MondaysMay 11, 2004Tuesday Night -- 05.11.04 -- Dinner/Discussion -- Maria Lind -- Curatorial SeriesTuesday Night -- 05.11.04 -- Dinner/Discussion -- Maria Lind -- Curatorial Series Contents:
Join us for a dinner and informal conversation with Maria Lind When: 7:30, Tuesday May 11, 2004 This Tuesday, instead of meeting at 16Beaver, we will be meeting at Ayreen's apartment for dinner, drinks, and discussion. To help us with the the dinner planning, please RSVP, by writing to dinner@16beavergroup.org. If you get this at the last minute, just drop by. (pause) As a part of our curatorial series we have invited Maria Lind from the Kunstverein München in Munich to discuss some recent programs she has been developing.
Location Info + Directions: Ayreen Anastas Subway stop Bedford Avenue on the L train. Dinner Info: We will be having a salad. ___________________________________________________ Born in Stockholm, Sweden Maria Lind is the director of the Kunstverein München in Munich. Previous to this position, she was curator at Moderna Museet in Stockholm (from 1997-2001), and co-curator of Manifesta 2 (1998), Europe’s nomadic biennale of contemporary art. She has curated a number of exhibitions and projects, among them, What if: art on the verge of architecture and design (2000) at Moderna Museet in Stockholm and Letter and Event (1997) at Apex Art in New York City. Lind was one of 10 contributing curators to Phaidon’s Fresh Cream, and she has contributed widely to magazines including Index (where she was on the editorial board), Katalog, Frieze, Art Monthly, and Parkett. ___________________________________________________ Maria Lind will discuss the “Sputnik Model” at the Kunstverein München, a model based on dialogue and exchange created in order to establish a close and long-term relationship with artists and the Kunstverein. Translated from the Russian, the word Sputnik means partner or traveling companion. Lind has invited a number of artists, writers, and curators to become Sputnik’s of the Kunstverein, and thus to advice, comment and create programming for the insitution. * The text “Sputniks: Whichever Way the Journey Goes” by Katharina Schlieben is below. Related Links: Manifesta 2 (1998) in Luxembourg http://www.manifesta.org/manifesta2/e/manifest.html (Exhibition review by Daniel Birnbaum in Artforum, December 2000) http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0268/4_39/68697137/p1/article.jhtml
Taking its cue from an earlier period in its own history, one of the objectives of the Kunstverein München is to establish a close and long-term relationship with artists and their work by experimenting with different models of cooperation. One way of realising this aim is the so-called Sputnik Modell. The word Sputnik, translated from the Russian, literally means "partner" or "travelling companion". The Kunstverein is currently in the process of building up long-term relationships with a number of individuals in the art and cultural scene. These Sputniks will be accompanying the programme of the Kunstverein in Munich. The "original Sputnik" 1 circumnavigated earth on October 4th, 1957 in 96 minutes and at an altitude ranging between 227 and 945 kilometres. That Sputnik was a basketball-sized satellite fired into space by the Soviet Union for the purposes of researching the conditions of survival there. We, however, intend to have a somewhat more relaxed schedule and to allow ourselves more time to engage in a slower, more long-term programme without the omnipresent production pressures all too common in the business of exhibition. Furthermore, as our Sputniks come from various countries and thus bring with them different cultural influences, travelling, indeed, seems a very appropriate theme here. The Sputniks are artists but also curators and critics - simply individuals who we find interesting. They will be contributing to the shape and character of the Kunstverein with their questions, critiques, advice and ideas over the next three years.2 Any one of these relationships may develop into one or any number of additional projects. In these relationships, complete flexibility is of key importance with respect to the particular form any of these potential projects may take. They may take the form of an exhibition, symposium, publication, event or some unplanned format. Whether the project selected should be restricted to a particular time frame or accompany the work of the Kunstverein München over a longer period is also to remain flexible. The projects may literally become part of the existing structures and infrastructures of the Kunstverein, thereby exercising an influence on the design and form of the institution itself and contributing anything which might be considered lacking. We would also like to utilise the Sputniks' experience and ideas as a means of discovering how an institution can best operate for artists and for visitors. The Kunstverein München also hopes to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas among the Sputniks, supporting both an active sharing of ideas and the realisation of their various projects. The Sputnik meetings are crucial in this process, generating a pool of ideas, which can then be used at a future date. In February 2002, most of the Sputniks met for a weekend in Munich to see the local situation of the Kunstverein München for themselves, to get to know one another and to work together on a brainstorming session. One of the central issues of discussion was the role of the present day Kunstverein and how its programme can be developed so that its visitors are taken into account. One "Sputnik project" has already been realised for the reopening "restart". The new design for the foyer is the work of the artist Apolonija Sustersic (Ljubljana / Amsterdam). The intention here, is that the transformation of the foyer into a lobby-like area, which invites visitors to talk together or simply relax. It should also serve as a convenient a meeting place. A second project is to be realised over the course of the coming months by the artist Carey Young, from London. She develops a set of advertising mottos for the Kunstverein, which make use of existing mottos from advertising and recycles them. The work is designed tofunction within the communication and marketing strategy of the Kunstverein München. In addition, two further Sputnik projects are to be realised this year. Within the context of the exhibition "Exchange & Transform (Working Title)" and in cooperation with the Kunstverein, the Hamburg critic, Jan Verwoert will be giving a symposium on the theme of economic models. For further information please refer to his article in the newsletter. A fourth Sputnik project is scheduled for Autumn. Deimantas Narkevicius (Vilnius) will be putting on his first exhibition project in Germany, at the Kunstverein.
___________________________________________________ We have over the last few years invited a variety of artists, curators, In this series, we have attempted to give some framework to these ongoing |
