The third artist in residence at ambient.vista, Fahim Amir, will present his new performative works at ambient.space during the OPENSTUDIO and at the Austrian Cultural Forum. (Both events are kids-friendly :-)
http://www.ambienttv.net/content/?q=fahimamir FAHIM AMIR DRINKING THEORY - THE END OF TIME AND SPACE (AS WE KNOW IT) - AGAINST THE DICTATORSHIP OF "THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE FOR EVERYTHING" Speaking Installation: 'First Thursday', 3 July, 17.00-22.00 ambient.space, 76 Regent Studios, 8 Andrews Road, E8 4QN Lecture Performance: 10 July, 19.00 Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, SW1 7PQ - At the ACF, the current exhibition "Embassies Project" by Barbara Holub will stay open on the evening of the performance http://www.austria.org.uk/culture/category/exhibitions/up-coming-events - Fahim Amir is a Viennese theoretician and cultural producer with Afghan origins. Recently (2006/2007) he worked as dramatic adviser of spiel:platz at the dietheater Vienna. Here and elsewhere he realised artistic, theoretical, and post-disciplinary projects on self-organisation and critique of society in contemporary artistic and cultural productions. He was guest professor in the class for post-conceptual arts practices at the Academy of Fine Arts (2005/2006). During this time, he worked on post-operaistic approaches, theories of governmentality, post- and neo-marxism. He is involved in various collaborative practices in the field of art, theory and culture. about ambient.vista Residency artists produce work in any medium addressing the studio’s unique, spectacular aspect over London. The programme commenced with Wolfgang Staehle (New York/Berlin) and Tuomas Toivonen, continues with philosopher and performance poet Fahim Amir (Vienna) and will also feature exonemo (Kensuke Sembo & Yae Akaiwa, Tokyo). supported by Arts Council England, the Austrian Cultural Forum London, Simon Bishop, the Finnish Foreign Ministry, and the Japan Foundation. http://www.ambienttv.net/content/?q=ambientvista _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
