Anselm Franke
dal 25/4/2010 al 25/4/2010
Segnalato da
25/4/2010
Anselm Franke
The Cooper Union, New York
What is the Place of the Exhibition in the Modern Cosmography? Lecture
What is the Place of the Exhibition in the Modern Cosmography? This lecture takes its cue from Bruno Latour's attempts at turning anthropology back onto modernity. It seeks to position the institution of art within what Latour has termed the 'modern constitution' - a conceptual mapping derived from binary classifications such as 'nature' and 'culture'. Situating the museum and the modern institution of art within this conceptual outline - compared with its other 'official' modes of representation - enables novel perspectives on the implicit scripts and contracts inscribed into the space of the exhibition, and their historical transformations and contemporary condition. The talk addresses framing conditions and their transgression by extending the mobilization of anthropological concepts for the examination of aesthetic economies and their political roles. Anselm Franke is a curator and writer based in Brussels and Berlin. The lecture will take place in the Rose Auditorium.