Art in the Auditorium: 9 weeks of video screening
a project developed by Whitechapel Gallery, London
December 2, 2008 – February 8, 2009
GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo
53, Via San Tomaso
24121 Bergamo – Italy
9 contemporary art institutions, 9 artists, 9 weeks of video screening in GAMeC’s spaces
Art in the Auditorium, a project developed by London’s Whitechapel Gallery, will come to the GAMeC of Bergamo, Tuesday, December 2, 2008. Curators from 9 museums and contemporary art galleries worldwide have been involved in the production of a screening –a panoramic view– of the most promising artists working in film, video and animation. 9 institutions, 9 artists and 9 weeks of programming in GAMeC’s spaces.
Ballroom Marfa (Texas), Fundacion Proa (Argentina), GAMeC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Italy), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (Norway), Moderna Museet (Sweden), Kunsthaus Zurich, (Switzerland), The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks at the Koç Foundation (Turkey), Whitechapel Gallery (United Kingdom), Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (China): they have worked together to create a working network and an exhibition resulting in a group show of 9 artists produced at 9 institutions using different exhibition methods.
Each exhibition location has chosen a different format for the video projection of the works of: Lene Berg, Nathalie Djurberg, Leandro Erlich, Wang Jianwei, Ömer Ali Kazma, Shahryar Nashat, Cornelia Parker, Diego Perrone, Ryan Trecartin.
At the GAMeC of Bergamo, Art in the Auditorium will be a review that will last 9 weeks (from December 2 to February 8), a new selection of videos will animate two rooms every two weeks at the GAMeC.
Free admission
Video program
2nd/12 – 14th/12 2008
Cornelia Parker – Whitechapel Gallery, London
Ömer Ali Kazma – The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks, hosted by the Koç Foundation, Istanbul
6th/12 – 21th/12
Leandro Elrich – Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires
Nathalie Djurberg – Moderna Museet, Stockholm
23th/12 – 28th/12
Leandro Elrich – Fundacion Proa, Buenos Aires
Nathalie Djurberg – Moderna Museet, Stockholm
30th/12 al 11th/01
Lene Berg – Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden
Ryan Trecartin – Ballroom Marfa, Marfa
13th/01 – 25th/01
Diego Perrone – GAMeC, Bergamo
Wang Jianwei – Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art, Beijing
27th/01 – 01st/02
Shahryar Nashat – Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
03th/2 – 8th/02
Shahryar Nashat – Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
