New Frankfurt Internationals:
Stories and Stages
11 December 2010 – 13 February 2011
Opening:
10 December 2010, 8 pm
Venues:
Frankfurter Kunstverein
www.fkv.de
MMK Zollamt
www.mmk-frankfurt.de
With the title “Stories and Stages”, the first edition of “New Frankfurt Internationals” focuses on works addressing various techniques and forms of narrative. Many artists use media such as film, photography, or sculpture as stages upon which their narratives play out. The works presented at Frankfurter Kunstverein mostly refer to concrete stories or events, which are deconstructed by fragmenting or reassembling them. At MMK Zollamt the artists show everyday materials or symbols and combine them to suggest potential acts and alternative spaces or timeframes.
In addition to Frankfurter Kunstverein and the MMK Zollamt, the Rhein-Main-Zeitung, which is the regional edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, will serve as a third “venue”. Each week throughout the exhibition, an artist will design one page of this newspaper and respond to it as a unique form of documentary narrative. Moreover, a series of performances and artistic productions taking place in the city center of Frankfurt allow visitors to experience another dimension of narrative.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Katinka Bock, Shannon Bool, Michele Di Menna, Thomas Erdelmeier, Ximena Aburto Felis, Carsten Fock, Dani Gal, Heike Gallmeier, Murray Gaylard, Nathalie Grenzhaeuser, Mauricio Guillén, Janus Hochgesand, Leonard Kahlcke, Daniel Kannenberg, Thomas Kilpper, Dirk Krecker, Maria Loboda, Shane Munro, Marina Naprushkina, Martin Neumaier, Sarah Ortmeyer, Anny und Sibel Öztürk, Mario Pfeifer, red park, Claus Richter, Michael Riedel, Dan Starling, Rebecca Ann Tess, Nina Tobien, Tris Vonna-Michell, Jeronimo Voss, Eva Weingärtner, Adrian Williams, Barbara Wolff, Leo Wörner, Holger Wüst and Naneci Yurdagül.
PERFORMANCE SERIES:
DEC. 10, 2010 – FEB. 13, 2011
“That obscure object”
Performance / Installation by Maria Loboda
Location: along the Braubachstraße
DEC. 11/ 7 PM
“At Hand – episode one”
Performance by Adrian Williams
Location: MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst
JAN. 7/ 7 PM
“Antrittsrede als neuer Direktor des Frankfurter Kunstvereins 2008″
Performance by Michael Riedel (with Daniel Baumann)
Location: “Oskar-von-Miller-Strasse 16″ (Mainzer Landstr. 105)
JAN. 21/ 7 PM
“Tokat”
Performance / Installation by Leonard Kahlcke
Location to be announced
JAN. 29/ 7 PM
“A performance of motion in large proportions”
Performance by Michele Di Menna
Location: Messe Turm, Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage 49, Level 59. Registration required
FEB. 4/ 7 PM
“The Dog, that knew too much”
Performance by Claus Richter
Location: Stephanstr. 1-3
EXHIBITION AND NEWSPAPER PROJECT CURATORS: Lilian Engelmann (FKV) and Bernd Reiß (MMK)
PERFORMANCE SERIES CURATOR: Jonas Leihener (Staedelschule)
OPENING HOURS: Tue, Thu–Sun, 10 am–6 pm; Wed, 10 am–8 pm
VISITORS GUIDE: A comprehensive visitors guide accompanies the exhibition.
INFORMATION: www.newfrankfurtinternationals.de
MADE POSSIBLE AND FUNDED BY: Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main and Kulturfonds Frankfurt RheinMain.
PARTNER: Rhein-Main-Zeitung, the regional edition of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.)
PRESS CONTACT: Julia Wittwer (Press officer), Stefanie Spiegelhalder (Assistant), Frankfurter Kunstverein, Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Markt 44, 60311 Frankfurt / Main, Germany
phone: +49.69.219314–30/-40, fax: +49.69.219314–11, e-mail: presse@fkv.de, www.fkv.de
*Image above:
Photo by Norbert Miguletz; © Frankfurter Kunstverein.
Courtesy Eva Weingärtner and BISCHOFF PROJECTS.
