100 years after futurism and 50 years after American abstract and minimalism accusations against art mysticism and a-political formalism which have been raised then are only ever more evident now. abstract --> retreat into 'pure' form instrumentalized by neo- conservative government for the construction of nationalist cultural identity as export commodity.
resist! Armin Medosch On 25 Sep 06, at 14:08, Oliver Grau wrote: > THEAUSTRIANABSTRACTS > 23TH SEP TO 15TH OCT 2006 > > ARTI ET AMICITIAE, ROKIN 112, 1012 LB AMSTERDAM > OPENING: 22TH SEP 2006, 7 P.M. > OPENING PERFORMANCE: NTSC > > > The exhibition presents 27 Austrian-based artists dealing with > abstraction in different styles and media. The show is divided into > three, interrelated sections: an exhibition hall featuring a > "classical" compilation of paintings, photographs and > installations; a cinema showing digital videos; and a lounge > hosting a variety of computer-based works. > > Exhibition: Gregor Eldarb, Franz Gebetsberger, Margit Hartnagel, > Sabina Hörtner, Lotte Lyon, Günther Selichar, Esther Stocker, > Gerold Tagwerkerker > Videos: Tina Frank, Karoe Goldt, Michaela Grill, Dariusz Kowalski, > m.ash, Maia Gusberti, reMI, Billy Roisz, Michaela Schwentner, Nik > Thönen/Timo Novotny > Computerbased works: [n:ja], Gerhard Daurer, dextro, Andres Ramirez > Gaviria, Lia, Pfaffenbichler/Schreiber, tinhoko > > > http://www.theaustrianabstracts.net > (full version will be online sep 15th) > > http://www.arti.nl > > ______________________________________________ > SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe > Info, archive and help: > http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre > > ______________________________________________ SPECTRE list for media culture in Deep Europe Info, archive and help: http://coredump.buug.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/spectre