How could
the notions of demarcation and difference be reconstituted
in a distant environment? Which models can identity be led
back to? And which images, spaces and symbols will the artists'
fall back to in order to reinvent themselves in a new context?
The intricate journey, considered as a productive artist's network,
brings up for discussion personal models of continuity and identity
in demarcation to a concept of a geographically or nationally
derived origin.
In the experimental assembly Berlin-Colombia a concrete place
faces an imaginary place. From this juxtaposition, moments of
void might come about, thus, inspiring a new adjustment to the
systems of reference.
We - the working group of the NGBK - are interested in individually
valid spaces and life situations of people and their personal
definitions and demarcation.
The first travelers are five Colombian artists invited to realize
a project in Berlin. Each of these artists represents through
his/her methods of work a personal strategy concerning the issue.
The strategies stretch from an attempt to dissolve artistic and
social limits to the precise manifestation and negotiation of
such limits.
During the visit in January 2007 the first artistic projects
were realized. Alongside there were work presentation and public
debates taking place in the Project space of the German artists
federation. In conjunction, the window display gallery sox36
was used to display public statements.
Following the first visit of the Colombians in Berlin the artists
living in Berlin traveled to Colombia in February 2007, staying
in the self-administered artist space lugar a dudas in Cali.
The stay corresponded with the programming and work procedure
of the preceded part in Berlin.
The process of work and reflection of the travelers generated
suggestions for a last third group, who are invited to Berlin
in order to conclude the journey.
The exhibition The Intricate Journey takes place from May 5
to June 17, 2007 in the spaces of the NGBK (Neue Gesellschaft
fuer Bildende Kunst) and presents the reactions to the journeys
and stays as open process. The concept of the exhibition reflects
the process by which it was derived, namely by an open productive
network through which artists' ideas, strategies and interactions
have been discussed and realized.
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Project
2007 »The
Intricate Journey«,
Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin · 2007 »The
Intricate Journey«,
Schaufenstergalerie SOX 36, Berlin · 2007 »El Viaje
Intricado«,
Künstlerhaus Lugar a Dudas,
Cali, Kolumbien · 2007 »artists talk«,
Galería El Bodegon, Bogotá, Kolumbien
Authors
Erika
Arzt and Juan Linares, Stefan Krüskemper, Stephan Kurr,
Maria Linares. The intricate journey is a working group
of the NGBK.
Invited Artists
Pablo Adarme (co), Erika Arzt (at) and
Juan Linares (es), François
Bucher (co), Stefan Krüskemper (de), Elkin Calderon (co),
Carmen Carmona (es), Carolina Caycedo (co), Wilson Díaz
(co), Adriana García (co), Stephan Kurr (de), Miler Lagos
(co), Julián León (co), María Linares (co),
Ana María Millán (co), Lucas Ospina (co)
Funding
The programm
of the NGBK is funded by Stiftung Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin
Publication
»The
Intricate Journey«, NGBK Berlin, Vice Versa Vertrieb,
ISBN: 3-938515-09-0
Links
www.theintricatejourney.info (offline)
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