Sons of the Nation

By María Iñigo Clavo

FEB 2021 | Critics Page

We can think of the nation as akin to a narcissistic father figure that hopes to see his image, feats and aspirations reflected in the citizens

Fifty Years Later—Chilean Cinema Before the Coup

By Jaime Grijalba

SEPT 2023 | Film

Chilean cinema prior to the September 1973 coup gave us a portrait of a hopeful nation before it would be changed forever.

The Art of Eliminating a Nation

By Shir Mohammad Karimi

NOV 2021 | Critics Page

What a pain to hear a young woman cry, a thousand wishes gone. A child weeps for the father he has lost. These children did not choose where to be born. And yet, here we are. They are paying the biggest cost for this war of the world. To be witness to the explosion of a bomb in front of the girl’s school; one can never imagine. Their only crime was the desire to learn. This picture should be a source of shame for the world; it is a pure pain for us.

Musical Thinking: New Video Art and Sonic Strategies

By Charlotte Kent

SEPT 2023 | ArtSeen

Musical Thinking doesn’t simply beat the drum of aesthetics as politics, but provides a context in which to remember that politics are aesthetic and, as will shortly be evident with another election cycle, provide many a song and dance. Grayson’s curatorial sensibility tunes difficult content into a poignant show representing the diversity of this nation that some of its representatives insist on denying.