Issue # 96Accoutrements of Bourgeois U.S. ComfortApril 4, 2008share with a friend:Francis Alÿs in collaboration with Cuauhtemoc Medina and Rafael Ortega, When Faith Moves Mountains, 2000-2002, Documentary version, DVD. Included in the 6th Mercosul Biennial. Image courtesy of the artists. (detail)from the editorThe buzz of lively conversation filled the air at Fluent~Collaborative this week. A fortnight ago, we picked up … Read More

Issue # 95Lip Service to SubjectivityMarch 21, 2008share with a friend:Eric Zimmerman, Atlas #12 Monument to the Third International (Tatlin’s Dream), 2008, Graphite on paper. Image courtesy of the artist. (detail)from the editorAt Art Palace, where Eric Zimmerman’s solo show Atlas is installed this month, a graphite rendering of Vladimir Tatlin’s Monument to the Third International—a monument never built—hangs in the entryway. For me, Eric’s … Read More

Issue # 94Systems, Pathos, Self-ReferenceMarch 7, 2008share with a friend:Kurt Mueller, Stills from American Dream, 2008, Single channel video (sixteen minutes), monitor, speakers, amplifier, microphone. Dimensions variable. Image courtesy of the artist. (detail)from the editorAustin Museum of Art’s triennial 20 to Watch: New Art in Austin opened three weeks ago, showcasing a new crop of Austin-based artists. In my review of New Art in Austin in this … Read More

Issue # 93Sense of TimingFebruary 22, 2008share with a friend:Jorge Macchi with David Oubinam, Zeno’s Arrow, 1992, DVD Still. Collection of the Blanton Museum of Art. (detail)from the editorAfter reading Andrea Guinta’s review of Jorge Macchi: The Anatomy of Melancholy, I returned to the Blanton to see the show for a third time. Macchi has said that the city of  Buenos Aires is his muse; … Read More

Issue # 92Launch PadFebruary 12, 2008share with a friend:Chantal Akerman, Women From Antwerp in November, 2007, Video installation, Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York and Paris.from the editorWe at Fluent~Collaborative are delighted to re-launch … might be good, our contemporary arts e-publication based in Austin, Texas. As you’ll notice … might be good has a new look and feel; we’re deliberately offering … Read More