10/03/2014

My work explores notions of obsession, photographic representation, and personal boundaries. This has often been accomplished by working with very personal narratives – obsessively, and, seemingly, futilely, researching and making a work about a person’s life. For the past five months, I have been working on an installation of photographs and sculptures; entitled “White Death”, it is a piece inspired by the life of the Finnish Winter War sniper, Simo Häyhä. Read more...

Interview with Leonid Bazhanov, director of the Moscow State Contemporary Art Center

06/03/2014

After our conversation, tolerance is an attribute that I'd like to dedicate to Leonid Bazhanov (1945) – an artist, art historian and the artistic director of the National Center for Contemporary Art (NCCA) in Moscow. He is a huge authority on the Russian art scene; his words are heeded by both government officials and self-sufficient artists. Read more...

05/03/2014

Osma Harvilahti is one of ten finalists, and the only one representing Scandinavia, in this year's Hyères Festival of Fashion and Photography, held annually in its namesake city in the South of France. It is precisely the artist's provenance that led Arterritory.com to approach Harvilahti and request a personal, no-holds-barred look at the how he creates his works. Read more...

An interview with Argentinian video artist Sebastian Diaz Morales

03/03/2014

“Today reality is manipulation. In a certain way, it already is imaginary. Reality has been created the way we want it to be. In truth, we're directing it ourselves.  I am interested in breaking reality – making it clear and transparent, and opening the gate to another level in which we understand it.” Read more...