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Headless is a performance art project by Swedish duo goldin+senneby. Since 2007 they have orchestrated an expansive and open ended investigation of an offshore company called Headless Ltd., which may or may not exist, and which may or may not be connected to the secret society created in the 1930s by Georges Bataille called Acephale (Headless). Since 2008 I have acted as the project’s spokesperson or emissary, standing in for the artists whenever a public exhibition, lecture or performance related to the project is staged. As well as appearing in person, I also appear as a semi-fictional character in a novel – Looking for Headless – that weaves real events from the project into a slightly trashy, tongue-in-cheek murder mystery.

Occupying Contemporary Art

Posted on April 30, 2012

An interesting, if strange, question posed by the BBC’s Paul Mason about whether the Occupy movement signals the death of contemporary art.  Given that his piece (and presumably also the film on which it is based) proceeds to look at … Continue reading →

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Cairo paradox

Posted on April 9, 2012
I'm Not Here

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I have recently returned from a frenetic two days in Cairo during which I presented a paper entitled ‘The art of not being (t)here: on the representation of absence’ in the context of the exhibition ‘I’m Not There’ at the … Continue reading →

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Translating ‘offshore’.

Posted on January 30, 2012

Recent discussions about an upcoming manifestation of Headless at the Contemporary Image Collective in Cairo have highlighted an interesting aspect of the language used to describe xenospace.  When translating texts presented to a second Hydrarchy conference hosted by the gallery, … Continue reading →

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Headless in Melbourne

Posted on October 20, 2011

The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) is currently exhibiting a Headless exhibit as part of the group show of contemporary conceptual art ‘Power to the People‘ curated by Hannah Mathews.  In conjunction with the show and as part of … Continue reading →

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Headless at Museo Tamayo, Mexico City

Posted on October 5, 2011

Recordings of my contribution to the Headless appearance at the Abstract Possible exhibition at the Museo Tamayo have been posted on Vimeo.  They can be seen either through this link, or, in order, embedded in the Headless Timeline.

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