2/12/2003
Institution2
Kiasma, Helsinki
An exhibition and a seminar that posit an inquiry into the work of ten contemporary art institutions in Europe. The program is part of The Process a sequence of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and lectures, which together form the program of Kiasma from September 2003 till January 2004. The objective of Institution2 is to present different examples of institutional work from various cultural and geographic contexts that manifest a flexible and progressive approach to a critical engagement with art and the exchange with the public.
Art Institutions: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Working with Contemporary Art
Exhibition: 03/12/03 - 05/01/04
Seminar: 03/12 - 04/12/03
Curated by Jens Hoffmann
Organized by NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art in collaboration
with Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Institution2 is an exhibition and a seminar that posit an inquiry into the
work of ten contemporary art institutions in Europe. The program is part
of The Process a sequence of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and
lectures, which together form the program of Kiasma from September 2003
till January 2004. The objective of Institution2 is to present different
examples of institutional work from various cultural and geographic
contexts that manifest a flexible and progressive approach to a critical
engagement with art and the exchange with the public. The program will
examine the different institutional models in order to formulate an
outlook of the diverse landscape of art institutions and their different
strategies.
Participating institutions:
- BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
- Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
- Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
- Index, Stockholm
- Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
- Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
- Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
- Rooseum, Malmö
- Witte de With, Rotterdam
In addition the organizing institutions, Kiasma and NIFCA, will take part
in the program and present their specific models in the seminar as well as
the exhibition.
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SEMINAR OUTLINE
Wednesday, 3.12.2003
KIASMA Theater
13.00: WORDS OF WELCOME
13.15 - 14.45: CRITIQUE AND CREATIVITY
Jonas Ekeberg, Henrik Plenge Jacobsen, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Lene Crone
Jensen
Moderated by: Jens Hoffmann
15.15 - 16.45: INSTITUTIONS AS PRODUCERS OF PUBLIC SPHERES
Nicolas Bourriaud, Mary Jane Jacob, Jakob Jakobsen, Boris Ondreicka,
Nicolaus Schafhausen
Moderated by: Nina Möntmann
Thursday, 4.12.2003
KIASMA Seminar Room
10.00 - 11.30: ETHICAL IMPERATIVES
Catherine David, Kestutis Kuizinas, Marysia Lewandowska, Jérôme Sans
Moderated by: Robert Fleck
11.45. - 13.15: NOTIONS ON THE AUDIENCE, INTERACTION, AND EDUCATIONAL
PROGRAMS
Vanessa Joan Müller, Tellervo Kalleinen, Mats Stjernstedt, Matias
Faldbakken
Moderated by: Kaija Kaitavuori
14.30 - 16.00: CULTURAL ECONOMY
Anthony Davies, Maria Hlavajiova, Joanna Mytkowska, November Paynter,
Andrzej Przywara
Moderated by: Simon Sheikh
The seminar has been organized in collaboration with NIFCA curator Nina
Möntmann.
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA
Suomenlinna B 28
00190 Helsinki
Finland
Tel +358 9 686 430
Fax +358 9 668 594
http://www.nifca.org
This project has been realized with financial support of:
- Bergen Kunsthall
- Norsk Kulturfond
- BergArt
- Goethe-Institute Helsinki
- Mondriaan Foundation
- Office for Contemporary Art Norway
- Danish Contemporary Art Foundation
- NIFCA
- Kiasma
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 2
00100 Helsinki
Finland
Tel +358 9 1733 6542
Fax +358 9 1733 6575