May 12, 2023
Artblog: SWARM, the kaleidoscopic visions of artist and filmmaker Terrence Nance at the Institute for Contemporary Art
SWARM, the kaleidoscopic visions of artist and filmmaker Terrence Nance at the Institute for Contemporary Art By Alex Smith for theartblog May 12, 2023 That SWARM lands comfortably in the heart of Philadelphia–an incubator for Black futurism and Afro-didactic, exploratory Black artists, is no miracle, but instead an expected drop-in, a city welcoming a kindred spirit. With SWARM though,…
Apr 17, 2023
W: Terence Nance’s Comfort Film is Purple Rain
Terence Nance’s Comfort Film is Purple Rain By Mikelle Street for W March 17, 2023 Terence Nance’s practice is rooted in ritual. His identity is in fact. The multi-disciplinary artist starts and ends his day with prayer and sees his work as a channel for the people and culture around him. Many know him for Random…
Apr 17, 2023
Metro Philadelphia: Terence Nance brings immersive art to Swarm exhibition
Terence Nance brings immersive art to Swarm exhibition By A.D. Amorosi for Metro Philadelphia March 9, 2023 Multi-disciplinary artist Terrence Nance is legendary for his inventively genre-jumbling experiments in video, film, television, sound, music and performance art. The immersive, innovative, interdisciplinary artist touches on the inspiration of his environments, heritage and ancestry in his colorful…
Apr 17, 2023
Interview: Terence Nance Introduces Solange to His Imaginary Friend
Terence Nance Introduces Solange to His Imaginary Friend By Solange Knowles for Interview March 9, 2023 Years ago, Terence Nance and Solange Knowles were slated to star in an Afrofuturist film by Barry Jenkins called Wonderland, where they’d play a married couple shot back into the past by a time-travel machine powered exclusively by Stevie…
Dec 16, 2022
Art Agenda: Sissel Tolaas’s RE_________
Sissel Tolaas’s RE: by Murtaza Vali for Art Agenda December 16, 2022 A visit to Sissel Tolaas’s RE_________ is unnerving, exciting, and, ultimately, strangely liberating. Countering the deodorization of social and cultural life, in the West especially, Berlin-based Tolaas has, for three decades, worked to remind us of the importance of the sense of smell…
Nov 30, 2022
Flash Art: Sissel Tolaas: RE_________
Sissel Tolaas: RE_________ By Travis Diehl for Flash Art December 2022 It’s a disturbing sight, at first: a person up against the wall of the ICA in Philadelphia, sniffing it. Then again, it’s also a disturbing smell – an olfactory artwork by Sissel Tolaas called Fear 21/21 (2021-22). This part of the building’s exterior, and…