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Maya Deren was a Ukranian-born American dancer, choreographer and filmaker. She was an enigmatic and extraordinary figure during her hole life, pioneering avant-garde cinema in the United States. This is a silent study in choreography with some beautiful dance exercises. 
Aurelien Froment is a young French artist. Her video work “In Order of Appearance” was featured at the theatre 80 St. Mark’s in New York City. 
Eija-Liisa Ahtila is an acclaimed Finnish photographer and videoartist. Her 2002 piece “The Wind” is a three-channel video. Here and excerpt of it. 
Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ work deals with violence as raw matter. “What else could we talk about?” at the Mexican Pavilion in the 2009 Venice Biennale, chronicled the violence provoked by the battles of drug traffic organizations and their prosecution in Mexico at the present. 
Danish young artist collective A Kassen often work with performative installations and sculptures. They were invited to participate at the Laboratorio 987 project within the MUSAC museum in León. Their pieces relate very closely to the building which houses them. 
Marcel Dzama is a young Canadian artist with a prominent exposure. His 2004 piece “Underground” consists of watercolours, ink drawings and root beer concentrate and it was exhibited at the MoMA in New York in 2007. This piece makes reference to the capture of Sadam Hussein, contrasting a long row of soldiers with the small hole in which he was hiding. 
El Anatsui is one of Africa’s most prominent contemporary artists. He comes from Ghana although he has spent most of his career in Nigeria. His most famous sculptural work consists of tapestries made out of woven recycled bottle caps. 
Studio Banana TV interviews up-and-coming Japanese artist Kohei Nawa. Nawa belongs to a new generation of Japanese artists that is erupting in the global contemporary art scene with fresh ideas. In the interview he talks about his Liquid, Beads, Scum series but also about other works with glue, drawing etc. He also explains his new endeavor, SANDWICH, a creative platform he has founded in Kyoto. 
Mona Hatoum is a celebrated London-based Palestinian performance and video artist born in Lebanon. This video from 1988 is perhaps the most touching of Mona Hatoum’s artistic statements. 
Steve Reich is a living legend American musician whose work has always been considered to be a sound translation of Minimalist art. |
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