Τhe centenary of the Bauhaus in 2019 created a unique opportunity for a re-examination of craft in the Bauhaus movement through many exhibitions in Germany and beyond.
… Exhibition Review: Craft in the Bauhaus centenary and beyond
Τhe centenary of the Bauhaus in 2019 created a unique opportunity for a re-examination of craft in the Bauhaus movement through many exhibitions in Germany and beyond.
… Exhibition Review: Craft in the Bauhaus centenary and beyondNwando Ebizie is an artist, composer, writer, DJ, curator, dancer, ritual creator, Afrofuturist and musician. Working across media and genres, Ebizie’s artforms explore the neuroscience of perception, mythopoesis, alternate possibilities and sensations using experimental performance, ritual and sound.
… Staging an Afterglow: Interview with Nwando EbizieJeeYoung Lee is a South Korean visual artist who blends magic, fantasy and reality. Her surreal set designs open up biographical glimpses into the artist’s interior life, creating a series of extraordinary dreamscapes that also function as self-portraits.
… Spotlight On: JeeYoung Lee’s surreal setsWhat if backstage is everything? If the rehearsal is the performance? If there is no moment of completion – how would art look then?
… Practice-Based: On Completion, Process and PlanningWe spotlight Es Devlin’s stage-level labyrinths, which offer poetic interpretations of pop star shows…
… Spotlight on: Es Devlin’s immersive stageThis image essay tracks Liz K Miller’s attempt to maintain a connection during times of isolation and confinement…
… Larch Bark & LockdownTracing Mario Merz’s Cono through cultural moments and a relationship to modernity, as well as the hidden elements of craft, creation and the maker’s labour, which are all deeply woven into this wicker structure…
… Mario Merz’s Cono: The hidden power of craftZelda Fitzgerald’s Save Me the Waltz offers backstage access inside the ballet studio…
… Save Me the Waltz: A peek inside the ballet studioInteriors such as those of Gayfere House offer a valuable example of the interior as a custom-made, crafted space which took its inhabitant as its starting point…
… Impression Management: Mrs. Ashley’s Gayfere HouseBehind each memorialisation practice, artists must consider the ethical implications of depicting violence without reproducing it…
… Behind the memorial: Teresa Margolles & Jason deCaires TaylorAs the Zoom calls continue to loom – too everyday now to even joke about – does craft have the power to keep us connected? Or, what’s more, does craft have the power to model new forms of connection that offer respite from the ‘always on’ socio-economic demands of late-capitalist life?
… Editorial #11 – Care, Craft, and CommunityDrawing on personal experience and folkloric myths, Anna Perach uses a traditional craft technique called tufting to create wearable sculptures that come to life during performances in front of a live audience.
… A Creative Conversation: Stéphanie Ruth & Anna Perach‘C19 Text Talk’ is a hand-embroidered diary, comprised of 50 text works, made over a period of 100 days since the enforcement of the UK lockdown on the 23rd March 2020.
… Emily Grimble, C19 Text Talk (2020)Rubina Singh explores the links between crafting, family history, place and rebellion…
… Crafting Resistance and ResilienceFind out more about Sicgmone Kludje & Vea Koranteng’s knitting club…
… Spotlight: Black Girl Knit Club