Confessions of a First Time TransCultural Exchange Conference Go-er
I’m a Boston artist with an ever-growing body of under-documented work, more or less addicted to the process of artmaking. I’ve been lucky enough to get a few invitations to…
Author Heather Kapplow
Heather Kapplow
Heather Kapplow is a freelance writer, curator, researcher and media producer. She's also an artist.
Smoke & Mirrors: The 2014 Gwangju Biennale
In a poor, farm-dense region of South Korea with a complicated political history1, art with an explicit emphasis on radical political activism has been challenging—and perhaps pushing—international biennale culture for…
Pen in Hand: Performance, Writing, and Performance Writing
Let me introduce you to J. L. Austin1 and John R. Searle.2 These two guys were like my two best friends in college. Well, them and Stelarc, but Stelarc is…
Destabilization of Perspective and the Question of What Happens Next
I like Finland probably more than I should.1 I haven’t gone so far as to stalk Finland (because really, where would that get me?) but I have tattooed Finland’s initials…
The Mattering of the Mattering of Matter: Some Non-Light Reading
The book is printed on black-and-white heavyweight paper.1 It has a pale-gray, cardstock cover, lightly embossed with a grid of six squares on the front, and with the negative space…
Interview: Theaster Gates
dOCUMENTA, one of the largest and most important contemporary art exhibits in the world, takes place in Kassel, Germany every five years. In 2012, the 13th edition of dOCUMENTA presented…