Established in the northwest London borough of Brent by filmmakers Turab Shah and Arwa Aburawa, Other Cinemas is a project born from the need for more equitable approaches to filmmaking, sharing, and education. Recognising these three elements as closely connected, Shah and Aburawa’s work aims to forge a vital and inclusive alternative to the existing landscape…
Laila Tara H deconstructs the aesthetic framework of the Persian miniature tradition, hybridising historical painting methods with radically contemporary compositions and ideas. Her works interrogate the quiet politics of the domestic sphere and the tension that exists between the personal and public realm. Drawing from her Iranian heritage and peripatetic upbringing, her paintings manage to…
According to references made in the Rigveda, India’s oldest literary work, sex work was very much a part of ancient life. Based on various interpretations of the Sanskrit text, Indian society did not view prostitution as a seedy or illicit trade but rather a part of its cultural fabric. In fact, all the way up…
Nourished by her upbringing on the Apsáalooke (Crow) reservation in Montana, Wendy Red Star’s practice spans diverse outputs, including painting, photography, installation, performance and garment design. She was surrounded by creativity from a young age: her father was a rock musician, her uncle a painter, and her grandmother crafted traditional regalia. The Portland-based artist’s work…
Approaching art making with a scientific curiosity, Carsten Höller investigates human behaviour through play — producing works often associated with relational aesthetics. Among the artist’s much-referenced interactive works is Psycho Tank, a sensory-deprivation chamber in which participants float weightlessly in a pool. In 2000, he famously installed a slide in the Milan office of designer…
New York-based artist Hannah Levy’s metal, glass, and silicone sculptures are evocative of commonplace items, from domestic fixtures and furniture, to garments and medical equipment, even appearing at times akin to human flesh or food. Her lustrous works reveal an underlying unease as functionality is stripped away from form. Reimagining the familiar as uncanny, Levy…
One of the most influential artists to have emerged from Japan in the last half century, Mariko Mori’s work is grounded in the interconnectedness of all things, delving into universal questions that sit at the junctures of life, death, spirituality, and technology. In her early career, Mori drew inspiration from manga and cyber culture, famously…
In the 1960s, Fluxus emerged as a global, interdisciplinary art movement that sought to merge diverse artistic mediums and blur the lines between art and everyday life. Associated practitioners — spanning visual artists, composers, designers, and poets — adopted a playful and open-minded approach to art making, often using commonplace objects and actions to challenge…