‘Light and Desire’ Review: Express Yourself If You Can

A smiling woman opens her mouth to speak, but pauses before the words come out. It seems that an internalized invisible force silenced him. This happens at the beginning of a new work, “Light and Desire.” choreographer Colleen Thomas, and is a sequence or pattern to which work continually returns. This is a dance created …

California Artist of Desire and Discomfort Kaari Upson dies at 51

American artist Kaari Upson, whose enigmatic sculptures, videos, drawings and performances explore the dark sides of domestic life and desire, died Wednesday at a Manhattan hospital. He was 51 years old. Claire de Dobay Rifelj, director of the Los Angeles arm of the gallery that represents her, Sprüth Magers, said the cause was metastatic breast …

‘Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)’ Review: Always Bustle

The Nigerian movie “Eyimofe” is about many different things – immigration, exploitation, misogyny – but mainly about money. Following the lives of two people in Lagos, who both dream of emigrating to Europe to improve their hopes, the film follows a network of Nigerian naira (necessary currency for hospital bills, housing bills, lawyer bills, endless …