’Social disorganization’
Opening 6pm Wed 18 Feb 2009
19 February – 21 March 2009
CURATOR Vasif Kortun
ARTISTS Halil Altindere . Yu Cheng-ta . Jordi Colomer . Daniel Guzman . Minouk Lim . Ahmet Ögüt . Wael Shawky . Kuang-Yu Tsui . Nasan Tur . Matthias Wermke
’Social disorganization’ means a particular set of conditions that make it easier for crime to take hold in urban contexts. The works in this exhibition ‘act out’ a kind of delinquency. — Vasif Kortun
The exhibition Socially Disorganised is presented by the EAF in association with the 2009 Big Pond Adelaide Film Festival. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Often funny and frequently situationist in character, Socially Disorganised presents video art that activates the city in absurd and novel ways. Vasif Kortun has invited an impressive array of artists who use a range of strategies that include public performance, tactical collaborations, filmed acts of simple and surreal futility, and the simultaneous use of diverse media. The artists explore many concerns including the metamorphosis and mobility of the human body, the intersection of religion, entertainment and politics, the humourous manipulation of state documents, and the co-existence of traditional and contemporary modes of storytelling.
Kortun will also meet with artists and curators in Sydney in a visit organised by Artspace, and Casula Powerhouse.
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