Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Institute of the 21st Century announces two new iterations of Hans Ulbrich Obrist's 'Interview Project"
"We cannot understand the forces which are effective in the visual production of today if we do not have a look at other fields of modern life." Alexander Dorner, via HUO's Interview Project at Eyebeam, 1998.
The Institute of the 21st Century announces two new iterations of Hans Ulrich Obrist's ongoing Interview Project, an ongoing series of published and video-recorded interviews between the curator-extraordinaire and various artists, curators and cultural theorists.
via eflux:
For the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Director and 2010 Pritzker Prize winner Kazuyo Sejima invited Hans Ulrich Obrist to realize two new projects: the NOW INTERVIEWS, six days of live public interviews and VENIC VENIC, an exhibition of Cedric Price as well as the launch of an online interactive website dedicated to the visionary architect. The NOW INTERVIEWS and VENIC VENIC will be on view from August 29 – November 21.
NOW INTERVIEWS
From August 22 through 27, Obrist will develop what he calls "a portrait of an exhibition" encouraging viewers to consider the diverse practices of all the participants in this year's Biennale, which Sejima has united within the theme "people meet in architecture." Located in the Arsenale designed by SANAA, the exhibition of the NOW INTERVIEWS will be installed on a series of monitors for the duration of the Biennale. In addition, the 2006 Serpentine Gallery 24-Hour Interview Marathon archive will be shown in its entirety. The NOW INTERVIEWS are curated by Karen Marta.
The NOW Interviews mark the first project organized by the Institute of the 21st Century in an effort to preserve and share Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Interview Project. The Institute hopes they are not just an exciting event in the present, but a gateway to understanding and supporting the project.
VENIC VENIC
Organized by the Institute of the 21st Century, the exhibition which is co-curated by Samantha Hardingham and Hans Ulrich Obrist honors one of architecture's most influential figures, Cedric Price (1934 – 2003), whose work continues to inspire young architects as well as generations of artists. Price's conviction that architecture should be flexible enough to allow the occupier to adapt the building to serve the needs of the moment reflects his belief that time, alongside breadth, length and height – is the fourth dimension of architecture.
The exhibition features the launch of an interactive website developed by the Staatliche Hochschule for Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. The culmination of a yearlong project, the website (huoarchive.hfg-karlsruhe.de) comprises hundreds of individually edited video-clips which can be used to generate a live, albeit fictional, conversation between Cedric Price and the user.
The Institute of the 21st Century is dedicated to promoting experimental modes of collaboration and patronage for the arts. Officially launching in 2011, the not-for-profit initiative’s first objective is to preserve and increase public access to Hans Ulrich Obrist’s ongoing project and archive online. Led by Bettina Korek, the Institute’s mission is founded on Obrist’s commitment to creating a living advocacy of art history through a participatory model.
"A twenty-first-century museum will utilize calculated uncertainty and conscious incompleteness to produce a catalyst for invigorating change whilst always producing the harvest of the quiet eye."
The Institute of the 21st Century announces two new iterations of Hans Ulrich Obrist's ongoing Interview Project, an ongoing series of published and video-recorded interviews between the curator-extraordinaire and various artists, curators and cultural theorists.
via eflux:
For the 12th International Architecture Exhibition in Venice, Director and 2010 Pritzker Prize winner Kazuyo Sejima invited Hans Ulrich Obrist to realize two new projects: the NOW INTERVIEWS, six days of live public interviews and VENIC VENIC, an exhibition of Cedric Price as well as the launch of an online interactive website dedicated to the visionary architect. The NOW INTERVIEWS and VENIC VENIC will be on view from August 29 – November 21.
NOW INTERVIEWS
From August 22 through 27, Obrist will develop what he calls "a portrait of an exhibition" encouraging viewers to consider the diverse practices of all the participants in this year's Biennale, which Sejima has united within the theme "people meet in architecture." Located in the Arsenale designed by SANAA, the exhibition of the NOW INTERVIEWS will be installed on a series of monitors for the duration of the Biennale. In addition, the 2006 Serpentine Gallery 24-Hour Interview Marathon archive will be shown in its entirety. The NOW INTERVIEWS are curated by Karen Marta.
The NOW Interviews mark the first project organized by the Institute of the 21st Century in an effort to preserve and share Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Interview Project. The Institute hopes they are not just an exciting event in the present, but a gateway to understanding and supporting the project.
VENIC VENIC
Organized by the Institute of the 21st Century, the exhibition which is co-curated by Samantha Hardingham and Hans Ulrich Obrist honors one of architecture's most influential figures, Cedric Price (1934 – 2003), whose work continues to inspire young architects as well as generations of artists. Price's conviction that architecture should be flexible enough to allow the occupier to adapt the building to serve the needs of the moment reflects his belief that time, alongside breadth, length and height – is the fourth dimension of architecture.
The exhibition features the launch of an interactive website developed by the Staatliche Hochschule for Gestaltung in Karlsruhe. The culmination of a yearlong project, the website (huoarchive.hfg-karlsruhe.de) comprises hundreds of individually edited video-clips which can be used to generate a live, albeit fictional, conversation between Cedric Price and the user.
The Institute of the 21st Century is dedicated to promoting experimental modes of collaboration and patronage for the arts. Officially launching in 2011, the not-for-profit initiative’s first objective is to preserve and increase public access to Hans Ulrich Obrist’s ongoing project and archive online. Led by Bettina Korek, the Institute’s mission is founded on Obrist’s commitment to creating a living advocacy of art history through a participatory model.
"A twenty-first-century museum will utilize calculated uncertainty and conscious incompleteness to produce a catalyst for invigorating change whilst always producing the harvest of the quiet eye."
Friday, July 16, 2010
Fast Forward 2: The Power of Motion at ZKM – Center for Art and Media
A sequel to the 2003 exhibition at ZKM, Fast Forward 2 will present a selection from the Munich-based video and contemporary art collector Ingvild Goetz from Munich, which has expanded significantly over the last 7 years. Known for Video, Film, and Media Art, ZKM does some of the more challenging shows; with regard to their exhibition design, curatorial concepts and pedagogy (see installation photos below). As an inverse of the 2003 show, this exhibition will be concerned with the effects of deceleration as a condition of the accelerated pace of postmodern life. The exhibition will focus on contemporary video installation and video projection that have been created since 2000, with 35 artists from various countries of origin.
Curated by:Peter Weibel, Gregor Jansen, Andreas F. Beitin, and Ingvild Goetz, Stephan Urbaschek
Installation view 1 (above)
Installation view 2 (above)
Mary Reid Kelley, Sadie The Saddest Sadist, 2009, 1-Kanal-Video, © Mary Reid Kelley (above)
Matthew Barney, CREMASTER Cycle, 2007, 5-Kanal-Video-Soundinstallation, © Matthew Barney (above)
Mike Kelley, Woods Group, 2005, 4-Kanal-Video-Installation, © Mike Kelley (above)
All photos courtesy of Onuk
Participating artists:
AES+F, Francis Alÿs, Janine Antoni, Matthew Barney, Ulla von Brandenburg, Christoph Brech, Ergin Cavusoglu, Paul Chan, David Claerbout, Nathalie Djurberg, Stan Douglas, Juan Manuel Echavarría, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Rodney Graham, Isaac Julien, Jesper Just, Mike Kelley, Kimsooja, Jochen Kuhn, Óscar Muñoz, Marcel Odenbach, Hans Op de Beeck, Ulrike Ottinger, Mary Reid Kelley, Robin Rhode, Julian Rosefeldt, Aïda Ruilova, Wilhelm Sasnal, Christine Schulz, Laurie Simmons, Frank Stürmer, Fiona Tan, Ryan Trecartin, Yang Fudong, Zhao Liang
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Suburban Lawns
My friend got this record recently, and I found this video shortly after. SL were from Long Beach, CA, and it seems like they were equally involved with both the SF and LA post-punk/ new wave scenes. Front woman Su Tissue seems so normal and twisted.... Woah! She's looks so wholesome, but tightly wound. Definitely a different type of front girl than their contemporaries.
On New Wave Theater TV show in LA:
I can't find a video of them playing on SNL, but if I do, I will add it.
For shits and gigs, I'm throwing their wikipedia page up bc it's interesting:
The brainchild of CalArts students William "Vex Billingsgate" Ranson and (Minneapolis born) Sue "Su Tissue" McLane, Suburban Lawns formed in Long Beach, California in 1978 out of the ashes of previous incarnations Art Attack and The Fabulons, recruiting Huntington Beach natives Richard "Frankie Ennui" Whitney and Charles "Chuck Roast" Rodriguez, as well as John McBurney (aka "John Gleur").
1979 debut single "Gidget Goes to Hell" (released on their own Suburban Industrial label) gained the band notoriety when its Jonathan Demme-directed music video was shown on Saturday Night Live.
Their sole album, Suburban Lawns, produced by EJ Emmons, was released in 1981 on I.R.S. Records, featuring New Wave radio favorite "Janitor." Gleur departed during the recording of the Richard Mazda-produced 5-song EP Baby, released in 1983, and the band folded shortly afterward.
The lyrics of "Janitor" were derived from a real-life conversation between Sue McLane and friend Brian Smith. According to Brian, the two were conversing in a loud room when they first met:
"She asked me what I did for a living. I said 'I'm a janitor,' and she thought I said 'Oh my genitals.' [Richard Whitney] overheard this and wrote the song."
After Suburban Lawns folded, Whitney and Ranson formed a new, short-lived band called The Lawns, while McLane attended Berklee College of Music, where she studied piano.
In 1982 McLane recorded a solo album, Salon de Musique. She also played the role of Peggy Dillman in Demme's 1986 comedy movie Something Wild opposite Melanie Griffith, Jeff DanielsRay Liotta. and
A Suburban Lawns poster is seen in the movie Fast Times at Ridgemont High, hanging on the wall in the bedroom of the character Damone
Su Tissue in "Something Wild"
Friday, June 25, 2010
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