DRAWING A LINE | VOM WIDER-STEHEN

December 08, 2011 to December 22, 2011

Opening: December 7, 2011, 7pm
Opening Hours:
Dezember 8 - Dezember 15, 2011, Mon-Sat 11am-7pm, Wed 12-20h
December 16 - December 22, 2011, Mon-Fri 12am-7pm, Sat and Sun closed

with Ehud Darash/ Na'ama Landau, Falk Haberkorn, Andreas Sell
research project with Antifun, Gürsoy Dogtas, Lisa Erb, Ehud Darash/ Na'ama Landau, Helga Lutz, Falk Haberkorn, Wilma Renfordt, Uzrukki Schmidt/ Helene Hellmich, Andreas Sell

The exhibition and research project Drawing a line | Vom Wider-Stehen is dedicated to moments of pausing, of waiting and stasis, of stagnation and of hesitation. They stand in opposition to the ideal of continuous progress, growth and stringency. The focus here is on the entire spectrum these moments can have: from ‘Wider-Stehen’ (literally ‘with standing’) in everyday things and situations and in one’s own work, all the way to with-stand prevailing structures and political systems. Simultaneously the question of the future is raised, so what the ‘next step’, what progress, is.
Drawing a line | Vom Wider-Stehen questions these moments, depicting linearity as a figment of the imagination. It addresses going astray, doubt and supposed stagnation, and recognises these as completely unique, resistive and productive elements.

 

Bildatlas
The Bildatlas is a research and production tool deployed for the exhibition. It serves the purpose of making the artistic and curatorial process accessible and able to be visualised. At the same time it sets itself apart from the illusion of linear progress. It creates an open structure, making it possible to be observed while searching for the embodiment of form.

Exhibition
Drawing a line conceives of ‘Wider-Stehen’ as an uprise against established structures. The exhibition brings together artists distinguished by their resistive thinking and actions as well as their ability to be critical. In questioning the resistive potential of art, the artists have conceptualised new works especially for this exhibition which challenge social, political or physical “regularities”.

Research Project
The research project Vom Wider-Stehen is a loose collection associated with the term ‘with-stand’ as a moment of stasis and vacuum. People of differing fields are invited to contribute miniatures. With the varying methods and thematic approaches, the collection itself is able to resist linearity and contingency. It can be viewed by visitors during the opening hours of the exhibition.

A project conceived and curated by Greta Hoheisel | Sven Christian Schuch, PLATFORM3