Connect Four
dal 6/7/2013 al 3/8/2013
Segnalato da
6/7/2013
Connect Four
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
The exhibition confronts 4 artistic positions with one another, which analytically and playfully explore gambling as a mixture of faith and economics in the context of the individual on the one hand, and of society as a whole on the other.
CONNECT FOUR: THE BET
Performance weekend
THE BET: A STUDY ON DOUBT, CONTINGENCY AND MEANING IN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY
A collaboration between Berliner Festspiele/Foreign Affairs and KW Institute for
Contemporary Art
12.7.13, from 21 h, KW
13.7.13,15–19 h KW, from 19 h Haus der Berliner Festspiele
Advance ticket sales at KW’s counter and online:
Friday: https://tickets.kbb.eu/kbb.webshop/webticket/bestseatselect?eventId=4744&el=true
Saturday: https://tickets.kbb.eu/kbb.webshop/webticket/bestseatselect?eventId=4745&el=true
Remaining tickets at the box office
Betting in the form of speculation has been a ubiquitous element in the financial crises of recent years. The belief in the calculability of our future continues to dominate politics and society. What potential does the bet harbor today? And what is at stake? THE BET addresses these questions with an exhibition and a performance weekend, jointly realized by KW and Haus der Berliner Festspiele, as part of the festival FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The exhibition CONNECT FOUR: THE BET at KW confronts four artistic positions with one another, which analytically and playfully explore gambling as a mixture of faith and economics in the context of the individual on the one hand, and of society as a whole on the other. Daniel Keller lists absurd futuristic job titles, which may emerge over future technological development, but most probably will not. A creative competition by Böhler & Orendt offers visitors the chance to become part of the project by paying into a fund. Goldin+Senneby’s installation THE DISCREET CHARM investigates speculation on the financial markets, and Claire Fontaine’s opening night performance activates her installation GET LOST, in which she pinpoints intimacy and its abrupt rejection in the context of capitalist structures.
CONNECT FOUR is a new exhibition series at KW, which will bring four artists and their work into conversation with one another, each time on a different subject.
During the second weekend of July, THE BET: A STUDY ON DOUBT, CONTINGENCY AND MEANING IN ECONOMY AND SOCIETY is producing an intensive program of over 20 positions, including many newly produced pieces, on the significance of the bet today. Performances and scenic installations by various artists including Michael Portnoy, Reactor, Santiago Sierra and Forced Entertainment explore the concept of the “bet”, with its historical background and contemporary incarnations. Along with the audience, they propose a gamble on our own security and the behavior of others.
The performances will be complemented with theoretical observations on the global interrelations between speculation and the trade in our future by guests such as Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennet, Elena Esposito and Joseph Vogl. A film program at KW will shine a light on the topic from both economic and personal perspectives.
Exhibition at KW with:
Böhler & Orendt, Claire Fontaine, Goldin+Senneby, Daniel Keller
Performance weekend at KW and Haus der Berliner Festspiele with:
Pieter de Buysser, Armin Chodzinsky feat. Nis Kötting, Jochen Dehn, Elena Esposito, Forced Entertainment, William Forsythe, Nikolaus Gansterer, geheimagentur & Joshua Sofaer, Hadley + Maxwell, Chris Kondek, Johannes Kreidler, Barbara Matijevic, Michael Portnoy, Johannes Paul Raether feat. Ute Waldhausen, Reactor, Saskia Sassen, Richard Sennett, Santiago Sierra, Janek Simon, Cally Spooner, Daniel Tyradellis & Joseph Vogl, among others
Furthermore, from June 28 until July 4, 2013, two installations by William Forsythe will be on view at KW.
THE BET: A STUDY ON DOUBT, CONTINGENCY AND MEANING IN THE ECONOMY AND IN SOCIETY is a collaboration between Berliner Festspiele/Foreign Affairs and KW Institute for Contemporary Art, funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation).
Opening: Saturday, 6.7.13, 17–22 h, 19 h Performance by Claire Fontaine
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69 - D-10117 Berlin
Opening hours: Wed – Mon 12 – 19 h, Thur 12 – 21 h
Tuesdays closed
Admission: 6 €, reduced 4 € (valid for all exhibitions at KW)
Performance weekend: Fri 10 €/7 €, Sat 15 €/10 €, Fri + Sat 20 €/14 €