Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Michael Rea is an artist who doesn’t take himself too seriously. As he says, he’s ‘sort of stuck making odd sculptures’ and worries that it’s all he knows what to do at this point. Perhaps, but the work certainly makes an impact. His gigantic wooden space machines, weapons and time travelers have enthralled audiences around
Thursday, March 15th, 2012
Canadian artist Brendan Fernandes uses language, dance, video and sound to highlight the complexity of cultural identity in context of globalization and migration. Born in Kenya of Indian heritage, Brendan Fernandes immigrated to Canada in 1989. Fernandes...
Monday, January 30th, 2012
To say that New Zealanders take their rugby seriously is an understatement. Artist Alex Stone also takes it seriously, but as a theme for artistic exploration. “I have always been intrigued by the psychological mechanisms at play...
Tuesday, November 29th, 2011
“Panam Nagar, an ancient city located 23km from the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, was the location for Murgi Prasad, a site specific performance and installation realized during a workshop organized by Britto Arts Trust. Walking around...
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Karina Smigla-Bobinski loves to create interactive installations, works where the art emerges in the interaction with the participant. Smigla-Bobinski was born in 1967 in Szczecin/Poland and lives and works as a freelance artist in Munich and...
Friday, October 21st, 2011
Belgian conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen (1965) is internationally renowned for his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project, a worldwide artistic breeding project. His work, an ode to life, revolves around two major themes: biocultural diversity and identity. His artistic tool...