 09/18/04 Who If Not We...?
episode 1, SURFACING Ludwig Museum Budapest-Museum of Contemporary Art, Hungary 17.09-24.10.2004 http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu Curator: Livia Paldi Artists: Yael Bartana, Rineke Dijkstra, Gerard Holthuis, Rob Johannesma, Johan van der Keuken, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Aernout Mik, Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Joke Robaard, Barbara Visser episode 2, TIME AND AGAIN Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 23.10.2004-30.01.2005 http://www.stedelijk.nl Curators: Leontine Coelewij, Geurt Imanse Artists: Little Warsaw (Balint Havas/Andras Galik), Jan Mancuska, Deimantas Narkevicius, Paulina Olowska, Roman Ondak, Tadej Pogacar and Wilhelm Sasnal episode 3, CORDIALLY INVITED BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, Centraal Museum, Utrecht (additional venue), The Netherlands 31.10-31.12.2004 http://www.bak-utrecht.nl Curators: Maria Hlavajova, Gerardo Mosquera Artists: Academic Training Group, Francis Alys, Joze Barsi, Otto Berchem, Monica Bonvicini, Mona Hatoum, Julius Koller, Jiri Kovanda, Denisa Lehocka, Mapping Worlds, Nomads & Residents/Bik van der Pol, Roman Ondak, Boris Ondreicka, Amalia Pica, Wilfriedo Prieto Garcia, Marko Raat, Mindaugas Ratavicius/Giedrius Kumetaitis, Jeroen de Rijke/Willem de Rooij, Ene-Liis Semper, Monika Sosnowska, Felix Gonzalez-Torres episode 4, OUT OF THE SHADOWS Witte de With, center for contemporary art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands 07.11.2004-09.01.2005 http://www.wdw.nl A project by Peter Friedl Curator: Catherine David episode 5, SAFETY AND PEACE! ORDER AND FREEDOM! Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia 08.11-05.12.2004 http://www.mg-lj.si Curator: Igor Zabel Artists: Atelier van Lieshout, Joost Conijn, Job Koelewijn, John Kormeling, Maria Pask, Edwin Zwakman episode 6, OLANDU BIURAS-VILNIUS Contemporary Art Centre (CAC), Vilnius, Lithuania 20.11.2004-09.01.2005 http://www.cac.lt Curator: Kestutis Kuizinas Artists: Atelier van Lieshout, Hendrik-Jan Hunneman, Lucas Lenglet, Gabriel Lester, Job Koelewijn, Maria Pask, Jennifer Tee, Dre Wapenaar, Edwin Zwakman episode 7, EDWARD KRASINSKI'S STUDIO Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw, Poland 12.2004 http://www.fgf.com.pl Curators: Joanna Mytkowska, Andrzej Przywara In collaboration with: Bar Architecture Studio, Rotterdam and Marcin Kwietowicz, Warsaw The project Who if not we should at least try to imagine the future of all this? 7 episodes on (ex)changing Europe consists of seven new exhibitions and a number of additional activities throughout Europe as part of Thinking Forward, a cultural program organized on the occasion of the Dutch presidency of the EU. The title Who if not we...? points to the primary motivation: to interpret this political occasion as a unique opportunity to modestly appeal to European artists and intellectuals to take active part in creating a new reality through their artistic- and knowledge production. Each of the seven episodes explores this potential from a different perspective. The exhibitions articulate different sub-themes that refer to the issues, challenges and urgencies of our time in Europe and in particular in the ten new EU member states and the Netherlands. The exhibitions revolve around issues such as different concepts of time, the culture of corporate cooperation, social regulation and individual liberty, and migration and hospitality, as well as the aesthetic concepts that accompany them. In a complimentary manner these themes encompass a broad range of questions with reference to today's reality, which artists and intellectuals rearticulate in an artistic context and from within different perspectives. A book published by Artimo and designed by Kummer & Herrman, Utrecht accompanies the project and includes essays written by (among others): Etienne Balibar, Ole Bouman, Robert Fleck, Boris Groys, and Slavoj Zizek. A number of further projects have been developed around these main parts such as conferences, artists' talks, film screenings, etc. in cooperation with, among others: Archis, a magazine on architecture, city and visual culture and Metropolis M, a magazine on contemporary art. Who if not we...?, the visual art component of Thinking Forward, has been developed and curated by Maria Hlavajova . Thinking Forward is the cultural program for the Dutch presidency of the European Union in 2004 and consists of a variety of cultural activities in the Netherlands as well in the ten new member states of the EU. The program is an initiative of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and is commissioned by the Fund for Amateur Art and Performing Arts and the Mondriaan Foundation. http://www.thinkingforward.nl |
