Reviews

The Last Frontier Left to Conquer:
Brief Reflections on Silent Running (1972)

Lowell, in his arguments with fellow crew members, explains that, on Earth, “there are no more frontiers left to conquer,” disclosing the colonialist mindsets of governance on Earth and their extension into space. With human action no longer confined to a finite Earth, expansionist ambitions find an outlet through the technical ingenuity of the Valley Forge’s sealed domes, stewarded by Lowell and his spiritual ethic.

Type:
Reviews
Source:
Fall 2023
Credit:
Text / Rami Kanafani

Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lightning / Rivalizando con el relámpago

Halves are made whole in Eamon Ore-Giron’s syncretic paintings, which combine elements from the Americas and Europe at different points...
Type:
Reviews
Source:
March 3–August 20, 2023
Location:
The Contemporary Austin, Austin, TX
Credit:
Text / Barbara Purcell

Of Oysters, Roaches, and New Pessimism in Hong Kong

It’s all very Videodrome. That body horror manifests in phone-breath-bed 3 (2023), a sculpture presented in its own small room. A silicone face emerges out of a Perspex panel, where, lower down, a silicone slab forms a womblike concave depression. The panel hovers over the form of a hospital bed with the support of gray plastic piping, whose mattress is a screen-skin painting with creased dermal folds framing silicone protrusions that swell from the flatness.

Type:
Reviews
Source:
June 29, 2023
Location:
Hong Kong
Credit:
Text / Stephanie Bailey