In this sixth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on architecture, monuments and spaces in the visual culture of democracy, Rebecca Belmore’s Biinjiya’iing Onji (From Inside) (2017) and the eruption of truth. Architecture, Monuments & Spaces in Democratic Visual Culture Rebecca Belmore Biinjiya’iing Onji (From Inside) (2017) “When it was carefully […]
My scholarship therefore requires of me an orientation toward generosity rather than accumulation: toward the careful circulation of knowledge in ways that sustain the relationships from which that knowledge emerges…knowledge carries responsibilities. “This grant demonstrates the Department of Education’s confidence in Ohio State’s mission to equip leaders and engaged citizens,” said Ravi Bellamkonda, executive vice […]
In this fourth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on representations of religious coexistence in the visual culture of democracy, K.G. Subramanyan’s 2013 mural War of the Relics and the sharing of Indigenous spirituality and warmth. Religious Coexistence in Democratic Visual Culture K.G. Subramanyan’s War of the Relics Measuring 2.7 by 10.9 […]
In this third episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we focus on representations of freedom of expression in the visual culture of democracy, Edi Hila’s 1972 painting Planting of Trees and building communities of freedom. Freedom of Expression in democratic visual culture Edi Hila Planting of Trees (1972) “He had been banished […]
When you’ve watched the 14 hours of Exergue on documenta 14 (2024), I think you will be ready to watch Wang Bing’s 15 Hours (2017) as your next task. – Adam Szymczyk message to students in the Ohio State University classes Contemporary Theory and Art Education and The Social World of the Arts, Fall 2025, […]
In 1889, Congress openly seized land in Indian Territory for white settlement. The land runs thundered. Many of the settler towns created in the land runs are ghost towns now. Timber, railroads, and mining leaving a host of cavernous emptiness in their wake. What is a ghost town in a nation whose settlements, roads, and […]
“I have always been an imposter!” – Ross Birrell Footnote for the Future: A Democracy To Come? Ohio, 2026
April 18 April 19 April 21 May 16 May 26 June 2 June 7 June 11 July 19 August 5 August 8 August 10 September 2 Appendix: A Disturbed Memory of Ametria Richard Fletcher When I think of all the possible memories of Ametria, from the intense and deep recollections by the curators and architects […]
– from Laura Da’ ‘Raven Gets Meta’, in tributaries. University of Arizona Press, 2015.
