The Madrid Trial
unitednationsplazaTo Whom It May Concern:
unitednationsplaza and ARCO cordially invite you to attend the Public Trial of Anton Vidokle & TIrdad Zolghadr, to take place at the 5th International Contemporary Art Experts Forum at ARCO, Madrid on Sunday, February 18th, 2007.
THE CHARGE: Collusion with the Bourgeoisie & Other Serious Accusations.
THE JUDGE: Jan Verwoert, critic and editor, Frieze magazine.
PROSECUTION TEAM: Vasif Kortun, Director, Platform Garanti, Istanbul; Chus Martinez, Director, Frankfurter Kunstverein
DEFENSE: Charles Esche, Director, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
EXPERTS & WITNESSES:
Maria Lind, writer and curator, Director IASPIS, Stockholm;
Setareh Shahbazi, artist, Berlin;
Fia Backstrom, artist, New York;
Lourdes Fernandez, Director, ARCO, Madrid;
Dirk Herzog, artist, Berlin;
Javier Garcia Montes, critic, Madrid
Liam Gillick, artist, New York/London;
Anselm Franke, Director, Extra City, Antwerp;
and others.
The trial will begin promptly at 11:00 hrs at Suite N-108 of the 5th International Contemporary Art Experts Forum located at Feria de Madrid. Admission is free with general admission to ARCO.
The trial will be filmed under the direction of Hila Peleg, independent curator, Berlin.
Schedule:
11:00 – A Statement by the Accused.
11:30 – Prosecution Statement: Vasif Kortun & Chus Martinez
12:00 – Defense Statement: Charles Esche
12:30 – Expert Testimony: Maria Lind
13:00 – Expert Testimony: Fia Backstrom – Herd Instinct 360 degrees
13:30 – Expert Testimony: Liam Gillick
14:00 – Court recess (Lunch)
15:00 – Witness Testimony: Anselm Franke
15:30 – Witness Testimony: Setareh Shahbazi
16:00 – Evidence presentation: Dirk Herzog – screening of Multitudes
16:30 – Witness Testimony: Lourdes Fernndez
16:45 – Witness Testimony: Javier Garcia Montes
17:00 – Evidence Presentation: I Can’t Work Like This, Printed Project, Dublin
18:00 – Prosecution’s Closing Statement, Vasif Kortun & Chus Martinez
18:30 – Defense’ Closing Statement, Charles Esche
19:00 – Judgement deliberations, Jan Verwoert
19:30 – The Verdict, Jan Verwoert
About the Accused:
Anton Vidokle is an artist currently based in Berlin. He is the founding director of e-flux and was a co-curator of Manifesta 6.
Tirdad Zolghadr is a freelance critic and curator based in Berlin. He is also a founding member of the Shahrzad art & design collective and is shortly to publish his novel Softcore with Telegram Books, London.
unitednationsplaza is exhibition as school. Structured as a seminar/residency program in the city of Berlin, it will involve collaboration with approximately 60 artists, writers, theorists and a wide range of audiences for a period of one year. In the tradition of Free Universities, most of its events will be open to all those interested to take part. unitednationsplaza is organized by Anton Vidokle in collaboration with Liam Gillick, Boris Groys, Martha Rosler, Walid Raad, Jalal Toufic, Nikolaus Hirsch, Natascha Sadr Haghighian and Tirdad Zolghadr
ARCO
IFEMA – Feria de Madrid
28042 Madrid
Tel.: (34) 91 722 50 80
Fax: (34) 91 722 57 98
www.arco.ifema.es
ARCO’07: 15 – 19 Febrero/February 2007
ARCO’08: 14 – 18 Febrero/February 2008
unitednationsplaza
Platz der Vereinten Nationen 14a
Berlin 10249 Germany
T. 49 (0)30 700 89 0 90
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For further information, please contact Magdalena Magiera:
magdalena@unitednationsplaza.org
