Standing in line © Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de
In front of the German Pavilion © Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de
In front of the German Pavilion © Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de
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Ai Weiwei – the german contibution in the french pavilion Venice 2013
Ai Weiwei, Bang, installation view the German contribution in the French pavilion Venice 2013, courtesy of the artist and Gallery neugerriemschneider, Berlin. © Roman Mensing in cooperation with Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de.
"After returning to Beijing from the U.S., where he had lived from 1981 until 1993, Ai Weiwei began to explore the artistic and cultural traditions of his native country – a pursuit that had previously been banned since the Cultural Revolution. He studied and collected antiques and eventually started integrating them into his own work, which had by then taken on a strongly conceptual aspect. Ai Weiwei not only examined the mechanisms of the international art and antiques markets and the associated export of cultural values and historical knowledge; ...
the official catalog of Germany’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale festival of art 2013
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the official publication of the German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2013!
Edited by curator Susanne Gaensheimer, the 240-page, cloth-bound catalogue will be available as of May 28, 2013 and is published by Gestalten, Berlin.
Eleven international authors—curators, artists, collectors, and critics as well as scholars from the fields of art history, politics, migration research, philosophy, and cultural studies—were invited to take part in this interdisciplinary discussion on cultural and sociopolitical aspects of the German contribution to this year’s Biennale di Venezia. ...
Ai Weiwei – Interlacing in Sao Paulo
From February 7 to April 14, 2013 the Museu da Imagem e do Som (MIS) Sao Paulo is presenting the exhibition Interlacing by the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Curated by Urs Staehl, Interlacing was developed as a coproduction by the Fotomuseum Winterthur and the Jeu de Paume, Paris. The exhibition was also on view at Kunsthaus Graz. As the first major photography and video exhibition of the artist’s work, Interlacing brings together a range of photographic documentation to convey a complex image of the “artist as network.”
The exhibition catalogue was published in 2011 by Steidl.
https://www.mis-sp.org.br/icox/icox.php?mdl=mis&op=programacao_interna&id_event=1208
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Ai Weiwei declares his intent for triennial
The Chinese artist is creating a work for this summer’s Emscherkunst art festival, held in the Ruhr region in western German.
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Ai-Weiwei-declares-his-intent-for-triennial/29008
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Dayanita Singh – Performance at the 55th Biennale di Venezia 2013
In her performance on May 30, 2013 in front of the French pavilion at the 55th Biennale di Venezia, Dayanita Singh signed and stamped copies of her book File Room (Steidl, 2013). Through this act of personalizing her books, Singh made the gesture of a gift; purchasers of her book not only received an individualized catalogue from the artist but also a bag and a scarf.
See here for pictures of the performance. ...
panel discussion: And who are you? National representation in art today
A panel discussion held by the German pavilion at the 55th International Art Exhibition—La Biennale di Venezia 2013 in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut and the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa).
With Susanne Gaensheimer, Gilles Kepel, Simon Njami, Dayanita Singh, and Mark Terkessidis. Moderation: Koyo Kouoh
Date: Friday, May 31, 4 p.m.
Location: French pavilion, Giardini della Biennale, Venice
The German pavilion at the 55th Biennale di Venezia pursues a transnational approach. Due to the French-German cooperation at this yearʼs Biennale, the contribution curated by Susanne Gaensheimer with works by ...
Dayanita Singh – the german contribution in the french pavilion Venice 2013
Dayanita Singh, Mona and Myself and Sea of Files, installation view the German contribution in the French pavilion Venice 2013, courtesy of the artist and Frith Street Gallery, London. © Roman Mensing in cooperation with Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de
"As a young woman, Dayanita Singh started to portray a famous Indian musician and tabla player as he traveled around the world. He subsequently became her spiritual mentor, ...
the official catalog of Germany’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale festival of art 2013
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the official publication of the German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2013!
Edited by curator Susanne Gaensheimer, the 240-page, cloth-bound catalogue will be available as of May 28, 2013 and is published by Gestalten, Berlin.
Eleven international authors—curators, artists, collectors, and critics as well as scholars from the fields of art history, politics, migration research, philosophy, and cultural studies—were invited to take part in this interdisciplinary discussion on cultural and sociopolitical aspects of the German contribution to this year’s Biennale di Venezia. ...
Aveek Sen: Roots in air – „Edward Said called it Orientalism. Now it is called Context…”
Photography from House of Love (2010) © Dayanita Singh
Do we need the classifications of national or cultural contexts in order to understand photography, and to what extent are such categorizations of cultural identity relevant in contemporary cosmopolitan society?
Aveek Sen raises these questions in his text Roots in Air and reveals deep-seated western mechanisms of reception and the feedback effect that they meanwhile have on the art of non-western artists. For Dayanita Singh it is essential that her work be read independently of rigid contextualizations or stereotypes, and Sen familiarizes us with the conceptual model of this approach.
Read his text here.
Photography from House of Love (2011) © Dayanita Singh
Aveek Sen is a writer and an editor for The Telegraph, Calcutta. Roots in Air is one of nine essays by Sen that are included in Singh’s book House of Love. House of Love was published in 2010 by Radius Books co-published with the Peabody Museum Press.
...Dayanita Singh: „I don´t think loss has a nationality.“
Singh at home in Delhi,©Bharat Sikka
Written by Rachel Spence, the article “Infinite possibilities” on Dayanita Singh appeared in the Financial Times on April 26, 2013. Spence met with Singh in her studio in Delhi and spoke with the artist on politics, love, friendship, and her relationship to photography and books. The article offers an overview of Singh’s artistic work from the past 20 years and outlines Singh’s conceptual approach, which is based on a notion of art that defies categorization and stereotypes.
Read the complete article on FinancialTimes.com
...Dayanita Singh, File Room – new release by Steidl
Photography from File Room © Dayanita Singh
Dayanita Singh’s new publication File Room was published in March 2013 by Steidl. The book presents black and white photographs from the series by the same name: images of archives and back room offices. Crammed with papers and files, these spaces refer to human systems of conservation and memory.
https://www.steidl.de/flycms/de/Books/0405081144.html
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Biennale Arte 2013 – Germany
An interview with Santu Mofokeng, Romuald Karmakar and curator Susanne Gaensheimer at the 55th International Art Exhibition (National participation of Germany).
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Romuald Karmakar – the german contribution in the french pavilion Venice 2013
Romuald Kamakar, Anticipation (working title: Waiting for Sandy), installation view the German contribution in the French pavilion Venice 2013, courtesy Pantera Film GmbH. © Roman Mensing in cooperation with Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de.
"In his documentary, feature, and conceptual films, the artist and Filmmaker Romuald Karmakar has devoted himself for three decades to the investigation in mechanisms of violence and mass phenomena, often exploring the perpetrators’ perspective and uncompromisingly focusing particularly on German history. As part of the German contribution at the French Pavilion, he shows the documentary 8. Mai (2005/2013), a documentary film shot during the large demonstration the Neo- Nationalist Party of Germany held on Berlin’s Alexanderplatz on May 8, 2005, on occasion of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. He also presents the film Hamburger Lektionen (Hamburg Lectures), 2006, in which ...
Romuald Karmakar – Minifilm: Watermusic
With compliments: Romuald Karmakar from Venice!
Watermusic – A film by Romuald Karmakar (2013) from cinekarmakar on Vimeo.
...the official catalog of Germany’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale festival of art 2013
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the official publication of the German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2013!
Edited by curator Susanne Gaensheimer, the 240-page, cloth-bound catalogue will be available as of May 28, 2013 and is published by Gestalten, Berlin.
Eleven international authors—curators, artists, collectors, and critics as well as scholars from the fields of art history, politics, migration research, philosophy, and cultural studies—were invited to take part in this interdisciplinary discussion on cultural and sociopolitical aspects of the German contribution to this year’s Biennale di Venezia. ...
Romuald Karmakar – Minifilm: V. GIARDINI PUBBLICI
The exitement is rising - it´s only 13 days until the opening of the 55th Biennale di Venezia!
This Mini-Film by Romuald Karmakar gives a taste of Venice and upcoming, great events.
V. GIARDINI PUBBLICI - A Take by Romuald Karmakar (2013) from cinekarmakar on Vimeo. Mini-Film by Romuald Karmakar, 2013, Flip-HD, August 2012, Venice. © 2013 Pantera Film GmbH
...Romuald Karmakar – 19 Clips for 19 Days
The series 19 Clips for 19 Days was published on Cinekarmakar in conjunction with the Karmakar exhibition The Influence of Influence at the Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University in February of this year. An individual minifilm by Romuald Karmakar was thus posted on 19 different days between February 14 and March 12, 2013.
Watch Clip #1&2 here:
THE INFLUENCE OF INFLUENCE (1&2/19): WHAT CHEER? BRIGADE - A Film by Romuald Karmakar (2013) from cinekarmakar on Vimeo.
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Romuald Karmakar – Minifilm: “I arrived in Newtown about 20 hours after the shootings …”
Mini-Film by Romuald Karmakar, 2013. © 2013 Pantera Film GmbH
This mini-film by Romuald Karmakar was posted on Cinekarmakar on April 4, 2013. The footage stems from the “Askwith Forum: School Violence in America,” which took place on March 13, 2013 at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA.
The film shows excerpts of a lecture by Elaine Zimmerman, Executive Director of the Connecticut Commission on Children. After the killing rampage at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT in December 2012, in which 20 children were murdered, Zimmermann took care of the children who had survived the crime scene and talked with them. She describes her impressions garnered from these conversations in relation to how violence at schools is addressed and American gun policy.
Cinekarmakar - "I arrived in Newtown about 20 hours after the shootings …"
...Romuald Karmakar – Cinekarmakar
Cinekarmakar is the internet platform of filmmaker Romuald Karmakar. The video channel brings together films dealing with the work of the artist and offers insights into Karmakar’s universe. Under the motto “The Easy Way is Always Mined,” Cinekarmakar presents brief films by the artist, conversations with colleagues as well as excerpts from classic films selected by the artist.
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Romuald Karmakar Minifilm: Palazzo del Cinema di Venezia
Shortfilm by Romuald Karmakar, 2011. PALAZZO DEL CINEMA DI VENEZIA, Sala Grande, 14.07.2011, HD-Flip, (c) Pantera Film GmbH 2011.
The 2011 footage of the central venue of the Venice Film Festival shows the movie theater PALAZZO DEL CINEMA DI VENEZIA. In this brief film Karmakar captures the scenery of the event, without the “scene.” In 2011 the German filmmaker presented his documentary Die Herde des Herrn (2011) in the festival’s accompanying Orizzonti film series.
Cinekarmakar - Palazzo del Cinema di Venezia
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Romuald Karmakar – The Influence of Influence
The Radcliffe Institute of Harvard University, Cambridge, MA presented the exhibition of Romuald Karmakar’s work The Influence of Influence from February 4 – 28, 2013. On view were not only early works by the filmmaker but also his most recent films produced during his extended stay in the US in 2012. Karmakar is currently in Cambridge as the David and Roberta Logie Fellow at Harvard University for 2012-2013.
The exhibition featured an accompanying program of events with the filmmaker.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2013-influence-influence-exhibit
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Biennale Arte 2013 – Germany
An interview with Santu Mofokeng, Romuald Karmakar and curator Susanne Gaensheimer at the 55th International Art Exhibition (National participation of Germany).
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Santu Mofokeng – the german contribution in the french pavilion Venice 2013
Santu Mofokeng, installation view the German contribution in the French pavilion Venice 2013, courtesy of the artist and Marker/Lunetta Bartz, Johannesburg. © Roman Mensing in cooperation with Thorsten Arendt, artdoc.de. We see (from left to right): ... Santu Mofokeng – Interview by Peter Burchett
Santu Mofokeng, filmstill
Santu Mofokeng speaks about his exprience as a photojournalist, his relation to townships and its habitants, his work on the portraits of Black Photoalbum and what the series Chasing Shadows means for him.
Santu Mofokeng, Chasing Shadows from peter burchett on Vimeo.
...the official catalog of Germany’s pavilion at the Venice Biennale festival of art 2013
We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of the official publication of the German Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia 2013!
Edited by curator Susanne Gaensheimer, the 240-page, cloth-bound catalogue will be available as of May 28, 2013 and is published by Gestalten, Berlin.
Eleven international authors—curators, artists, collectors, and critics as well as scholars from the fields of art history, politics, migration research, philosophy, and cultural studies—were invited to take part in this interdisciplinary discussion on cultural and sociopolitical aspects of the German contribution to this year’s Biennale di Venezia. ...
Santu Mofokeng: “it’s not the picture, it’s the story, the text that goes with the picture.”
An interview with Santu Mofokeng
In 2011 the Victoria & Albert Museum presented the group exhibition Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography. As one of the 17 featured photographers, Santu Mofokeng showed black and white images from two series, Child-Headed Households and Chasing Shadows. In an interview with curator Tamar Garb, which was conducted in 2010 in South Africa, Mofokeng talks about his reasons for giving up working as a photojournalist and what role apartheid, the people and history of South Africa, and spirituality play in his work. Mofokeng also addresses questions concerning the impact of a photograph and the sources of its expressive power.
Figures & Fictions: Santu Mofokeng from Victoria and Albert Museum on Vimeo.
The video was released in 2011 in conjunction with an interview series by Tamar Garb on the occasion of the exhibition Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
...Santu Mofokeng, Chasing Shadows – Thirty years of photographic essays
From 4 May to 29 July 2012 the retrospective Chasing Shadows was shown at Kunsthall Antwerpen. Together with the artist, curator Corinne Diseren had selected more than 200 images out of Mofokeng's archives.
Chasing Shadows is a co-production between Extra City Kunsthal, Antwerpen, Jeu de Paume, Paris, Kunsthalle Bern and Bergen Kunsthall.
https://extracity.org/en/projects/view/75
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