10/05/16
Interview: Martine Syms
Martine Syms: Fact & Trouble
Institute of Contemporary Arts
20 April – 19 June 2016
Drawing from a rich mixture of American pop
culture, black aesthetics, philosophy and semiotics, Martine Syms (b1988)
produces work across many media that strives for a specificity the artist knows
not to exist. Instead, through her films, performances and other work, she
hopes to raise questions about representation, the embodiment of imagery, the
value of assimilation, and how popular culture becomes internalised. Incredibly
widely read, Syms is also the founder of Dominica, a publishing imprint dedicated
to exploring black aesthetics in visual culture. She spoke to Studio
International about her latest exhibition, Fact & Trouble, at the ICA,
London.
Read the interview here