Issue 86 October 2004
Middle, End, Beginning
Mainstream films are increasingly employing narrative fragmentation and non-linearity – attributes more commonly associated with experimental cinema
Et in Arcadia Ego
In June this year a few hundred people gathered in a terraced field in a remote part of Arcadia in Greece to witness the world premiere of the opening cycles of Gregory Markopoulos' 80-hour film Eniaios (1947-91)
Close Watch
Marc Camille Chaimowicz' work is intoxicated by longing; yearning for a place never lived in but rather dreamt of or briefly tasted
Hear here
An interview with Bruce Nauman about his commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern, poetry, architecture, sound and language
Tehran
After the 1979 revolution art in Iran seemed to have no future beyond what was considered compatible with the new Islamic orthodoxy. But today, counter to clichéd expectations that only expatriates could produce interesting contemporary work, a lively contemporary art scene flourishes in Tehran. Three views.
Tommy Støckel
How is geometry susceptible to meaning? Is time travel possible? In which direction does space curve? How do journeys to other dimensions appear to the naked eye?
Ryan Gander
‘More and more often there is embarrassment all around when the wish to hear a story is expressed. It is as if something that seemed inalienable to us, the securest among our possessions, were taken from us: the ability to exchange experiences.’ Walter Benjamin, ‘The Storyteller’, Illuminations (1923)
Anselm Reyle
These works hover uncertainly in the present
Ernesto Caivano
Identity is something you perform – a performance restrained by norms and expectations
Women on the Verge
In Lisa Yuskavage’s paintings an ever-present edge of uncertainty articulates a near hallucinogenic vision of femininity
Roll With It
Urs Fischer’s work is characterized by happy accidents – slips of the hand and mind that can transform even the ugliest of ducklings into a weirdly beautiful swan
Pavel Büchler
Program, London, UK
By Andrew Hunt
Christopher Knowles
Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA
By Max Andrews
Rudolf Stingel
Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy
By Amanda Coulson
Biennale of Sydney
Various locations, Sydney, Australia
By Ossian Ward
Shake/State Affair
O.K. Centrum für Gegenwartskunst, Linz, Austria
By Dominic Eichler
Anri Sala
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
By Andrew Hunt
Ant Farm 1968-78
Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
By Jenni Sorkin
Jonah Freeman
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, USA
By Lisi Raskin
What Did You Expect?
Galerie Jan Mot, Brussels, Belgium
By Elena Filipovic
Art of the Garden
Tate Britain, London, UK
By Anna Starling
Sture Johannesson
Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden
By Will Bradley
Martin Sastre
Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK
By Gabriel Coxhead
Beyond Geometry
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
By Eve Meltzer
Ulysses
Atelier Augarten, Vienna, Austria
By Nicole Scheyerer
Helen Chadwick
Barbican Art Gallery, London, UK
By Tom Morton
Karel Funk
303 Gallery, New York, USA
By Megan Ratner
Fire and Brimstone
The Embassy, Edinburgh, UK
By Neil Mulholland
Shimabuku
Wilkinson Gallery, London, UK
By Tom Morton
Kaucyila Brooke
Plattform, Berlin, Germany
By Dominic Eichler
Jack Smith
Lawrence O’Hana Gallery, London, UK
By Dominic Johnson
Fifth International SITE Santa Fe Biennial
Various locations, Santa Fe, USA
By Peter Eleey
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