June 22–August 4, 2019
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 11/13
Berlin 10178
Germany
presse@ngbk.de
The nGbK turns 50 this year. But how to celebrate the anniversary of an association whose history cannot be told as a sequence of curatorial signature statements but, rather, as an on-going collective analysis and debate of the role art plays in society? How can the institutional and activist knowledge produced over several decades be read critically and put into practice in the present day?
Exhibition Arbeitsgruppe Kunst
Özlem Altın
Alice Creischer/Andreas Siekmann
Aykan Safoğlu in cooperation with Nihad Nino Pušija
For the exhibition, the invited artists Özlem Altın, Alice Creischer/Andreas Siekmann and Aykan Safoğlu, in cooperation with Nihad Nino Pušija, took different approaches to the accumulated histories in the nGbK archive: associative, analytical, or sometimes by seeking the face behind the documents. In the artistic works they created in this process, they expose structures of desire, inquire into the roles art plays in generating value on the capitalist property market, and speak of creative friendships forged beyond institutional narratives. The diversity of these perspectives is living proof that telling “history” in the singular cannot do justice to 50 years of practicing grassroots democracy.
Learning Places
One-day symposia, so-called “learning places,” turn the spotlight on critical issues arising from the underlying principles, methods and ethics of work in the arts and cultural sector. Invited guests and other participants pursue in-depth exchange in a participatory and non-hierarchical setting. Past nGbK projects serve as a point of departure for the discussion of collective, artistic and activist strategies for the future.
Learning Place SOLIDARITY
Sunday, June 23, 2019
Learning Place RESEARCH
Saturday, July 6, 2019
Learning Place WORK
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Learning Place DESIRE
Saturday, August 3, 2019
nGbK project group: Christian Hanussek, Ulrike Jordan, Hannah Kruse, Vincent Schier, Olga von Schubert, Eylem Sengezer, Anna Voswinckel
