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6/3/2003

Populist Politics

Danish Contemporary Art Foundation, Copenhagen

Populist Politics and its Consequences for Cultural Production and Display
An international conference on art, culture and politics

An international conference on art, culture and politics. The two-day conference focuses on art and politics, changes in the political structure in Europe and its consequences for artistic and curatorial practices. The conference is structured in five different sections, each focusing on specific aspects of populist politics and each presented by a high profiled panel of international specialists in the field.

Copenhagen, March 7th and 8th, 2003

An international conference on art, culture and politics, organised by the Danish Contemporary Art Foundation

The two-day conference Populist Politics and its Consequences for Cultural Production and Display focuses on art and politics, changes in the political structure in Europe and its consequences for artistic and curatorial practices.

The conference is structured in five different sections, each focusing on specific aspects of populist politics and each presented by a high profiled panel of international specialists in the field.

Populist Politics as a Tendency

The opening issue of the conference focuses on the wave of populist politics in Europe in relation to culture in general. The speakers will give a historical and sociological survey on recent tendencies of populist politics in contemporary Europe and discuss how, eventually, it influences contemporary art.

- Chantal Mouffe, Rudi Laermans, Dorthe Joergensen, Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Jimmie Durham

Populist Politics and its Consequences for Cultural Institutions

Populist politics in today's society has an immense impact on and consequence for the cultural industry. It seems as if the governmental sector is trying to enhance influence on the money it is handing out. Three curators are invited to discuss how cultural policies are experienced in different European countries.

- Robert Fleck, Isabel Carlos, Ami Barak

Tools of Politics or Political Tools

Culture has become an important centre of attraction for political purposes. Making politics on culture is easy, as the politicians are well aware that the press will unavoidably cover the procedures. However, culture might also be a useful tool for artists in their endeavour to reach opinion makers.

- Nancy Adajania, Thomas Hirschhorn, Martha Rosler

Culture Incorporated

Making institutions depend on private funding seems to be the aim of many governments throughout Europe. Outside of Europe this seems to have been the reality for a long time. What happens to the "free spirit" of art when it becomes financially dependent on a private sponsor? And is it any different from a public sponsor trying to practice censorship or state control?

- Mark W. Rectanus, Sabine Breitwieser, Anthony Davies, Simon Ford

The Necessity of Public Funding?

In many cases, public funding is crucial. Many art projects would never be implemented without public support either from the state or from the EU. However, some institutions operate without any public funding at all, but is this a freedom or a limitation?

- Helena Demakova, Vasif Kortun, Zdenka Badovinac

Workshops: How to Survive/Resist (- if at all)?

Saturday afternoon workshops are a vital part of the conference. The aim is to discuss the problematics raised during the conference and maybe find constructive ways to deal with the present conditions. The goal is to strengthen the existing networks and to generate an awareness of the political reality and its consequences.

Workshops:
- networking strategies
- media strategies
- political strategies
- artistic strategies
- institutional strategies

Speakers:

Chantal Mouffe, Professor of Political Theory, University of Westminster, London
Rudi Laermans, Professor of Sociology, Leuven
Dorthe J¯rgensen, Professor in History of Ideas, University of Aarhus
Hans-Ulrich Obrist, curator, Paris
Jimmie Durham, artist
Robert Fleck, curator, Austria/France
Isabel Carlos, curator, Portugal/Australia
Ami Barak, curator, France
Nancy Adajania, cultural theorist & filmmaker, Bombay
Thomas Hirschhorn, artist, Paris
Martha Rosler, artist, New York
Mark W. Rectanus, Professor of German, Iowa State University
Sabine Breitwieser, director, Generali Foundation, Vienna
Anthony Davies, writer and organizer, London
Simon Ford, artist & art historian, London
Helena Demakova, curator and MP, Riga
Vasif Kortun, director, Istanbul Museum for Contemporary Art, Istanbul
Zdenka Badovinac, director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Ljubljana

Danish Contemporary Art Foundation
Kongens Nytorv 3-5 DK-1050 Copenhagen K.

The DCA Foundation will close down on June 30, 2003. Parts of the activities of the DCA Foundation will be continued in the future Arts Council.

artists
Jimmie Durham
Thomas Hirschhorn
Martha Rosler
Simon Ford

critics
Chantal Mouffe
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
Robert Fleck
Isabel Carlos
Ami Barak
Nancy Adajania
Anthony Davies
Helena Demakova
Vasif Kortun
Zdenka Badovinac

Danish Contemporary Art Foundation
Kongens Nytorv 3-5
Copenhagen K.
Tel +45 33 707470
Fax: +45 33 707480

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