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Damilola Onosowobo Marcus | a smooth mode of distortion

I have spent the past year complaining about the figure. Okay, perhaps complaining is not the right word — being critical about the figure. Thinking about figures of life, figures that bewitch and figures that enrage. I approach the figure with suspicion — questioning why it is that so many faces of so many Black…

Writing as a form of existence

What is a revolutionary act? One that moves toward revolution? Towards the complete transformation of all that we know as our own certainties? The questioning of the unquestionable? The development of what has been forgotten — of what has been annulled? Who is a revolutionary? The one who subverts the determined concepts? The ones who…

Talking about walls: an interview with Speto

Landscapes of large centres are changeable — it is practically impossible for a city or urban centre to remain the same. It is always possible to question how certain representations and “behaviours” of a city reflect a society — its changes, improvements and details especially. I think of art as a reflection and form of…

Unfinished Camp | why mediate art?

“If we refuse centralisation we must go beyond the quantitative idea of rallying the exploited for a frontal clash with power. It is necessary to think of another concept of strength — burn the census lists and change reality.” At Daggers Drawn In the book Ten Fundamental Questions of Curating, Maria Lind poses the question;…