Program Curator: Alexander Nikolić curatorial statement
LABfactory in Co-Operation with Open Space
parallel opening in Open Space and LABfactory 25.April 2008 19:00 - open end
LABfactory program
April 26. – Mai 15. 2008
WORLD-EX-POSITION ist gezeigter Partikel gegenwärtiger Prozesse. Zonen des künstlerischen wie diskursiven Transfers. Ansichten des Un/Möglichen - der Welt in einer Ausstellung. Ein openLAB in der LABfactory kombiniert mit und fortgesetzt in einer Ausstellung im OpenSpace.
kindly supported by:
(c) cuntstunt
(c) Tanya Ury. Who's Boss
Open Space Zentrum für Kunstprojekte and LABfactory extend their collaboration and invited Alexander Nikolic to curate an exhibition to facilitate a zone of communicative transfer beyond physical borders within the realm of creative practice.
A position is taken by Alexander Nikolic, captured in his proposed title, WORLD-EX-POSITION along side with the problem in current political thinking. This emerges in the manner in which relationships of forces reveals a ticklish subject where different practices of capitalism and the regulatory institutional procedures of societies mediated. Driven forward by the fact that “our critique began as all critiques begin: with doubt,” in order to “TO BEGIN AGAIN … FROM THE BEGINNING” leaves us with what brings back the production of desire to life in its irreducible absence to our immediate sensibility. These serve and generate a need for a change, work against transformation into the elements of normalisation and resist powerful strategies of control. This haunts us with taking a “deci[sion] on what cannot be decided upon by remaining faithful to a contingent event” in an attempt to integrate the ‘impossible’ to the reality.
(Text: Dr. Gulsen Bal)
Participant Artists & Contributions
Jesper Alvaer the banana tree stereoscope Dr. Richard Barbrook Imaginary futures cuntstunt Take it as a Gift! Jesse Darlin’ I was a teenage porn star Lukas Pusch Vienna Vodoo’ Johannes Grenzfurthner - monochrom The Innermost Unifier Mario Grubisic utopia-expo Ira Hadzic Visoko-Flying High Rudi Hübl Art & Culture Sausages Stefan Lutschinger Performer, Blogger und freier Autor. Kazimir Malevic black cross -sketch 1985 Stefan Rusu Lazo | Sars Opera | Jeres sister0 My first Burial societé réaliste Ministère de l'Architecture. MA: Temporary Free Zones. Shazalakazoo - live! breakbeat/folk/electronica. Christoph Theiler - wechselstrom Reply Tanya Ury Whos Boss| Boss Rune XLTerrestrials Transmigration Of the Telepresent Zampa di Leone selections
for more information please visit:
www.openspace-zkp.org
www.eroticunion.org
25.04.2008 19.00 LABfactory more film/lecture/performance sister0 ‘My First Burial' Jessie Darlin’ ‘I was a teenage porn star’ Live: shazalakazoo Abendmoderation: Alexander Nikolić / Thomas Jelinek DJane: White Girl
26.04.2008. 19:00 LABfactory more performance Johannes Grenzfurthner / monochrom ‘The innermost Unifier’ Abendmoderation: Alexander Nikolić / Thomas Jelinek Djane: Gudrun Brüll (SCHWESTERN BRÜLL.)
30.04.2008 21:30 LABfactory more lecture performance Dr. Richard Barbrook ‘Imaginary futures’ Abendmoderation: Stefan Lutschinger DJ: Ohrgasmus
10.05.2008 20:00 LABfactory more streaming Laboratory XLTerrestrials ‘Transmigration Of the Telepresent’ In Kooperation mit theSCREEN.tv, sonance.artistic.network und Press/Play in Detroit Abendmoderation: Alexander Nikolić / Pod p Podinski Dj Line: Alexander Nikolić / Pod p Podinski
A d m i s s i o n f r e e
LABfactory Büro für Weltausstellung Praterstrasse 42/1/3 A-1020 Wien
and
Open Space Zentrum für Kunstprojekte Lassingleithnerplatz 2 Schwedenplatz 1020 Wien
