...STUPID GAME..STUPID IDEA..STUPID PEOPLE...MANIK...MAY..2010.. ----- Original Message ----- From: "info" <[email protected]> To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 12:23 PM Subject: [NetBehaviour] Agents & Provocateurs
> Agents & Provocateurs > HMKV in the Dortmunder U - Center for Art and Creativity > May 14 – July 18, 2010 > > Opening: Friday, May 14, 2010, 18:00, basement under the Dortmunder U > > With works by more than 30 international artists, Agents & Provocateurs > considers two distinct forms of confrontation –agency and provocation – > in light of their use by artists as a means to express public criticism. > Investigating the wide range of attitudes bridging the gap between the > provocative stance of the enfant terrible and more problem-oriented > approaches, the exhibition focuses on instances where artists have > acknowledged and brought to bear their individual or collective agency. > > In the counter-cultural scenes of former Socialist countries in Central > and Eastern Europe, provocation was a common artistic strategy of > resistance. Agents & Provocateurs questions the actual critical > potential of these oppositional artistic strategies while retracing > their role in the ongoing transformation of post-totalitarian political > culture. Is provocation still effective in a democratic society or does > it merely reproduce patterns of thought and action that were developed > in authoritarian political contexts? > > Arguably, all political, economic, social or cultural systems are to > some degree marred by oppression and unjust hierarchies. By confronting > artistic interventions in former Socialist states with contemporaneous > and current examples from more liberal democratic countries, Agents & > Provocateurs aims to demonstrate that the truly critical attitude needs > to be ceaselessly reconfigured if it hopes to register the shortcomings > of any given system. > > Agents & Provocateurs was initiated by Beata Hock and Franciska Zólyom > and first shown in October 2009 at the Institute of Contemporary Art – > Dunaújvaros, Hungary. It will be presented from May 2010 in the new > venue of the HMKV at the Dortmunder U, in an extended version conceived > and curated in cooperation with Inke Arns. > > > Artists: > Autoperforationsartisten (DE) > Tina Bara & Alba D’Urbano (DE) > Julius von Bismarck (DE) > Scott Blake (US) > Ondrej Brody (CZ) > Ján Budaj (SK) > VALIE EXPORT (AT) > Jill Godmilow (US) > Ion Grigorescu (RO) > Andris Grinbergs (LV) > Igor Grubic (HR) > Doma Harkai (HU) > IRWIN (SI) > Ivank Lazki (AR) > Istvan Kantor (CA) > Judit Kele (HU/FR) > Künstler informieren Politiker (DE) > Andreja Kuluncic (HR) > Zbigniew Libera (PL) > Novi kolektivizem (SI) > Tímea Oravecz (HU) > Anatolij Osmolovskij & Non-governmental control commission (RU) > Tanja Ostojic (RS/DE) > Ewa Partum (PL) > Pomaranczowa Alternatywa (PL) > Radek Community (RU) > Tamás St. Auby (HU) > Klaus Staeck (DE) > Sturtevant (US) > The Yes Men (US) > Milica Tomic (RS) > UBERMORGEN.COM (AT) > U.R.A. FILOART > > > For security reasons access to the third floor of the Dortmunder U on > the evening of May 14, 2010, has been limited to 200 persons at a time. > In case there should be a waiting line, please bear with us - and > meanwhile join this event: > > Audiodigitale presents: Budapest Nights > Electronic music, VJing and club culture from Hungary > Friday, May 14 (starting at 20:00) and Saturday May 15 (starting at > 21:00) in the basement of the Dortmunder U > Check www.audiodigitale.de for more information > > Agents & Provocateurs > May 14 – July 18, 2010 > HMKV at the Dortmunder U (3rd floor) > Center for Art and Creativity > Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse > 44137 Dortmund, Germany > www.hmkv.de > > Opening hours: > Tue — Sun, 10:00 — 20:00, closed on Mondays > > Admission: > 5 € / 3 € (reduced) > > In the framework of Scene Ungarn in NRW — 40. internationale Kulturtage > der Stadt Dortmund 2010 > > Funded by: > Scene Ungarn in NRW, RUHR.2010, Der Ministerpräsident des Landes > Nordrhein-Westfalen, NRW Kultursekretariat Wuppertal, Kulturbüro der > Stadt Dortmund > > Generously supported by: > Polnisches Institut Düsseldorf > > Media partner: > coolibri, De:Bug, City Life > > Sponsor: > Keba > > > > ------------------ > Dr. Inke Arns > Kuenstlerische Leiterin / Artistic Director > Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) > Guentherstr. 65 (office) > 44143 Dortmund, Germany > T + 49 - 231 - 823 106 > M + 49 - 176 - 430 627 93 > [email protected] > www.hmkv.de > hmkv-dortmund.blogspot.com > www.inkearns.de > > Agents & Provocateurs, HMKV im Dortmunder U (3. Etage) > 15. Mai - 18. Juli 2010, Eröffnung: 14. Mai 2010, 18:00 > > Building Memory, HMKV im Dortmunder U (2. Etage) > 29. Mai - 15. August 2010, Eröffnung: 28. Mai 2010, 22:00 > > Arctic Perspective, HMKV in der PHOENIX Halle Dortmund > 19. Juni - 10. Oktober 2010, Eröffnung: 18. Juni 2010, 19:00 > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
