As It Is: Art and the Mass Media Image in Gierek’s Poland

As It Is: Art and the Mass Media Image in Gierek’s Poland

This essay will appear in Art in Translation later this year. It is a version of a talk that I … More

Every Single Crash – Filip Berendt’s art

This text was written to accompany Filip Berendt’s show at L’étrangère, London in 2015. Working in Taiwan a few years … More

Life in the Shadow of Monuments: Philippe Chancel’s North Korea

I wrote this piece for the Photographers’ Gallery in London a few years ago. Philippe Chancel’s images of North Korea … More

Socialist recreation? Amateur film and photography in the People’s Republic of Poland and East Germany

This piece was published in a book which is very difficult to find, so I have posted my contribution below.