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28/2/2012

Art After the End of the World

Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kiev

What is and what should never be? This question is the starting point of the discussion platform for the 1st Kyiv Biennale. The curator addresses this question to the leading art theorists, philosophers, sociologists and social activists of today, as well as to the practicing artists selected for the project. The discussion platform is concerned with the future of art after the end of the world as we know it, the end of the world that we all witness.

Art is quite comfortable with the idea of the end of art. But how can art deal with the end of the world? The popular fantasy of the end of the universe coming in 2012 has recently acquired an unexpected political meaning: it indicates the growing conviction that the world as we know it should end. In fact, the resounding crash of global financial capitalism and spectacular manifestations of discontent all over the world are telling us that the world of unrestrained consumption is already on its deathbed. There is an urgency not to wait passively until the system decomposes itself – until ‘the world ends’ - but to start inventing a new world, the one that will come after the current apocalypse.

The platform will take the form of a series of discussions, talks, lectures and seminars and conferences that is about to take place in April 2012. A publication forthcoming in Summer 2012 will sum up the project.

PARTICIPANTS

Zygmunt Bauman is a British sociologist of Polish descent. He is a professor of sociology at the University of Leeds. Bauman is famous for his analysis of the links between modernity and the Holocaust, and of postmodern consumerism. He was awarded the European Amalfi Prize for Sociology and Social Sciences and the Theodor W. Adorno Award. Zygmunt Bauman is an author of numerous books, including Globalization: The Human Consequences (1998), Liquid Modernity (2000),The Individualized Society (2001), The Art of Life (2008), Collateral Damage: Social Inequalities in a Global Age (2011). He lives in Leeds.

Franco Berardi, aka “Bifo," is a writer, media theorist, and media activist. He is a founder of the famous “Radio Alice” in Bologna and an important figure of the Italian Autonomia Movement. He currently teaches Social History of the Media at the Accademia di Brera, Milan. His latest book is titled After the Future.

Boris Buden is a writer and cultural critic. In the 1990s he was editor of the magazine Arkzin, Zagreb. His essays and articles cover topics in philosophy, politics, cultural and art criticism. He is co-editor of several books and the author of Barikade (1996/1997), Kaptolski Kolodvor (2001), Der Schacht von Babel [The Pit of Babel] (2004), Übersetzung: Das Versprechen eines Begriffs [Translation: The Promise of a Concept] (with S. Nowotny, 2008), Zone des Übergangs [Zone of Transition] (2009). He lives in Berlin.

Ilya Budraitskis is a historian, art critic and social activist. From 1996-1999 he participated in Avdei Ter-Oganyan’s project “School of Contemporary Art.” He has been a curator and/or participant of numerous collective exhibitions, including “Return of the Memory” (KUMU, Tallinn, Estonia, 2007), “Progressive Nostalgia” (Prato, Italy, 2007), “Demonstration” (School of Art, Bourge, France, 2007), “68-08: Politics on the Streets” (“Fabrica,” Moscow, 2008).

Anton Vidokle is an artist, curator, and founder and co-editor of the e-flux journal. He was born in Moscow and moved to New York in 1981. His work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Lyon Biennial, Tate Modern (London), Moderna Galerija (Ljubljana), etc. He was co-curator of Manifesta 6 and Unitednationsplaza in Berlin. He lives in New York.

Boris Groys is Professor of Aesthetics, Art History, and Media Theory at the Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe and Global Distinguished Professor at New York University. He is the author of many books, including The Total Art of Stalinism, Ilya Kabakov: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment, Art Power, The Communist Postscript, and, most recently, Going Public.

Artem Magun holds PhDs from the universities of Michigan and Strasbourg. He is an assistant professor at the European University in Saint Petersburg, and teaches at the Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the platform "Chto Delat/What is to be done?"

Gerald Raunig is philosopher, works at the Zurich Art University and at the eipcp. He is co-editor of the multilingual webjournal transversal http://transversal.eipcp.net/. His books have been published in German, English, Serbian, Spanish, Slovenian, Italian and Russian. Recent books: A Thousand Machines, Semiotext(e)/MIT Press 2010; Umetnost i revolucija, EUSP Press 2011; Fabriken des Wissens. Streifen und Gl?tten 1; Industrien der Kreativit?t. Streifen und Gl?tten 2, both: diaphanes 2012.

Renata Salecl, a philosopher and sociologist, and
visiting professor at the Cardozo School of Law and Birkbeck College,
University of London. Her books include The Spoils of Freedom: Psychoanalysis
and Feminism After the Fall of Socialism (Routledge, 1994), (Per)versions of
Love and Hate (Verso, 1998), On Anxiety (Routledge, 2004) and Tyranny of
Choice (Profile Books, 2012).

Oxana Timofeeva is an editor of the New Literary Observer magazine and publishing house. She is an author of the book Introduction to the Erotic Philosophy of Georges Bataille and more than 80 academic articles. She lives in Moscow and Amsterdam.

Sebastian Cichocki is the Deputy Program Director of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. In his exhibition projects and publishing activities he often refers to the traditions of land art and conceptual art. His curatorial projects include "…and Europe Will Be Stunned" (Yael Bartana, Polish Pavilion at the 54th Venice Biennale, 2011), "Early Years" (KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2010), "Monika Sosnowska. 1:1" (Polish Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennial, 2007). He is the author of numerous critical texts and literary fictions related to art. He has recently edited A Cookbook for Political Imagination (with Galit Eilat) and The Future of Art Criticism as Pure Fiction.

Vasyl Cherepanyn (1981) is head of the Visual Culture Research Center at the National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy," where he received his PhD. He is co-editor of the Ukrainian version of Political Critique magazine. He lives in Kyiv.

Simon Sheikh is a freelance curator and critic. He is a correspondent for Springerin (Vienna) and a columnist for e-flux journal (New York). He is a researcher for the ongoing Former West project, initiated by BAK in Utrecht, as well as undertaking doctoral studies at the University of Lund on the topic of exhibition-making and political imaginaries. He was director of the Overgaden – Institute for Contemporary Art in Copenhagen from 1999-2002, and Curator at NIFCA, Helsinki, 2003-2004. He lives in Berlin and Copenhagen.

Aleksandra Jasińska-Kania – Professor of Sociology, Institute of Sociology, Warsaw University. She is an author, editor, and co-author of 12 books and over 100 articles published in Polish and foreign journals and books. Her areas of specialization include general sociology, comparative studies of values, democracy and citizenship, national identity, nationalism, and ethnic stereotypes.

Maria Hlavajova is initiator and artistic director of the Former West project, and artistic director of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht since 2000. Hlavajova is co-founder of the tranzit network, a foundation that supports exchange and contemporary art practices in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. She lives and works in Utrecht and Amdterdam.

SCHEDULE:

FEBRUARY 29 – Lecture by Simon Sheikh
MARCH 23 – Lecture by Anton Vidokle
APRIL 7-8 – Conference with Zygmunt Bauman, Boris Buden, Ilya Budraitskis, Vasyl Cherepanyn, Sebastian Cichocki, Maria Hlavajova, Aleksandra Jasinska-Kania, Artem Magun, Oleksiy Radynski, Gerald Raunig, Slawomir Sierakowski, Oksana Timofeeva, Oleksandr Soloviov, David Elliott.
MAY 7 – Lecture by Franco "Bifo" Berardi
MAY 14 – Lecture by Boris Groys
MAY 25 – Lecture by Renata Salecl

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