 04/18/07 Americas Society
Lecture Christian Rattemeyer will examine Pedro Reyess artworks in relation to the notion of functionality and aesthetic autonomy. Rattemeyer is the associate curator in the department of drawings at MoMA, for three years he served as curator for Artists Space in New York. Before his appointment at Artists Space, Rattemeyer worked as a freelance writer and critic in New York and as Communication Editor for Documenta11 in Kassel. Rattemeyer founded and co-directed OSMOS (1997-98), an independent project space in Berlin, and curated several festivals for Film and Architecture in Berlin (1998 & 2000), Los Angeles (2001), London (2003), and New York (2005). He contributes regularly to art magazines such as Parkett, Texte zur Kunst, Artforum, and Art Papers, and has published many catalogue essays on contemporary art. This program is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Pedro Reyes ad usum: To Be Used on view till May 5, 2007. UPCOMING PROGRAMS Vis-à-Vis Dialogues between Artists from the Western Hemisphere Cristóbal Lehyt and Sharon Hayes Wednesday, May 2, 6:00 p.m In its appropriation and re-contextualization of stereotypical images taken from mass culture, Cristóbal Lehyts work examines the structures of power in society. Sharon Hayes has been engaged in an artistic practice that moves between multiple media video, performance, installationin an ongoing artistic investigation on the way history, politics and space relate to the process of individual and collective subject formation. Lehyt invited Hayes to discuss the increasing engagement of social political issues in contemporary art practices. ONGOING Thru May 5 Exhibition Pedro Reyes ad usum: To Be Used Gallery Hours: Wed-Sat. 12:00-6:00PM Video Trans-Americas Juan Downey Program 2: Ways of Believing March 26th to April 14th Chile (1974), 16 mm. transfer to 3/4 video, 1974, b/w and color, sound Return of the Motherland (1989), Video 3/4, 1986-1987, 7:04 min, color, stereo Chiloe, No (1988) Video 3/4, 1988, 2:30 min., color, stereo Chicago Boys, Portapack video, 1983, 16:00 min., color, stereo Program 3: Anthropology as Auto- Biography and Fiction April 16th to May 5th The Laughing Alligator (1976-77), Video 3/4,1976-1979, 27 min, b/w, color, sound The Abandoned Shabono (1978), Video 3/4, 1976-1978, 27 min., color, sound Guahibos (1976), Video 3/4 , 1976, 25:10 min., b/w, color, sound Guatemala (1973), October 1973 Video, 27:32, b/w., sound: Technician: Juanfi Lamadrid These events take place at Americas Society and are free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. Americas Society 680 Park Avenue New York, NY 10021 T: (212) 249 8950 F: (212) 249 5868 culture@americas-society.org http://www.americas-society.org ABOUT US The Americas Society is the premier national not-for-profit institution dedicated exclusively to educating the U.S. public about all facets of its Western Hemisphere neighbors. Its purposes are to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the rich cultural heritage of our neighbors and the importance of the inter-American relationship. The Society strives to achieve its mission through a variety of programs offered by two major divisions: Cultural Affairs and Western Hemisphere Affairs (including North American/Canadian Affairs). For information on our cultural events, please visit http://www.americas-society.org or call (212) 277 8359. |
