History will repeat itself. Strategies of reconstruction in modern art. 16 February - 13 April 2008 :: Warsaw
(2008 02 25 15:38)
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| Jeremy Deller, The Battle of Orgreave, 2001. Directed by Mike Figgis. Commissioned and produced by Artangel. Photo Martin Jenkinson. |
The exhibition History will repeat itself at Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle (CSW) concentrates on re-enactment strategies in contemporary visual arts and performance, as presented by the works of 23 artists (see below). The term “re-enactment” means recreating events that had a high impact on history and society in front of an audience, which either remains passive or participates in the action.
Reconstructions have gained popularity in recent years due to the fascinating possibility for viewers to participate in meaningful events. Yet unlike historical dramatizations, artistic re-enactments do not focus on the past, but recreate traumatic scenes important for the present. They are a reinterpretation of the presentation of these scenes by the mass media, replacing images with direct and often physical experience.
The exhibition is possible due to cooperation between Hartware MedienKunstVerein in Dortmund and the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, where it was first presented in 2007.
Artists:
Guy Ben-Ner, Walter Benjamin, Irina Botea, C-Level, Daniela Comani, Jeremy Deller, Rod Dickinson, Mikołaj Jewreinow, Omer Fast, Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Heike Gallmeier, Felix Gmelin, Pierre Huyghe, Evil Knievel, Zbigniew Libera, Korpys/Loeffler, Robert Longo, Tom McCarthy, Frédéric Moser / Philippe Schwinger, Collier Schorr, Tabea Sternberg, Kerry Tribe, T. R. Uthco & Ant Farm, Artur Żmijewski.
Curators: Inke Arns, Gabriele Horn
Curatorial co-operation: Katharina Fichtner
Curator in CSW: Kaja Pawełek
More information available on CSW's site.