Contemporary art
Algerian artists are ‘exposing the scars’ of the country’s recent civil war
Not too long ago, Algeria fought a traumatizing civil war between the country’s military and Islamist militias, now commonly called the “Black Decade.” Today, a younger generation of Algerians is trying to reconcile the country’s trauma through art, but the government has a policy of overlooking it.
Algeria’s contemporary artists strive to make their own space
In the white-washed buildings of Algiers, a creative community is flourishing — no thanks to the government. Algerian authorities spend hundreds of millions of dollars to promote culture, but keep a tight rein on what kind of culture is supported. Despite this, the country has seen a slow emergence of an independent contemporary art scene.
Mapping Our Digital DNA
We live in a time that is all about being tuned in and logged on. Our friends are online, our interactions are online, and our personal information, opinions and history are online. While we’ve learned in recent weeks that much more of our data is available to the government than we once realized, the millions […]
