Alex Wilk
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Alex Wilk works between research, design and publishing for the arts. She is a freelance researcher for the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist and was an editorial assistant at the photography and visual culture journal Archivo Platform. Previously, Alex worked as a reseacher for architectural designer, Cecil Balmond and led the production of his monograph Crossover (Prestel, 2013). She was also an editor of Balmond Studio’s e-journal Thinking in Practice. Alex’s personal research takes visual and textual formats: she has taken part in art residency programmes, exhibitions and enjoys writing articles. Alex holds an MA in Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London.
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As he navigates through the recurrent lockdowns of the pandemic, stranded between hitchiking and muggings, job hunting and separations, Fabio Valerio Tibollo rediscovers photography as a powerful coping mechanism. Recording everything that happened around him for one year straight, from attending momentous events to finding curiosity in shots of simple living,… Read more »
How many types of lightning are there, and how did the Victorians perceive and rationalise them? This article by James Broome, first published on The Strand Magazine in 1897, puts together photographs from both observatories and amateurs to show lightning in many of its different forms and shapes, while reflecting… Read more »
Venice is perhaps the only city in the world where food can only be delivered on foot. Recounting his experience as a delivery “walker”, Giorgio Pirina traces a fresco of his daily shifts, caught between digitalised work and timeless sites, with the liberating experience of walking contrasting with the impact… Read more »