Art Institutions: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Working with Contemporary Art
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Institution2
Mannerheiminaukio 2
00100 Helsinki, Finland
Tel +358 9 1733 6542
Fax +358 9 1733 6575
www.kiasma.fi
Curated by Jens Hoffmann
Organized by NIFCA, Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma.
Institution2 is an exhibition and a seminar that posit an inquiry into the work of ten contemporary art institutions in Europe. The program is part of The Process a sequence of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and lectures, which together form the program of Kiasma from September 2003 till January 2004. The objective of Institution2 is to present different examples of institutional work from various cultural and geographic contexts that manifest a flexible and progressive approach to a critical engagement with art and the exchange with the public. The program will examine the different institutional models in order to formulate an outlook of the diverse landscape of art institutions and their different strategies.
Participating institutions:
BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius
Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw
Index, Stockholm
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo
Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
Rooseum, Malmö
Witte de With, Rotterdam
In addition the organizing institutions, Kiasma and NIFCA, will take part in the program and present their specific models in the seminar as well as the exhibition.
SEMINAR OUTLINE
Wednesday, 3.12.2003
KIASMA Theater
13.00: WORDS OF WELCOME
13.15 14.45: CRITIQUE AND CREATIVITY
Jonas Ekeberg, Henrik Plenge Jacobsen, Maaretta Jaukkuri, Lene Crone Jensen
Moderated by: Jens Hoffmann
Nicolas Bourriaud, Mary Jane Jacob, Jakob Jakobsen, Boris Ondreicka, Nicolaus Schafhausen
Moderated by: Nina Möntmann
Thursday, 4.12.2003
KIASMA Seminar Room
10.00 11.30: ETHICAL IMPERATIVES
Catherine David, Kestutis Kuizinas, Marysia Lewandowska, Jérôme Sans
Moderated by: Robert Fleck
11.45. 13.15: NOTIONS ON THE AUDIENCE, INTERACTION, AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
Vanessa Joan Müller, Tellervo Kalleinen, Mats Stjernstedt, Matias Faldbakken
Moderated by: Kaija Kaitavuori
14.30 16.00: CULTURAL ECONOMY
Anthony Davies, Maria Hlavajiova, Joanna Mytkowska, November Paynter, Andrzej Przywara
Moderated by: Simon Sheikh
The seminar has been organized in collaboration with NIFCA curator Nina Möntmann.
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA
Suomenlinna B 28
00190 Helsinki
Finland
Tel +358 9 686 430
Fax +358 9 668 594
This project has been realized with financial support of:
Bergen Kunsthall
Norsk Kulturfond
BergArt
Goethe-Institute Helsinki
Mondriaan Foundation
Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Danish Contemporary Art Foundation
NIFCA
Kiasma
