Words Thea Hawlin

Nov 11, 2024 | port-magazine.com | Thea Hawlin |Words Thea Hawlin

As machines continue to shape our world, what will become of the role of the artist? In light of a new exhibition at Tate Modern, we explore how artists continue to adapt and create sensory experiences that reflect the human conditionIn his 1972 bestseller Ways of Seeing, John Berger explored how the invention of the camera changed the way people viewed art. His work underlined how different technologies hold the capacity to alter our perception of the world and our experience of it.

Nov 7, 2023 | port-magazine.com | Thea Hawlin |Words Thea Hawlin

Cai Guo-Qiang’s work has taken many forms, but consistently returns to a sense of place and ephemeral explosions of beauty. We revisit his career around his collaboration with Saint Laurent, ‘When the Sky Blooms with Sakura’Puffs of pigment leap into the air, the seed of a cloud, an idea feathering out. Airy waves erupt, a forest of trees, a collection of earthborn stars bursting, the colours of the sunset caught in a spiral scattered across the sky.

Sep 15, 2023 | port-magazine.com | Thea Hawlin |Words Thea Hawlin

Purgatory and Paradise: Acclaimed artist Tacita Dean reflects on her debut design work for Wayne McGregor’s balletic interpretation of Dante’s The Divine Comedy. From Issue 29Tacita Dean is gently cutting strips of paper in her Berlin studio. As we talk, looking into our respective screens, scissors snip, and she sticks schedules into an already-bulging notebook ready for her upcoming trip: New York then London.