Heidemarie
Schwermer in 1996 gave away her furnishings, canceled her apartment
contract, her health insurance, and closed her business as psychotherapist.
Since then she has been living without money based on »Geben
und Nehmen« (Give and Take). The video of the Office of
Integrative Art (bik) was produced in the »Ruhrgebiet« during
a workshop for people interested in living without money.
»Life Policies is
an exhibition about strategies of life and identity. Life
Policies is a presentation of artists from Denmark, Sweden,
Estonia, Germany and Austria about identity. Life Policies takes
place in Galeria zé dos Bois, Biarro Alto, Lisbon. The
exhibition is a platform that will show different aspects of
subjectivity production in relation to subculture, lifestyle,
fear, education and work. This theme has relevance today as
we are facing a transformation of the idea of the individual – we
have to navigate in multiplicity of lifestyles and communities.
It seems that one person – in order to survive – need
to combine more possible models of subjectivity that he or
she can act out according to experience and the specific set
up of a situation.« (Curator: Solvej Helweg Ovesen)
Kenneth Balfelt (DK), Diego Schindler Castro (d), Andrea Creutz
(S), Annika Lundgreen (S), Mads Lynnerup (Dk), Muntean and Rosenblum
(A), Thomas Poulsen (Dk), office of integrative art (Stefan Krüskemper
and Jörg Amonat) (D), Kirstine Roepstorff (Dk), Ene-Liis Semper
(Est) and Marie Roemer West (Dk) |
Exhibitions
2004 »Permanent
Produktiv« Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Further exhibitions:
2003 »Streik« Westfälischer
Kunstverein, Münster · 2002 »Erst die Arbeit« ACC
Gallery, Weimar · 2002 »Life
Policies« Galeria Ze Dos Bois, Lisbon
Authors
Office of Integrative Art - Jörg Amonat, Stefan Krüskemper
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