Contents - Various Artists

Moshtari Hilal: An Act of Ugliness

Interview

Moshtari Hilal: An Act of Ugliness

Moshtari Hilal in conversation with Theresa Weise about her recent book “Hässlichkeit”.

Senthuran Varatharajah & Ralph Tharayil: “Our language of love and our language of desire are cannibalistic languages”

Interview

Senthuran Varatharajah & Ralph Tharayil: “Our language of love and our language of desire are cannibalistic languages”

Senthuran Varatharajah in conversation with fellow author Ralph Tharayil about writing, music, as well as language and its limitations.

Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs: Imagining and Imaging the Future

Interview

Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs: Imagining and Imaging the Future

Danaé Panchaud met Zurich-based duo Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs to discuss the unexpected visions of the future they create in their work.

Transcript: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio

Debate

Transcript: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio

Why is the concept of “liveness” in culture still as pervasive? Why do we stubbornly hold on to it even in times of a global pandemic?

Florentina Holzinger: Preparing for an Emergency

Interview

Florentina Holzinger: Preparing for an Emergency

Trying to explode existing structures, liberating bodies perceived as female through stage work, exploring new forms of community—Sascha Ehlert met the Austrian choreographer and performer Florentina Holzinger, to discuss her relation to the theater world and her own work.

Intimacy and the Machine: Slouching Towards Girlblogging

Column

Intimacy and the Machine: Slouching Towards Girlblogging

For her third column for V/A, Biz Sherbert delves into the low-calorie cosmos of dreamgirls and secretangels: the universe of girlblogging.

On Harm

Editors’ Note

On Harm

How may the acts of destruction, injury and harm be productive and aesthetically interesting for artistic strategies? We pursue this question in the context of a new thematic focus on harm—and vulnerability.

Event Note: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio

Debate

Event Note: The Show Must Go on (and on and on…)—On the Regime of Liveness in the Age of Digital Audio

In collaboration with the Yokohama International Performing Arts Meeting (YPAM), V/A hosts a discussion with performer, composer, and DJ Terre Thaemlitz on December 14.