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Objects

A focus on the object as a formal point of study, looking to its manifestations across visual culture from architecture to artefact.

Pixel art illustration of three figures wearing virtual reality headsets. Each figure has its head tilted up as beams shoot from the headsets. Three-dimensional diamonds and grey shapes float around the beams. Each figure wears a blue shirt with an identical white logo.
Pixel art illustration of three figures wearing virtual reality headsets. Each figure has its head tilted up as beams shoot from the headsets. Three-dimensional diamonds and grey shapes float around the beams. Each figure wears a blue shirt with an identical white logo.

On Digital Ways of Seeing

Haidy Geismar explores how digital museum visualisation technologies both change and perpetuate long standing traditions in how we access cultural artefacts
8 mins: 
Digital  /  Article
A mint green, old fashioned metal sewing machine stands on a white surface against a white background. The metal is rusted in places. White Arabic text is printed on its arm, and an illustration of the bust of Nefertiti is printed on its side.
A mint green, old fashioned metal sewing machine stands on a white surface against a white background. The metal is rusted in places. White Arabic text is printed on its arm, and an illustration of the bust of Nefertiti is printed on its side.

Nefertiti in a Museum: On Memory and its Artefacts

Artist Ala Younis examines the history of the Nefertiti sewing machine in Egypt
21 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
Five bowls of varying sizes sit on an outdoor surface of wooden planks. They are surrounded by a tall framework made out of bamboo.
Five bowls of varying sizes sit on an outdoor surface of wooden planks. They are surrounded by a tall framework made out of bamboo.

The Lives of Objects: Rirkrit Tiravanija in Conversation

A conversation with artist Rirkrit Tiravanija about his decades-long practice, from his beginnings as an artist to the present
24 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article
A catalogue lies on a blank grey background. The cover says ‘Catalogue’ in large capital letters and ‘Amie Siegel’ in smaller letters underneath. Below the title are two wooden armchairs with woven seats and backs, against a blank white background.
A catalogue lies on a blank grey background. The cover says ‘Catalogue’ in large capital letters and ‘Amie Siegel’ in smaller letters underneath. Below the title are two wooden armchairs with woven seats and backs, against a blank white background.

Underworld

Artist Amie Siegel explores the perceived value of objects, drawing on the auction house as a space where these ideas play out
9 mins: 
Moving Image  /  Article
A silver bird cage made out of rattan hangs from the ceiling. It’s cylindrical in shape, and is empty apart from a single red rose lying on the bottom.
A silver bird cage made out of rattan hangs from the ceiling. It’s cylindrical in shape, and is empty apart from a single red rose lying on the bottom.

Towards a Mystical Reality: Documentation of Jointly Initiated Experiences

Podium presents the texts of Redza Piyadasa and Sulaiman Esa’s publication accompanying an event in Kuala Lumpur in 1974, along with Krishen Jit’s introduction
14 mins: 
Critique  /  Article
A sunny Beijing skyline with the CCTV Headquarters in view amidst other buildings. The sky is a deep blue, sparsely populated with wispy clouds.
A sunny Beijing skyline with the CCTV Headquarters in view amidst other buildings. The sky is a deep blue, sparsely populated with wispy clouds.

Strange Days

Cole Roskam looks at the questions of boundaries and taste that shape China’s contemporary architectural condition. In this context, what is strange?
19 mins: 
Design and Architecture  /  Article
A round clock with a thick border covered in different types of seashells is situated against a white background. The clock sits on a small beige stand with the words 'Imelda Romualdez Marcos Philippines' in black cursive underneath a small illustrated portrait of a woman with dark hair.
A round clock with a thick border covered in different types of seashells is situated against a white background. The clock sits on a small beige stand with the words 'Imelda Romualdez Marcos Philippines' in black cursive underneath a small illustrated portrait of a woman with dark hair.

A History of Forgetting in One Object

Artist Pio Abad explores the political history of objects that trace the rise and fall (and rise) of the Marcos regime in the Philippines
8 mins: 
Visual Art  /  Article

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