Italics

Italics: Italian Art Between Tradition & Revolution 1968-2008 is co-organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy - the François Pinault Foundation.
Special thanks to the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago for its support of the exhibition catalogue.
Official Airline of the Museum of Contemporary Art.

This exhibition, co-presented by the MCA and the Palazzo Grassi, Venice, explores Italian art and creativity from the late 1960s to the present. It offers an unprecedented look at the artistic production of a country where cultural change has often been defined by the persistence of the past, revealing a deep sense of originality and vitality on the part of numerous artists whose work spans all media.

Museum of Contemporary Art - Chicago
Palazzo Grassi - Venezia

CONCRETE DREAMS Art, Architecture and Social Space
Curated by Fran Cottell and Liz Harrison


Exhibition 4 - 21 September 2008
APT GALLERY Harold Wharf , 6 Creekside, London SE8 4SA


This exhibition addresses architecture with a small ‘a’. The architecture of everyday life, the suffering architecture that carves up and dominates our ‘lived’ space - the concrete skin. Nothing more than architecture reveals and creates the systems and structures in our society and its hierarchical positions, defining social space, dominating and reflecting our everyday life. Concrete Dreams brings together 27 artists from a range of disciplines, exploring diverse and conflicting issues such as pathos, humour, desire, history, power, wealth and neglect.


Ekkehard Altenburger . Dave Carr-Smith . Fran Cottell . Silke Dettmers. Anya Gallaccio Lucy Gunning . Alex Hartley . Liz Harrison . Tony Hayward . Jefford Horrigan
Steve Johnson . Jools Johnson . Hattie Lee . Louisa Minkin . Martin Newth . Matt O’Dell Cornelia Parker . Jim Pearson . Gaia Persico . Victoria Rance . Leonora Robinson Keir Smith . Tansy Spinks . Bill Watson . Mark Wayman . Verdi Yahooda . Silvia Ziranek


The exhibited work is driven by a socio/political aesthetic akin to our experiences, playing with the possibilities of space, and thus buildings, as objects, matter, words and philosophies. For the artist, these architectural spaces, are waiting to be re-possessed and re-evaluated: subliminal images of the questionable and ghostly occupation of a deserted ballroom: the foreboding housed within a constructed modelled cabin: the kitsch conglomerates of the man-made landscape and the sentiment of the ‘cottage’: the promise and potential failure of the architectural faÁade.

The phenomena of the modernist utopian dream results in a description of a council house block by one local London tenant as a ‘large car park’ and by another as ‘barracks’. The semi-detached, the terrace, the high-rise estate, the new suburbia, are all based on serial repetition. The post-modern architectural experience of the cinema, the hospital, the car park, the shopping mall, the motorway underpass …has escalated to a global dÈj‡ vu.

SE London’s innovative APT Gallery is proud to showcase this exhibition to coincide with its participation in Open House London weekend 20 and 21 September. The Gallery is housed within an historical warehouse building, recognised for its pioneering structure and fabrication

Performances
Tansy Spinks Saturday 20 September at 2pm 3pm 4pm, Sunday 21 September at 2pm and 3pm
Mark Wayman Sunday 21 September 3.15pm


For further information please contact
www.concretedreams.org

Female Trouble

"Female Trouble.
Die Kamera als Spiegel und Bühne weiblicher Inszenierungen
bis 26.10.2008
Ausstellung PINAKOTHEK DER MODERNE KUNST

Seit der Erfindung der Fotografie vor mehr als 160 Jahren haben vor allem Frauen das technische Medium genutzt, um sich in Rollenspielen und Maskeraden zu inszenieren. Neben der experimentellen Lust, das Ich immer wieder neu zu erschaffen, diente die Kamera auch als Möglichkeit, Klischees weiblicher Repräsentation in Frage zu stellen. Das Spiel mit dem ewig Weiblichen war und ist immer auch eine Auseinandersetzung mit geschlechtlicher Identität, ihrer gesellschaftlichen und politischen Definition sowie deren Überschreitung.

Im Fokus der Ausstellung stehen zeitgenössische Künstlerinnen wie Cindy Sherman, Sarah Lucas und Pipilotti Rist, die mit Hilfe von Fotografie und Videokunst das Bild des Weiblichen untersuchen, es dekonstruieren und neu bestimmen. Zugleich spannt die Ausstellung den Bogen ins 19. und frühe 20. Jahrhundert, wo Frauen wie die Gräfin Castiglione oder die Künstlerinnen Claude Cahun und Florence Henri die Fotografie als Mittel der (Selbst)Inszenierung und -befragung entdeckt haben.
Mit freundlicher Unterstützung der Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne"

Pinakothek der Moderne München [Kalender]

Call it what you like!

14 June – 28 September 2008
Call it what you like!
COLLECTION RIK REINKING

Zevs: liquidated Chanel, 2007, wall painting, glass on metal base, dimensions variable

Our visitors can look forward to strong art pieces and expressions, where the artists by means of humour and intense colours try to break up ideas about art.

This is really a good possibility to get insight in central aspects of contemporary art.

The inspiration derives from conceptual art, minimalism and pop art of the 1960's and 1970's. The exhibition has been organised so it points to links between these inspiration sources and present-day art work, especially street art.

More than 30 artists from abroad are represented, and they are all internationally renowned. The art works will be exhibited in 1200 indoor m2 as well as in the sculpture park. The exhibition is realized in collaboration with the young German collector Rik Reinking, who with passion and intensity gradually has build up a considerable internationally oriented collection.

silkeborgbad.dk/

Life?

"Life? Biomorphic Forms in Sculpture
27.09.2008-11.01.2009"

The exhibition goes further into existential questions in contemporary sculpture and reveals forms of the organic, of the bio- and anthropomorphic as well as a broadening of the notion of sculptural material. Participating artists: Ruth Asawa, Louise Bourgeois, Berlinde de Bruyckere, Lee Bul, Wolfgang Flad, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Siobhán Hapaska, Julie Hayward, Georg Herold, Agnieszka Kalinowska, Liz Larner, Ernesto Neto, Carsten Nicolai, Pino Pascali, Jill Spector, eva helene stern***, Franz West, Xiao Yu, Xu Zhen...

Kunsthaus Graz, - Austria

Experiment Marathon Reykjavik

Experiment Marathon Reykjavik
15 May – 07 sept 2008

The Experiment Marathon Reykjavík is a large-scale exhibition and a program of related events that will open at the Reykjavik Art Museum’s downtown location, Hafnarhus on May 15, 2008 as part of the Reykjavík Art Festival. For three months the museum will be turned into a laboratory where leading artists, architects, filmmakers, academics and scientists create an environment of invention through a series of installations, screenings, performances and experimental films.

Listasafn Reykjavíkur - Experiment Marathon Reykjavik

Moralische Fantasien

Moralische Fantasien
Künstlerische Strategien in Zusammenhang mit der Klimaerwärmung"

08. Juni 2008 bis 26. Oktober 2008

Graffiti in Berlin - Fotografie Raimar Stange

Das Ausstellungsprojekt stellt aktuelle Projekte, die sich mit Fragen der klimatischen Veränderung und ökopolitischen Beobachtungen auseinandersetzen, ins Zentrum.

Künstlerinnen und Künstler:Ursula Biemann; Olafur Eliasson; Johannes Gees; Douglas Gordon; Tue Greenfort; Christina Hemauer & Roman Keller; Jonathan Horowitz; Christoph Keller; Leopold Kessler; Deborah Ligorio; Elke Marhöfer; Gordon Matta-Clark; Gustav Metzger; Anna Meyer; Horse Art; Olaf Nicolai; Dan Peterman; Marjetica Potrc; Santiago Sierra; Philippe Rahm; Rirkrit Tiravanija; Marie Velardi; Christine Würmell.und einer Arbeit von: Matthew Antezzo, Mark Staff Brandl, Jakob Kolding, interpixel, Isabelle Krieg, Dan Perjovschi, Silke Wagner, Christine Würmell

Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau

NOTTE DIGITALE « Festival 2008

"Highlighting some of the leading developments in the use by artists of digital technologies, this event brings together breathtaking works that combine video, visual art, music, performance and improvisation. Ryoji Ikeda, Charles Atlas, Gina Czarnecki, Ulf Langheinrich and Christian Fennesz represent different faces of the inventive artistic approaches made possible by the ever-increasing power of digital technologies."

NOTTE DIGITALE « Festival 2008 « FESTIVAL « Fondazione Romaeuropa

DIMEA 2008

DIMEA 2008 will bring together academics, technologists, artists, designers, and industry representatives, to meet, discuss and share opinions and practices. Participants will have the opportunity to benefit from the Keynote Talks given by internationally distinguished speakers, such as Prof. Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann, Miralab/C.U.I., Dr. Roberto Cencioni, Head of Unit INFSO.E2 Content and Knowledge, European Commission, Prof. Michael Meimaris, New Technologies Laboratory, University of Athens and Dr. Ioannis Mihalou(di)s, Visual Artist. It is the first time that a DIMEA conference is hosted by a European country, creating a unique opportunity for all participants to become “connected” and share knowledge and practices in European grounds.

DIMEA 2008

The Night of the Unexpected

The Night of the Unexpected is a one night festival in which the diversity and dynamics that characterise contemporary music practice are fully explored. Composed music, improvised music, electronic dance music and performances in which music is combined with visual arts will be presented.

The Night of the Unexpected

Codice Internet

Codice Internet:

"Codice Internet è un progetto, che partirà a settembre 2008, per divulgare Internet, con eventi e iniziative in tutta Italia."

Giovedì 4 settembre 2008, nella Sala Commissioni di Palazzo Marino, in Piazza della Scala a Milano, dalle 12, si terrà la conferenza stampa di presentazione di Codice Internet.
Verrà trasmessa in streaming live (presto tutti i dettagli), live su twitter e live sul blog di Codice Internet.

INNOVeTION VALLEY

INNOVeTION VALLEY: neologismo, in italiano “valle dell’innovazione”. Viene chiamata “Innovetion” per la fortissima concentrazione di industrie della creatività e dell’innovazione che la caratterizzano: una rete di 450 mila imprese tra il mondo del fashion, del design, della tecnologia, e «Valley» per la sua estensione. Sostanzialmente è la vasta regione che coincide con il Nord-Est d’Italia. Un territorio che non ha una città principale, perché la densità di protagonisti e di centri importanti che gravitano attorno alle sette province è tale da non consentire soluzioni di continuità. Un’unica, vasta area metropolitana con circa 4.738.313 abitanti, che vivono nel cuore del vortice della ricerca, della tecnologia e dell’arte.

INNOVeTION VALLEY

L'ADUNATA DEL CONTEMPORANEO: IL BATTESIMO DELL’INNOVeTION VALLEY
i Creativi Italiani sono chiamati ad una storica adunata per sottolineare che l'Italia deve ripartire dal contemporaneo. In una sola giornata ci sarà una delle più grandi concentrazioni mai avvenute in Italia di azioni tra arte, design, musica e fashion. Una trasversalità di linguaggi per dare un segnale chiaro di cambiamento.

Specialmente a Nordest. Sono attesi 50.000 mila creativi da tutta Europa.
6 settembre 2008_Bassano del Grappa (VI)

Le arti in citta'

Le Arti in Città è il titolo di un innovativo progetto promosso dal Comune di Perugia – Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e Giovanili dedicato alla relazione fra spazio urbano e cultura contemporanea, declinata secondo diversi linguaggi e forme espressive, dalla danza al fumetto, dalle arti audiovisive alla musica, che si svolgerà a Perugia nella sua seconda edizione dal 5 settembre al 12 ottobre 2008.

Le arti in citta'

Plektrum

“Plektrum – the Festival of Visual Sound” is an international multimedia festival that brings together media art, contemporary and electronic music, diverse subcultures, urban thinking and education for the 21st century homo sapiens. In order to create a truly memorable audiovisual experience, this years event features over 25 international media artists, VJ’s, musicians and DJ’s in addition to the best from Estonia. Taking place for the 6th time, the festival will be held from 8 - 14 September 2008.

Plektrum - Festival of Visual Sound

Pictoplasma NYC

In September 2008, Pictoplasma is crossing the Atlantic and to host the first ever US-conference devoted to the wealth of a visual culture driven by characters. Creatives, producers, critics and fans are invited to gather and celebrate the diversity of character design.

PictoplasmaNYC

5th media_city seoul biennial

The overview of the participating artists of the 5th media_city seoul biennial which opens in seoul/korea on sept 11 is now online at http://www.mediacityseoul.or.kr/

World Bodypainting Festival and World Bodypainting Award

"1st World Bodypainting Festival ® ASIA,
World Cup Stadium, Daegu, South Korea

25 - 31 August 2008"

World Bodypainting Festival and World Bodypainting Award

http://www.zimbio.com/Body+Painting/articles/2/Body+Paint+Fall+Hottest+Fashion+Trend

AFFERMAZIONE - NEGAZIONE

comunicato stampa

Mercoledì 10 settembre 2008 alle ore 18.30 si inaugura alla galleria Spaziotemporaneo la mostra di Gonzalo Veloso

AFFERMAZIONE - NEGAZIONE a cura di Anna Comino

Gonzalo Veloso, alla sua seconda personale alla Galleria Spaziotemporaneo di Milano, presenta la nuova sequenza Affermazione – Negazione. Giocata sul concetto di spazio, di vuoto, di luce, la serie si definisce in rarefatte tele monocrome dal forte potere evocativo. Semplici e al tempo stesso elaborate, le strutture trasparenti sostituiscono i volumi della ricerca precedente abitando uno spazio che non rientra nei confini del visibile. Gli elementi della composizione, volutamente smorzati e sottotono, acuiscono le suggestioni generate dal sondare un vuoto di cui non si ha una percezione chiara, ma che offre un varco per brevi frazioni di secondo. L'invito è attraversare, farsi risucchiare in questa dimensione ancora in divenire, di cui neanche lo stesso Gonzalo Veloso non ha ben chiari i confini. Un viaggio sul filo della sottrazione alla conquista di un vuoto plasmato dalla luce e dall'ombra e definito dalle labili cordinate del pieno smaterializzato delle strutture dell'artista spagnolo.

Catalogo in galleria. La mostra proseguirà fino al 6 ottobre 2008.
SPAZIOTEMPORANEO Via Solferino, 56. 20121 Milano Orari: dal martedì al sabato 16,00-19,30 Per informazioni: tel. e fax 02 6598056

Drawing in the Media Stream

Drawing in the Media Stream:A Hybrid Media Process
September 2 - 24, 2008
Southwestern College Gallery

Drawing in the Media Stream