Europe/Central Asia

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  Dispatch

  Some of My Best Friends Are Scottish

  September 2, 2014 - 

  Frequenting his favorite London pubs, the English artist Paul Davis asked Scottish friends and strangers what they thought about the impending referendum on independence from the United Kingdom. He matched their responses to limned images of a few great Scots, lending some historical heft and a touch of ventriloquism to the project.  More

  By Paul Davis

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  Interview

  Engagement or Disengagement?
  A Conversation About Manifesta 10 with Joanna Warsza

  June 26, 2014 - 

  Nato Thompson speaks with Joanna Warsza, curator of Manifesta 10’s public program, about how artists invited to the roving European biennial are responding to the political situation in Russia.  More

  By Nato Thompson

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  Photo Gallery

  Conflicts in Kyrgyzstan Foreshadow Water Wars to Come

  June 17, 2014 - 

  Photographer Fyodor Savintsev documents the mountainous landscape, crumbling Soviet irrigation system and new Russian-backed energy infrastructure of Kyrgyzstan, a country at the center of water conflicts that threaten to engulf Central Asia in the coming years.  More

  By Fyodor Savintsev

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  Op-Ed

  No One Sits Here Anymore:
  How Spikes and Fences Erase Communal Life

  June 16, 2014 - 

  Artist Léonidas Martín reflects on urban design elements like spikes, fences, barbed wire and cacti that restrict access to public spaces.  More

  By Leónidas Martín

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  Uprisings

  Comrade Kots:
  A Poem by Kirill Medvedev

  May 6, 2014 - 

  On the anniversary of massive protests in Moscow ahead of Vladimir Putin’s third presidential inauguration, the writer and labor activist Kirill Medvedev shares a poem whose title derives from a nickname he was given by Russia’s secret police agency, the FSB.  More

  By Kirill Medvedev