Over the past year, DailyServing.com has developed several week-long series to better investigate topics such as Myth, Utopia and Rebellion. This week, we are proud to present 7 new articles that explore the concept of failure, and take a close look at how this idea operates within contemporary art. But don’t worry, we didn’t try all that hard, as we all know what the ultimate[…..]
Or ‘The manipulation of mind and memory…’ British duo Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard are masterminds of re-enactment as an art form. Their current exhibition at the South London Gallery opens onto one of the best examples of this with the seminal work, File Under Sacred Music. This painstakingly detailed and dead-on remake of the infamous bootleg video of The Cramps’ live performance at the[…..]
What would you do if you were one of the most iconic artists in the world, having forged a name for yourself with unmistakably recognizable work? What do you do to move forward? You can reject all that has made you famous, continue to churn out the tried and true, take a page from Duchamp’s book and take up chess or try and build upon[…..]
Yinka Shonibare’s Guest Projects on Andrews Road in London is an inconspicuous space persistently aswarm with creative energy and excitement. Conceived as a ‘laboratory of ideas; a testing ground for new thoughts and actions,’ Shonibare studio invites the submission of exhibition proposals – three of which are chosen yearly to be exhibited in the space. This year, launching the new season of exhibitions at Guest[…..]
Electricity is a strange and powerful thing. An invisible force that poses a deadly threat, we are taught to fear it at an early age. However, we have come to rely unconditionally upon it as well – in failure, as in a blackout, absolute panic and chaos ensues. And let us not forget that electric potential is the fundamental basis of all cellular life –[…..]
Upon entering Philippe Parreno’s exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery, for thirty minutes, you the viewer, are forced to relinquish control. Every movement you make has been carefully orchestrated by the artist – where you walk, what you see, the time spent in each room, what is visible of the world around… Four rooms, four videos. But no real choice. The videos do not run simultaneously,[…..]
As the most notorious art world prize in Britain, the Turner Prize is known to ignite controversy – from Damien Hirst’s dead sheep and Martin Creed’s lights going on and off, to Tracey Emin’s drunken appearance and the expletives Madonna released on live television the year she presented the prize. However, it seems as if the Turner Prize might be growing up – emerging out[…..]
