Art + Argument at
Claudia Groeflin Galerie, Zürich
9 December 2010, 7.30pm
When it comes to art,
are we still painting on the walls of caves?
Claudia Groeflin Galerie
Dienerstrasse 12
8004 Zurich
Switzerland
www.claudiagroeflin.com / artandargument.blogspot.com
Giovanni Carmine, Fabian Chiquet, Morgan Falconer and Dimitrina Sevova debate art, painting and troglodytes today. In two teams, they will oppose or defend the motion. Initially each participant has five minutes to argue their case uninterrupted, before the speakers challenge each other and ultimately the audience in turn question the speakers. The event ends with a vote for the more persuasive team.
Art + Argument is a forum for discussing culture where the unspeakable may be said. Each speaker must play his or her assigned role, regardless of whether they agree or not. Speakers benefit from temporary immunity: what they say during the debate is not necessarily their opinion and they cannot be held to their word afterwards.
This debate takes place in the context of the exhibition ‘Wallpower’, with works from Beni Bischof, Vittorio Brodman, Athene Galiciadis, Emil Michael Klein and Guillaume Pilet, 26 November – 18 December 2010 at Claudia Groeflin Galerie.
Art + Argument is an itinerant event bringing together exciting minds from the Swiss art scene and beyond, chaired by Aoife Rosenmeyer. To know more, write to artandargument (at) gmail.com.
