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Yeondoo Jung

Yeondoo Jung, b. 1969, Jinju, Korea. Lives and works in Seoul, Korea. One of the most prominent artists working in Korea today, Yeondoo Jung was born in 1969 in Jinju, … Continue reading

January 24, 2013

Editors’ Letter | Biennial

Editor’s Letter | Biennial artcore journal’s second issue focuses on “the biennial;” its vast array of content and concepts; various frameworks; the capacities, capabilities, and limitations of these formats; the … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Meaning I Can Memorise: Writings from dOCUMENTA (13) by Gregory Eltringham

Most people travel to dOCUMENTA as part of a more extensive trip that includes other destinations within Europe. In 2007 I had the opportunity to attend dOCUMENTA (12) during a … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Reflexivity: Curating Current Conditions and the Effects Yet to Be Seen by Erin Dziedzic

THINKING CONTEMPORARY CURATING by Terry Smith. Introduction by Kate Fowle. New York: NY: Independent Curators International (ICI). 256 pgs. $19.95 In THINKING CONTEMPORARY CURATING, art historian and theorist Terry Smith … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

about this issue | Biennial

artcore journal Vol. 1, Issue 2: Biennial The second issue of artcore journal examines an array of biennial formats, frameworks, and ways in which artists and curators navigate these ever … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

It’s Confusion Guided by a Clear Sense of Purpose: Works by Daniel Arsham by Erin Dziedzic

The title is from a quote from Gordon Matta-Clark. Daniel Arsham, b. 1980 in Cleveland, OH, lives and works in New York, NY Daniel Arsham’s large etching-like, gouache on Mylar … Continue reading

January 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

Art Circuit: The Biennial Complex as Dynamic Chronotopic System by Jason Hoelscher

Introduction The proliferation of biennial exhibitions in recent years has been dramatic. From a handful in the 1990s (such the Whitney Biennial and Venice Biennale) to the large number today … Continue reading

January 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

In Conversation with Kevin Jerome Everson by Craig Drennen

Kevin Jerome Everson was born in Mansfield, OH, and has degrees from Akron University (BFA) and Ohio University (MFA). He is a Professor of Art at the University of Virginia. … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Beyond the Biennials: Thierry Alet as International Artist and Impresario by Una-Kariim A. Cross

Artist Thierry Alet has been on the global art scene for over fifteen years. He occupies a space reserved for few, as both artist and creative producer. As a proverbial … Continue reading

January 23, 2013 · 4 Comments

The Overlooked are the Devises of Activity (Enactment) in Jesse Aron Green’s Ärztliche Zimmergymnastik by Erin Dziedzic

Jesse Aron Green’s video installation Ärztliche Zimmergymnastik (2008) was included in the 2010 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American art in New York. In this work, Green considers … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Five More Questions with ARIKA with Erin Dziedzic

For the inaugural issue of artcore journal ARIKA answered 5 questions that were posed prior to the launch of their first North American program, A survey is a process of … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

The Failure of Aesthetics in the Occupy Movement, seen through the lens of the 7th Berlin Biennale by Kate Farrington

Dubbed “The Occupy Biennial,” the 7th Berlin Biennale (held between April and July of 2012 in Berlin, Germany) is perhaps the most important recent international art event devoted to activist … Continue reading

January 23, 2013 · 1 Comment

CRAZYCURATORS BIENNALE by Katarína Slaninová

Bratislava, Slovakia Crazycurators Biennale seeks to explore the impetus, various formats, and strategies of a biennial by instilling a unique concept based on the intimate face-to-face collaboration between an artist … Continue reading

January 23, 2013

Notes on a Biennial by Eva González-Sancho

In her text Biennial Culture: A Longer History, Caroline A. Jones, refers to biennials as “event structures.”[i] In this highly instructive text, she traces biennial history in its multiple aspects … Continue reading

January 23, 2013