16.05.2012 -
26.05.2012
Stray Topology
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Stray Topology is a group show of photographic works by students from the F+F Schule fur Kunst und Mediendesign Zurich. The works have been produced in response to an open ended dialogue on the perception of place and its representations. The show includes a screening and discussion as part of Theory Tuesdays.
Taking the position that place is both exactly where it is and a digression from itself, the project examines the encounter with place through perspectives on urbanism, architecture and literature.
These vantage points animate our relationship to place, suggesting a meshing of subjective experience with the processes of recollection. The project considers the politics of place in relation to the selection, construction and mediation of the photographic image.
Project coordinator: Mary Maclean
Opening: Wednesday, 6:30 - 8:30pm
Opening hours: Saturdays, 12am - 5pm or by appointment
19.05.2012
17,00 Uhr
Success and Uncertainty
From March till July 2011 Dutch graphic designers Bart de Baets (Knokke, Belgium, 1979) and Sandra Kassenaar (Johannesburg, South Africa, 1982) were resident artists at the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo.
Due to the recent events in Egypt and especially its capitol, their initial date of arrival on the 1st of February 2011 was postponed for a month. Being stunned by the political tidal wave flooding the country, the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the phenomenon of having a curfew — something they had only heard of in World War II stories — the designers found themselves gazing from the sidelines, not knowing how exactly to react to all of this. They asked themselves ‘Would it be arrogant to confront the Egyptians with our assumptions? And ‘isn’t it ignorant to pretend to have a nose bleed?’
Success and Uncertainty
Their unclear position and the new situation the country found itself in proved to be an inspiring discovery, which eventually lead to the project "Success and Uncertainty." The title of this work is an existing headline taken from the 12th of February 2011 front page of "The Evansville Courier & Press," a local Indiana newspaper reporting Mubarak’s resignation as the president of Egypt.
Success and Uncertainty at San Seriffe in W139, Amsterdam
On Wednesday June 1st 2011 a lightbox was hung outside the Townhouse Gallery that announced the start of the project and showcased the first of twenty-one posters. During the month of June 2011, each day a new poster was presented, generating a growing exhibition. The daily changing posters could be seen both in- and outside of the gallery and — just like newspapers — showed bold statements and gruesome facts, next to light-hearted messages, such as casual observations and rumours that caught Sandra and Bart’s attention during their residency. The content provided by both therefore created a clash of information that will influence the way one reads a poster. It was this constant dialogue between the designers that lead to "Success and Uncertainty."
http://www.successanduncertainty.wordpress.com
Organized in collaboration with Motto Zürich.
22.05.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
As part of the F+F Schule fur Kunst und Mediendesign show "Stray Topology", Theory Tuesdays will screen excerpts from Robinson in Ruins directed by Patrick Keiller. The film excerpts will be followed by a discussion on the role of ruin aesthetics in relation to the sites and non-places of urban modernity. Mary Maclean and stundents in the project will hold a critical discussion of the work in the exhibition.
Robinson in Ruins
Production year: 2010
Running time: 101 minutes
Director: Patrick Keiller
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY EXCERPTS FROM THE FILM WILL BE SHOWN.
28.05.2012 -
31.05.2012
Pursue Other Avenues
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Pursue Other Avenues is an experiment which takes the form of an open and public "exhibition making workshop". By showing the negotiation, research, and dialogue that typically finishes before the vernissage this experiment aims to give participants an understanding of artists and their work, greater to that of seeing a mere static display of material products. This experiment views all participants as producers, audience, critics, and curators, and with the aid of Isabelle Krieg, Clare Kenny, and Flurin Bisig everyone present will contribute to the development of the exhibition process. This experiment will display the traditionally private stages of an exhibition—doing away with the traditionally public stage entirely. Contrary to most exhibitions, Pursue Other Avenues will not be pure documentation of prior actions, discussions, or collaborations, but the exhibition will be the discourse and connections as they are created. The exhibition becomes flexible and public, and by the time it ‘matures’ it will not then be arrested and stagnate, but this will signal its end.
Schedule:
Monday May 28, 2012 6pm-9pm
Artists talks and open discussions.
Tuesday May 29, 2012 6pm-9pm
part one- Connect and contrast the artists work. Thematic? Non-thematic?
part two – Which works would we (all participants) showcase by each artists? If new works were created what would they look like?
Wednesday May 30, 2012 6pm-9pm
part one – Discuss space and the effect that different spaces would have on the artist and their works.
part two - Effect that context can have on meanings of work and how this could change what we (all participants) know about the work.
Thursday May 31, 2012 6pm-?
part one – How could we communicate these artists' work effectively to people who did not take part in this process?
8pm – vernissage
Find more informations on the Pursue Other Avenues-Blog
Organized by Lindsey Sharman.
Contact pursueotheravenues@gmail.com
> Invitation Card "Pursue Other Avenues"
01.06.2012
19,00 Uhr
Action & Adventure
Alphonse Allais, Album Primo-Avrilesque, 1897
David will introduce some historical artists' publications and trace one origin story for this genre of experimental books. It won't be a full history - maybe a one hour chapter from a 10 part drama mini-series - but there will be a lot of action and adventure. In the mix will be content from three recent shows that he has assembled from the library collection at MoMA - Access to Tools: Publications from the Whole Earth Catalog, 1968-1974, Scenes from Zagreb and Millennium Magazine.
06.06.2012 -
09.06.2012
19,00 Uhr
A PARADISE OF LETTERS (AN EXHIBITION THAT NEVER TOOK PLACE)
For a long time, Letterism – established by Isidore Isou in 1945 – has remained the unknown avant-garde of European Post-war art. Using copies and documents, A Paradise of Letters looks at two aspects of the movement’s production: their notion of a ”metagraphic” or ”hypergraphic” novel, and their experiments with a ”discrepant”, ”chiseling” and ”nuclear” cinema. The display and accompanying lectures will ask the speculative, hypothetical question: what would be the result if these largely forgotten practices were reinscribed into the narrative of post-war poetry, art and cinema?
A Paradise of Letters is organized by Jonas (J) Magnusson and Kim West.
The project is made with support by Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Allianz Kulturstiftung.
12.06.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Film:
"Exit Through The Gift Shop" (2010)
This is the inside story of Street Art - a brutal and revealing account of what happens when fame, money and vandalism collide. Exit Through the Gift Shop follows an eccentric shop-keeper turned amateur film-maker as he attempts to capture many of the world's most infamous vandals on camera, only to have a British stencil artist named Banksy turn the camcorder back on its owner with wildly unexpected results.
19.06.2012
20,00 Uhr
Theory Tuesdays
Summer Planning Session
Theory Tuesdays is organized around an "Each One, Teach One" participatory model. If you would like to suggest a specific text, film or invite a visiting artist for a Theory Tuesdays summer session, please come to the planning session with your ideas. We will then, collectively, fill in a calendar with everyone's suggestions and begin summer sessions starting in early July.
Below is a list of requirements to keep in mind as you prepare your suggestions.
1. TEXTS - Art, architecture, design, critical & social theory texts.
2. FILMS - By and or about specific artists, art & design movements, etc.
3. VISITING ARTISTS - The visiting artist will be expected to present their work and engage in a discussion about their practice.
4. TRAVEL SERIES - Present your photos, stories and experiences from a specific art event (examples: Venice Biennial, Documenta, Manifesta).
AUF DEUTSCH: Theory Tuesdays is not exclusively an English language reading/discussion group. Please don't hesitate to make suggestions that are in German!
21.06.2012
20,00 Uhr
Urban Art Surveillance - Ein Quadratkilometer Kunst
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Nun ist es geschafft. Rémi Jaccard hat seine Dissertation über Urban Art abgeschlossen. Im Herbst 2010 war er mit seinem offenen Rechercheprojekt Urban Art Surveillance für drei Monate im Corner College zu Gast. Damals initiierte er Führungen und Diskussionen mit Theoretikern, Kunstschaffenden und Architekten zum Thema Urban Art und beobachtete einen Quadratkilometer Siedlungsfläche in der Stadt Zürich auf Spuren von Urban Art.
Weitere Informationen folgen.
29.06.2012
Construction School
Photograph courtesy Jim Wood
James Langdon will present an ongoing research project on the subject of the Construction School, an experimental design programme in Bristol, England (1964 to 1979). The format will include a documentary history of the school and a discussion reflecting on visual research methodologies with guest contributors.
More information coming soon.
02.07.2012 -
06.07.2012
What's In A Band?
Eyes, Ears Mouth & Nose!
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The idea of The Band as a blueprint for togetherness and inclusivity - a week long project at Corner College.
Featuring; Jason Dungan, Dustin Ericksen, Anthony Faroux, Rochelle Fry, Sara Nunes Fernandes, Sam Porritt and Maria Zahle amongst others.
Full program of events and list of participants to be announced soon.