Heman Chong
Angela Detanico
Rafael Lain
Jerome Joy
radioqualia
Sascha Pohflepp
Jakob Schillinger
Marius Watz
Susanne Jaschko
31/10/2007
Travelling Without Moving
Oboro, Montreal
The group show deals with the changes in today's notions of travelling due to an often mediatized perception of the surrounding world. The 6 selected artworks can be regarded as results of, or comments on, this changed perception and conveyance of the world. Today "The cultural value of urban screens", a lecture by curator Susanne Jaschko.
A group show
curated by Susanne Jaschko
The exhibition Travelling Without Moving deals with the
changes in today’s notions of travelling due to an often
mediatized perception of the surrounding world.
Technological innovation has increased the speed of
travel and the range of distances that can be reached in
real time. By the same token, the modern traveller has
developed a strong desire to feel a connection with home.
Mobile devices fulfil this desire, but also disconnect the
traveller from his or her surroundings.
One might argue that today’s mobility implies movement
on the surface – the surface of the city, the surface of
culture. That it means travelling without moving – and
perhaps without being moved.
The six selected artworks can be regarded as results of, or
comments on, this changed perception and conveyance
of the world. More than this, they are representatives of
a new aesthetics of digital minimalism and condensed
experience. [S.J.]
Works by Heman Chong (SP), Angela Detanico / Rafael
Lain (BR), Jérôme Joy (FR), radioqualia (NZ/GB), Sascha
Pohflepp / Jakob Schillinger (DE), Marius Watz (NO).
Susanne Jaschko is a Berlin-based independent curator and
researcher in contemporary visual and electronic art. She holds
a doctorate in Art History. From 1997 to 2004, she was curator
and deputy director of the international media art festival
transmediale. In 2006, she co-curated the Scape Biennial of
Art in Public Space in New Zealand. In the same year, she also
co-curated the show Open House. Architecture and Technology
for Intelligent Living produced by Vitra Design Museum and Art
Center Pasadena.
In 2007, she initiated and curated the exhibition
series urban interface, an on going exhibition and research
project which situates artworks at the interspaces between
private and public space, so far having taken place in Berlin and
Oslo. In addition, she curated Urban Screens Manchester 07, an
international conference and public art programme exploring
the cultural value of public displays and moving image in the
urban environment. She has lectured and taught internationally
on subjects such as the digital image and interactivity in art.
LECTURE
“The cultural value of urban screens”
by Susanne Jaschko
Thursday, November 1, 2007, at 12:30 pm
R-M130, Sciences de la gestion Pavilion,
Berri-UQAM metro
The show opens: Saturday, November 3, 2007, at 5 pm
Oboro
4001, rue Berri, local 301 Montreal
Free Admission