Mining the Biennale
In late 2012, two contemporary art exhibitions opened in the same country, with the same themes and bearing the same title. Cédric Vincent* exposes the tangled web of intrigue, political rhetoric, trash talk and cyber manipulations that caused all the chaos at both Benin biennales. *translated by Dominique Malaquais Everything was looking good for the […]
Entretien Bouchra Khalili
An interview with Bouchra Khalili by Cedric Vincent Bouchra Khalili (née à Casablanca 1975), lauréate du prix SAM pour l’art contemporain 2013, présente son installation Foreign Office (2015) qui revient sur la décennie algérienne 1962-1972, lorsqu’Alger était labellisée « capitale des révolutionnaires ». Dans l’espace du Palais de Tokyo (Paris), l’installation se parcourt idéalement de gauche à droite […]
Archie Shepp’s Shirt Suggests
By Dominique Malaquais and Cédric Vincent The moment has stayed with every person who witnessed it. Archie Shepp improvising live on the street, surrounded by hundreds of onlookers in a trance induced by his otherworldly beats. The place: Algiers. The occasion: PANAF, the first Panafrican Cultural Festival, organised in 1969 by the Algerian government. Tens of […]