Visitor Pass is a loose series of headshots of various visitors to our studios. Last week, curator Okwui Enwezor stopped by the studio to discuss progress on his new media venture, Chronotope, and what may or may not be stylish in the world today.
For more information on Okwui Enwezor, see our interview with him, part one and part two.
We met contemporary art curator Okwui Enwezor in 2005, when Base began designing the identity of San Francisco Art Institute, where he is Dean of Academic Affairs. He’s since curated the Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (2006–07) and the 2008 Gwnangju Biennale, among many other exhibitions, and brought us on to design the identities of both. In that time, we’ve gotten to know Okwui … more
We met contemporary art curator Okwui Enwezor in 2005, when Base began designing the identity of San Francisco Art Institute, where he is Dean of Academic Affairs. He’s since curated the Second International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville (2006–07) and the 2008 Gwnangju Biennale, among many other exhibitions, and brought us on to design the identities of both. In that time, we’ve gotten to know Okwui as having an insatiable intellectual curiosity and, as a curator, a remarkable ability to assimilate and re-contextualize cross-cultural elements and orchestrate consistently surprising results. … more
The 7th Gwangju Biennale opens today. Including 127 artists from 36 countries, the biennial is staged at venues throughout the Korean city. A series of plenary sessions and programs runs in conjunction with the biennial, up until November 9.
Related stories: Gwangju Biennale 2008: Timely and Countdown to the 2008 Gwangju Biennale.
For more information, see the Gwangju Biennale website, or e-flux.
The Gwangju Biennale, Asia’s first biennial of contemporary art, was launched in 1995 in Gwangju, South Korea. This year, the seventh installment, titled Annual Report: A Year in Exhbitions, presents artwork from exhibitions initiated between January 2007 and September 2008, by artists including Taryn Simon, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Conner, … more
