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5/5/2015

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Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael, Venezia

REALISE&RESIST Exhibitions / Events / Discussions / Workshops

Video works and performances by: Ana Bilankov / Oskar Dawicki / Tanja Deman / Nezaket Ekici / European Souvenirs / Silvia Maria Grossmann / Andrea Iten, Martin Schaffner & Max Spielmann / Igor Juran / Aurelia Meinhart / Julian Palacz / ZEMOS98

Art has always been highly sensitive to crisis. In recent years, crises have relentlessly engulfed Europe and the planet as whole, deeply impacting the fabric of multiple societies and individual lives. In this context the importance of artists and artistic production—in particular the ability of artists to critically and compellingly reimage given situations—has emerged as a potent and promising capacity.

The REALISE project raises questions about how contemporary artists are dealing with this shifting and omnipresent phenomenon: What aspects of crisis are addressed? What ideas and alternative models of resistance to crisis are being developed? How can art promote strategies of resilience? Is something emerging that could be described as creative crisis intelligence?

The first presentation of the REALISE project will take place at the Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael on the occasion of the preview of the 56th Venice Biennale 2015 from May 6 – 10, 2015. With a comprehensive program comprising an exhibition, a live cinematic performance, workshops and discussions, REALISE invites artists and visitors to gather and discuss the issues at hand and collaboratively develop vital methods of resistance in times of crisis.

The project spans an extended period from November 2014 – October 2016. Participating institutions from Germany, Slovakia, Greece, Croatia, Austria and Spain are cooperating not only in a joint presentation in Venice but also in various other activities, such as transnational exhibitions and performances, festivals, artist-in-residence programs, workshops and lectures. The XXI. Rohkunstbau “Apokalypse” 2015 in Schloss Roskow near Potsdam is also part of this programme. An interactive virtual exhibition platform will make the results of the project available to a wide European public.

The REALISE project is an initiative of the ATLANTIS network. Founded by the Heinrich Boell Foundation Brandenburg in 2008, this informal consortium brings together contemporary art and cultural institutions from Europe, including countries such as Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Slovakia and Spain, in the form of cross-border cultural exchange and cooperation. This approach has been reflected in the implementation of projects such as Atlantis – Hidden Histories—New Identities. European Art 20 Years after the Iron Curtain (2008–9), HEICO – Heritage, Identity and Communication in European Contemporary Art Practices (2010–12) and currently REALISE_The Resilience of Art in Liquid Crises (2014–16).

Participating Institutions / The Exhibition REALISE&RESIST

Heinrich Boell Foundation Brandenburg / Rohkunstbau, Potsdam, Germany

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The Heinrich Boell Foundation Brandenburg organises and promotes events dedicated to political and cultural education with the objective of supporting democratic decision-making processes and socio-political engagement on a regional, national and international level. The foundation’s core cultural mission is to promote the arts and culture as independent spheres of reflexion and as an expression of a society’s self-conception. The foundation is also dedicated to fostering international cooperation and exchange. Since 2008, the Heinrich Boell Foundation Brandenburg has been coordinating the ATLANTIS network. In addition, it oversees ROHKUNSTBAU, an international contemporary art festival in the German state of Brandenburg.

In Venice, the Heinrich Boell Foundation will present a performance by artist Nezaket Ekici. In Permanent Words, Nezaket Ekici explores the role of women in (Muslim) societies. Hanging upside down and cloaked in a chador, the performance artist recites quotes from the Qur’an, newspapers and her personal diary, thus referring to changing gender roles and current tensions between religion, tradition and modernity.


Dom umenia / Kunsthalle Bratislava (KHB) – Bratislava, Slovakia

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Dom umenia / Kunsthalle Bratislava (KHB) is a contemporary art gallery without an in-house collection that exhibits national and international visual art. The local mission of KHB is to make visual art accessible to the general public. In terms of its international aims, KHB focuses on highlighting Slovak visual art through systematic networking with major partner institutions abroad. KHB comprises the Kunsthalle LAB—an exhibition space based on a laboratory concept—as well as Kunsthalle KLUB— a space devoted to education in the field of contemporary visual art, offering lectures, discussions and various presentations. KHB strives to make visual art approachable for the general public through new experimental, participation-based forms of communication.

In Venice, KHB is presenting the work Oskar Dawicki. Oskar Dawicki is concerned with existential issues in his practice, offering ironic comments on the realities of the art world. In his video work Tears of Joy, the artist draws on the motif of vanitas as expressing helplessness and a sense of irreversible loss. Born in 1971 in Stargard Szczeciński, Oskar Dawicki lives and works in Warsaw. He is a multimedia and performance artist and co-founder of Grupa Azorro.

ArtBOX.gr | Creative Arts Management – Thessaloniki, Greece

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ArtBOX is dedicated to conceiving and implementing contemporary art projects in Greece and abroad. Acting as an artistic director and project manager of various initiatives, ArtBOX has been involved in all significant contemporary art events in Greece and in many international exhibitions, such as the Venice Biennale. Together with the Goethe-Institut Thessaloniki, ArtBOX recently co-organised the project Artecitya, a project based on a partnership of eight European institutions.

In 2012 ArtBOX co-initiated the project Enter Views on Crisis (EVOC) with HyperWerk/Academy of Art and Design/Basel. EVOC aims to decode, analyse and map crises through the creation of an oral history archive, utilising a specific interview format to collect information on individual points of view. This open-source archive will be available to researchers, students, opinion-makers and artists, helping them to decode and analyse some of the seminal historical events of the early 21st century. Artistic interpretations of the interviews, presented in exhibitions and online, aim to enrich human interaction across both national and social borders. A sample selection of these interviews is being presented in Venice.

Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU) – Zagreb, Croatia

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The Croatian Association of Visual Artists (HDLU) is a nongovernmental, non-profit, and politically neutral union of visual artists established in 1868. HDLU’s basic aims are to encourage contemporary visual expression, to improve the freedom of visual expression, to promote dynamic exhibition programs and international exchange as well as to participate in the creation of legislation and rules governing visual art production and the social welfare of artists.

HDLU is presenting three short video works. In New Town Future Film Ana Bilankov creates a space situated between utopia and dystopia by referring to post-industrial landscapes and environmental issues that remain unaddressed. Igor Juran intertwines the past and present through a sequence of removed and neutral observations in his work Yesterday after . . . In Abode of Vacancy Tanja Deman shows real and surreal deserted spaces of nature and modern cities, exploring perceptions of the constructed environment.

next – Verein fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst – Graz, Austria

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next—Verein fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst has conceptualised and implemented its international artists in residence programmes since 1995. Within the framework of interdisciplinary cooperation, different artists are invited to work together on specific topics in temporary studios. Critical approaches to contemporary socio-political realities and processes as well as relevant questions on history and cultural heritage are raised as a basis for philosophical and artistic discussion.

next – Verein fuer zeitgenoessische Kunst is presenting three short video works by different artists—three divergent perspectives on the phenomenon of crisis. Whereas Silvia Maria Grossmann deals with the pollution of the oceans in GOOD MORNING!, Julian Palacz addresses issues relating to capitalism and surveillance in China in MAO YUANS. In her video work GREEK COFFEE - Ελληνικό καφέ, Aurelia Meinhart reflects upon the necessity of “spheres of confidentiality,” habits and rituals in times of crisis.

ZEMOS98 – Seville, Spain

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ZEMOS98 is a social enterprise that produces and investigates new media art, free culture and social innovation. ZEMOS98 has organised the ZEMOS98 Festival for the last 17 years, which has become an international point of reference for issues related to digital culture and experimental narratives. ZEMOS98 operates on an international level and serves as the coordinator of the Doc Next Network, which has produced projects such as Remapping Europe (2012–14) as well as Radical Democracy (2014–15). Its most recent project is Macarena Lab, an independent school that aims to foster civic participation through new media art in the Macarena neighbourhood of Seville. ZEMOS98 is also active in the field of research as the publisher of an online magazine (www.embed.at) and various books.

The video tutorial Everyone Can Be a Remixer presented by ZEMOS98 in Venice deals with the practice of audio-visual remix in the Internet era. The underlying concept is that all cultural content—which is essentially derived and derivable—stems from the audio-visual ecosystem of an endless network of connections placing us in the roles of prosumers, consumers and producers of content. The video examines the modes of narrative and processes of learning that arise from the specific contexts that we inhabit. Above all, Everyone Can Be a Remixer is an invitation to participate in this process.

On the Programme / Events / Workshops / Discussions:

€UROVISIONS, a live cinematic performance by European Souvenirs / May 6, 9:00 pm

We see their pictures on the news; these images serve to illustrate the rhetoric surrounding the political and economic causes and assumed effects of migration. But what are their names? Why are they here? What are their personal stories? And why does the media fail to report on their individual dreams? Once, we were all migrants. €urovisions takes you on a trip through Europe and the homelands of these newcomers: travellers, migrants, nomads, tourists and souvenirs serve as guides through time and history. €urovisions remixes live cinema and documentary techniques (multiscreen projections, live music, audio-visual actionism, sampling and cut-ups) into an audio-visual performance.

Workshop (RE)MIX : Migration, Media, Representation & Imageries by European Souvenirs / May 7, 3:00–7:00 pm

This workshop focuses on interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches at the interface between art, performance, media and technology. The international artistic collective European Souvenirs invites the public to research and experiment with developing an audio-visual performance within the topical framework of migration and its representation.

Discussion: FOR SALE : SELL-OUT—The Alienation and Resilience of Societies with Silvia Maria Grossmann (AT), Aurelia Meinhart (AT) & Julian Palacz (AT) introduced by Luise Kloos / May 8, 3:00–4:30 pm

This discussion on the alienation and resilience of different societies will focus on the antithetic power and possibilities of individuals within society. Are we strong enough to face the effect of alienation in various realms of experience? Do we need to rethink our understanding of democracy and individual responsibility in order to remain active citizens? What are possible artistic contributions?

Workshop & Discussion: ARTISTIC CRISIS ECONOMY : Subcultural, Cooperative, Illegal, Criminal and Subversive Narratives and Practices with Davide Skerlj (IT), Alessandra Nicolini (IT), Giovanni Morbin (IT) introduced by Josip Zanki (HR) / May 8, 5:00–7:00 pm

In his book Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? Mark Fisher claims: “There are certainly conspiracies in capitalism, but the problem is that they are themselves only possible because of deeper level structures that allow them to function. Does anyone really think, for instance, that things would improve if we replaced the whole managerial and banking class with a whole new set of (‘better’) people?” (2009:72). The structure of neoliberal capitalism and culture, regardless whether postmodern or deconstructivist, is entering a phase of auto-cannibalism. The paradigm of culture and utopia is changing and transforming into different models of existence. Culture can be envisaged as a large, faded palimpsest with numerous layers. The workshop deals with questions about artists’ ideas on potential forms resistance to the bio-political hegemony and what possible strategies are enabled by an artistic crisis economy.

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ARTPRESS Ute Weingarten Tel +49 (0) 30 48 49 63 50 artpress@uteweingarten.de

Opening: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 7:00 pm // live cinematic performance €urovisions by the artistic collective European Souvenir, 9:00 pm

Collegio Armeno Moorat Raphael / Palazzo Zenobio
Dorsoduro 2596 Fondamenta del Soccorso 30123 Venezia
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