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,…

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…

‘Swarm’ highlights 10 years of Terence Nance’s community-driven art making By Kiersten Adams for The Philadelphia Inquirer  March 17, 2023 Swarm. To move somewhere in large numbers, a dense group of insects, or, a coalition of people creating in community. In “Swarm,” Terence Nances’ first solo exhibit, now open at the Institute of Contemporary Art…

Carolyn Lazard explores legacy of dance film through Lens of Accessibility in new commision at ICA March 17, 2023 This spring, the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania (ICA) presents the first U.S. solo museum exhibition of Carolyn Lazard (b. 1987). Co- commissioned with the Walker Art Center and Nottingham Contemporary, Carolyn Lazard: Long…

A dance with no dancer: Carolyn Lazard reimagines an art By Rosa Cartagena for The Philadelphia Inquirer March 10, 2023 How do you experience dance? Many people see it — onstage or on TikTok — watching a dancer leap, turn, shake, shimmy, stomp, twist, fall, and rise. But if you hear a dance or read…

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…

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…

For visually impaired art fans, Philly museum’s scent-based exhibit ‘leveled the playing field’ By Lisa Bryant for Billy Penn Dec. 26, 2022 When Denice Brown was invited to tour the immersive olfactory exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art, she imagined an encounter of familiar smells of Philadelphia. “I thought about all the odors I…

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…

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…