DOCUMENTA 12, SKULPTUR PROJEKTE MUNSTER and HARTWARE MedienKunstVerein
Documenta 12 takes place this June in Kassel Germany and coincides with
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 and the opening of
History Will Repeat Itself exhibition at the Hartware MedienKunstVerein in Dortmund. Documenta is held every five years and Münster’s Skulptur Projekte every 10 years.
Documenta 12 is curated by Ruth Noak under the artistic directorship of Roger M Buergel. They pose three questions which will be explored through the work of artists from across the world: Is Modernity our Antquity? What is Bare Life? What is to be Done?
Exhibition dates 16 June to 23 September 2007. More info at http://www.documenta12.de
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07 is curated by Prof. Kasper König, Dr Brigitte Franzen and Carina Plath. It features the work of 35 artists including: Pawel Althamer / Francis Alÿs/Michael Asher / Guy Ben-Ner / Guillaume Bijl / Martin Boyce / Jeremy Deller / Michael Elmgreen und Ingar Dragset / Hans-Peter Feldmann / Dora Garcia / Isa Genzken / Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster / Tue Greenfort / David Hammons / Valérie Jouve / Mike Kelley / Suchan Kinoshita / Marko Lehanka / Gustav Metzger / Eva Meyer und Eran Schaerf / Deimantas Narkevicius / Bruce Nauman / Maria Pask / Manfred Pernice / Susan Philipsz / Martha Rosler / Thomas Schütte / Andreas Siekmann / Rosemarie Trockel / Silke Wagner / Mark Wallinger / Clemens von Wedemeyer / Annette Wehrmann / Pae White
Exhibition dates 17 June to 30 September 2007. More information at http://www.skulptur-projekte.de
The
Hartware MedienKunstVerein was founded in Dortmund/Germany in 1996 by the curators Iris Dressler and Hans D. Christ. Hartware is conceived as an open platform for the production, presentation, and the discourse of contemporary art, and especially media art. Hartware works in regional as well as international networks and organises exhibitions, film and video screenings as well as workshops and conferences. The association also supports the production of new works.
HISTORY WILL REPEAT ITSELF. Strategies of reenactment in contemporary (media) art and performance exhibition
--> HMKV at PHOENIX Halle Dortmund: 9 June - 30 September 2007
--> KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin: 27 October 2007 - January 2008
More information at http://www.hmkv.de/
