Play Time
dal 25/9/2014 al 29/11/2014
Segnalato da
25/9/2014
Play Time
Fonds regional d'art contemporain -FRAC Bretagne, Rennes
Contemporary art biennale. The 4th edition of Les Ateliers de Rennes takes a Hulotesque stroll through the field of contemporary artistic practice. Exploring notions of work, play, idleness and the time we devote to each, 'Play Time' is structured around three international group shows that take place at La Halle de la Courrouze (a former military arsenal), at the Rennes Museum of Fine Arts and at the Frac Bretagne.
Why today has work become our sole source of self-validation?
As adults, do we still have the right to play?
Should we be dedicating more time to idleness?
Artists:
Michael Beutler, Cosima von Bonin, Lilian Bourgeat, Nicolas Chardon, François
Curlet, Sam Curtis, Michael Dans, Denicolai & Provoost, Dewar & Gicquel, Florence
Doléac, Jimmie Durham, Priscila Fernandes, Robert Filliou, Marianne Flotron, Michel
François, Fucking Good Art, Gaillard & Claude, Ane Hjort Guttu, Pierre Huyghe, Ann
Veronica Janssens, Sven ‘t Jolle, Gaspar Libedinsky, Erik van Lieshout, Maider
López, Emilio Lopéz-Menchero, M/M (Paris), Erwan Mével, Gareth Moore, Mrzyk &
Moriceau, Oscar Murillo, Rivane Neuenschwander & Cao Guimarães, Jean-Marc Paquot,
Bruno Peinado, Hugues Reip, Hans Schabus, Franck Scurti, Katarina Ševic, Pilvi
Takala, Jay Tan, Koki Tanaka, Pierre Tatu, Christophe Terlinden, Tehnica Schweiz,
Thomas Tudoux, Donelle Woolford
Curator: Zoë Gray
In our work-oriented culture, especially in the protestant north, we have been told
since the Middle Ages that idle hands are morally suspect. Since the Industrial
Revolution, our hitherto self-organized manner of working—and playing—has been
standardized, made to fit the factory whistle and the office clock. What has this
done to our understanding of play time?
Appropriating the title of Jacques Tati’s most famous commercial flop, the 4th
edition of Les Ateliers de Rennes – biennale d’art contemporain takes a
Hulotesque stroll through the field of contemporary artistic practice. Exploring
notions of work, play, idleness and the time we devote to each, PLAY TIME is
structured around three international group shows that take place at La Halle de la
Courrouze (a former military arsenal), at the Rennes Museum of Fine Arts and at the
Frac Bretagne.
Bringing together the work of established and emerging artists, new commissions and
existing works, PLAY TIME approaches the exhibition simultaneously as a playground
and a place of work, a space and time of possibility in which artists and audience
can play together.
As an extension to the biennale, six monographic exhibitions will be presented in
contemporary art spaces across Rennes and the region of Brittany, featuring artists
whose work is also present in PLAY TIME’s group exhibitions. These exhibitions
are:
–Oscar Murillo at 40mcube (Rennes)
–Gareth Moore at La Criée centre d’art contemporain (Rennes)
–Fucking Good Art at Le Cabinet du livre d’artiste (Rennes)
–Priscila Fernandes at Phakt Centre Culturel Colombier (Rennes)
–Koki Tanaka at Passerelle Centre d’art contemporain (Brest)
–Ane Hjort Guttu at Le Quartier Centre d’art contemporain (Quimper)
There will also be a number of collaborations with local partners, including the
Ecole Européenne Supérieure d’Art de Bretagne.
Image: Maider López, Piscine Saint-Georges, 2014 © Maider López
Press contact:
2e Bureau: Martial Hobeniche - Sylvie Grumbach Tel : 01 42 339318
m.hobeniche@2e-bureau.com
Opening and professional preview: Friday 26 September
La Halle de la Courrouze,
Le Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes Frac Bretagne & associated venues Rennes, Brittany France