the current wave of anti-liberalism? New Nationalism(s) asked a group of artists, museum directors, and curators about their experience navigating the new political conditions of the twenty-first century in their respective regions. With: Kodwo Eshun and Anjalika Sagar, artists, The Otolith Group, London Zeynep Öz, founder, Bahar, Sharjah, and curator,...
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Episode 05: Will Athens Become the New Art Capital of Europe?
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
What is happening in Athens after the political and cultural transformations of the past decade—the financial crisis, the increased number of refugees seeking shelter in Europe, and the 2017 edition of Documenta and the artists who moved to the Greek capital, attracted by its affordability and warmth? Are skeptics right when they predict the city’s resurgence will be short-lived? Bringing together artists, curators and galleries important to its cultural life, Will Athens Become the New Art Capital of Europe? inquires upon the present and future states of the city. With: George...
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Episode 04: Mechanisms of a Surveillance State
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
While we cannot imagine our lives without the internet, it is hard to think of it with the same optimism with which it was perceived in the late 1990s. Over the past 30 years we have witnessed the internet’s coming of age from a platform used for connectivity, instant communication, and unrestricted access to information to a space of false information, data miners, targeted advertising, and open surveillance. In Mechanisms of a Surveillance State, a group of artists and thinkers whose work investigates the mechanisms of surveillance and technology discuss the current state of the internet...
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Episode 03: Between Production and Reproduction—Career and Motherhood in the Artworld
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
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Episode 02: Let’s Talk about the Weather—Artistic Practice and Climate Change
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
More and more artists and institutions address environmental issues. Is this increasing interest a mere trend or is it possible for artists and their artworks, as well as institutions and their programs, to have a concrete effect on tackling climate change and a positive impact on changing attitudes and mentalities? Let’s Talk about the Weather brings together artists and institutions committed to environmental action in a discussion about the ways in which art can improve the planet’s condition. With: Maria Thereza Alves, artist, São Paulo/Berlin Pedro Neves Marques, artist,...
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Episode 01: The Carbon Footprint of Contemporary Art
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
The art world spins very fast. Every day, curators, journalists, artists, and visitors jump from one airplane to another to attend the next biennial, art fair, or exhibition opening. At a time of heightened awareness of the environmental impact of carbon consumption, is this still viable? And what is the cost, in ecological terms, of putting up and tearing down so many exhibitions? Are institutions seriously reducing their carbon footprint? Which arts organizations are actively working to protect the environment? The Carbon Footprint of Contemporary Art looks at how to shift the trend toward...
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Episode 00: Prequel to art-agenda and Art Basel's series of podcasts.
Art-agenda and Art Basel podcast
Hosted by e-flux director Julieta Aranda, the podcasts focus on some of today’s most important issues, intersecting art, politics, environmental action, and gender disparity.
info_outlineWhile we cannot imagine our lives without the internet, it is hard to think of it with the same optimism with which it was perceived in the late 1990s. Over the past 30 years we have witnessed the internet’s coming of age from a platform used for connectivity, instant communication, and unrestricted access to information to a space of false information, data miners, targeted advertising, and open surveillance. In Mechanisms of a Surveillance State, a group of artists and thinkers whose work investigates the mechanisms of surveillance and technology discuss the current state of the internet and its future.
With:
Benjamin H. Bratton, professor of visual arts and director, Center for Design and Geopolitics, University of California, San Diego
Carmen Weisskopf, artist, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Berlin/Zurich
Trevor Paglen, artist, Berlin
Moderated by Doreen Mende, curator and theorist, associate professor and head of CCC Research-Based Master Program, HEAD Geneva, and co-director, Harun Farocki Institut, Berlin