Play&Control

Pori Art Museum, Pori

The exhibition presents eight young artists who have realized works on the concept of playing and who question the traditional implications associated to a work of art. The exhibition is curated by Koen Broucke (Belgium). Play & Control is part of projects for young artists by Germinations Europen.

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The Play & Control exhibition at the Pori Art Museum explores the creative process and the control of performing that revises it. The exhibition presents eight young artists who have realized works on the concept of playing and who question the traditional implications associated to a work of art. A starting point for the artists is the playing child. The creative process itself comes very close to a young child's play, free and without obligations. By giving the play a structure the play is given function that moulds it into a certain direction. The desire to play (the precondition for every creative process) and the necessity to have a legitimated form directed by the unwritten rules and regulations of the art world are constantly in tension. To what extent should the artist be prepared to compromise? How far will the real game go?

Artists in the exhibition: Alice Bourcereau's (F) performative works operate in the everyday. They function at first hand invisibly, challenging the visitor in a surprising way. Marie Belenotti-Bellot's (F) works use several facets linked with games and playing. Slowing down tempo and coincidence are central features in her video installations. In Julien Collieux's (F) installations visitors participate in the constantly changing display of the work. Collieux's installation plays also with the myth of the authenticity of the author's hand. Elisa Coissard's (F) works render visible the power relations of perceiving. Joseph Jessen's (D) installation operates as a concrete and conceptual playing ground that mixes the roles of the artist-maker and visitor-experiencer. Nadia Naveau's (B) playground of monumental sculptures is inspired by war games and toy solders. Tanja Rau (DK) transforms the museum's exhibition spaces in her site-specific painting installations. Tereza Velikova's (CZ) installation is inspired by a childhood memory. The exhibition is curated by Koen Broucke from Belgium. Play & Control is part of of the projects for young artists by Germinations Europe.

Immagine: Julien Collieux, Suuri taiteilija, Le grand artist, 2001. Photo: Tomas Rasl

EtelÃ¤ranta 28100 PORI FINLAND

OPENING HOURS:
Tuesday to Sunday 11am to 6pm
Wednesdays 11am to 8pm closed on Mondays

For more information on the exhibition please contact:
curator Hannele Kolsio/Pori Art Museum, tel +358 2 621 1083

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IN ARCHIVIO [15]

Johnny Amore
dal 26/9/2013 al 23/11/2013