07.07.2009 -
25.08.2009
Summer School 2009
Corner College is delighted to present Summer School by artist, Antoni Wojtyra, this summer during July and August.
Summer School presents readings, lectures, and films composed as a remedial Art theory class and is organized in a spirit of "each one, teach one" - Antoni Wojtyra will act as lead organizer, a guide, instigator and as a student learning, not just a teacher. The 7 week course employs a collection Art and theory by artists and primarily address 2 major issues: the ability of Art to effect social change and secondly places and strategies of Art production.
Texts will be read by each student in advance and will be discussed together as a group and supplemented by films, and invited guest teachers. The first class addresses the impossibility of learning and knowing everything and it will be held on Tuesday July 7, 7 p.m. All subsequent classes will be held on Tuesday evenings (schedule below). A nominal CHF 30.- tuition fee for participating students includes a course book published by Rollo Press.
Program
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1 Tuesday July 7, 7 p.m.
Introduction, Sign-up and get together
-- Film: 'La Jetée' by Chris Marker
-- Text: 'The Library of Babel' by Jorge Luis Borges
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2 Tuesday July 14, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'Untitled' by David Hammons
-- Text: 'Something's Missing' by Ken Lum
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3 Tuesday July 21, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'The Applied Social Arts' by Artur Zmijewski
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4 Tuesday July 28, 7 p.m.
VACATION
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5 Tuesday August 4, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'Inside the white cube: notes on the gallery space' by Brian O'Doherty
-- Text: 'May I help you?' by Andrea Fraser
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6 Tuesday August 11, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'An introduction to the general theory of place' by Wieslaw Borowski, Hanna Plaszkowska, Mariusz Tchorek
-- 3 Films by Gordon Matta Clark Conical Intersect (1975), Splitting (1974), Bingo Ninths (1974)
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7 Tuesday August 18, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'Depiction, Object, Event' by Jeff Wall
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8 Tuesday August 25, 7 p.m.
-- Text: 'Dispersion' by Seth Price
GRADUATION PARTY
Summer School 2009
> Download the Course Book as a PDF
06.10.2009
Theory Tuesdays
Theory Tuesdays is a participatory reading group organized in the spirit of "each one, teach one." Philip Matesic will launch the weekly reading group with the organization and coordination of the first six weeks under the theme "Participation in Art." The required texts will be read by each member in advance and then discussed together as a group.
At the conclusion of the fifth week, the reading schedule will be open to the individual members of the group, to decide what to read and discuss in the following weeks. Active participation by all members is essential as Theory Tuesdays sets out to be a collaborative, ongoing discussion, where everyone will contribute, teach and learn from one another.
The first two Tuesdays will address the historical lineage of participation in art as well as a detailed glimpse into Happenings in New York in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The first session will be held on Tuesday, Oktober 6 at 7 p.m. All subsequent sessions will be held on Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. (schedule below). A nominal CHF 20.- tuition fee for participating members will include copies of required readings and help fund a small travel budget for the visiting artist.
Theory Tuesdays
PROGRAM
Week 1: Tuesday, Oktober 6, 7 p.m.
Sign-up and Introduction
Text: Rudolf Frieling "Toward Participation in Art"
Week 2: Tuesday, Oktober 13, 7 p.m.
Text: Boris Groys "A Genealogy of Participatory Art"
Text: Allan Kaprow "Happenings in the New York Scene"
Week 3: Tuesday, Oktober 20, 7 p.m.
Text: Claire Bishop "Viewers As Producers"
Text: Nicolas Bourriaud "Relational Form"
Text: Lars Bang Larsen "Social Aesthetics"
Week 4: Tuesday, Oktober 27, 7 p.m.
Text: Miwon Kwon "From Site to Community in New Genre Public Art"
Text: Cascoland "Interventions in Public Space"
Week 5: Tuesday, November 3, 7 p.m.
Text: Darren O’ Donnell "Social Acupuncture" (Part One and Two)
Text: Tom Finkelpearl "Interview: Vito Acconci on Art, Architecture, Arvada and Storefront"
Week 6: Tuesday, November 10, 7 p.m.
Visiting Artist: Saskia de Brauw (NL)
20.10.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Claire Bishop "Viewers As Producers"
Text: Nicolas Bourriaud "Relational Form"
Text: Lars Bang Larsen "Social Aesthetics"
> Viewers As Producers
> Relational Form
> Social Aesthetics
27.10.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Miwon Kwon "From Site to Community in New Genre Public Art"
Text: Cascoland "Interventions in Public Space"
> From Site to Community in New Genre Public Art
> Interventions in Public Space
03.11.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Darren O’ Donnell "Social Acupuncture" (Part One and Two)
Text: Tom Finkelpearl "Interview: Vito Acconci on Art, Architecture, Arvada and Storefront"
> Social Acupuncture
> Interview: Vito Acconci on Art, Architecture, Arvada and Storefront
10.11.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays Special
Visiting Artist: Saskia de Brauw (NL)
Saskia de Brauw is a performance artist, dancer, and photographer living and working in Amsterdam. She has completed multiple projects investigating the body in relation to architectural space, community and time. Participation has played an important role in her projects, ranging from a one on one folding project on the streets of Paris to collaborating with a small community in Amersfoort, Netherlands.
Room II, The Dutch seaside, 2005
Saskia will be presenting her work and a recent publication about her work, entitled “Traces”, on Tuesday, November 10th at 7pm at Corner College. This event is hosted and sponsored by Theory Tuesdays. More information and documentation about Saskia’s art practice can be found on her website: http://www.saskiadebrauw.com
Theory Tuesdays
17.11.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Film: "On the Passage of a Few People through a Rather Brief Moment in Time: The Situationist International 1956-1972" Documentary (1989)
Film: "La Société du spectacle" by Guy Debord (1973)
True
24.11.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpts from "Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century" by Greil Marcus (1989)
Lipstick Traces
01.12.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpts from "Ästhetik der Interpassivität" by Robert Pfaller (2009)
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> Against Participation
> Interpassivität heute
08.12.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Thuesdays
Text: Excerpts from "Art As Experience" by John Dewey (1934)
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> John Dewey - Deutsche Fassung
> John Dewey - English Version
15.12.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Film: "Back to Fucking Cambridge" by Otto Mühl and Terese Panoutsopoulos (1987)
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> AA Human Rights, 1977
> Back to Fucking Cambridge, 1987
22.12.2009
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: "Altermodern" Exhibition Catalogue curated by Nicolas Bourriaud (2009)
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> Altermodern Indroduction
> Altermodern T.J. Demos
> Altermodern Okwui Enwezor
19.01.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
This week's Theory Tuesdays will be a Dada Historical Review, held at the Cabaret Voltaire!
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> Hugo Balls Eröffnungs-Manifest
> Hugo Balls Eröffnungs-Manifest in gesprochener Form
> Debbie Lewer - Fuga Saeculi
26.01.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
This week's Theory Tuesdays will be a Dada Historical Review, held at the Cabaret Voltaire!
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> Hugo Ball - Lautgedichte
> Hugo Ball - Der Künstler und die Zeitkrankheit
> Hans Ulrich Obrist - Manifestos for the Future
02.02.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
"Altermodern" continued...
1. "The Ends of Exile: Toward A Coming Universality" by T.J. Demos
2. "Modernity and Postcolonial Ambivalence" by Okwui Enwezor
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> Altermodern Manifesto - Nicolas Bourriaud
> The Ends of Exile - Toward A Coming Universality by T.J. Demos
> Modernity and Postcolonial Ambivalence by Okwui Enwezor
09.02.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Selected writings of Hal Foster:
1. "The Artist As Ethnographer?"
2. Excerpts from "Design and Crime"
Hal Foster
> The Artist As Ethnographer?
> Design and Crime
> This Funeral is for the Wrong Corpse
16.02.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The White Cube and The Studio
1. "Inside The White Cube" by Brian O'Doherty (Introduced by Daniel M.)
2. "Studio And Cube, On The Relationship Between Where Art Is Made And Where Art Is Displayed" by Brian O'Doherty
White Cube
23.02.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
"Migrants of Identity" by Nigel Rapport and Andrew Dawson
1. Introduction: The Topic and the Book
2. Chapter 1: Home and Movement: A Polemic
Migrants of Identity
> Introduction - The Topic and the Book
> Home and Movement - A Polemic
02.03.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Incomplete Open Cubes
Conceptual Art
> Sol LeWitt - Paragraphs on Conceptual Art
> Peter Goldie and Elisabeth Schellekens - Who's afraid of Conceptual Art
09.03.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tusedays
--- "Foksal Gallery and the Notion of Archive: Between Inventory and Place" by Pawel Polit
Foskal Gallery and the Notion of Archive -- Between Inventory and Place
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16.03.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- Excerpts from "Celebration at Persepolis" by Michael Stevenson
Celebration at Persepolis
23.03.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist: Nic Hess
http://www.nichess.ch
Simple Mathematics
"Auf Nic Hess’ Wegen bleiben die Insignien der globalisierten Welt an den Bändern und Folien kleben. Insbesondere Logos und Markenzeichen, Signets und Embleme gehen ihm auf den Leim, von Finanzinstituten und Hilfswerken, von Sportartikelherstellern und Lebensmittelketten. Mit dieser Entourage in den Museen, Galerien, Kulturinstituten, aber auch Privathäusern und Industriekomplexen angekommen, verklebt Nic Hess seine Bänder und Folien zu grossen Erzählungen, wie andere Künstler Linien zeichnen und Flächen malen. Wand- und deckenfüllend, treppenhausdurchwandernd, die Fenster kreuzend, bis in die Schornsteine kriechend. Die unterwegs eingefangenen Logos und anderen Zeichen finden sich, miteinander versöhnt und verbrüdert, an allen Ecken und Enden. Daher hat Nic Hess weltweit nicht nur den Ruf, Meister der Klebebänder zu sein, sondern auch Meister der Logos."
http://www.schweizermonatshefte.ch/index.php?nav=aktl&artikel=1360
30.03.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- Mladen Dolar’s "What's In A Voice"
--- Video Lecture: Mladen Dolar's "What’s In A Voice"
http://vimeo.com/7667628
Mladen Dolar
> Mladen Doler - What's in a Voice?
06.04.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- Excerpts from "Producing Publics / Making Worlds! On the Relationship Between the Art Public and the Counterpublic" by Marion von Ostern
> Producing Publics (DE)
> Producing Publics (EN)
13.04.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- "The Fracturing of Globalization" by Julian Stallabrass
--- "Acting Out in the City: Artistic Intervention as Production of Public Space" by Hou Hanru
> Julian Stallabrass
> Hou Hanru
27.04.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist: Lada Nakonechna
Dear Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Can We Ever Give Up the Sweet? by Lada Nakonechna
04.05.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- "Design Thinking or Critical Design?" by Rick Poynor
--- "Middle Culture: Designers, Artists, Professionals" by Camiel van Winkel
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> Rick Poynor
> Camiel van Winkel
11.05.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
--- Film: "Ameise der Kunst" by Jonathan Meese
Jonathan Meese
18.05.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Hungry for Antropophagy
"Abaporu" the antropophagic emblem
> "Oswald de Andrade's Cannibalist Manifesto" by Leslie Bary
> "Anthropophagic Subjectivity" by Suely Rolnik
> "Jenseits des Identitätsprinzips - Die Anthropophagieformel" von Suely Rolnik
25.05.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Francy Alys Filmabend
DVD Cover
mit den folgenden Filmen:
"Wide details: On the traces of Francis Alÿs"
by Julien Devaux (2006, 56’)
"Entretien avec Carlos Monsiváis"
by Francis Alÿs (2005, 22’)
"The Collector"
by Francis Alÿs (2006, 19’)
"Le temps du sommeil"
by Kitty Scott (2008, 9’)
"The Thief"
by Francis Alÿs (1999)
22.06.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesday
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Perfect Lovers, 1987
Der Lesetext "The Uses of Disorder: Joe Scanlan
on the art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres" kann unter
theorytuesdays@gmail.com bestellt werden.
29.06.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesday
Filmabend
Here Is Always Somewhere Else: The Life of Bas Jan Ader
The film "Here Is Always Somewhere Else" is the critically acclaimed documentary about enigmatic Dutch/Californian artist Bas Jan Ader (1942-1975), whose daring conceptual performances culminated in his mysterious disappearance at sea.
06.07.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesday
Danh Vo
Der Lesetext "Danh Vo in Conversation with Dominic Eichler" wird eine Woche vor der Sitzung hier zum Download verfügbar sein.
13.07.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist Series
Visiting Artist Talk - Chris Tourre (Chicago, USA)
Christopher Tourre is a Chicago-based artist and part
of Unit 2 Art and Design Collective. Tourre's work
explores community, spirituality, and the folkier aspects
of culture while highlighting participation and DIY culture
as critical components to his art-making. Tourre obtained
a BFA in Sculpture from The Pennsylvania State University
and an MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Illinois at
Chicago. His work has been shown at various venues
including most recently the Museum of Contemporary
Art (Chicago), Co-Prosperity Sphere, Gallery 400, Eel Space
and The South Side Community Arts Center.
Unit 2 Website
http://www.unit2.us
Chris Tourre
20.07.2010
19,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesday
What We Want Is Free
"Blows Against the Empire" by Ted Purves from the book
"What We Want Is Free: Generosity and Exchange in Recent
Art"
07.09.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Lawrence Weiner
Text: Excerpts from “Having Been Said: Writings & Interviews of Lawrence Weiner 1968-2003”
> Lawrence Weiner - Writings and Interviews
14.09.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Beat Wyss
Text 1: “Platzt der Kunst das Herz?” Gespräche Daniel Binswanger
Die Preise explodieren, für die internationale Geldelite ist Kunst der ultimative Luxus. Ein Gespräch über ein globales Phänomen.
Link: http://dasmagazin.ch/index.php/platzt-der-kunst-das-herz/
Text 2: "The Fracturing of Globalisation" by Julian Stallabrass
21.09.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The Conspiracy of Art
Text: Excerpts from “The Conspiracy of Art” by Jean Baudrillard
> Jean Baudrillard
> Jean Baudrillard
28.09.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist Series: Jana Stepanova
Capture from the “United We Stay / Family map” series, 2007
Jana Stepanova, a Prague-based visual artist and designer, participated in a three-month residency in Zurich by a Swiss foundation ProHelvetia (June–August 2010). In her work, Jana often subverts social reality, control and system as well as commonly accepted values by releasing fake websites, magazines or creating fake identities. Recently, the Czech ministry of Labour and Social Affairs had filed criminal charges against her for internet project “rent-a-baby”.
The residency enabled Jana to expand her community-based long-term project United We Stay/Family Map with Swiss families. By engaging local families she explores the Norms and Normatives regulating the society. She started the project in the USA in 2004 and continued than in Germany, Belgium and Czech Republic.
In October 2010, she will present her project in the “Storytelling” show, curated by Dimitrina Sevova in the White Space/Zurich (Opening October 1st, 2010)
Link: http://www.rent-a-baby.cz
05.10.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
One Year Anniversary Special
Visiting Artist: Antoni Wojtyra
19.10.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The Digital Folklore Reader
Text: Excerpts from "The Digital Folklore Reader" Edited by Olia Lialina & Dragan Espenschied
> Digital Folklore - Intro
> Digital Folklore - Defriending the Web
26.10.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Jenny Holzer
Film: Jenny Holzer / Portraits von Claudia Mueller (2009)
02.11.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist Series: Manuel Hartmann
Buttersafe
Schenkepisoden – Eine Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Schenken
„Schön ist, dass Sie sich auch an dem Thema Schenken die Zähne ausbeißen wollen", entgegnete mir der deutsche Schenkforscher Friedrich Rost auf meine Anfrage für ein Gespräch über das Schenken.
Sich die Zähne bei einem Thema wie dem Schenken auszubeissen? - Das macht neugierig!
Im Zuge meiner Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Schenken würde ich gerne einen kurzen Blick auf drei Episoden des Schenkens werfen:
Episode 1
"Eine Runde schmeissen" – Eine Einladung in einem Supermarkt.
Video ca. 4.30 min
Episode 2
"gratis-gratis-gratis" – Zur freien Entnahme in einer Galerie.
Video ca. 4.30 min
Episode 3
"Berührungen. Jetzt beißen wir in den Kuchen" – Nur als Geschenk erhältlich.
Text, Hörinhalte
Diese drei Episoden beziehen sich auf unterschiedliche Aspekte des Schenkens, die im Rahmen einer 'Round-Table' Diskussion erweitert, widerlegt, oder neu überlegt werden möchten. Dabei geäußerte Ideen, Sichtweisen und Ansätze sollen dazu dienen, die Beschäftigung mit dem Thema Schenken zu bereichern und fortzuführen.
In diesem Sinne freue ich mich auf eine spannende Sitzung zu diesem Thema und möchte Euch bitten, mir kurz über Eure Teilnahme via Email unter: manuel@schenkepisoden.com Bescheid zu geben.
Visiting artist Manuel Hartmann beschäftigt sich mit dem Thema Schenken seit 2004. Er lebt und arbeitet als freier Produzent in Wien.
Link: http://www.schenkepisoden.com
09.11.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Critical Issues In Public Art
Text: "Temporality and Public Art" by Patricia C. Phillips from the reader Critical Issues In Public Art
16.11.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
“What do Wikipedia, car-pooling, couch surfing, and social book marking have in common?” a presentation by Elizeu Santos-Neto
Only Pool
Commons-based peer production systems, or social production systems, are a result of the decentralized collaboration of individuals, who produce non-proprietary goods. This Theory Tuesdays session will focus on examples of commons-based peer production, their common characteristics, and how (and why it is important) to assess the value of individual contributions.
Text:
Section I and II from "Commons-based Peer Production and Virtue" by Y. Benkler & H. Nissenbaum
07.12.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Surrealist Film Night
Man Ray
L'étoile de mer (1928, 35mm, sound, 15')
Les mystères du château du dé, 1929, 35mm, sound, 25')
Maya Deren
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943, b/w, 15'
Maya Deren
Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951, 6'18''
Hans Richter
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947, color, 99'
* The films are either silent, or in English
Selected and presented by Dimitrina Sevova
14.12.2010
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Urs Fischer
Text: "Postmodernism and Consumer Society" by Fredric Jameson
Text: "The Age of Semi-Post-Postmodernism" by Ben Davis
25.01.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Manifesta 8 Field Report / Presentation by Daniela Wettstein
01.02.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpts from "The Nightmare of Participation" by Markus Miessen
08.02.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Soviet Avant-Garde Cinema
Dziga Vertov - Chelovek S Kinoapparatom AKA Man With A Movie Camera [Alloy Orchestra Score] (1929)
"Man with a Movie Camera stands as a stinging indictment of almost every film made between its release in 1929 and the appearance of Godard’s À Bout de Souffle 30 years later – and Vertov’s dazzling picture seems, today, arguably the fresher of the two. In any case, it’s shameful that it took directors three full decades – three full decades of generally static, tedious “movies” – to remember that movies should really move, that the camera can and should be a mobile, vibrant participant in an exciting process: the transmission of events onto celluloid. This is what Man with a Movie Camera is all about. In terms of the use to which the medium was put, it’s a quantum leap forward, one of the rare films that deserves to be called a work of genius.” (Neil Young)
Selected and presented by Dimitrina Sevova
15.02.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: "The Experience of Art as a Living Through of Language" by Kate Love
22.02.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Texts: Excerpts from “Languages of Art” and “Ways of Worldmaking” by Nelson Goodman + “Relocating Aesthetics” by Catherine Z. Elgin
> Nelson Goodman + Catherine Elgin
01.03.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpts from "Beauty: The Invisible Embrace" by John O' Donohue
> Chapter 4 - The Colour of Beauty
15.03.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
CREATIVE TIME Session
Texts:
"Thinking About The Public In Public Art" Interview by Tom Eccles and Tom Finkelpearl with Anne Pasternak
"Agility in Public" Interview by Lorna Brown and Anne Pasternak
*Introduction and presentation by Philip Matesic
Read more about Creative Time
> Agility in Public
> Thinking About the Public in Public Art
22.03.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: "Dispersion" by Seth Price
29.03.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
FILM NIGHT
Film #1: "The Art of Survival: The Story of Tim Rollins & K.O.S.",
BBC Documentary, 1989
Tim Rollins and KOS
Film #2: "State of Agreement", a film about Stephen Willats, 2008
Stephen Willats
05.04.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: "Derrida, An Egyptian" by Peter Sloterdijk (Part I)
> Preview - Derrida, an Egyptian by Peter Sloterdijk
12.04.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: "Derrida, An Egyptian" by Peter Sloterdijk (Part II)
> Preview - Derrida, an Egyptian by Peter Sloterdijk
10.05.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Theory Tuesdays Planning Session
Please bring your text and film selections and participate in Theory Tuesdays during the Summer and Fall!
17.05.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Film: "Derrida”, a 2002 American documentary directed by Kirby Dick and Amy Kofman about the French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
24.05.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpts from “Between Zones. On the Representation of the Performative and the Notation of Movement”
07.06.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist Talk: Nicole Bachmann
Ha, around the corner, 2011
Construct. Rephrase. Try again. The underlying structure in Nicole Bachmann’s work is text and it's performativity.
During her visit, she will talk about her own practice, the Art Writing scene in London and the prominent figure of Maria Fusco, who is currently Head of Art Writing at Goldsmiths College. Fusco is at the forefront of the current London scene where readings, performance and poetry merge together to form a new understanding of text based performance in art.
Nicole Bachmann received her MFA at Goldsmiths in 2010 and lives between London and Zurich.
14.06.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: “The Emancipated Spectator“ by Jacques Ranciere
> Ranciere - The Emancipated Spectator
21.06.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: “The Aesthetic Critique of Judgement” by Christoph Menke
> The Aesthetic Critique of Judgement - Christoph Menke
05.07.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Language / Standards / Objects
Kueng/Caputos, On the Way to Syracuse, 2010
A discussion on how to do things with art by walking through the exhibition "Eine Grammatik der dritten Person" at Perla Mode.
Presented by Tido von Oppeln and Burkhard Meltzer.
Texts:
Excerpts from "How to Do Things with Art" by Dorothea von Hantelmann
Excerpts from "Philosophical Investigations" by Ludwig Wittgenstein
> Excerpts from How to Do Things with Art
> Excerpts from Philosophical Investigations
12.07.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text: Excerpt from "Double Exposures: The Subject of Cultural Analysis" by Mieke Bal
> First Person, Second Person, Same Person
19.07.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Nicolas Bourriaud
Text: Excerpts from "The Radicant" by Nicolas Bourriaud
06.09.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Theory Tuesdays Planning Session
Please bring your text and film selections to contribute to the scheduling of the autumn and winter months of Theory Tuesdays.
13.09.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Slow Days Oslo presentation
Bjørvika from above
Slow Days Oslo was a creative research event towards a new public art program at Bjørvika, located in the Oslo Harbor. The event was held from August 16th until August 19th, 2011. Slow Days Oslo was developed by Situations, a UK-based curatorial team lead by Claire Doherty. Both Daniel M. and Philip participated in the discussions and events at Slow Days Oslo. During this Theory Tuesdays session, they will present their impressions and experiences from this research event.
More information about Slow Days Oslo can be found at http://slowdaysoslo.wordpress.com/
20.09.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Critical Urban Theory
Hong Kong airport
Text #1: "Junkspace" by Rem Koolhaas
Text #2: "What Is Critical Urban Theory?" by Neil Brenner
> Junkspace
> What Is Critical Urban Theory?
27.09.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
What Does Public Mean?
“What Does Public Mean? Art as a participant in the Public Arena” is an anthology edited by Tone Hansen, an artist and research fellow at the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. The book focuses on art projects that take place outside of established art institutions in Oslo, Hamburg and San Sebastian. It takes into consideration art and the artist’s function in the public sphere, while also looking at the art world’s role in dealing politically with issues of conflict. “What Does Public Mean? Art as a participant in the Public Arena” was published by Torpedo press, an Oslo-based publisher, in 2006.
The three essays that will be discussed during this session include an introduction by Tone Hansen, “A Frame Around Reality” by Marianne Heier, an Oslo-based artist and “Publicness: The Site-Specificity of a Concept” by Stian Grøgaard, Professor in the department of Fine Art at the Bergen National Academy of the Arts. If you are interested in participating in this Theory Tuesdays session, please read the three essays beforehand. You can find them below as downloadable .pdfs.
> A Frame Around Reality - Marianne Heier
> Publicness - Stian Grogaard
> Introduction - Tone Hansen
04.10.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
On this Theory Tuesdays evening we will discuss an essay from Markús Thór Andrésson who is one of five curators of "Imagine Being Here Now", the 6th Monumentum Biennial in Moss (Norway). In the later evening Markús Thór Andrésson will join us on Skype while he is in Canada preparing an exhibition at Southern Alberta Art Gallery. The evening will be prepared and somehow guided by Daniel Morgenthaler and Stefan Wagner.
Please read in advance his Text "Thoughts from Curator V" out of the first of two volumes published for the exhibition "Imagine Being Here Now":
11.10.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
2-Year Anniversary Special!
Mr. Hulot gets lost in a cube farm
To celebrate two years of Theory Tuesdays, Dimitrina Sevova will introduce in to Jacques Tati film oeuvre.
Excerpts from the following films by Jacques Tati will be screened:
- L'École des facteurs (1947) (short film)
- Jour de fête (1949)
- Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953)
- Mon Oncle (1958)
- Play Time (1967)
- Trafic (1971)
- Parade (1974)
Along with excerpts from two documentary films about Jacques Tati:
- Jacques Tati, le rire démocratique, by Philippe Pierre (2002)
- The Magnificent Tati, by Michael House (2009)
18.10.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The Exhibitionist is a magazine focused on the practice of exhibition making. The objective of the magazine is to create a platform where curatorial concerns, diverse curatorial models and the formation of a theory of curating are addressed. The Exhibitionist is "made by curators for curators" and published twice a year.
During this Theory Tuesdays session, we will be discussing the following essays: "On the Value of a History of Exhibitions" by Julian Myers, "Forms of Practice: Curating in the Academy" by Andrew Renton and "Relays" by Vanessa Joan Mueller. These three essays are from issue number four of The Exhibitionist, published in June of 2011.
> Julian Myers
> Andrew Renton
> Vanessa Joan Mueller
25.10.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
From the rear jacket cover of the book: “In this book Christoph Menke attempts to explain art´s sovereign power over reason without falling into an error common to Adorno´s negative dialectics and Derrida´s deconstruction. The error, which appeared earlier in romanticism, is to conceive of the sovereignty of art as a reflection of the superiority of its knowledge. For art entails no knowledge, and its negativity toward reason cannot be articulated as an insight into the nature of reason: Art is sovereign not despite, but because of, its autonomy.”
During this Theory Tuesdays session we will be plunging directly into the 5th chapter of Menke´s book – the chapter titled: “Aesthetic Sovereignty”. Ideally, the ensuing discussion will try to at once outline core elements of Menke´s argument in relation to aesthetic sovereignty, Adorno, and Derrida, and also to “wrestle-out” the possible implications of these ideas with regards to both producing and viewing visual art today.
08.11.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Chicago Loop
"Usually, noticing you're going in circles implies that you are lost. But many find this quite pleasant." -Diedrich Diederichsen
Text: "Living in the Loop" by Diedrich Diederichsen (from Fillip magazine / Issue 14)
This essay is a shortened version of the first chapter of Diedrich Diederichsen’s "Eigenblutdoping" (Cologne: KiWi Publishing, 2008).
Diedrich Diederichsen is a Berlin-based critic of art, pop music, theater, and politics. He is currently Professor for Theory, Practice, and Communication of Contemporary Art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.
22.11.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The Café Society (Part I of II)
Lines
During this first of two, back-to-back, Theory Tuesdays sessions, The Café Society will present their four most recent projects: "trails", "collecthing", "SchplitZing" and "Lines". After their presentation, they will open up a discussion around these four applications. At the end of the session a reader will be handed out, to be read over the following week. The reader includes text excerpts from writings that inspired the four projects. It will be possible to respond to the reader in "Lines" before the second session scheduled on November 29th. Both sessions will be held in English.
The Café Society (Lukas Zimmer & Anthon Astrom) work on the topic of on-screen reading/writing. They create frameworks – rule sets – based on how reading, writing and organization of textual information could work differently. As our daily reading habits change, so must our writing habits and the way we communicate, and ultimately the way we think. Authoring is becoming curating, and the expression of the in-between gains importance over content.
More information can be found at
http://thecafesociety.org/pages/
29.11.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
The Café Society (Part II of II)
Lines
During this second session, The Café Society will start by opening up a discussion about the reader and experience of using "Lines" to respond to the texts. This session will add a new level of engagement to Theory Tuesdays, in that there will be a discussion around the actual use of the "Lines" application in response to the texts, alongside a more traditional discussion. We will conclude with questions, comments and critique. The session will be held in English.
The Café Society (Lukas Zimmer & Anthon Astrom) work on the topic of on-screen reading/writing. They create frameworks – rule sets – based on how reading, writing and organization of textual information could work differently. As our daily reading habits change, so must our writing habits and the way we communicate, and ultimately the way we think. Authoring is becoming curating, and the expression of the in-between gains importance over content.
More information can be found at
http://thecafesociety.org/pages/
06.12.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
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Irene Grillo und Stefan Wagner stellen das von ihnen kuratierte „Kunst und Bau“-Projekt PLAY-MOBILE vor. Dieses ist als ein offenes Recherche- und Kunstprojekt angelegt, das den gegenwärtigen Transformationsprozess des Hunziker-Areals in Zürich Leutschenbach thematisiert.
Quynh Dong
In Theory Tuesdays will das Kuratorenteam Grillo/Wagner eine kritische Reflexion anstossen, um damit ihre Arbeit zur Debatte zu stellen und deren öffentlichen Charakter zu betonen. Alle Interessierten, Betroffenen oder Teilnehmenden sind herzlich eingeladen, am Abend ihre Kommentare, Anmerkungen und Beiträge zu PLAY-MOBILE abzugeben und dieses zu diskutieren.
13.12.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Social Works
From the back cover of the book: "At a time when art world critics and curators heavily debate the social, and when community organizers and civic activists are reconsidering the role of aesthetics in social reform, this book makes explicit some of the contradictions and competing stakes of contemporary experimental art-making.
Social Works is an interdisciplinary approach to the forms, goals and histories of innovative social practice in both contemporary performance and visual art. Shannon Jackson uses a range of case studies and contemporary methodologies to mediate between the fields of visual and performance studies. The result is a brilliant analysis that not only incorporates current political and aesthetic discourses but also provides a practical understanding of social practice."
During this Theory Tuesdays session, we will be discussing the second chapter of Jackson's book - the chapter titled: "Quality Time: Social Practice Debates in Contemporary Art".
20.12.2011
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Critical Christmas Party
To celebrate the last Theory Tuesdays session of 2011, we will be screening the "Santiago Sierra" episode of Art Safari with Ben Lewis.
Santiago Sierra is Spain’s anti-capitalist artist and one of the world’s most radical artists. Ben travels with him to the heavily militarized border between North and South Korea, and then to the globalization hub of Dubai.
Art Safari is a BBC documentary series about contemporary artists in the international art scene.
Total running time: 30 minutes
Language: English (without subtitles)
31.01.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Planning Session 2012
Theory Tuesdays is organized around an "Each One, Teach One" participatory model. It's very simple. If you would like to suggest a specific text, film or invite a visiting artist for a Theory Tuesdays session in 2012, please come to the planning session with your ideas. We will then, collectively, fill in a calendar with everyone's suggestions and begin official sessions starting in February. Below is a list of requirements to keep in mind as you prepare your suggestion(s).
1. TEXTS - Art, architecture, design, critical & social theory texts (in both English AND German).
2. FILMS - By and or about specific artists, art & design movements, etc.
3. VISITING ARTISTS - The visiting artist will be expected to present their work and engage in a discussion about their practice.
4. TRAVEL SERIES - Present your photos, stories and experiences from a specific art event (examples: Venice Biennial, Documenta, Manifesta).
AUF DEUTSCH: Theory Tuesdays is not exclusively an English language reading/discussion group. Please don't hesitate to make suggestions that are in German!
07.02.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Visiting Artist Talk: Róza El Hassan
"No Corruption, Social Brand Wicker Art"
“No Corruption” was conceived as an international brand to produce functional objects based on wicker techniques. The products of the "No Corruption" brand demonstrate the high level and elegance of objects produced by the most discriminated people, if given temporarily, the same opportunities as the middle class.
In Hungary, about 600,000 people belong to the Roma minority. Most of them live in extreme poverty in small villages in eastern and southern Hungary. One of the traditional crafts of the region is a special wicker technique. When El Hassan arrived in the village of Szendrőlád, the elder masters still knew the ancient and unique techniques of wicker and special wood chip braiding, called szilács.
The starting point for El Hassan was in functional design: laptop-bags and camera-bags made of wicker. "No Corruption, Social Brand Wicker Art" brought together freelance artists and designers, scholars and Roma basket weavers to work alongside one another and develop products.
Project link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g28YYjPzMSc
21.02.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
During this session, Daniel Morgenthaler will be presenting excerpts from the book “See it Again, Say it Again: The Artist as Researcher”, edited by Janneke Wesseling and published by Valiz.
“See it Again, Say it Again” sheds light on the phenomenon of research in the visual arts. In ‘artistic research’, practical acts (the making) and theoretical reflection (the thinking) go hand in hand, in a manner similar to creating and thinking being inextricably linked with artistic practice. This volume has been written from the perspective of art as practice.
06.03.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Film: Un Homme Qui Dort (A Man Asleep)
A young student (Jacques Speisser) decides to have no more interaction with the world than is needed to minimally sustain life. His increasingly automaton-like behavior is coupled with a strange clarity of insight about the world around him. His inner musings, as he wanders the luminous streets of Paris, are narrated in the form of an unwritten diary by Ludmila Mikael. A sublime and sometimes terrifying film about existentialism and ennui, Queysanne’s masterpiece won the 1974 Vigo prize.
“Un Homme Qui Dort” is based on the novel by George Perec.
Directed by Georges Perec & Bernard Queysanne
Total Running Time: 77 Minutes
Language: English
13.03.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text:
"Applied Social Arts" by Artur Żmijewski
Link:
http://www.krytykapolityczna.pl/English/Applied-Social-Arts/menu-id-113.html
17.04.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text:
Excerpts from Text Zur Kunst / Issue 82: Artistic Research
Link:
http://www.textezurkunst.de/82/
24.04.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Harvey Stromberg "Keyhole"
Text:
"A Productive Irritant : Parasitical Inhabitations in Contemporary Art" by Post Brothers & Chris Fitzpatrick
Link:
http://fillip.ca/content/parasitical-inhabitations-in-contemporary-art
05.06.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Text:
Excerpts from "The Coming Community" by Giorgio Agamben