Drik magazine
Editor | Katia Haus/Daniela Gil/ Laos Salazar |
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Categories | Contemporary Arts |
Frequency | Published 12 times a year |
Founder | Alonso Cedillo Mata |
First issue | October 2011 |
Company | nimda corp |
Country | Mexico |
Based in | Mexico City |
Language | Spanish |
Website |
drik |
dr^k magazine is an illustrated monthly, international free internet magazine concentrating on the contemporary art world, including video interviews of artists and genres, updates about art movements, show reviews and theory writings. It is designed for artists, dealers, art professionals, but most importantly to new publics interested in all aspects of creativity and contemporary art. The magazine includes extensive coverage and criticism of sculpture, painting, video, installation, performance, net art and photography.
History
Published since 2012, drik magazine covers the visual art world, both in Latin America, North America, Middle East, some European countries and abroad, with a concentration on Mexico City, New York City, Vienna, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and the global contemporary art scene. Their editorial team explores the contemporary art world, bringing their readers a 360 degrees perspective on the Art scene through engaging critical essays and profiled to thoroughly cover every angle of contemporary art today.
The magazine takes its readers into the studio with artists for exclusive behind the scenes video interviews. drik magazine seeks to provide artists a venue to express themselves with a clear voice, as well as a space to non-artistic public to understand and approach contemporary arts on a more friendly way.
About
drik magazine began as a collaborative project on 2011 between students of the Escuela Nacional de Pintura, Escultura y Grabado "La Esmeralda" and the Universidad Iberoamericana, having as their overall goal, to raise the profile of major players in the world of contemporary art and to encourage creativity on Spanish speaking countries. The magazine is free of publicity and all their content is licensed under creative commons. The main office is located in Mexico City.
Interviewed Artists
drik magazine has recorded interviews with artists, critics, and curators from Mexico, USA, Uruguay, Peru, Cuba, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Germany, and Greece. Since number 3, seasons are separated into episodes by themes. Each theme showcases artists that fit into that niche in some fashion.
Season 1
- Gilberto Aceves Navarro
- Luis Camnitzer
- Guillermo Santamarina Lagunes
- Yoshua Okón
- Aldo Chaparro
- Renato Garza Cervera
- Pauline Oliveros
- Andrea di Castro
- Arcangel Constantini
Season 2
- José Miguel González Casanova
- Felipe Ehrenberg
- Nestor Quiñones
- Julio Estrada
- Lorena Mata
- Tomás Gómez Robledo
- Eugenio Merino
- Fran Ilich
- Occupy Museums
Season 3
Untitled, Cyberpunk!, Curaduría
- Tania Bruguera
- Carlos Aranda Márquez
- Andrea Ferreyra
- Joseph Nechvatal
- Manuel Rocha Iturbide
- Mario de Vega
- Taiyana Pimentel
- Tania Aedo
- Adriana Estrada Centelles
- Dea Arjona
- Liliana López Borbón
- Sol Henaro
Season 4
Queer <3, Maquinarias, Anti-ambientes
- Benjamin Fredrickson
- Lorena Wolffer
- Victor Martínez Díaz
- Tania Candiani
- Marcela Armas
- Edwarda Gurrola + Michaela González
- Rodrigo R. Pimentel
- Stuart Shils
- Andrew Birk
Season 5
Interludios, Pangea, Rebelión
- Mariana Botey
- Llorenç Barber
- Debora Delmar
- José Manuel Springer
- Maria Elena Ortíz
- Santino Escatel
- Guillermo Vargas
- Juan Zavaleta
- José Luis Sánchez Rull
Season 6
Nexos, Tácticas, Colisión
- Miltos Manetas
- Dannielle Tegeder
- Gabriel de la Mora
- Irmgard Emmelhainz+Miguel Ventura
- Vicente Razo
- Coco Fusco
- Harry Gamboa Jr.
- Antimuseo
- Arturo Hernández Alcazar
Season 7
Cortes, Dispositivos, Youngsters
- Fernanda Brunet
- Daniel Alcalá
- Lynne Harlow
- Jota Izquierdo
- Paola De Anda
- David Miranda
- Daniela Libertad
- Tamara Ibarra
- Emilio Rojas
- Bayrol Jiménez
- Camilo Godoy
- Diego Salvador Ríos
Season 8
Percepción, Detonadores, Rupturas
- Lena Wicke-Aengenheyster
- Fabiola Torres-Alzaga
- Iseo Noyola
- Aurora Noreña
- Sin Kabeza Productions / Lissette Olivares y Cheto Castellano
- Phillip Larrat-Smith
- Ivonne Beltrán
- Daniel González Lozano
Season 9
Musicología, Conceptual Hackings, Rogue
- Marcel Du Swamp
- Delia Beatríz Martínez
- Francisco González Zubizarreta
- Hans Bernhard (UBERMORGEN.COM)
- Konrad Becker
- Mark Amerika
- Tiosha Bojórquez
- Jimena Mendoza
- Andre Damião
Season 10
Flux, Rogue, Redes
- R. Lyon
- Ornela Delfino Foglia
- Jeremy Lee Harris
- Cristina Sandoval
- David Alfonso López Vega
- Jocelyn Nieto
- Cindy Gabriela Flores ciberfeminista.org
- Pedro Vélez (Artist)
- Laura Zarta
Season 11
Operaciones, Puentes, Pintura
- Polina Stroganova
- Eduardo López (Curator/Gallerist)
- Alejandro Gómez Escorcia
- Alejandra España
- Xavier Villanova
- Gaby Cepeda
- Ray Smith
- Saddam Jumaily
- Luis López Loza
- Wael Darwish
- Lilia Basulto
- Pedro Varela (Painter)
Season 12
Formas
- Alexis Zambrano
- Myles Starr
- Julius Heinemann
drik talks
On November 14, 2012, drik magazine and Possibleworlds began an online cultural program named drik talks which features live conversations between contemporary artists and/or critics. The program was opened by a conversation between Mariana Botey, Luis Camnitzer and Fran Ilich.
drik docs
On March 8, 2013, drik magazine's archives went public under the name of drik docs. The website holds the complete interviews with artists from drik magazine, as well as exclusive audio and video recordings with contemporary artists and/or critics. drik docs also works as a display for all of drik projects, and free documents or publications of contemporary art.
Notable contributors
- Fran Ilich
- Mariana Botey
- Luis Camnitzer
- Irmgard Emmelhainz
- Carmen Cebreros Urzaiz
- Carlos Aranda Márquez
- Voz Nómada