Open Studios
Saturday and Sunday, April 26–27, 2014, 1–6pm
Opening: Friday, April 25, 7–9pm
International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)
1040 Metropolitan Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11211
Saturday, April 26, 4pm: Panel discussion: “On Video Bureau’s Residency at ISCP” with Howie Chen and Sue Hui, moderated by Xiaofei Mo
Sunday, April 27, 4pm: Panel discussion: “Everywhere and Nowhere: Curatorial and Critical Ideas in a Cosmopolitan World” with Marianna Garin and John Barrett-Lennard
The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a three-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 36 artists and curators from 20 countries currently in residence present work in their studios. Open Studios invites the public to 36 “studio visits” to experience art in its place of origin and to share conversations with artists and curators from all over the world. During Open Studios, contemporary art practices in a studio setting will be available to visitors as well as through The Poplar Tree and Mirror, an exhibition of video selected from the research archives of Video Bureau and including work by Li Ming, Zhang Peili, Ma Qiusha, Zhou Tao and Huang Xiaopeng.
Participating ISCP artists and curators in Open Studios: Thora Dolven Balke (Norway) John Barrett-Lennard (Australia) Javier Barrios (Norway) Maura Biava (The Netherlands) Melanie Bonajo (The Netherlands) Jenny Brockmann (Germany) Michel de Broin (Canada) Olaf Brzeski (Poland) Elaine Byrne (Ireland) Radovan Cerevka (Slovakia) Teng-Yuan Chang (Taiwan) Raimundo Edwards (Chile) Marianna Garin (Sweden) Michaela Gleave (Australia) Brett Graham (New Zealand) Manor Grunewald (Belgium) Terike Haapoja (Finland) Molly Haslund (Denmark) Toulu Hassani (Germany) Filip Jovanovski (Macedonia) Jacob Kirkegaard (Denmark) Viktor Kopp (Sweden) Anouk Kruithof (The Netherlands) Andrea Mastrovito (Italy) Gabriele Picco (Italy) Tobias Pils (Austria) Maria Rapicavoli (Italy) Richard Schur (Germany) Sonia Shiel (Ireland) Soda_Jerk (Australia) Asae Soya (Japan) Constantinos Taliotis (Cyprus) Axel Töpfer (Germany) Chun-Chi Wang (Taiwan) Andy Wauman (Belgium)
Since 2011, ISCP has hosted an institution-in-residence as part of Open Studios. This annual residency was initiated to support cultural exchange by bringing an international perspective into a local context. This year, ISCP has invited Video Bureau, a not-for-profit organization established in 2012 in Beijing and Guangzhou, that provides a platform to exhibit, organize and archive video art. During Open Studios and through May 23, Video Bureau will be in residence at ISCP. New York-based independent curator Howie Chen travelled to China to research Video Bureau’s archives, resulting in The Poplar Tree and Mirror. The video works included in this exhibition concern social causality in contemporary Chinese and global culture at large. Chains of events are set in motion everyday: a decision is made, an action performed, and the contingent effects are registered on others. How does one negotiate these effects, especially when transformative political and economic forces drive them?
