Re: <nettime> FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT: ART / KNOWLEDGE / POLITICS

[Andreas Broeckmann <broeckmann@leuphana.de>]

folks,

just an aside: i think it is _ironic_ that a well-established and 
securely state-funded project like the Berlin-Biennale is seeking 
"solidarity actions" from small and independent institutions and groups, 
and that it is actually receiving such solidarity (solidary with what?), 
possibly due to a mix of curator-artist zmiewski's provocative clout, 
and a pinch of hope on the part of the partners to benefit from the 
association with an international art event like the biennale.

i respect the whole thing as part of zmiewski's scenography, in which 
the entire biennale (normally a curated group exhibition) becomes one 
big zmiewski happening (though still also a group exhibition, 
apparently), something that must have been calculated, if not the 
intention, when the Biennale board invited zmiewski as curator. i hope 
that everybody is going to have fun and benefit from the scenario, and 
personally i am in favour of the way in which zmiewski raises difficult 
ethical questions. however, i wonder whether "solidarity actions", at 
least in the art field, will ever be the same again after this exercise 
in reciprocity.

wondering,
-ab

Am 22.03.12 17:50, schrieb paolo do:

> For the 7. Berlin Biennale, the curator Artur ??mijewski has created a
> political space where to explore the effects of art in society and the
> connections with the current social and political situations. In this
> scenario, several actors, institutions and political collectives that
> share this approach have been invited to engage in ???solidarity
> actions??? in accordance with the theme of the BB7.


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