Art / Politics

Art / Politics
Conference

Boris Buden, Catherine David, Hans Haacke, Alfredo Jaar, Trevor Paglen, Alexandra Pirici, Kerstin Stakemeier, Hito Steyerl, Adam Szymczyk, Klaus Theweleit, Rosemarie Trockel, and Franciska Zólyom

In the course of the 20th century avant-gardes, numerous artistic approaches evolved that considered art from a political standpoint. Whether the attempt was made to dissolve the separation between art and life or to critically examine the institution, the change of prevailing conditions was always at the forefront. The central question to what extent art can not only address the crises of its time, but also influence their resolution, remains relevant to this day.


Program
Saturday, May 12, 2018

1pm
Welcome address
Marius Babias, director n.b.k., und Michael M. Thoss, managing director Allianz Kulturstiftung

1:30–3pm
Ghosts – Übergänge in Zwischenwelten*
Klaus Theweleit
Cultural theorist, Freiburg

Über die Schwierigkeit des Eigensinns*
Franciska Zólyom
Director Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Curator German Pavillon, 58th Venice Biennale 2019

moderated by Boris Buden (cultural theorist, Berlin)


3:15–4:45pm
It is Difficult**
Alfredo Jaar
Artist, architect and filmmaker, New York

Re-membering and the Body as Technology**
Alexandra Pirici
Artist, Bucharest

moderated by Kerstin Stakemeier (Professor for art theory and art education, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg)


5:15–6:45pm
Poetics and Politics**
Catherine David
Deputy director Musée national d´art moderne – Centre Pompidou, Paris, artistic director documenta X (1997), Kassel

How Does It Feel (to Be a Problem)**
Adam Szymczyk
Artistic director documenta 14 (2017), Athens and Kassel

moderated by Boris Buden


7–8:30pm
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité – für alle*
Hans Haacke
Artist, New York

Invisible Images**
Hito Steyerl, filmmaker and author, Berlin, and Trevor Paglen, artist, Berlin and New York

moderated by Kerstin Stakemeier


* in German language
** in English language

Free admission

More information on Neuer Berliner Kunstverein’s discursive program on www.nbk.org