In this ninth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we circle back to earlier themes in the visual culture of democracy (architecture, ‘The People’ vs people, memory, otherness, and violence), the juxtaposition of ruins and life in Andreas Angelidakis’ Demos (2016-ongoing), and things that have spirits. Ruins and Life in Democratic Visual Culture […]
In this eighth episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we engage with topics of memory, otherness and violence in the visual culture of democracy, Erna Rosenstein’s Night (1993) and vital strategies against forgetting. Memory, otherness & violence in democratic visual culture Erna Rosenstein Night (1993) Memory, Otherness and Violence in the Summer of […]
In this seventh episode of Radio Show Me What Democracy Looks Like, we think about both “The People” and people in the visual culture of democracy, Apostolos Georgiou’s Untitled (2016) and all those people who at some point, in some place, in some way reacted to what was putting them down by posing thousands of questions. […]
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