Cigdem Asatekin considers the perspective of the “Rückenfigur” in Celine Sciamma’s film “Portrait of a Lady”
Tag: SVA MFA
A Prototype for Survival
Naomi Lev considers in the role of the body in Yaara Zach’s BLACK FRIDAY exhibition
In the Face of a Pandemic, A Virtual Gallery Hop
Editor-in-Chief Jessica Holmes looks back at eight installations reviewed by Degree Critical
A Declaration
E. A. Bryant III, L.P.I. examines American iconoclasm and a perennial state of “recuperation”
The Curse of Prophesy: Gery Georgieva’s “Sybil’s Noon Shower of Stones”
Amelia Rina explores the dystopian forecasts of algorithmic prophecies in Georgieva’s multimedia installation
Barefoot Suicide
Sumeja Tulic commemorates Ferida and those lost in the Srebrenica genocide 25 years ago
Cultural Work as Parasitic Labor
Enos Nyamor considers the role of the artist among the classifications of “essential” and “non-essential” workers
Production of Anti-Social Distance
Enos Nyamor considers the “social” as a contemporary phenomenon in light of “social distancing” during the Covid-19 pandemic
Empathy As Form
Kate Brock challenges contemporary notions of empathy & racism as a virus
“No New Theories” by Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Lauren Palmer reviews Rasheed’s monochromatic artist book
Respiratory Failure
Jessica Holmes addresses America’s systemic racism as a form of suffocation amidst the unfolding Covid-19 pandemic
Images in a Pandemic
Students reflect on image culture during quarantine