Category: English
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2009 Venice Biennial Turkish Pavilion delves into concept of ‘LAPSE’
Curator Başak Şenova’s project, “Lapses,” which is going to be showcased in the Turkish Pavilion during this year’s Venice Biennial, was introduced to the press this week by Şenova and artists of the exhibition Ahmet Öğüt and Banu Cennetoğlu. Şenova explained that the word “lapse” connotes numerous verbs and nouns in English, yet there is…
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Subversive Practices. Art under Conditions of Political Repression
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart Press release Subversive Practices Art under Conditions of Political Repression 60s–80s / South America / Europe May 30 – August 2, 2009 Artists Carlos Altamirano, Gábor Altorjay, Lucy Angulo, Ângelo de Aquino, Luis Arias Vera, Autoperforationsartisten, Artur Barrio, László Beke (Archiv), Horia Bernea, Ricardo Bofill/Taller de Arquitectura, Teresa Burga, CADA, Ulises Carrión,…
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Catalan Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale: “Venezia-Catalunya 2009. La Comunitat Inconfessable”
Catalan Pavilion, 53rd Venice Biennale: “Venezia-Catalunya 2009. La Comunitat Inconfessable” Press conference images Courtesy Latitudes ‘Venezia, Catalunya 2009. La Comunitat Inconfessable’ Curated by: Valentín Roma Participating artists: Sitesize (Joan Vila-Puig and Elvira Pujol), Technologies to the People (Daniel G. Andújar) and Archivo F.X. (Pedro G. Romero) Location: Magazzini del Sale #3, Dorsoduro, Venice Support: Institut…
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Where is Now?
Film and lecture program Curated by Katrin Mundt 16 and 17 January 2009, 7 – 10:30 pm Postcapital: Vortragsreihe, Workshops, Filmprogramm Württembergischer Kunstverein, Schlossplatz 2, 70173 Stuttgart, Fon: +49 (0)711 22 33 70, info@wkv-stuttgart.de “Where is Now?” picks up at the archive as a repository for the present— a medial place where reality is not…
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Felix Stalder: Remixing and the Culture of Networked Society
Lecture (german) Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 7 pm Abstract Remixing—the use of existing works to create new works—is more than just a style of electronic music. Remixing rather characterizes a meta-method that is becoming increasingly pivotal to all cultural practices. While many avant-garde movements of the twentieth century were concerned with processes of authorship decentering,…
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Kirsten Wagner: “Postcapital” or What Follows the City?
The Knowledge City Postcapital: Vortragsreihe, Workshops, Filmprogramm Württembergischer Kunstverein, Schlossplatz 2, 70173 Stuttgart, Fon: +49 (0)711 22 33 70, info@wkv-stuttgart.de Lecture (german) Thursday, January 15, 2009, 7 pm Abstract With the advent of the so-called information age, much seemed prone to vanish: the body, the space, the city, the book along with its institution, the…
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Du-Yul Song: Ineluctability of the Third Party
Lecture (german) Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 7 pm Postcapital. Lecture series, Workshops, Film program December 2008 – January 2009 Württembergischer Kunstverein, Schlossplatz 2, 70173 Stuttgart, Fon: +49 (0)711 22 33 70, info@wkv-stuttgart.de Abstract In a dyadic political landscape on the Korean Peninsula, where the expression “border crosser” still belongs to the expletive category of words,…
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Daniel García Andújar: Apprehension of the Postcapital Archive Reality
Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart December 13 + 14, 2008, each day: 12 – 6 pm Workshop (english) Registration till Monday, December 1, 2008 at: zentraleremove-this@remove-thiswkv-stuttgart.de The aim of the workshop is to facilitate reflection on the structures of the “archive culture” process. We will delve into the methods of exploring and reinterpreting the archive along with…
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Censorship in Art?
New Mechanisms and Strategies December 5 + 6, 2008 A conference by Akademie Schloss Solitude, Hospitalhof Stuttgart and Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart Hospitalhof (December 5, 2008) Professor Michael Germann, Professor Friedrich Wilhelm Graf Württembergischer Kunstverein (December 6, 2008) Corinne Diserens, Iris Dressler, Nikolai B. Forstbauer, Prof. Klaus Staeck, Christoph Tannert Friday, December 5, 2008 Venue: Hospitalhof…