http://www.e-flux.com/ Established in January 1999 in New York, e-flux is an international network which reaches more then 50,000 visual art professionals on daily bases through its website, e-mail list and special projects. Its news digest – e-flux announcements – distributes information on some of the world's most important contemporary art exhibitions, publications and symposia. en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss e-flux info@e-flux.com info@e-flux.com http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5636 Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art 13 June - 3 August 2008 The Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest presents a solo exhibition by the British artist Simon Starling. The project Three Birds, Seven Stories, Interpolations and Bifurcations draws on a number of different, both real and fictitious, versions of the same story – the story of a European architect being employed by a Maharajah to realise an ambitious building project in India. Simon Starling is best known on the international art scene for his site-specific projects and interventions that address the reinterpretation of existing objects, and the circumstances of their creation and usage. Starling's work is always based on his own interdisciplinary research. The exhibited installations appear as complex, sculptural objects in which he creates a narrative through a wide range of cultural and historical references, comprising seemingly disparate elements. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5636 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5634 SCAPE Christchurch Biennial Opens 19 September 2008 Co-curated by Turkey's internationally renowned Fulya Erdemci and New Zealand's Danae Mossman, SCAPE 2008 will open with a distinctive list of artists showcasing new work in public space. Sited city-wide outdoors and at the Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, SCAPE 2008 runs for 6 weeks from 19 Sep – 2 Nov*. A city is a dynamic system constantly in flux, that reflects the shifting values of society, where social and political representations, cultural production and consumption, tourism and leisure play out. Globalisation has led to greater mobility and increasing migration, transforming cities at an increasingly rapid pace. Culturally, this shift has seen shopping malls become surrogate social spaces, and urban centres designed to capture the tourist dollar over the need for public space that appeals to local inhabitants. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5634 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5633 New Zealand Pavilion Two artists will represent New Zealand at the 53rd Venice Biennale of International art; Judy Millar's installation, The Collision, curated by Leonhard Emmerling and Francis Upritchard's installation, Save Yourself curated by Heather Galbraith and London-based Francesco Manacorda. Artist Judy Millar is considered one of New Zealand's foremost painters. Central themes in the artist's large scale paintings include the relationships between canvas and paint, static and movement and the place of painting in art history. Judy Millar studied at the University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts, graduating with a BFA in 1980 and an MFA in 1983, returning in 1989 to the University of Auckland to study the writings of Italian feminist authors. She gained an Italian Government Scholarship in 1990 and spent a year in Turin researching the work of Italian artists from the 1960s and 1970s. While there she became increasingly convinced that painting could still be a vital part of the contemporary artistic landscape. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5633 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5635 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art July 10 through October 5, 2008 Room for Thought pairs two computer-generated video installations by Swiss artists Alexander Hahn and Yves Netzhammer that reveal a fascination with internal landscapes of the mind. Hahn's single-channel, interactive video projection Luminous Point (2006) allows the viewer to take a self-guided tour of a virtual simulation of the artist's Manhattan apartment, using a remote control to navigate a gamelike labyrinth of spaces derived from digital manipulations of photographic and filmic records. Where Hahn's hybrid space incorporates images of the real world, Netzhammer presents a poetic world of pure invention. Premiering at SFMOMA, his new three-channel, site-specific installation Furniture of Proportions (2008) incorporates highly stylized wall drawings, animation, and sculptural objects to create an intricate spatial narrative. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5635 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5632 Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art [SMoCA] 17 May 2008 to 7 September 2008 Pae White seeks what she calls an "artfulness" in everything—books, advertisements, objects such as a shopping bag or perfume bottle, even exhibitions. She has a keen way of deconstructing or perhaps rethinking the assumed forms of things. This exhibition, an innovative approach to showcasing White's broad output, marks the first full-scale American museum exhibition of her art. White titled this exhibition after a novel by John Neufeld, Lisa, Bright and Dark, 1969, Copyright SG Phillips. The book was somewhat of a phenomenon and played an important role at the time of its release for many teenagers (White among them) seeking to understand the "craziness" of the world around them. In retrospect, for White now, the title represents a specific and elusive tone of that specific time and place. Rather than referencing the literal story of Lisa, Bright and Dark, she is interested in using the book title as a device that can reference notions of confusion and inconsistency. For her, it is about conjuring an essence more than telling a specific story. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5632 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5631 DHC/ART Foundation for Contemporary Art July 4 - October 19, 2008 DHC/ART is delighted to present Sophie Calle's critically acclaimed exhibition Prenez soin de vous (Take care of yourself). At the heart of this exhibition is a break-up e-mail that the artist received from a lover, which ends with the line "Take Care of Yourself". Sophie Calle decided to do just that: "I received an email telling me it was over. I didn't know how to respond. It was almost as if it hadn't been meant for me. It ended with the words "Take Care of yourself". And so I did. I asked 107 women (including two made from wood and one with feathers), chosen for their profession or skills, to interpret this letter. To analyze it, comment on it, dance it, sing it. Dissect it. Exhaust it. Understand it for me. Answer for me. It was a way of taking the time to break up. A way of taking care of myself." Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5631 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5630 Flash Art International For over forty years Flash Art has been at the forefront of reporting and interpreting emerging directions in art, from today's art criticism to the art market. It was back in 1967 that Flash Art was conceived, and now, to mark those days and those expectations, a special anniversary issue comes out, with a selection of the articles that contributed most to the renewal of the international art scene. Flash Art International's Special 41st Anniversary issue will include seminal texts on the '70s scenes art history: Arte Povera by Germano Celant, Charles Dreyfus's history of Fluxus and Douglas Crimp on the "Pictures" generation. Also reprinted are the interview by Helena Kontova with Marina Abramovic and Ulay, and Jeffrey Deitch's first text on the art market as Flash Art's US editor at that time. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5630 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5629 Literaturhaus Frankfurt 11 July - 3 August 2008 The Literaturhaus Frankfurt in cooperation with the independent curator Juliane von Herz are pleased to announce the opening of the group exhibition BOXER. 28 international contemporary artists, all of which were former or are currently students of Frankfurt's renowned art academy Städelschule have been invited to work at the interface of art and literature at a very special place steeped in history: Formerly public library of Frankfurt, the neo-classical 19th century building has been destroyed in the 2nd world war and its portico was the only part to survive. In 1987 a container called PORTIKUS was installed behind the historical columns and served for many years as an exhibition space for young emerging international art. The PORTIKUS, which is linked to the academy Städelschule, soon gained an enormous reputation worldwide but nevertheless in 2003 had to move to a new location on an island on the River Main. This container gave way to the reconstructed public library that reopened in 2005 as the new home of the Frankfurter Literaturhaus. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5629 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5628 Neuer Berliner Kunstverein n.b.k. In 2008, a change in generations has taken place: since January of this year, Marius Babias has been n.b.k.'s new director. He chose Frankfurt artist Silke Wagner for his first exhibition, exploring n.b.k.'s structures for exhibitions and public outreach structures as well as its two collections—Artothek and Video Forum. Wagner has developed sculptural presentation displays and neon works that refer to the new social movements and link them to artistic questions. Selected video works from n.b.k.'s collection (Vito Acconci, Lynda Benglis, Hermine Freed, Valie Export, Bruce Nauman, Wolf Vostell, etc.) will be shown as part of the exhibition. Together with Silke Wagner, the presentation of Video-Forum (1,000 videos) and Artothek (4,000 works) have also been revamped. Access to the holdings has been simplified: for n.b.k., both collections are important instruments for promoting Berlin artists and show a commitment to the democratic conception of cultural education. Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5628 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5627 Young Visual Artists Awards The Young Visual Artists Awards program (YVAA) is an international award program for young visual artists in Central and South Eastern Europe organized by affiliates in ten countries in the region and The Foundation for a Civil Society (FCS). Since 1990 this annual program with national exhibitions and awards, which now includes residencies at the International Studio and Curatorial Program in New York, has been organized in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Albania, and was newly established in Bulgaria. For the third time in the history of the YVAA program the artists awarded within this international program will be presented in a joint exhibition and on this occasion, the organizers prepared a symposium on common topics. The first two such events took place in Prague in 2005 and in Pristina in 2006. Both of the events in Belgrade will bring together artists and arts professionals from the countries of the region and guests from the rest of Europe and the United States. Among them are Christian Rattemeyer, Curator, Museum of Modern Art in New York, Miguel Amado, Curator and Contributor to Artforum.com, Francisca Zolyom, Board Member of tranzit.hu and Director of Institute of Contemporary Art in Dunaujvaros, Hungary, Amb. William Luers, former President of The Metropolitan Museum in New York, and Wendy Luers, President of FCS and former Board Member of the National Endowment for the Arts. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5627 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5626 framework: the finnish art review framework 9 is a special issue that focuses on the exhibition Arctic Hysteria: New Art from Finland now on view at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center in New York. Using cultural clichés as a catalyst, this exhibition focuses on a label which has given cultural meaning to the specificities of a given region, Finland. Finland does not belong to the Arctic in any literal geographic sense, but the Finns are – as are, say, the French and the English – believed to have specific national characteristics. Marko Tapio, a major Finnish novelist of the post-WW2 decades, considered Arctic hysteria a neurotic, irrational mood that held the Finnish people in its grip: "Arctic hysteria is not a disease. We don't know what it really is. It is a phenomenon in our life amidst a harsh climate and unpitying conditions. It is a dejection that, when it breaks loose, knows no boundaries.---" Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5626 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5625 Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), London 9 July - 31 August 2008 A Recent History of Writing and Drawing is an exhibition that explores the evolving relationship between technologies of communication and their users. It is a project by the programmer / designer Jürg Lehni and the graphic designer Alex Rich, curated by design historian Emily King, and involves a variety of interactive and non-interactive devices for writing and drawing. Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5625 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5622 Southbank Centre is the UK¹s largest arts centre, occupying a 21-acre site that sits in the midst of London’s most vibrant cultural quarter on the South Bank of the Thames. The site has an extraordinary creative and architectural history stretching back to the 1951 Festival of Britain. As the hub of visual arts activity at Southbank Centre, The Hayward plays a vital role in the UK and internationally by presenting a wide range of ground-breaking art exhibitions, project exhibitions and outdoor installations. Boasting one of the largest and most versatile exhibition spaces in the UK, The Hayward aims to place artists at the heart of its every activity and to offer visitors adventurous encounters that defy expectations. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5622 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5621 Centre international d’art et du paysage July 6th - October 25th 2008 Pursuing the development of a research on environmental issues that is ongoing since its creation, the Vassivière Art Center welcomes from July 6th to October 25th 2008 the exhibition massive centrale by Hubert Duprat. Although this artist has preferred over the last few years to show his production rarely, he nevertheless continues to be seen as one of the major figures of his generation, with work that is largely represented in public collections in France. His work was shown at the Cartier Foundation in Paris in 1998, at the PS1 in New York in 1998, and at the Mamco in Geneva in 1999. By inviting Hubert Duprat, the Centre international d’art et du paysage at Vassivière Island - under the curatorship of its director Chiara Parisi - proposes an exhibition completely comprised of new productions for the singular spaces of Aldo Rossi's building. The exhibit massive central is a testimony of the co-existence - so dear to Hubert Duprat - of nature and artifice, of compactness and transparence, in a close network of interdependent relations. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5621 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5620 The 7th Gwangju Biennale September 5 – November 9, 2008 Annual Report is developed around three principal components. The first part, On the Road, through a series of travelling exhibitions will serve as a report on cultural manifestations occuring between 2007 and 2008. The second component, Position Papers, is a platform dedicated to a series of five focused, small scale curatorial proposals and experiments in exhibition practice by a diverse group of curators. The third element, Insertions, will take the format of a series of new projects commissioned or invited specifically for the biennale. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5620 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5624 Torino Triennale 6 November 2008 - 18 January 2009 I am the man of gloom-widowed-unconsoled The prince of Aquitaine, his tower in riun: My sole star is dead-and my constellation lute Bears the black sun of melancholia. Gérard de Nerval – "El Desdichado" The second edition of the Torino Trienniale, T2, will run from 6 November 2008 to 18 January 2009 and is curated by Daniel Birnbaum. Art critic and independent curator, Birnbaum is currently Rector of the Städelschule Art Academy and Portikus Gallery in Frankfurt and Director of the 53rd Edition of the Venice Biennale. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5624 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5619 Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art July 3 - August 17, 2008 Wade your way out of the heavy summer city air and into the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art to hear the exhibition Damn Your Eyes: the infinite dimension of sound. A departure from visually oriented presentations of contemporary art, this exhibition features spaces forged to contain and combine sonic artworks by Darren Copeland, Walter Kitundu, Emmanuel Madan, Matmos, raster-noton, Tara Rodgers and [The User], from July 3rd to August 17th, 2008. On your path from the gallery door to its farthest reaches, you will encounter a series of transitional environments marked by extremes of light and dark, open seated space and stark enclosures. Works are presented in three distinct formats: a lunging four-channel installation, a stereo sound booth and theatrically set headphone stations. Sound is experienced in isolation or in the company of others. As one piece is exited another is entered, an interstitial conflation of programs occurs. The setting is conducive to leisure and devised for repeat visits. The exhibition holds its mass in our aural anatomies. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5619 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5616 MUSAC May 17th - September 7th, 2008 Acclaimed French artist Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster inaugurates at MUSAC Nocturama*, her first one person project in Spain. Vasque artist Ana Laura Aláez returns with Pabellón de Escultura (Sculpture Pavilion) to the medium of her origins and the one in which she has produced the bulk of her work: sculpture. Carmela García unveils Constelación (Constellation), her most recent project, where she continues her ongoing exploration of gender and identity. Artist and designer Hedi Slimane continues his personal exploration of youth aesthetics in relation to music in a specific project for MUSAC. The space Laboratorio 987 will host from July 24th the show As Simple As a Line or a Circle by Salvador Cidrás and Nicolás Paris. Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5616 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5623 CCA Kunsthalle 10th May - 10th August 2008 After re-opening in March 2008, the Majorcan art centre CCA Andratx, dedicated to the creation and exhibition of contemporary art, is pleased to announce the opening of the second international exhibition produced for the CCA Kunsthalle. SUPERNATURAL is curated by Dr. Friederike Nymphius (DE), a corporate art curator at EPO and member of the CCA curatorial team managed by Patricia Asbaek (DK). Participating artists will be staying and working in the CCA Studios. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5623 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5615 Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu (CoCA) in Torun is Poland's first completely newly built venue dedicated to contemporary art since 1939. Located away from the largest urban agglomerations in a city famed for its unique gothic architecture, CoCA intends to influence the understanding of the artistic periphery and dynamically join the European contemporary art circuit. With its inter-media and interdisciplinary formula, a multi-format program and international cooperation, CoCA will present the most interesting facets of contemporary art and related discourse. The modern building and over 4 000 m² of exhibition facilities provide expansive opportunities for experimentation and technologically advanced projects. CoCA's cutting-edge web offer, with its virtual gallery, community service and art database, opens doors to creative artistic and informational activities and fulfills one of its fundamental aims – to link local and global phenomena. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5615 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5614 SHContemporary08 September 10th - 13th 2008 From September 10th-13th, ShContemporary returns for its second edition to the spectacular Shanghai Exhibition Center. The only major international art show that provides a comprehensive top quality overview of the artistic scene in Asia and creates a cross over with the works of western artists. ShContemporary coincidences with the opening of the Shanghai Biennale – opening just one day after the biennale, making this September the hottest month for all art enthusiasts to be in Shanghai! Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5614 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5613 Ullens Center for Contemporary Art Through a series of exhibitions, site commissions and educational projects involving the Guy Myriam Ullens Foundation collection, Chinese artists of today and tomorrow, the newest generation of art lovers and the top tier of contemporary art collectors, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art is opening its door to the future of art in China. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5613 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5612 Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver and Bywater Bros. Editions, Toronto Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver and Bywater Bros. Editions, Toronto are pleased to announce the release of the artist book Lynn Valley #4, by Berlin artist Annette Kelm. Using a detailed studio-shot format reminiscent of advertising photography the book displays six versions of a hat purchased by the artist while traveling in New York. Manufactured in China for the US market the hat—part baseball cap, part straw sunhat—is a strange cultural hybrid, a grafting of idioms that is more an "interpretation" of a western cultural icon than a knock-off of it. Kelm has fastidiously documented six different versions, yellow, purple, red, beige, blue and black, from every angle. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5612 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5611 October 19, 2008 - January 4, 2009 Widely acknowledged as the international centre of the European Community, Brussels inaugurates its first contemporary art biennial in 2008. The Brussels Biennial responds to the ever-increasing impact of Brussels and its potential to provide a specific context for the presentation of contemporary art. Characterized by its intuitive insight into the art scene of the highly urbanized region between the Netherlands, Belgium, France and Germany, the biennial takes place from October 2008 through January 2009. With contributions from more than 40 international artists, the biennial incorporates exhibitions by experimental art institutions in Brussels. It represents a first step in a larger project designed as a trans-national endeavour that will unfold in two steps until 2010. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5611 http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/5609 Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane 26 June - 28 September 2008 “ The project of founding a Gallery of Modern Art for Ireland is no longer an idea, it is now an accomplished fact.” Sir Hugh Lane, Dublin, December 1907 Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane is pleased to announce that President Mary McAleese will officially open Hugh Lane 100 Years at 6.30pm on 26th June 2008. 2008 marks the centenary of the founding of the Municipal Gallery by Hugh Lane and his supporters . The centrepiece of the Gallery’s centenary exhibition programme is Hugh Lane 100 Years, which includes his collection of 39 Continental Pictures, the first time seen in Dublin since 1913 Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400 http://e-flux.com/shows/view/5609