Roderick Buchanan
Jeremiah Day
Omer Fast
Runo Lagomarsino
Deimantas Narkevicius
Amalia Pica
Krist Gruijthuijsen
November Paynter
Roderick Buchanan, Jeremiah Day, Omer Fast, Runo Lagomarsino, Deimantas Narkevicius, Amalia Pica and Florian Wust. The exhibition deals primarily with subjective, artistic interpretations of specific historical events. Curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen and November Paynter.
Roderick Buchanan, Jeremiah Day, Omer Fast, Runo Lagomarsino, Deimantas Narkevicius,
Amalia Pica and Florian Wust
Curated by Krist Gruijthuijsen and November Paynter
Recently there has been a great deal of attention on artistic practices that focus
on reconstructions of historical events - from reenactments to documentary videos,
where the aim is to question, investigate or reconsider social attitudes of
interpretation. Coming from a similar perspective, but diverging from these
reconstructive tendencies, the exhibition We all laughed at Christopher Columbus
deals primarily with subjective, artistic interpretations of specific historical
events.
We all laughed at Christopher Columbus is a project organised in three parts. The
title of the show is taken from a work by Runo Lagomarsino featured in the first
version of the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam between 22 July
and 3 September 2006. The presentation in Istanbul includes the participation of two
additional artists Omer Fast and Deimantas Narkevicius, a new work by Lagomarsino,
as well as adapted installations by Florian Wust and Jeremiah Day. The first
exhibition offered a buoyant, light-hearted approach to the title and concept of the
project, whereas the second exhibition in Istanbul possesses a more melancholy
attitude. The third part in the series, a publication, will bring together texts and
thoughts that have influenced and been discussed in relation to the topic.
Image: Deimantas Narkevicius, still from The Role of a Lifetime, 2003
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Contemporary Art Center
276 Istiklal Caddesi - Istanbul