Irena Haiduk
dal 9/9/2015 al 7/10/2015
Segnalato da
9/9/2015
Irena Haiduk
The Renaissance Society, Chicago
Seductive Exacting Realism, a two-part project, presented as parallel exhibitions at the Renaissance Society and the 14th Istanbul Biennial
In Greek mythology, sirens dwell on the rocky coastline, singing for passing ships. These enchanting creatures take on the guise of beautiful women, but it is their voices that seduce the sailors. Like oracles, sirens know the past and the future, but their song makes the present moment stretch on forever, as their listeners waste away in a reverie. Irena Haiduk's new work for the Renaissance Society transforms the exhibition space into a temple, or a theater of waiting, where sirens lounge in the eaves overhead. A discursive data stream fills the room, carrying an exchange between two voices. In early 2015, Haiduk interviewed Srda Popovic, one of the former leaders of a non-violent student movement that deposed Serbian autocrat Slobodan Milosevic. To create the centerpiece of Seductive Exacting Realism, Haiduk hired voice actors Jennifer Estlin and Lin Qian (who also voices Apple.Inc. IVR) to recreate her conversation with this revolutionary operative, a man who continues to make history Navigating this complicated terrain, Haiduk's Seductive Exacting Realism-a two-part project, presented as parallel exhibitions at the Renaissance Society and the 14th Istanbul Biennial - is neither an expose' nor an indictment. Rather, it is an excursion into the deep waters of revolutionary desire and high stakes event planning on a world stage, where questions regarding political efficacy, complicity, and the limits and potential of art rise up from the depths. Opening and artist talk: September 11, 6-9pm, Haiduk discusses the exhibition with curator Solveig Ovstebo at 7pm.