The Colony: Marine Inspired, Multisensory Internal Wall System
by Katarzyna TraczNature-inspired spatial designs often focus on single sensory experiences, typically emphasizing visual stimulation. However, one remembers spaces and their qualities through various senses, including…
Playing with Fire: CLAY Museum of Ceramic Art Denmark
It all started with a visit to the Danish Design Museum in Copenhagen about 30 years ago. British potter Edmund de Waal was faced with an old-fashioned display case with a dense grouping of Axel Salto…
Interrogating the African Electoral System: Narrative in Conceptual Ceramics
Conceptual ceramics have unlimited boundaries, and go beyond household utility into issues of societal concerns. This series uses a conceptual approach to portray and interrogate the electioneering ma…
Theaster Gates “Black Vessel” @ Gagosian Chelsea, New York
by Janet KoplosTheaster Gates first began to draw widespread attention for his transformation of a derelict block in South Chicago into a community-service center including a library, which might seem surprising for…
Drifting Dangerously: ‘Pharmacological Art’ and Simon Reece’s Flotsam and Jetsam
By drawing us into an encounter with the poison at the heart of human waste, Reece encourages us to expunge alienation and transform our relationship to it. From there we can then begin to work up a r…
Dead Dad Book
I had never considered making anything based on my dad or his heritage before; perhaps I hadn’t felt ready to tackle something as weighty or on that scale. But having decided to make a large body of w…