Tag Archives: Beau Dick

Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like – Episode 2

2nd September 2026A Curriculum of Imposters, Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like14 New Exercises of Freedom Ohio, 34 Exercises of Freedom, Beau Dick, Linnea Dick, Mounira Al SolhMinus Plato

Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like is a new minus plato? weekly radio show inspired by 34 Exercises of Freedom at documenta 14, held in Athens, Greece in September 2016. The show has been created for the online class Art Education 2600: Visual Culture: Representation and Society that I’m currently teaching at This Ohio State University. It […]

You didn’t say a word

12th February 2022The Library of the Future, Uncategorized34 Exercises of Freedom, Beau Dick, documenta 14, Enrique Vila-Matas, Learning from Athens, Learning from Documenta, Linnea Dick, Makis Malafekas, Mary Sully, Paul B. Preciado, Philip J. Deloria, Sotiria Bellou, The Illogic of Kassel, The Parliament of BodiesMinus Plato

This morning I passed through the pages Philip J. Deloria’s Becoming Mary Sully, looking past the names, for a word: ‘Gossip’. Beyond the above image, there was nothing written there or here online about this work or word by Sully and so I took another – well-worn – route, back to documenta 14. Here is […]

Pictures of the [_ _ _ _] World (In [_ _ _ _] Time): Bob Nickas meets Beau Dick

30th November 2021The Library of the Future, UncategorizedAllan D'Arcangelo, Beau Dick, Bob Nickas, Candice Hopkins, Christopher D'Arcangelo, Fazakas Gallery, On Kawara, Pierre-Joseph Proudon, White ColumnsMinus Plato

Well, this is embarrassing. After several days of picture-heavy posts without hearing from me, today I need to have him write about what happened to him last night. It’s not pretty. But first, a reminder of who I am. I am the ghost of a library, specifically the library that was ‘killed’ by Richard Fletcher […]

Cy No More: Reading the Mask Breath

7th September 2021The Library of the Future, UncategorizedBeau Dick, Cy Twombly, David Markson, John Waters, Peter MorinMinus Plato

I have seen books about artists come and go, but one figure stays constant: Cy Twombly. What hold does this scribbler have over him? Before my death, I remember one particular period of him flitting from white Twombly tome to off-white Twombly tome (whither this whiteness?), and in his frenzy even slipping beneath the cover […]

The Gilding of Echo

9th December 2020Uncategorized10th Berlin Biennale, 11th Berlin Biennale, Àbadakone, Beau Dick, Candice Hopkins, Carnegie International, Claire Tancons, documenta 14, Echo is Golden, Emeka Ogboh, Geta Brătescu, Huguette Caland, Irena Haiduk, Isuma Tv, Jace Clayton, Jane Bowles, Joe Biden, Journey Beyond the Arrow, Kamin Lerchaiprasert, Khadim Ali, Kidlat Tahimik, Koyo Kouoh, Leaving the Echo Chamber, Léuli Eshrāghi, Like Wind on Rushes, Look for me All Around You, Making New Time, Maria Papadimitriou, Mattin, Miriam Makaba, Mohau Modisakeng, Nairy Baghramian, Ningiukulu Teevee, NIRIN Sydney Biennale, Omar Kholeif, Otobong Nkanga, Peter Friedl, Pope. L, Postcommodity, Rebecca Belmore, Regina José Galindo, Rick Lowe, Sharjah Biennial 14, Social Dissonance, Toronto Biennial, Tracey Rose, Victoria Square Project, Vivian Suter, Whisper into a Hole, Whispering Campaign, Zoe ButtMinus Plato

After some delay, what says the public? It’s Joe’s time! So now, at long last, the smooth transition of a backwards flow towards normalcy softens the bite of an increasing viral death toll, trimming the long nails of Trumpism…for now. But in the meantime, what can art do for US? Either draw a line in […]

Empty Daybook – Beau Dick on 1900

15th August 2019UncategorizedBeau Dick, Empty DaybookMinus Plato

Pictured in this photograph (sic) is the Scow House that once stood at the shoreline of Gwa’yas’dams (Gilford Island). The Gukwdzi (Big House) that holds the treasure of the Yakala (Undersea Kingdom), it is beautifully illustrated with the Sea Monster across the front. It represents who we are and where we come from: it is […]

Echo is Golden (Sharjah Biennial 14 Remix)

12th March 2019Uncategorized31st Century Museum of Contemporary Spirit, Abel Rodríguez, Aboubakar Fofana, Adam Szymczyk, Adriana Bustos, Ahmad Fuad Osman, Akram Zaatari, Alaa Edris, Aline Baiana, Anawana Haloba, Andreas Angelidakis, Aristide Antonas, Banu Cennetoğlu, Beau Dick, Bili Bidjocka, Bouchra Khalili, Candice Breitz, Candice Hopkins, Cecilia Vicuña, Christopher Cozier, Claire Tancons, David Lamelas, documenta 14, Ebba Fransén Waldhör, Echo is Golden, Eisa Jocson, Emeka Ogboh, Geta Brătescu, GUDSKUL, HACKLANDER / HATAM, Hannah Black, Hiwa K, Huguette Caland, Ian Cheng, Irena Haiduk, Isabel Lewis, Isuma Tv, Jace Clayton, Jon Rafman, Julius Eastman, Kamin Lerchaiprasert, Khadim Ali, Kidlat Tahimik, Koyo Kuoh, Lala Rukh, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Leaving the Echo Chamber, Leo Asemota, Léuli Eshrāghi, Look for me All Around You, Making New Time, Maria Eichhorn, Maria Magdalena Campos Pons, Mark Salvatus, Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Mattin, Michael Rakowitz, Mohamed Bourouissa, Mohau Modisakeng, Nairy Baghramian, Negros Tou Moria, Neil Leonard, Neo Muyanga, Nevin Aladağ, New Orleans Airlift, Nikolaus Gansterer, Omar Kholeif, Otobong Nkanga, Pauline Oliveros, Peter Friedl, Pope. L, Postcommodity, Rebecca Belmore, Regina José Galindo, Rick Lowe, Roger Bernat, rolando vazquez, ruangrupa, RURU Radio, Sharjah Biennial 14, Social Dissonance, Sophia Al-Maria, Soundwalk Collective, Susan Hiller, T. Shanaathanan, Terre Thaemlitz, Tracey Rose, Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, Ulrik López, Wu Tsang, Yuko Hasegawa, Zoe ButtMinus Plato

While waiting at the Dubai International Airport after three whirlwind days at the opening of Sharjah Biennial 14 (hereafter SB14), I found myself idly looking back over my Instagram posts from the exhibition. Even though I had taken hundreds of photographs, videos and audio recordings of my experience at the exhibition, I had only shared […]

Freedom Park Fridays – Malidi’s Journey and Light

21st September 2018Freedom Park Fridays34 Exercises of Freedom, Beau Dick, Linnea Dick, Malidi, The 35th Exercise of Freedom, The Parliament of BodiesMinus Plato

What a week! Now is the time to unwind and to escape to Athens and listen to Malidi’s story of her life-changing journey and the light she shines on our own struggles. Malidi means “to always find a purpose and path in life” in Kawakwaka’wakw, the language spoken by the native people of the Pacific […]

Naming a Higher Loyalty: Forgetting Classics’ Role at the Potlatch

16th April 2018Minus Plato Return Reform Refresh, No Philosopher King Draft, Three Athenians in KasselBeau Dick, Candice Hopkins, documenta 14, Kassel, PotlatchMinus Plato

Moving past our time-based posts so far this year, we were going to write about names and roles today. We were specifically intent on contrasting Trump’s infantile name-calling of ex-FBI Director James Comey (“Showboat” “Nut job”, “Slime ball”), with the latter’s focus, in his new book A Higher Loyalty and his recent interviews, not on names, […]