Hito Steyerl

 Sandra Mujinga,  Stretched Delays   (I),  2017. HD video, 13'

Sandra Mujinga, Stretched Delays (I), 2017. HD video, 13 min.

Sandra Mujinga was recently awarded the prestigious Preis der Nationalgalerie 2021. To celebrate this honour, we’re releasing Jeppe Ugelvig’s portrait of Mujinga from Spike #56: CULTURE WARS from our print archive.

Stay home, stay away, but stay online, for goodness sake. Digital communication has become more of a force than ever in the art world, without the usual galas, openings, and related events. JEPPE UGELVIG dishes the digital dirt. 

 Lara Favaretto Momentary Monument  (2017) Photo: Henning Rogge

Lara Favaretto
Momentary Monument (2017)
Photo: Henning Rogge

Curator Valentinas Klimasauskas picks out five exemplary projects from this year's Skulptur Projekte Münster

 SPIKE BERLIN, 6 pm Marcus Geiger, Untitled, Table , 2006–2014 Tabletop, 2 wooden trestles, 4 chairs, felt carpet

SPIKE BERLIN, 6 pm
Marcus Geiger, Untitled, Table, 2006–2014
Tabletop, 2 wooden trestles, 4 chairs, felt carpet

Why does the art of today often seem to exist in a historical vacuum? What is the significance of art history for post-Internet art? Is our sense of history changing because of the accelerated circulation of images, money and data? Where does this leave the art object? At Spike’s new space in Berlin, Kolja Reichert moderated a discussion between artist and essayist Hito Steyerl, art historian Susanne von Falkenhausen, and two of the four curators of the 2016 Berlin Biennial: Lauren Boyle and Marco Roso from the collective DIS.

A roundtable with DIS, Hito Steyerl & Susanne von Falkenhausen, and Kolja Reichert at Spike Berlin, December 2014