Art Licks – Issue Five

Issue 202: Lynsey Addario: At War By Elizabeth Rubin A photojournalist looks at war up close, most recently focusing on women soldiers in Afghanistan. Cameras for a Dark Time By Ariella Azoulay Custom-built cameras reflect upon the medium and the ongoing conflict in Israel and the Palestinian territories. Lucia Nimcova: On Sleeping and Waking By Clare Butcher Nimcova investigates the role of the image in private and official life in Socialist Czechoslovakia. Interview with Carole Naggar The famed Parisian photographer discusses his life and career. Fastnacht By Magdalene Keaney An age-old Lenten tradition continues—in full regalia—in Germany’s southern villages.

A Prior Magazine #21 investigates performance practices, the unique experience, the active positions of the artist and the audience in relation to current techniques of assemblage, association, reproduction, sharing, collage and, specifically, linking. Featured artists: Danai Anesiadou, Gabriel Lester in collaboration with Raimundas Malasauskas, and Luis Jacob Cover image: Happy To Serve You by Danai Anesiadou Back cover: Image from Gabriel Lester’s personal collection Essays by Lou Forster on The Other Tradition (Wiels, Brussels), Natasa Petresin on Les Promesses du Passé (Centre Pompidou, Paris) and Defne Ayas on Performa (New York). And a contribution by Ruth Hege Halstensen on Tino Sehgal Insert: Album IX: special 16-page booklet in full color by Luis Jacob And more essays by Anselm Franke, Donatien Grau, John Menick, Vivian Rehberg, Dieter Roelstraete, Michael Van den Abeele, Jan Verwoert and Andros Zins-Browne 280 pages full color