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| [Nettime-ro] opening - Concerning War - zaterdag 5 november 2005, 16.00 |
Van: "BAK, basis voor actuele kunst" <info@bak-utrecht.nl> Datum: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 16:30:34 +0200 Aan: "BAK, basis voor actuele kunst" <info@bak-utrecht.nl> Onderwerp: opening - Concerning War - zaterdag 5 november 2005, 16.00 uur Concerning War Soft Target. War as a Daily, First-Hand Reality Undercurrents 06.11.?18.12.2005 Opening: 5 November at 16.00 hrs Writer and publicist Michaël Zeeman delivers an opening speech in the form of a "document of hope". *** Concerning War is a project with a multi-faceted format including an exhibition Soft Target. War as a Daily, First-Hand Reality, a series of weekly lectures, conversations, screenings, and performances called Undercurrents, as well as a publication that consider how the issue of war is reflected upon in contemporary artistic practice. Concerning War focuses on the current situation of a permanent state of conflict across the globe. Concerning War addresses violent incidents in the world not as isolated events but as a new condition of an ongoing, unparalleled warfare. *** The exhibition entitled Soft Target. War as Daily, First-Hand Reality presents a collection of works by over twenty international artists and filmmakers. While addressing different concepts of war, Soft Target? begins with the question of whether art can provide a probing, radical impression of war as a daily, first-hand reality. Whereas the media fall short of addressing this issue, various artistic positions in the exhibition speculate upon the capacity of images to convey the reality of war, as well as about ethics of any such attempt. The exhibition is curated by Brigitte van der Sande. Participating artists: Kamal Aljafari(Cologne), Maja Bajevic(Sarajevo/Paris), Jean-Jacques Birgé(Paris), Manel Esparbé i Gasca(Amsterdam), Jean-Luc Godard(Paris), Sagi Groner(Tel Aviv/Amsterdam), Afredo Jaar(New York), Aryan Kaganof(Johannesburg), Chris Marker(Paris), Renzo Martens(Brussels/Amsterdam/Brazzaville), Aernout Mik(Amsterdam), Deimantas Narkevic?ius(Vilnius), Jules & Gédéon Naudet and James Hanlon(New York), Ronald Ophuis(Amsterdam), Adela Peeva(Sofia), Alain Resnais(Paris), Anri Sala(Tirana/Berlin), Coco Schrijber(Amsterdam), Peter Watkins(London), and Jasmila Z<caron>banic´ (Sarajevo). *** Undercurrents, is a series of weekly informal talks with artists, curators, and theorists on subjects that touch upon the underlying forces behind the current state of permanent warfare. If we are to believe that war has become one of the main organizing principles of social, political, and economic relations in the world today, amongst the most important questions the project poses is, "What space can artistic and intellectual work claim to inhabit?" Through presentations, lectures, conversations, screenings, and performances, the participants in Undercurrents discuss issues such as fear, the rhetoric of war, agonistic democracy, notions of the enemy, security, and biopower from the perspective of their own critical practices. Undercurrents is curated by Danila Cahen, Binna Choi, and Maria Hlavajova. 12. 11. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Documenting (truth and politics), with Boris Buden, writer, Berlin, Hito Steyerl, filmmaker and writer, Berlin, and Renzo Martens, artist, Brussels, Amsterdam, Brazzaville 19. 11. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Crisis (emergency and new heroism), with Jeremiah Day, artist, Amsterdam, Klub Zwei, artists collective, Vienna, and Jan Verwoert, art critic, Berlin 26. 11. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Fear (war machine and threat), with Pavel Büchler, artist, Manchester, Kendell Geers, artist, Brussels, and Henk Oosterling, philosopher, Rotterdam 3. 12. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Rhetoric (language and new warfare), with Ayreen Anastas, artist, New York, Bregje van Eekelen, cultural theorist, Amsterdam, and Rene Gabri, artist, New York 10. 12. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Mutation (post-cold war and new order), with Viktor Misiano, art critic and curator, Moscow, Sean Snyder, artist, Berlin, and YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES, artists collective, Seoul 17. 12. 2005, 16.00 hrs: On Imagining (options and strategies of resistance), with Mieke Bal, cultural theorist, Amsterdam, Benda Hofmeyer, philosopher, Rotterdam, Lars Bang Larsen, curator and art critic, Copenhagen, Dieter Lesage, philosopher, Brussels, and Willem de Rooij, artist, Amsterdam *** Additional information: Exhibition venues: BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Lange Nieuwstraat 4, Utrecht Vredenburgpassage shopping mall Hoog Catharijne, Utrecht Opening hours: Soft Target. War as a Daily, First-Hand Reality (both locations): Thursday?Sunday 13.00?19.00 hrs Undercurrents (BAK, basis voor actuele kunst): every Saturday 16.00 hrs More information: www.bak-utrecht.nl or contact Anja Mosselaar ph: +31 30 2316125, e: anja@bak-utrecht.nl For financial support we thank: Mondriaan Foundation, The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecutre, Foundation Memory Fund Vincent van Gogh, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, K.F. Hein Fonds, Stichting De Gijselaar-Hintzenfonds, Antenne de la Haye/Institute Français des Pays-Bas. The activities of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst have been made possible by financial support from: Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, City Council of Utrecht, and the Province of Utrecht. -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 _______________________________________________ Nettime-ro mailing list Nettime-ro@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-ro --> arhiva: http://amsterdam.nettime.org/