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"Transient Limits and Shifting Boundaries" Mediations Biennial, as part of Erased Walls, at ConcentArt EV Berlin
2 Channel Installation Curated by Raphaele Shirley and Lee Wells
Opening: Thursday, 7 October 2010 from 19.00
Exhibition lasts from 7 till 30 October 2010
Opening times: Wed – Fri 14.00 – 19.00, Sat 12.00 – 16.00
The impact of the former division of Central and Eastern Europe on the balance of societies, in this video program, is reconsidered as a metaphor for dichotomies, separations and alienations which can be found in palpable and impalpable forms in our lives throughout the globe. As our human society grows in complexity, histories and relationships are buried under the myriad of information and one can loose track of divisions which exist within the everyday. The Artist's role in the midst of this is to reveal, through associations of image and concepts, unidentified or forgotten truths or contradictions. The group of artists chosen for this program each touch through their work on questions of boundaries whether they be within the realm of identity, physical endurance, aesthetics, social interaction, political positioning or geographical predetermination. Through delicate or bold strokes they re-represent chasms within our state of being, seeking to reveal or mend the differences which echo or stem from the divisions found within Europe in the last century, and within human relations as a whole.
PAM Artists include:
Heini Aho , Katja Aglert , Anonymous, Jason Archer , George Barber , Josephin Boettger , Tomislav Brajnovic, Michal Brzezinski , Rodney Dickson, Stephanie Dodes, Tony Hultqvist & Max Valentin, Manik, Bruno Muzzolini, Iris Piers , Iva Rad , Maria João Salema, Evelin Stermitz , Tim White‐Sobieski , and Sebastian Ziegler.
The international exhibition project entitled "Erased Walls" has been planned as a three-part project for presentation in Poland (Poznan: 11 Sept. – 30 Oct. 2010), Germany (Berlin: 7 – 30 October 2010) and Slovakia (Bratislava: 4 – 30 Nov. 2010).
After opening at the "Mediations Biennale Poznan 2010" (Poland), this highly acclaimed exhibition project is now coming to Berlin at "ConcentArt e.V. – A Space for Projects and Exhibitions". The project is supported by the EU's Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). In addition, as an extension of the exhibition “Erased walls” in Poznan, ConcentArt in Berlin-Kreuzberg is showing the video screenings, video installations, objects of 55 international artists to this theme. The video medium in its ambivalent function – on the one hand as a seemingly neutral documentation of reality, on the other with the option of taking up a personal, creative position and viewpoint on reality – is at the heart of this exhibition. This enables the artists to take a stance on the current situation in Europe: an association of states where physical walls have been destroyed and simultaneously replaced by invisible ones. In their works the artists reflect on stereotypes of Europe's image, such as self-reflexivity, plurality, tolerance or liberal democracy, achievements which Europe can be proud of and which have become common property. So there are good reasons to insist on the specificity and the magic of European culture, even if much of it needs to be put into perspective. New realities are emerging – caused by global changes via modern communications, by growing rivalries between the countries of "old" Europe and the "new" Europe that was formerly excluded from the distribution of wealth and now wants to participate in consumption. No resources are spared to achieve this objective. In addition, an intensification of financial "cannibalism" in the wake of the current financial crisis is leading to even greater disparities between rich and poor. This reinforces xenophobia and intolerance. As a result, hollow pronouncements on reconciling economic growth with social inclusion, cultural self-will with profit remain – like most other pronouncements – unfulfilled, at least up until now. The illusion of progress in the fields of communication and innovation is total, and the accelerated merry-go-round of values and standards continues against a backdrop of bottomless inequality.
Artists of the exhibition:
Video program of PAM – Perpetual Art Machine (US) – 17 artists
Video program of Ottica TV (GB) – 17 artists
Video program of NCCA – National Centre of Contemporary Art (RU) – 17 Artists
Koen Theys (BE)
Costantino Ciervo (IT)
Alterazionevideo (IT)
Timo Kahlen (DE)
Roland Schefferski (PL)
Jan-Peter E. R. Sonntag (DE)
SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED FOR YOUTUBE PLAY. A BIENNIAL OF CREATIVE VIDEO
125 shortlisted videos, selected from 23,000 submissions, made public on youtube.com/play
Final jury-selected videos to be presented at the Guggenheim on October 21, 2010
(NEW YORK, NY and SAN BRUNO, CA – September 20, 2010) — The Guggenheim and YouTube, in collaboration with HP and Intel, announced today the shortlist for YouTube Play. A Biennial of Creative Video. Selected from more than 23,000 submissions from 91 countries, the 125 shortlisted videos can now be seen on the YouTube Play channel at youtube.com/play and at kiosks in the Guggenheim museums in New York City, Berlin, Bilbao, and Venice.
The YouTube Play shortlist videos include submissions from students, video artists, photographers, filmmakers, composers, video game programmers, an American Women’s Chess Champion, a comedy improv group, a Swedish rock band, a South African hip-hop group, and an Australian electronic music producer.
Nancy Spector, Deputy Director and Chief Curator of the Guggenheim Foundation, notes, “The shortlist presents a rich sampling of the best creative video found on YouTube and is representative of the various stylistic and conceptual genres specific to this broad, ever-expanding platform. The selection is diverse in technique, subject matter, geography, and professional status, which reflects the increasing accessibility of new media technologies around the world. We believe the shortlist reveals the abundance of creative energy this project evoked.”
The 125 shortlisted videos were chosen by the Guggenheim curatorial team and have been presented to the YouTube Play jury for consideration. The jury of eleven luminaries includes: musician and performance artist Laurie Anderson; musical artists Animal Collective; visual artists Douglas Gordon, Ryan McGinley, Marilyn Minter, and Takashi Murakami; artists and filmmakers Darren Aronofsky, Shirin Neshat, and Apichatpong Weerasethakul; and graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, with the Guggenheim’s Nancy Spector serving as jury chairperson.
YouTube Play juror and visual artist Takashi Murakami states, “In both the global art world and beyond, the speed at which information technology is developing is accelerating at an astounding rate. These innovations have brought with them drastic changes in both the form and dissemination of artistic expression. In the past several years, not a day passes without me watching something on YouTube. YouTube is a medium to communicate with the world at large and we artists can no longer call ourselves artists merely by discovering something special and presenting it to the public alone. In that way, YouTube has incited a revolution.”
The jury will now select up to 20 of their top choices to be revealed and presented at a special YouTube Play event at the Guggenheim Museum on October 21. The final videos selected by the jury will be on view to the public from October 22 through 24 in the Tower 2 gallery of the museum, and available to a worldwide audience on the YouTube Play channel at youtube.com/play.
YouTube Play is one of several collaborative efforts by the video-sharing Web site to push the boundaries of music, film, and now art. YouTube Symphony Orchestra and the film project Life in a Day are examples of the convergence of online video with more traditional art forms. To find out more, please visit youtube.com/play .