democracy!
dal 13/4/2000 al 12/5/2000
Segnalato da
13/4/2000
democracy!
Royal College of Art Galleries, London
At the 1972 Documenta, Joseph Beuys presented the Organisation for Direct
Democracy, an all-inclusive vision which embraced artistic, social and
political activities.
democracy! explores the substance of this vision. It recognises the need to
find a productive role for the artist within society. It acknowledges the
desire to build relationships and integrate artistic practices, and to
develop new and practical links within and outside the artistic community.
To embrace democracy involves the sacrifice of ego and the acceptance of
collaboration. It is risky and uncertain, frustrating and rewarding. Its
relations cannot be assumed; they have to be debated. It remains abstract
unless realised and can be stifled by realisation. Nearly everybody
understands what democracy means. But everybody has different ideas about
what it is or should be. It is an ongoing process in which contradiction
and failure play a part.
democracy! at the Royal College of Art might be seen as a contradiction in
terms, because the work in this exhibition has largely arisen in opposition
to the specialist institutions of art. democracy! is about questioning the
structures which prompted the search for alternatives in the first place.
It looks to create a productive dialogue between communities, collectives,
individuals, organisations and audiences, acknowledging that all have
something to learn from each other.
ArtLab, B.a.d. Foundation, Jeremy Deller, Clegg & Guttman, Annika Eriksson,
De Geuzen, Carsten Höller, Group Material,Jeanne van Heeswijk, Aleksandra
Mir, Dave Muller, Nils Norman, No Problem Agency, Mejor Vida Corp., Oreste,
Carissa Rodriguez & Jodi Busby, Rigo 2000 & LPDC, Hinrich Sachs, Sarah
Tripp, Superflex, Punish, PH Studio, Cesare Pietroiusti, Plamen Dejanov &
Swetlana Heger, Stephen Willats.
Royal College of Art Galleries
Exhibition open Friday 14 April - Friday 12 May 2000
Exhibition closed for Easter Weekend Friday 21 - Monday 24 April
11-6pm (admission free)
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London SW7 2EU
United Kingdom
Curated by final year students from the Royal College of Art MA curating
course. For further details please contact:
Tim Hutchinson T: 020 7590 4494 or F: 020 7590 4495
democracy@rca.ac.uk
Anna Brenard Royal College of Art Press Officer
T: 020 7590 4127
a.brenard@rac.ac.uk.