Publication
CURRENT FEATURES
From Multidirectional Memory to Multidirectional Moments (MDM) explores the “promises” of noncompetitive and transversally connected “multidirectional memory” in memorial practices.
> Beyond Competitive Memory: MDM Call For Proposals due March 26
Triennials Out of Time is a series of short essays and interviews featuring artistic directors and curators of cyclical exhibitions including Counterpublic 2023, documenta fifteen, and more to be announced.
Triennials Out of Time: ruangrupa and documenta fifteen
In this first Triennials Out of Time conversation, Counterpublic 2023 Artistic and Executive Director James McAnally speaks with farid rakun of ruangrupa, Artistic Directors of documenta fifteen.
Triennials Out of Time: Counterpublic 2023
Do you remember when we said we were going to s l o w d o w n ? When we imagined that we would take this opportunity to |stop| ? To reimagine the art world, and our role in it? Did you? Did we?
Transversality: What Slips Away While Moving Toward Common Becoming
To attend to transversal change is to attend to transformational methods – to ways of relating that are not accounted for by the current order.
Constant Padology
Etherpad, a free and open-source collaborative live text editor, combines the minimal comfort of plain-text writing with the collective experience of writing with others.
Giant Step: Artist Placement Group and Institutional Critique
Claire Louise Staunton reflects on her involvement with Giant Step, a multi-year program organized by Vessel from 2011 to 2012 that aimed to develop the concept of an “ideal” institution.
Techno on the Radio: Constant’s Techno-Cul-de-Sac
Constant’s recent worksession, Techno-Cul-de-Sac, proposed a collective encounter with Brussels via an investigation of zoning, infrastructure, and technology, bringing together artists, architects, and urban researchers.
iTuneZ: A Playlist Project for Radio Materiality
Within the context of Vessel’s Radio Materiality project, iTuneZ was imagined as a direct gesture to point out an extra-legal space to listen to what migrants play for comfort.
ICW 2015: A Reflection
Tirdad Zolghadr reflects on his experience attending Vessel’s 2015 International Curatorial Workshop (ICW) in Bari, Italy.
Vessel: A Meridian Practice
Vessel is a nomadic curatorial organization and agency invested in supporting artistic and curatorial practices that are situated, responsive, and research-led.
