Johannes Paul Raether
dal 21/5/2013 al 23/5/2013
Segnalato da
21/5/2013
Johannes Paul Raether
Venus & Apoll, Dusseldorf
A performance, an exhibition and a student seminar. In his performances, the artist impersonates a range of fictional characters which he created.
From May 22 to 24 May, 2013 artist Johannes Paul Raether will be at VENUS & APOLL with a performance, an exhibition and a student seminar.
In his performances Raether (b. 1977 in Heidelberg, lives and works in Berlin) impersonates a range of fictional characters which he created.
Since 2010, Raether has examined the future of human reproduction and its relationship with capitalist production in the figure of TRANSFORMELLA – QUEEN OF DEBRIS.
In the age of artificial insemination, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and surrogate mothers human reproduction has taken on a globalized, industrialized quality. Serial infant production by way of surrogate mothers has been outsourced to emerging countries such as India. Raether’s TRANSFORMELLA does not fundamentally reject these new reproduction technologies for moral reasons but makes a case for embracing the possibilities afforded by innovative models of reproduction as instruments in the political debate on self-determination, collectivity and society.
For some years Raether has been part of several self-organised projects and collectives, such as Freie Klasse at the Berlin’s University of Fine Arts, "basso" artist space and a number of performance collectives. His work has been shown in exhibitions in the NBK, Berlin; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Platform Garanti, Istanbul and KUMU Art Museum, Tallinn. He has published texts in Jungle world, chto delat? and is a regular contributor to Texte zur Kunst. He has lectured and taught at Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Copenhagen and Central St. Martin’s College, London.
PROGRAM
WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013, 8 p.m.
THE TRANSFORMELLA INSTITUTE OF THE FUTURES OF REPRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
A PERFORMANCE BY JOHANNES PAUL RAETHER AND UTE WALDHAUSEN
On May 22, 2013 from 8 p.m. Raether’s fictional character TRANSFORMELLA will be at VENUS & APOLL together with the Institute of the Futures of Reproduction Technologies, which she founded. In a performative presentation assisted by artist Ute Waldhausen (b. 1972 in Wernigerode, lives and works in Berlin) TRANSFORMELLA will talk about her research into human procreation in the age of reproduction technology.
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2013, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
EXHIBITION ON JOHANNES PAUL RAETHER’S PERFORMANCE
Raether’s installation, which accompanied the performance on the previous evening, will be showcased in an exhibition at VENUS & APOLL on May 23, 2013 between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013, 2 to 6 p.m.
STUDENT SEMINAR BY JOHANNES PAUL RAETHER
Raether will give a student seminar at VENUS & APOLL on May 24, 2013 from 2 to 6 p.m. His fictional character TRANSFORMELLA will expand on and discuss the hypotheses put forward in her presentation and offer insights into Raether’s approach to performative work.
If you are a student and wish to attend the seminar, please send an e-mail to nadig@julia-stoschek-collection.net by May 22, 2013.
Venus & Apoll
Worringer Platz 8 - 40210 Dusseldorf
Entry to all events is free!