Bruno Listopad and Nikola Knezevic
dal 3/10/2015 al 12/12/2015
Segnalato da
3/10/2015
Bruno Listopad and Nikola Knezevic
Stroom Den Haag, The Hague
Central, during this period dedicated to the subject of control, is the exhibition "Show more" by the choreographer Listopad and the architect/artist Knezevic. They have created an installation on self- objectification mediated through online broadcasting.
This Fall the program of Stroom Den Haag will be dedicated to the subject of control: from nudging and self-surveillance to talking refrigerators and military urban planning. Not with dystopian scenarios or raised fingers, but from a real interest in a phenomenon that impacts city life in a variety of ways. Central during this period is the exhibition SHOW MORE by the choreographer Bruno Listopad and the architect/artist Nikola Knežević. They have created an installation on self- objectification mediated through online broadcasting.
The installation SHOW MORE by the choreographer Bruno Listopad and the architect/artist Nikola Knežević presents a selection of YouTube online activities of "non-artists" that facultatively and publicly share a designed image of themselves or their desires, according to their own principles. These individuals take charge of their online representation by transforming themselves into subject-objects that either comply with or challenge established norms of behavior.
The performative qualities these works have and the creative strategies they employ raise questions about the distinction between art and "non-art" practices. To intensify their qualities, the works are shown within a digital art space - a museum - that is created to emphasize the notion of the Internet as today's largest archive and panoptical museum. This "museum" is conceived as an expression of total control by the way it attempts to command the visitors' gaze, all the data it aggregates in its collection and the subjectivity it engenders.
The exhibition will be accompanied by an indepth Stroom School program looking at the theme of control from a variety of perspectives and linking it to the city of The Hague.
Part of Culture of Control
Culture of Control is made possible in part by the Creative Industries Fund NL, Mondriaan Fund and the City of The Hague.
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Opening: Saturday 3 October, 17 hrs
Stroom Den Haag, Hogewal 1-9, The Hague
Wednesday thru Sunday, 12 noon - 5 pm
Entrance free