Empty Daybook – Bili Bidjocka on 27 April 1973

2nd July 2020UncategorizedBili Bidjocka, Empty DaybookMinus Plato

It was my birthday, and with my father we were by the swimming pool. A tall guy was working alone on a chess problem. Dad offered to play with him and won twice. Much later, I found out that the tall guy’s name was Bobby Fischer.

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 […]

Kassel Documenta Diary Day 2: Finding Athens at Gottschalk-Halle

27th July 2017documenta 14, Documenta Diary Kassel, dOCUMENTA(13), Minus Plato Todayand Pedro G. Romero, Angelo Plessas, Bili Bidjocka, Bouchra Khalili, Critical Art Ensemble, Enrique Vila-Matas, Finding Athens, Gottschalk-Halle, Israel Galván, Niño de ElcheMinus Plato

In The Illogic of Kassel, Enrique Vila-Matas never warms to the role he was invited to play at dOCUMENTA (13), as ‘Writer in Residence’ at a Chinese restaurant on the edge of Karlsaue Park. He spends the majority of the novel attempting to escape this role, including the invention of a fictional writer to go […]