The concept of truth in art has been a subject of debate among art critics, historians, and philosophers for centuries. E.H. Gombrich and Roger Scruton are among the figures who have explored this complex relationship. Their discussions delve into how art, whether through painting or photography, represents or distorts reality. This essay examines their key […]
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On the Location of Identity in Art Practice
Often, an artist acts as a mediator between underlying tensions of self and other, belonging between self and community. The forms that emerge are a hybrid of the artist’s sensibilities, aims, and the influence of their environment.
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Sharjah Biennial 15 Guidebook
For Sharjah Biennial 15, as a content writer for the guidebook, I contributed text for John Akomfrah, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Iftikhar Dadi and Elizabeth Dadi, Brenda Fajardo, mandla, Steve McQueen, Mame-Diarra Niang, and Khadija Saye.
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Intimations in Precarity
As an initial access, an entry point, I begin with the concept of tahanan, in light of the curation of Sa Tahanan Collective in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Alyx Arumpac’s Aswang as Counterspectacle
The documentary film genre, through an analysis of Aswang (2019), evokes a reflexivity despite its self-determined spectacularity — a possible critique of the film medium as spectacle.
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This is Now
It was the rush. Of wanting to feel again after a long period of isolation. Of needing to find a connection to the outside world. “I will take it,” I said. “Any semblance will do.” What started as a deliberate conquest for affection became a serious evaluation of the self, the spaces we let ourselves […]
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