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Fake Dutch 'moon rock' reveiled. BBC News, august 28, 2009
Man On The Moon, Moosje Goosen in Metropolis M
"It may be premature to term these conferences, residencies, exhibitions and talks individually as ‘events’ - particularly in the context of the writings of Alain Badiou - but it is perhaps noteworthy that this issue brings together four separate but interrelated practices - ethics, politics, philosophy and art - where they might work collectively to form something akin to an event: for we may agree with Badiou that four is the number of an event."
In: Art & Research, A Journal of Ideas, Contexts and Methods, Volume 3, No 2, Summer 2010
The Crude and the Rare at The Cooper Union, New York
October 19 to November 20, 2010
Artists: Marina Abramović, Bik Van der Pol, Mark Dion, Jimmie Durham, Grady Gerbracht, Alfredo Jaar, Sara Jordenö, Robert Kinmont, Jeff Lovett, Margaret Morton, Matt Mullican, Sophie Ristelhueber, Lonnie Van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan, among others
The Crude and the Rare features projects made in the past few decades that address the intersection between materiality, alchemy, and the politics of resource extraction. With a diverse group of artists that span from multiple generations and geographic areas, the exhibition includes projects that address the political economy of precious substances such as gold, diamonds, and oil. By investigating how matter has inspired creative processes and critique, The Crude and the Rare delves into the poesis of making, considering how physicality and the transformation of matter layer our understanding of the material world.
