Csaba Nemes featured in “Sights and Sounds: Hungary”,The Jewish Museum, NY
After the end of the Soviet Union, in the nations formerly behind the Iron Curtain, video art became an effective, relatively cheap tool for documentation, analysis, and critique. Video artists continue to use a range of means to comment on political, social, economic, and cultural context and change — performances, edited and moderated documentations, puppet […]
“In the Wake” with works by Ishu Han
The Great East Japan Earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, and an enormous wave of water swept through towns in the Tōhoku (Northeast) region, destroying virtually everything in its path and irrevocably damaging the Fukushima nuclear power plant. This triple disaster was of such epic proportions that it became a defining moment for Japan. A […]
RU Newsletter: April 2015
Alfredo Aceto curates LAVORARE, LAVORARE, LAVORARE, PREFERISCO IL RUMORE DEL MARE
Following Refaire le portrait, acte #1, the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève presents LAVORARE, LAVORARE, LAVORARE, PREFERISCO IL RUMORE DEL MARE an exhibition curated by RU alum Alfredo Aceto, currently in residence at the Centre. This second instalment of the exhibition, provides an ironic and friendly response to Valentin Carron, Swiss artist and curator of the exhibition Work Hard, which is […]
Seven Words, video work by Ofri Cnaani
Returning to the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a critically acclaimed premiere in 2013, Seven Words is a music-video work that enfolds Haydn’s transformative Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross with a compelling and evocative video environment by Ofri Cnaani. For this performance, which takes place during Holy Week, Attacca Quartet performs the string arrangement of the piece, and collaborates […]
Joana Escoval selected finalist for the New Artists EDP Foundation 2015
We are very proud to learn that RU Alumni Joana Escoval is on of the 9 finalists for the New Artists EDP Foundation Prize The choice of the nine artists for this edition of the New Artists EDP Foundation prize, from a total of 762 applications, was made by a commission consisting of Filipa Oliveira […]