University is a factory
dal 28/1/2004 al 12/2/2004
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28/1/2004
University is a factory
Kunstraum der Leuphana Universitaet Lueneburg, Luneburg
In the 2nd part of The Government we propose that each display, each constellation is, in fact, an action. This lesson is indispensible both in aesthetic and political terms. Roger M. Buergel, Antke Engel and Ruth Noack
opening
Thursday, January 29, 2004 8 pm
Halle 25, University Campus
with
Harun Farocki: film sequence from "Die Schoepfer der Einkaufswelten" (2001)
Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Pierre Gorin: film sequence from "Tout Va Bien" (1972)
Martha Rosler: Losing: A Conversation with the Parents (1977)
Allan Sekula: School is a Factory (1978/ 80)
In the 2nd part of The Government we propose that each display, each
constellation is, in fact, an action. This lesson is indispensible
both in aesthetic and political terms. A short sequence from Tout va
bien (1972) by Godard/Gorin is brought into dialogue with an equally
short sequence from The creators of the Shopping Malls (2001) by
Harun Farocki. Each portrays the supermarket (or hypermarché) as
today's privileged exhibition space and social theatre.
Martha Rosler's video Losing: A Conversation with the Parents (1976)
displays an intimate situation as eavily saturated with social norms.
As we are made to follow a parents reflection on their daughter's
death from anorexia, we come to realize that their discourse employs
the same empty gestures we revel in, while watching TV's soaps and
talkshows.
For the debate about the future of the university-system (Lueneburg
University, like so many other German universities, is now on
strike), we expect some advice from Allan Sekula's inquiry School is
a Factory (1978/80). There must be a link -- call it aesthetic form
-- between the fordist technologies of education, explored by this
piece, and the current crisis affecting the production of
post-fordist mentalities.
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The Government
Kunstraum der Universitaet Lueneburg with Roger M. Buergel, Antke Engel and Ruth Noack
sponsored by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (Government Foundation), the Allianz
Kulturstiftung (Allianz Foundation) and the Verein fuer Zeitgenoessische Kunst
Lueneburg (Association of Contemporary Art, Lueneburg).
supported by FRAC - Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain du Centre, Orléans
opening hours
Thu 4-8 pm and
Fri, Sat, Sun 2-6 pm
guided tours
on February 05, 06, 07, 08 and 12 during opening times
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