| Janne Koski on 1 Feb 2001 07:52:21 -0000 |
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VOLTTI (Voltti=somersault in finnish) Exhibition and symposium about crossovers and junctions of art and sport Lönnström Art Museum and Rauma Art Museum 17.8.-2.12. 2001 Lönnström Art Museum and Rauma Art Museum in Rauma in Finland are arranging an exhibition about art and sport and what they have in common. The exhibition will be in autumn 2001 simultaneously in both museums and after that it will tour in other venues in Finland. We are going to present a large variety of art works and documents connected to cultural elements of sport and physical/bodily elements of art. Art and sport are often considered as opposite forms of human activity. The art-sport juxtaposition manifests the religious and philosophical concept, deeply rooted in the Western cultures, of body and soul as separate and sometimes even contrasting elements of life. Besides the apparent contrast art and sport has also interesting crossovers and contact points. Moving body and cultural/aesthetic values can be seen intermingling as well in adoration of the naked athletic body in the 1920's as present day skateboarding. Is sport as much a way to be in contact with one's inner nature and social relationships as art? A symposium discussing the theme of art and sport will be held in october 2001. Themes (preliminary): Body and movement in contemporary art Body movement in dance and performance Sport and nationalism in Finland, photos Pain and beauty, fitness as bodily ideal Female/male themes in art and sport New culture of body, skateboarding Dance photos, videos and live performances Motion without physical motion, virtual sports in computer games Asian martial arts and their philosophy Artists (preliminary): Roderick Buchanan, video, installation, photo Riitta Uusitalo, comics, paintings Harri Heinonen, sport fan culture in Finland Jyrki Markkanen, graphic art with sport themes Susanne Gottberg, paintings Jaakko Niemelä, Stefan Bremer photos Movies with sport or bodily motion themes Ms Kati Kivimäki, director Lönnström Art Museum Valtakatu 7 FIN-26100 RAUMA tel. +358-(0)2-83874722 fax +358-(0)2-83874742 kati.kivimaki@lonnstromintaidemuseo.fi Mr Janne Koski, director Rauma Art Museum Kuninkaankatu 37 FIN-26100 Rauma tel +358-(0)2-8224346 fax +358-(0)2-8222183 janne.koski@raumantaidemuseo.inet.fi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Janne Koski Rauman Taidemuseo/Rauma Art Museum Kuninkaankatu 37 FIN-26100 Rauma Finland puhelin/phone +358 (0)2 8224346 mobile +358 40 7326274 fax +358 (0)2 8222183 janne.koski@raumantaidemuseo.inet.fi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold