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Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV) shows three monographic exhibitions
on the third floor of the Dortmunder U. Curated by Dr. Inke
Arns.
Two of these exhibitions are concerned with similar
issues: HEXEN 2.0 by the British artist Suzanne Treister and
History has left the Building by the German artist Francis Hunger
deal with the hopes and utopias or dystopias inspired by technological
developments in the 20th century, while analysing their social impact and
role as catalysts of social and economic processes in different political
systems. Both artists use artistic narratives to undertake a
media-archaeological investigation, telling stories from the age of
information technology and presenting often unheard-of and unseen artefacts
in the shape of complex drawings and diagrams (Treister) or installations,
audio plays, videos, and performances (Hunger).
In the framework
of the cultural exchange programme Klopsztanga. Polen grenzenlos
NRW, the HMKV also presents Democracies, a work by the Polish
artist Artur Żmijewski. In this 25-channel video installation, Żmijewski
documents various expressions of opinion in public space. The images are
left uncommented and shown next to each other without hierarchy or
judgement. For the artist, these sometimes extreme and anachronistic
rituals of democratic public expression represent the darker side of
society, something that has to be tolerated and continually renegotiated in
an attempt to reach a public consensus. Żmijewskiʼs videos show images of
people gathering at manifestations, football games, burials, historic
re-enactments and military parades. In the exhibition space, the live
soundtracks of the various videos merge into a cacophonic soundscape. For
the presentation at HMKV, the artist has edited further footage, thus
creating the most extensive version so far of this work, for which he
started filming in 2009. The exhibition runs parallel to the 7th Berlin
Biennale, which is curated by Żmijewski.
During the exhibition,
HMKV and the RWE Forum | U Cinema will show Between Us, a programme
with Polish experimental and documentary short films curated by Katrin
Mundt. The spectrum of the programme extends from experimental films of the
neo-avant-garde of the 1970s to classics of video art of the 1980s and
contemporary works.
On the occasion of Francis Hunger's
exhibition History has left the Building, a catalogue with numerous
high-quality reproductions, an essay by Inke Arns, and work descriptions
will be published by Spector Books Leipzig in June 2012.
Parallel to the exhibition, the HMKV will present a programme of artists'
talks, workshops, book launch, performances and film screenings within the
exhibition.
For opening hours during bank holidays visit: www.dortmunder-u.de
Guided tours
Thursdays 18h (after-work tour),
Sundays 16h, holidays 16h (guided tours are included in the
admission).
Film screenings within the exhibition
Between Us
in the framework of
Klopsztanga. Polen grenzenlos NRW
Friday, 11 May 2012,
19:30–22h and Friday, 25 May 2012, 19:30–22h
Curated
by: Katrin Mundt
Between Us presents two evenings of artistsʼ
films from Poland.
Dates of the film screenings in the programme
frame of HEXEN 2.0—in cooperation with the association "Kino
im U":
Thursday, 3 May and Friday, 4 May 2012, 20h:
eXistenZ (CA/UK, 1999, 97 min., Director: David
Cronenberg)
Thursday, 24 May, 20h and Sunday, 27 May 2012,
15h:
Pi (US, 1998, 84 min., Director: Darren
Aronofsky)
Thursday, 14 May and Friday 15 May 2012,
20h:
Alphaville (FR, 1965, 99 min., R. Jean-Luc
Godard)
Thursday, 21 June, 20h and Sunday, 24 June 2012,
15h:
A Journey into the Mind of P. (DE/CH, 2001,
90 min., Directors: Fosco & Donatello Dubini)
Film
screenings venue
RWE Forum | U Cinema (ground floor)
Leonie-Reygers-Terrasse
44137 Dortmund
Events
Performance dates: Francis Hunger (The SETUN
Conspiracy):
Saturday & Sunday 21–22 April,
12–13 May, 2–3 June, 23–24 June, 21–22
July:
11–18h, Dortmunder U (3rd floor)
Artist talk with Suzanne Treister
Thursday 21 June 2012, 18h,
Dortmunder U (3rd floor)
Book launch with Francis Hunger
Friday 22 June 2012, 18h, Dortmunder U (3rd floor)
Further
film screenings on the 3rd floor of the Dortmunder U will be announced
soon.
Main funders of HMKV
Cultural Office of
the City of Dortmund
Ministry for Family, Children, Youth, Culture and
Sports of North Rhine-Westphalia
Sparkasse Dortmund
DSW21
The exhibitions are supported by
The
exhibition Artur Żmijewski:
Democracies and the film programme Between
Us take place in the framework of: Klopsztanga.
Polen grenzenlos NRW
Funded by NRW Kultursekretariat Wuppertal, Polnisches
Institut Düsseldorf
Exhibition partner: Medion
The
exhibition Suzanne Treister: HEXEN 2.0 is generously
supported by: British Council
The production of Suzanne
Treister's HEXEN 2.0 has been supported by: Arts
Council England
The production of Francis Hunger's radio
play The Woman who never flew into Space has been
supported by: Film-und Medienstiftung NRW
Media partners 2012: ARTE
Creative & De:Bug
Press Contact
presse@hmkv.de
Image above:
Official design, "HEXEN 2.0 and HISTORY HAS
LEFT THE BUILDING" by www.laborb.de.
Copyright HMKV.
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