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Burn Manifesto


| Soto Labor

This text is a response to the “Extra-Ordinaire Manifesto” whose publication accompanied the opening in Brussels of the Extra-Ordinaire boutique founded by fashion designer and “exoticism lover” Jean-Paul Lespagnard, in October 2019. M. Lespagnard, when I came across your manifesto, I was lost for words. Where do I even begin? I asked myself. But it was … Burn Manifesto
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Komunuma, artwashing in the Parisian suburbs: The Coloniality of Cultural Democratisation


| Jessica Saxby

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Judy’s “Greatest Opportunity”, Maria & the Dior Womb: a pseudo-feminist story of exploitation and appropriation


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Total & the Lyon Biennale: Should we boycott the French “Oil Spill Biennial”?


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Why South Way Studio’s ideas Must Spark Outrage


| documentations

Although contemporary art institutions are facing growing contestations from decolonial, anti-racist, anti-capitalist, feminist, queer and environmentalist struggles, many of these very institutions and their leaders hardly make the effort to hear, let alone welcome them. From 23 June to 3 November 2019, the Musée régional d’Art contemporain Occitanie/Pyrénées-Méditerranée (MRAC Sérignan), an institution under the authority … Why South Way Studio’s ideas Must Spark Outrage
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The Naturalization of Racial Categories and the Safeguarding of a Racialist Heritage at the Musée d’Orsay


| Damien Trawale

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Anne Imhof, Sex, 2019—BMW Tate Live Exhibition


| lucretia-b-rustin (Cédric Fauq)

Last week, in my Instagram stories, ads for the newest Balenciaga store on Sloane Street (London), were relentlessly/annoyingly popping up. In one of the pictures of the interior design (empty of any items) was, in a corner, a figure – seemingly not so comfortable in the position they were adopting –. Without really thinking about … Anne Imhof, Sex, 2019—BMW Tate Live Exhibition
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« Award »


| documentations

Today, Tuesday 19.03.2019: A powerful text is being sent to the organizers of the Aware 2019 Prize and the Minister of Culture, following the award ceremony at the Ministry of Culture and Communication, on the working conditions of artists, against a liberal feminism that has become an oppressing tactic towards other women. “The fact that … « Award »
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[Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard] Proletarian Poetry


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The popular uprising of the yellow vests and its originality force us to reevaluate the institutional contestation forms. A look back at François Piron’s exhibition: Poésie Prolétaire (in English: Proletarian Poetry) at the Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard. For me, language is not outside the world, it is as concrete as a sandbag that falls on your head, it … [Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard] Proletarian Poetry
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[YELLOW VESTS] For an ethics of the movement representations


| AAA

While in France thousands of people have been protesting for several months for more dignity and tax justice, occupying roundabouts, being gassed and mutilated during demonstrations, being arrested, killed and dragged to court, some artists and curators find it opportune to represent and display the “Yellow Vests”.  It is therefore urgent to question the difficulties … [YELLOW VESTS] For an ethics of the movement representations
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[YELLOW VESTS] Culture agents are calling for indolence.


| zizia-cyke

ARTISTES, CITOYEN.NES PARMI LES CITOYEN.NES  A tribune on January 11, 2019 entitled “ARTISTS, CITIZENS AMONG CITIZENS” states the following question of engagement and its modes of action in institutional culture. @zizia-cyke documentation contributor returns on this call, which reveals the scale of the gap between agents of the official culture heavily challenged by the creativity of the … [YELLOW VESTS] Culture agents are calling for indolence.
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