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11/12/2006

Three exhibitions

Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt

Ist das Leben nicht schoen?

Tommy Stockel: Chapter 4

Speaking of Others
tranzit: “Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - An Exposure in 32 Acts"

10 Reasons to be a Member
#11: Olivia Plender: "The Folly of Man Exposed or the World Turned Upside Down"

Tommy Stockel

Tommy Stockel closes the cycle of solo exhibitions presented this year at the Frankfurter Kunstverein under the umbrella title “Ist das Leben nicht schon?". The exhibition - especially conceived for the space and the situation at the Frankfurter Kunstverein - consists of a large installation made of several models, collages and sculptures. Using humble materials such as cardboard and paper, Stockel proposes an intriguing glance into the future. The entire project is an invitation to rethink the notion of the virtual and the sensual in our understanding of what reality is. Tommy Stockel was born in 1972 in Copenhagen and lives and works in Berlin.

tranzit: “Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - An Exposure in 32 Acts"
“Auditorium, Stage, Backstage - An Exposure in 32 Acts“ is realised by tranzit in collaboration with the Frankfurter Kunstverein for the platform “Speaking of Others". tranzit is a network of independent initiatives in the field of contemporary art from Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia.

The exhibition space on the second floor of the Frankfurter Kunstverein is divided into three spaces: Auditorium, Stage, Backstage. Backstage is the mental center of the exhibition. It is a place where the artworks will be displayed in an intimate working manner. During the exhibition the works will change their positions between the areas of the backstage and stage. Through this mode of display, objects, performative works and temporary presentations will appear in different constellations.

Curators of the exhibition and tranzit project leaders are Vi't Havra'nek (Czech Republic), Do'ra Hegyi (Hungary), Boris Ondreicka (Slovakia), and Georg Schollhammer (Austria). Exhibiton concept: Vi't Havra'nek.

Artists: Be'la Bala'zs Studio film-program, Egon Bondy, Josef Dabernig, Guillaume De'sanges (with Fre'de'ric Cherboeuf), Orshi Drozdik, Ro'za El-Hassan, Miklo's Erde'ly, Stano Filko, Free School for Art Theory and Practice, Jef Geys, Tibor Hajas, Josef Hirsal, Hamlet Hovsepian, Sanja Ivekovic, Lilla Khoor - Will Potter, Ju'lius Koller, Jiri' Kovanda, Pawel Kwiek, Denisa Lehocka', Little Warsaw, Ja'n Mancuska, Dorit Margreiter, Work Method, Monument of Transformation, fragment # 1, Zbynek Baladra'n, Pavel Humhal, Roman Onda'k, Boris Ondreicka, Lia Perjovschi, Reinhard Priessnitz, Jo'zef Robakowski, Ernst Schmidt Jr., Jiri' Ska'la, Ja'nos Suga'r, Tama's Szentjo'by, Katerina Seda', Rasa Todosijevic, Toma's Vanek, Heimo Zobernig

On Wednesday, January 17, 2007, the project will be presented in a panel discussion at the Frankfurter Kunstverein with the participation of Vit Havra'nek, Do'ra Hegyi, Boris Ondreicka, Georg Schollhammer, and the tranzit project initiators Kathrin Rhomberg and Maria Hla'vajova.

Olivia Plender: "The Folly of Man Exposed or the World Turned Upside Down"
After almost a year of existence, the “10 Reasons to be a Member" archive will be given a new face. Thanks to the contribution of Olivia Plender (UK, 1977) our archive will grow.
The #11th Reason is presented under the intriguing title „The Folly of Man Exposed or the World Upside Down“. It is a series of drawings specifically made for the Frankfurter Kunstverein dealing with the notion of history, nonsense and our longing for a place, a context, a home, a reference.

Olivia Plender has translated the history of the Frankfurter Kunstverein into a history of emblems, that is, an iconic image used to represent an idea. The whole entrance space is transformed in order to create a new narrative of the institution, in which abstract notions like “Verein", “citizenship" or even “art" crystallise into concrete and rich visual scenes.

Image: Tommy Stockel, Of a flat nature, 2004. Papier. H: 145 cm.

Tommy Stockel is supported by:
The Danish Arts Council, Hessische Kulturstiftung

“Auditorium, Stage, Backstage" is supported by:
tranzit.at, Schauspiel Frankfurt
tranzit is supported by:
Erste Bank Group, Ceska' sporitelna a.s., Slovenska' sporitelna a.s., Erste Bank Hungary
Monument of Transformation is supported by the Erste Bank Foundation
“Speaking of Others" is supported by:
The German Federal Cultural Foundation

Opening: December 12, 7 pm

Frankfurter Kunstverein
Markt 44 60311 Frankfurt, Germany
Tue-Sun: 11 am - 7 pm

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