14.09.2009
Imprisoned or Free - I-LANDS
  Antti Laitinen: It's My Island, 2007 Courtsy the artist and Netti Horn Gallery, London | | 18 September 2009 - 11 April 2010 Kunsthallen Brandts Brandts Torv 1 DK-5000 Odense C http://www.brandts.dk |
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The dream – or fear – of being stranded on a desert island can now be experienced at Kunsthallen Brandts. The exhibition I-LANDS examines the island concept from six different angles, moving between the extremes of imprisonment and freedom. Desert islands have fascinated numerous artists, writers and filmmakers. Many works have as their origin Daniel Defoe's 18th-century novel Robinson Crusoe which describes the consequences of spiritual and social isolation. Only one thing is worse than being stranded on a desert island alone, and that is being stranded with a group, as revealed in William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies. The opposite – the island conceived as paradise regained – has likewise served as a source of inspiration. While Paul Gaugin's paintings from Tahiti can make us wish ourselves far away from CO2 quotas to life on a white beach under the shade of palm trees, a sinister version of this is the painter Arnold Böcklin's Island of the Dead. Islands have not lost their attraction. Some of the most talked-about reality shows on TV have islands as their beautiful setting and are about survival. While the aim of the game in a series such as Robinson is to become the island's sole inhabitant by behaving egotistically and forming alliances, in Paradise Hotel the idea of a harmonious island paradise has given way to exhibitionism, drunkenness and sexual excess. From John Donne's statement that "No man is an island" we have developed to the point of being wholly self-sufficient – preferably with an admiring audience. Artists in I-LANDS Kunsthallen Brandts has invited six contemporary artists who have used islands as symbols of our ethical and moral attitudes now and in the past. Ross Sinclair (Scotland) takes us to the extreme limit of goodness in his installation Journey to the Edge of the World. Two films by this artist depict the island of St. Kilda in the Hebrides where for centuries descendants of Norwegian Vikings lived in a time pocket. In the 1850s, the community was discovered by civilization and brought to ruin in the course of two generations. The Finnish artist Antti Laitinen shows It's My Island, a work in which photos and videos document his painstaking efforts to realize his dream of an island of his own. Hundreds of bags of sand and a tree make up his small kingdom which he must finally witness being swallowed by the sea. An island as the perfect place to keep criminals is depicted in a work by Bill Burns (Canada). He has built a watchtower from which to detect possible escaping prisoners. Interested visitors can get to stay in a prison cell and listen to torture music. The installation Alterations by Amy Cutlers (USA), consisting of no less than 120 female figures, looks like a gigantic, island council except for the fact that these figures seem strangely agreed upon keeping up their mysterious undertaking involving a complicated version of Cat's Cradle. The three islands by Andreas Schulenburg (Denmark) are not only deserted, they are also soft, and perhaps the use of felt is precisely what makes these sculptures so humorous. Life on desert islands is not all idyllic. The idea of islands as places where natives live in harmony with animals and plants, or engage in cannibalism, is examined by Tim Silver (Australia) in his photo seriesThe Tuvaluan Project. | ||
FREE AS AIR AND WATER
Sky Line, 1967
© Hans Haacke/Artists Right Society
Wednesday, September 16 - Saturday, October 27, 2009
Free as Air and Water Symposium I: Artistic responses to self-sustainability and climate change, Wednesday, 16, 5 – 7 pm, The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street
Opening reception Wednesday, September 16, 7 – 9 pm
Allora & Calzadilla, Amy Balkin, Robert Bordo, The Bruce High Quality Foundation, Ross Cisneros, Amy Franceschini and Free Soil, Andrea Geyer, Hans Haacke, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Runo Lagomarsino, Andrea Polli, Marjetica Potrč, Simon Starling, Temporary Services, Oscar Tuazon, Lidwien Van de Ven
Curators: Saskia Bos and Steven Lam
http://www.cooper.edu/art/exhibitions.html
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EXHIBITION DETAILS
Opening reception: Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 7-9 pm
Exhibition on view: September 16 – October 27, 2009
Gallery hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 – 6 pm
41 Cooper Gallery
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue at East 7th Street)
Lower Level 1
NYC, NY 10003
http://www.cooper.edu/art/exhibitions.html
The School of Art's exhibition Free as Air and Water opens Wednesday, September 16, 2009 and will run through Tuesday, October 27, 2009. In connection with the exhibition there will be two conferences. The first, Free as Air and Water Symposium I: Artistic responses to self-sustainability and climate change, is scheduled on opening night, September 16 from 5 to 7 pm in The Great Hall. The second symposium, titled Free as Air and Water Symposium II: Art in relation to human rights and the freedom of expression, is scheduled on October 12 from 7 to 9 pm in the Frederick P. Rose Auditorium at The Cooper Union.
The exhibition takes Peter Cooper's belief that "Education should be Free as Air and Water" as a starting point. The exhibition addresses the spirit of this statement by recognizing the difference between then (1859) and now (2009). Today, air, water, and land are all subordinated to the logic of privatization strongly impacting the environment. As the past few decades have witnessed how global power has systematically distributed the world's resources in unequal ways, concerns such as human rights have become increasingly tied to issues involving air, water, and land.
Free as Air and Water addresses these questions for our contemporary moment linking a broad set of issues such as public access to resources, political ecology, and governmentality within a group exhibition that features a diverse array of artistic operations and tactics. Featuring projects that are rigorous and poetic in its conceptual processes, the exhibition provides a needed density when one discusses the role of art in relation to ecology.
Free as Air and Water is the inaugural exhibition at the 41 Cooper Gallery in The Cooper Union's new academic building, 41 Cooper Square. The building designed by Thom Mayne and the architectural firm Morphosis, inaugurates the first green academic laboratory building in NYC.
SYMPOSIA DETAILS
Free as Air and Water Symposium I: Artistic responses to self-sustainability and climate change
Amy Balkin, Hans Haacke, Yates McKee, Andrea Polli, Marjetica Potrč, moderated by Doug Ashford
Wednesday, September 16, 5- 7 pm (before the reception)
The Cooper Union, The Great Hall, 7 East 7th Street
Free as Air and Water Symposium II: Art in relation to human rights and the freedom of expression
Doug Ashford, Andrea Geyer, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Amy Franceschini, among others
Monday, October 12, 2009, 7 to 9 pm
The Cooper Union, Frederick P. Rose Auditorium, 41 Cooper Square
A catalog will be produced documenting the symposia and exhibition and will be available to purchase after the exhibition. Please contact the School of Art or check the website for additional information.
This project was funded in part by generous support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Robert Lehman Foundation, and Duggal Visual Solutions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
41 Cooper Gallery
The Cooper Union
41 Cooper Square (lower level)
New York, NY 10003-7120
Phone: 212-353-4200
Email: artschool@cooper.edu
Web: http://www.cooper.edu/art/exhibitions.html
Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 11 - 6 p.m. (Mondays by appointment only)
11.09.2009
Greenpeace et Spencer Tunick
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Greenpeace et le célèbre artiste américain Spencer Tunick sont heureux de vous inviter à participer à une installation artistique et militante exceptionnelle le 3 et/ou 4 octobre dans un vignoble du Sud de la Bourgogne. Au sein d'une immense sculpture vivante, incarnez la vulnérabilité de l'homme face aux changements climatiques. Il appartient à chacun d'entre nous de faire entendre sa voix - ou de faire parler son corps - pour presser les politiques d'agir. Un autre avenir est possible. Venez nombreux ! | ||
06.09.2009
Coal dans Cultures N °107, le journal du ministère de la culture
03.09.2009
2nd THESSALONIKI BIENNALE OF CONTEMPORARY ART "PRAXIS: Art in Times of Uncertainty"
Lillian Lykiardopoulou
Assymetric_Endeavour, 2008
Mixed technique- installation
May 24 - September 27, 2009
Curators: Gabriela Salgado, Bisi Silva, Syrago Tsiara
STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Kolokotroni 21, Stavroupoli 56430, Thessaloniki
http://www.thessalonikibiennale.gr
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With the support of the Hellenic Ministry of Culture
More than 200 artists / 39 countries/ 22 city's collaborating institutions/ 20 venues/ 12 exhibitions
Don't miss the upcoming events!!!
Main Programme
With the visitors number growing more than 30.000 and with flattering critics from the press in Greece and abroad the 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Art in Thessaloniki under the title "PRAXIS: Art in Times of Uncertainty" is still on show until September 27. Some 57 artists and groups from Greece and abroad are exhibiting their work in the main programme of the 2nd Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art. The works of the artists are displayed in the venues all over the centre of the city: It should be noted also that a large number of these works of art were produced by the 2nd Biennale and are being displayed in a world premiere in Thessaloniki. The curators of the main programme of the Biennale are Bisi Silva, Gabriela Salgado and Syrago Tsiara.
Meanwhile don't miss the two new exhibitions from the parallel programme which are coming up. The first one opened yesterday September the 2nd under the title of "1000+1 PRAX(E)IS" (French Institute of Thessaloniki until October 15 and Goethe Institute until October 9). The exhibition is designed to identify those actions which, literally or potentially, might transform the physical space or reshape social relations – through the creative process and theory, the theoretical/political and by extension, social discourse-project – into acts of catharsis. The exhibition encourages the public to consider whether a work of art is an act of protest against materialistic and economic determinism.
The second one is due on September 11, under the title "Personal-Political", at Warehouse B1 (Port of Thessaloniki). Thirty-seven Greek artists take a stand, with political works from the 1960s until today, which will be presented in the exhibition. How many bombs and how many Greek flags can hide in an art exhibition, how many protests, how many ideologies, what secrets, personal or political, indicate the way in which the country is evolving socially? The events of last December brought back memories of the Polytechnic drama of 1973. Why is that? Has not much changed since then? are some of the questions that arouse.
Also note some more shows from the parallel programme
• Moscow-Thessaloniki 2009 / Works from the Stella Art Foundation Collection
19.09-01.11
'Subjective visions'
Opening: 18/09/09
Venue: National Bank of Greece Cultural Foundation 108, Vas. Olgas Aven.
• Making Words / Moscow Poetry Club
Poets Machine/ Yioula Xatzigeorgiou
19.09-04.10
Opening: 18/09/09
• Young Artist's Workshop Part B
25.09- 25.10
Venue: Artforum Vilka Gallery, 21 Andreou Georgiou Str.
• Weak Monuments/ A topography of public murder in Thessaloniki
17.10-18.11
Venue: Bar Association of Thessaloniki building, 103 Tsimiski str.
INFO
STATE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
Kolokotroni 21, Stavroupoli 56430, Thessaloniki
Τ: +30 2310 589140-1 & 3, F: +30 2310 600123
http://www.greekstatemuseum.com , info@greekstatemuseum.com
SMCA & BIENNALE Press Office
Yiota Sotiropoulou
Mobile: +30 6972336261, Τ: +30 2310546683 F: +30 2310593271
press@greekstatemuseum.com
27.08.2009
Guantanamo Allocation Center, Hamburg
artfinder Gallery Mathias Guntner presents Guantanamo Allocation Center Hamburg
The 'existential function' of the act of creation leads to the affirmation and the creation of a territory, a group, a singularity, a meaning. But it is only possible to articulate the meaning of a situation in relation to an action undertaken to transform it. To situate oneself somewhere, to create a territory or new modes of subjectification and articulation, is both a political and an existential question. And this concerns social practices as much as artistic practices.
(Maurizio Lazzarato: Art and Work)
Being one of the first municipalities throughout Europe, the state and city administration of Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, has accredited the public private partnership‚ Guantanamo Allocation Center'.
The Guantanamo Allocation Center is an initiative dedicated to the question of relocating the remaining detainees still in custody at the soon to be closed US Military Base. GAC focuses on the global process of allocation and relocation, and aims to provide accommodations in Germany that offer a process of re-socialization by providing and furnishing a temporary, and eventual, final home.
The project was kicked off by the German artist Christoph Faulhaber and has already teamed up with further both private and public institutions and corporations. With its first installment GAC sets out to laying the foundation for final decisions in the global process of relocating the remaining inmates.
The first installment, considered as temporary accommodation, consists of mobile units each giving room to one inmate. Four wooden crates match one 40 ft. high cube shipping container. The temporary lodging will be accompanied by a program of activities encompassing various aspects, topics and personalities from within the legislation and political process.
In order to realize the final installment, GAC has opted for a vacant lot, part of which was formerly the Mauerstreifen, the military zone within the Berlin Wall. The design of the yet undeveloped ‚final home' is oriented towards contemporary designs in architecture and urban planning, taking into account the special needs of the inhabitants.
Furthermore, GAC engages on consultations with international decision makers to preparing ground for the resettling of further inmates.
Since GAC relies entirely on civic and individual engagement, we would very much acknowledge support and funding from any direction.
For more information please consult:
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg, Senator Ms. von Welck: http://www.hamburg.de
HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, Ms. Penzlien: http://www.hafencity.com
Special Envoy to Guantanamo Bay, Ambassador Mr. Fried: http://www.state.gov
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First Installment
A Project in Public Private Partnership
Initiated by Christoph Faulhaber
Realized and Supported by
Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
http://www.gac-web.org
Venue
Hafencity Hamburg
Shanghaiallee/Yokohamastraße
20457 Hamburg
Germany
Presented by
artfinder Gallery Mathias Güntner
http://www.artfinder.de