FUTURAMA
and re-inventing tradition
MARCH 30 - MAY 9 2007
Collegium Hungaricum Berlin
Karl Liebknecht Strasse
10700 Berlin Bitte - Alexanderplatz
10am-6pm daily - Free Admission
http://www.hungaricum.de/
http://www.sparwasserhq.de/
Foto: János Fodor (Appropriation einer alten Singapore Airline
Werbeposter)
Künstler der Ausstellung:
András Medvegy, Casper Cordes , David Wilkinson, Ella Klaschka,
Gábor Erdei, Hajnaj Nemeth/István Majoros, Jeremy Hiah,
Katarina Sevic, Lilla Khoor/ Will Potter, Lise Nellemann/ János
Fodor, Tibor Horváth, Miklós Mécs, Ming Wong, Róza
El-Hassan, Sylwia Ludas, Tamas St. Auby, Tommy Stockel, Tamás Komoróczky
Organised by Lise Nellemann and Janos Fodor, Eine Ausstellung des CHB
mit freundlicher Unterstützung von Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Die Konzeption der von János Fodor (und Lise Nellemann) kuratierten
Ausstellung entstand während ihres Aufenthalts in Singapur im Herbst
2006. Gezeigt werden Arbeiten und Filme von mehr als 18 Künstlern.
AUSSTELLUNG vom 30. März bis 9. Mai 2007
EXHIBITION
TEXT by János Fodor
Is the nature
of all our common present the time we share with each other a unique combination
of the individual readings of the past and utopic expectations of possible
futures? Is, therefore, the first step to build an effective vision of
the future based on the accepted memories of ‘others’?
The observation
of the past is necessary if we try to comprehend the present. The persistent
crisis of the European identity is due to the lack of a common collective
narrative. The weakness of this type of historical positioning obscures
our orientation of the present.
The hidden existence of the future can be excavated in the possibilities
of the past, perhaps more evident than in the present. The present, in
this sense, can be understood as a toned down future of the past; a kind
of continuous time, which is the only way to position ourselves in time,
not mention the fact that the past has already passed. It reminds me of:
‘no future without past’. The phrase ‘no future without
present’ or ‘no past without future’ could be also coined.
Observation requires a distance in time and space from its subject matter. Our objective of this exhibition is to research and transform elements from the subjective past(s) into a larger collective memory.
There exist different ways and cultural habits to cope with our consideration. How can we learn from previous futures? By continuous self-reflexivity, by remixing alternative pasts, or simply by forgetting our memories and turning towards the fast future? Together, these possibilities can all be integrated into various and diverse scenarios. Not forgetting of course, that different cultures have divergent solutions and proportions with which to mix those iterations of reflections.
Although
our past is passed, ours, or others points of view generates debates.
Perhaps, because the past or our traditions are but a collection of fictions
assembled through a consensus of subjective verifications.
ARTISTS
EXHIBITION EVENT PROGRAM
OPENING
Thursday, March 29. 2007 from 7 pm
in Collegium Hungaricum Berlin (Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 9, Berlin-Mitte)
8.30 pm PERFORMANCE with saussages by David Wilkinson
9 pm CONCERT PERFORMANCE with the 8 MCs from the MC-Monument: Nobel Noise Records, I.J., BonoRooS, Chaos Paar & Dj-Ipsy, Mando, Chloressi, Yeman, David Devilist, Mystic Trainer
and PARTY with DJs in the Café Geissler and in the Foyer
SEMINAR
April 2-3: Seminars with curator Ong Keng Sen
The invited guest of the exhibition, the international curator Ong Keng Sen, director of theater and art space 72-13 in Singapore, was the host of the artist-in-residence stay of János Fodor and Lise Nellemann in the autumn of 2006. www.72-13.com
Monday, April 2, 8-11 pm
CHB conference room, Café and terrace
Ong Keng Sen will present the project Creatives-in-Residence und Arts Networtk Asia (ANA). After an open round-table-discussion will take place with invited artists and curators from Berlin.
Tuesday, April 3, 8-12 pm
CHB conference room, Café Geissler and terrace
Ong Keng Sen presents selected theater productions and curated projects "...the interphase between production and process, and all the crazy things in between..."
After Party
Thursday, April 26, 9-10 pm
CHB Konferenzsaal, Café and terrace
Sebastian Biskup
"small town boy"<http://www.sparwasserhq.de/Index/HTMLmar7/sebastian.htm>
After Party with DJ 10 pm-2 am
Friday, May 4
Open House of the cultural institutions in Berlin
CHB exhibition room, cinema, Café Geissler and terrace
6-7 pm guided tour through the exhibition by Lise Nellemann and Janos Fodor
7-8 pm KINO ABEND Preview, performance series
8-10 pm KINO ABEND in Kino Balázs (Performance)
Alice Münch und Ella Klaschka invites you for KINO ABEND mit "many small acts by many participants". Ariane Pauls will take the audience through the evening.
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mit Agnes Gelencsér, Alice Münch, Andrea Lailach, Ariane Pauls, Beatrice Jugert, Caroline Picard, Cecile Belmont, Chat, Doris Sprengel, Ella Klaschka, Judith Schwinn, Judith Miriam Escherlor, Jutta Eberhard, Karolin Meunier, Kei Takemura, Lavater, Punkt Fix, Sylwia Ludas, Veronika Reichl
zusammengestellt von Ella Klaschka und Alice Münch
10 pm-3 am DJ Part