{"id":4930,"date":"2016-11-04T12:19:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-04T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=4930"},"modified":"2018-05-25T03:00:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T07:00:56","slug":"michael-blum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/michael-blum\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Blum"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_46\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4930-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/michaelblum.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/michaelblum.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/michaelblum.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><figure id=\"attachment_4931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4931\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumology.net\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4931 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797-225x300.jpg?resize=225%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"dscn1770\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797.jpg?resize=624%2C832&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/DSCN1770-e1478275760797.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4931\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Zhu Li<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blumology.net\/\">Michael Blum<\/a>\u00a0is an artist born in Jerusalem, educated in Paris, based, among others, in Amsterdam and Vienna, and living in Montreal since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>His projects include <em>A Tribute to Safiye Behar<\/em>, a museum dedicated to the secret lover of Mustafa Kemal Atat\u00fcrk (9th Istanbul Biennial, 2005), <em>Cape Town &#8211; Stockholm (On Thembo Mjobo),<\/em> a book and a radio play investigating the complex relationship between Sweden and South Africa through the figure of ANC member Thembo Mjobo (Mobile Art Production, Stockholm, 2007), <em>Exodus 2048<\/em>, which staged a possible future in the Middle East (Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 2008, New Museum, New York, 2009), and <em>Our History || Notre histoire<\/em>, a pair of mock national museums dedicated to the preservation and presentation of respectively Canadian and Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois history and culture \u00a0(Galerie de l\u2019UQAM, Montreal, 2014). In 2016, he produced <em>Remorial Arnhem<\/em> (Sonsbeek\u201916, Arnhem), a series of 12 commemorative sites throughout Arnhem challenging the single memory of 1944 and opening a multiplicity of narratives rooted in the city fabric. He is a Professor at Ecole des arts visuels et m\u00e9diatiques, UQAM, Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>The books mentioned in the interview are by authors <a href=\"http:\/\/press.uchicago.edu\/ucp\/books\/book\/chicago\/B\/bo25012131.html\">Douglas Crimp<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/10\/19\/books\/review\/nell-zink-wallcreeper-review.html?_r=0\">Nell Zink<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sternberg-Press-211987458832180\/photos\/?tab=album&amp;album_id=1255983214432594\">Francis McKee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_4932\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4932\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4932 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?resize=625%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"c0041_1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?resize=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0041_1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4932\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Blum, still from The Swap, HD Video, 32 mn, 2016. Produced by La biennale de Montr\u00e9al &amp; One Fifty Productions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4933\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4933 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?resize=625%2C352&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"c0081_1\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?resize=624%2C351&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/C0081_1.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Blum, still from The Swap, HD Video, 32 mn, 2016. Produced by La biennale de Montr\u00e9al &amp; One Fifty Productions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/michaelblum.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listMichael Blum\u00a0is an artist born in Jerusalem, educated in Paris, based, among others, in Amsterdam and Vienna, and living in Montreal since 2010. 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