The Institute of Psychoplasmics
by Travis Jeppesen on April 18, 2008
I’m proud to be a part of the Institute of Psychoplasmics, a group exhibition currently on (through May 26, 2008) at the Pump House Gallery in London’s Battersea Park. The Institute of Psychoplasmics, curated by the Pil and Galia Kollectiv, (…)
My Life in Meat: Death as Art, Art as Death
by Travis Jeppesen on April 16, 2008
This essay was originally published in Czech translation in 2005. It appears here in the original English version for the first time. It is part of the forthcoming collection, Disorientations: Art on the Margins of the “Contemporary” (Social Disease, 2008). (…)
Pause/Gio + Superm in Norway
by Travis Jeppesen on April 16, 2008
I’ll be back later this week, I promise. Things are a bit hectic right now, as I’ve been working on final edits for Disorientations (the book) ever since I got back from London, plus a deadline for ZOO Magazine. The (…)
HANES
by Travis Jeppesen on April 11, 2008
HANES, the film that Mark Ther made about my move from Prague to Berlin, can now be viewed in full online. Mark Ther
In the Cold
by Travis Jeppesen on April 9, 2008
True North Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin Through April 13th, 2008 Ameland-Pier X by Elger Esser (C-Print, 2000): When you stand away from it, it looks like a white painting with a series of thin black lines bisecting it horizontally. (…)
Biennale Blasé
by Travis Jeppesen on April 5, 2008
The problem with this Berlin Biennial – and every one I’ve seen so far, to be honest – is the fact that the curators can somehow never resist falling into the pitfalls of an unhealthy preoccupation with the city itself. (…)
London April 5-6
by Travis Jeppesen on April 4, 2008
I’ll be doing two readings in London this weekend. Saturday, April 5, I’ll be reading with Adelle Stripe of the BRUTALISTS at Foyles Bookshop at 4pm. It’s part of some short story festival. I’ll be reading my story “What the (…)
5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art: 1st Impressions
by Travis Jeppesen on April 3, 2008
Today was the first day of the press preview for the latest installment of the Berlin Biennial, curated by Adam Szymczyk and Elena Filipovic. I generally make it a rule to see a show at least twice before I review (…)
Guma Guar
by Travis Jeppesen on April 3, 2008
Guma Guar Guma Guar is a Prague-based art collective. Through their live actions, interferences, exhibitions, breakcore activism, and resplendent energy, they continue to expand and revise the possibilities of art in the 21st century. This conversation recently took place via (…)
