Lou Selfridge

Dec 10, 2024 | frieze.com | Marko Gluhaich |Vanessa Peterson |Lou Selfridge |Chloe Stead

Marko Gluhaich What trends have you noticed this year? Chloe Stead Every year, I express disappointment in the performances I’ve seen, but this year, I finally encountered an example of the gritty body art performance I’d been missing. I didn’t think I cared for Young Boy Dancing Group because they seemed gimmicky – something for Instagram. But this August, I attended a self-titled performance they did in the courtyard of an empty apartment block in Berlin and was blown away.

Dec 10, 2024 | frieze.com | Ivana Cholakova |Cassie Packard |Lou Selfridge

In a year when AI has become an increasingly present part of our day-to-day lives, it’s no surprise that artists have been making use of technology to think about human experience: at Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, Rindon Johnson’s avatar swims across a body of water which changes in response to live weather data, whilst Ian Cheng’s exhibition at Gladstone Gallery in Seoul saw the artist present two unnerving AI-driven videos.

Oct 14, 2024 | frieze.com | Lou Selfridge

There’s a type of pornography in which the camera operator is involved in the action, shooting as they engage in various sexual acts. The resulting video, presenting a participant’s point of view, allows its viewer to imagine they – not some distant actor – are the one being penetrated or fellated. Louis Fratino achieves the same effect, albeit through different means, in his miniature painting Blowjob and Moon (2019), in which a man kneels on all fours, eyes fixed forward.

Oct 14, 2024 | frieze.com | Lou Selfridge

Frieze Editor’s Picks is a fortnightly column in which a frieze editor shares their recommendations for what to watch, read and listen to. The Perfect Couple (2024)Despite the murder at the core of this Netflix show, there’s something delightfully frivolous about The Perfect Couple. As Nicole Kidman serves blackberry mojitos, Isabelle Adjani – one of France’s most celebrated actresses – slinks about in a feather-trimmed dress, delivering the most over-the-top performance of her career.

Sep 3, 2024 | frieze.com | Lou Selfridge

A few weeks after the UK General Election in July, I sat in the library, staring over a stranger’s shoulder as he watched a video of the Conservative Party MP Suella Braverman. Devoid of her voice, Braverman appeared almost amiable in the footage, making it easy to forget the damaging rhetoric she espoused while in office.