HANS ULRICH OBRIST INTERVIEWS MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN
You can read the interviews in English, French or Dutch here in pdf or below. These extracts are taken from three interviews with Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist between 2008 and 2010; Iranian poet Etel Adman is present for one of them. The interviews, merged into one, were published in Monir Shahroudy […]
JEF GEYS / MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN – EXTRACTS FROM NADER ARDALAN AND LALEH BAKHTIAR’S ‘SHAPE’
The beauty observed in a snow crystal depends as much on its geometrical order as on its ability to reflect a higher and more profound order. It follows that all shapes, surfaces, and lines are arranged in conformity with the proportions inherent in nature and reflect ideal systems of beauty. Resting on an objective foundation, […]
MONIR SHAHROUDY FARMANFARMAIAN – EXTRACTS FROM NEGAR AZIMI’S ‘WAYS OF SEEING: A LIFE IN FRAGMENTS’
Extraits de ‘Manières de voir : une vie fragmentée ‘, de Negar Azimi L’artiste Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian fabrique des œuvres incrustées d’éclats de miroir et de verre qui rappellent et réinterprètent la culture visuelle traditionnelle iranienne. Elle est en quelque sorte une artiste-ethnographe, une doyenne inspirée du bric-à-brac oriental, une championne du vernaculaire comme éminemment […]
ARCHIVAL, VERNACULAR AND MULTI-REPRODUCED IMAGES: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE WORK OF JEF GEYS – BY LIESBETH DECAN
You can read the text here in pdf or below. Gearchiveerde, vernaculaire en veelvuldig gereproduceerde beelden: fotografie in het werk van Jef Geys[1] Jef Geys werkte met foto’s vanaf zijn debuut als kunstenaar, dus vanaf 1958. In de Belgische kunstwereld was hij de allereerste om dat te doen. In de vroege jaren 1960 zouden ook […]
EDITION KEYMOUSE: JEF GEYS ‘L’ÉCHAPPÉE BELLE’
A l’intérieur du cadre, où se projettent les regards des acteurs? Où se porte leur attention au delà des limites imposées par le metteur en scène à la fixité de leurs rôles? Il appartient toujours au public de construire une suite aux figures imposées, de se promener dans les coulisses, de saisir l’opportunité d’une ‘échappée […]
CALL TO MAINSTREAM ETHNOBOTANY INTO DEVELOPMENT – ARTICLE BY JAN PIOTROWSKI
Efforts to protect plant species important for nutrition, medicine and cultural heritage are being hampered by the failure of ethnobotanists — scientists who study the relationship between people and plants — to connect with policymakers and the wider development community, warn experts. A new global programme is needed to mainstream ethnobotany into development and to […]
VARIOUS SMALL SCULPTURES IN KEYMOUSE SHOP WINDOW – BRUSSELS
HET KOFFIEONDERLEGGERSDAGBOEK – THE COFFEE COASTER DIARY – LE JOURNAL INTIME SOUS-TASSE A CAFE
Het ‘Koffieonderleggersdagboek’ bestaat uit een aantal reeksen met korte aantekeningen of berichten over de actualiteit, die in feite krantenkoppen zijn. ’s Morgens gaat Jef Geys naar een nabijgelegen café om koffie te drinken en de kranten te lezen. Hij richt zich op de krantentitels, en noteert die welke hem om de een of andere reden […]
LEUVEN IN BOOKS, BOOKS IN LEUVEN
With thanks to Archief KU Leuven and Michael T. Ryan – Butler Rarebooks and Manuscript Library – Columbia University – NY.
AZPCGALLERY – NEW YORK: CORRESPONDENCE
Hello Jef, I’m writing now with some sad news. In February, after a long and very complicated negotiation for our new gallery space, Alex and I learned that the beautiful rooftop in Harlem would not be possible for us. We spent that past weeks thinking how to proceed from here. We examined all the possibilities […]