Breaking News. Fukushima and the consequences
dal 7/6/2011 al 16/7/2011
Segnalato da
Curtis Anderson
Katharina Grosse
Jun Kaneko
Boris Mikhailov
Daido Moriyama
Yutaka Takanashi
Shomei Tomatsu
Rosemarie Trockel
Wim Wenders
Leiko Ikemura
7/6/2011
Breaking News. Fukushima and the consequences
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Leiko Ikemura invites artists to react to the catastrophe in Japan and to illuminate the conflict between nature, progress, economy and the human. The exhibition shows works which reflect upon the current situation in Fukushima and Northern Japan, questioning our attitude towards the earth and the cycle of creation and destruction. The show preludes a series of interdisciplinary theme evenings and discussions with architects about reconstruction, emergency accommodation, energy efficiency and nuclear power taking place at various venues in Berlin.
After the earthquake, the following tsunami and the nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japanese artist Leiko Ikemura asks what importance art has in such a moment. Due to these recent occurrences, KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin interrupts the exhibition series KW69 to provide space for an interdisciplinary discourse.
Leiko Ikemura invites artists to react to the catastrophe in Japan and to illuminate the conflict between nature, progress, economy and the human. The exhibition will show works which reflect upon the current situation in Fukushima and Northern Japan, questioning our attitude towards the earth and the cycle of creation and destruction.
Participating artists: Curtis Anderson, Katharina Grosse, Jun Kaneko, Boris Mikhailov, Daido Moriyama, Yutaka Takanashi, Shōmei Tōmatsu, Rosemarie Trockel and Wim Wenders, amongst others.
The exhibition preludes a series of interdisciplinary theme evenings and discussions with architects about reconstruction, emergency accommodation, energy efficiency and nuclear power taking place at various venues in Berlin. To provide practical support to the people affected in Japan, Leiko Ikemura plans a benefit auction this fall.
Leiko Ikemura (born 1951) studied Spanish literature and painting in Japan and Spain. She has lived in Berlin and Cologne since 1990, and works in the fields of painting, sculpture, drawing and installation.
Breaking News – Fukushima and the consequences is made possible thanks to the support of the Friends of KW and Tandem Lagerhaus und Kraftverkehr Kunst GmbH.
With special thanks to the Ikemura class of the Berlin University of the Arts as well as to Christoph Held and Sarah Nöllenheidt.
With kind support by PILSNER URQUELL.
The cultural programs of KW Institute for Contemporary Art are made possible thanks to the support of the Governing Mayor of Berlin – Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs.
Further information: Denhart v. Harling
T +49. 30. 243459. 42 . press@kw-berlin.de
Opening: Wednesday, 08.06.2011, 7 pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststr. 69 D-10117 Berlin