Monday, April 29, 2013
INFLATABLE SCULPTURE IN HONG KONG
Extreme Weather Pops McCarthy's Inflatable Poop: Paul McCarthy's 50-foot-tall inflatable sculpture portraying a pile of excrement, "Complex Pile," has caused a bit of a mess. The scatalogical work was on view as part of an exhibition of inflatable art organized by M+ in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District, but things went wrong when a spate of extreme weather caused it to burst. "A small hole was discovered on the surface of the piece. We are doing our best to fix it and hopefully we can inflate the artwork as soon as possible," a spokesperson for the cultural district said. Other works in the show by Jeremy Deller, Tomas Saraceno, Tam Wai-ping, and Cao Fei emerged unscathed, though a piece by Korean artist Choi Jeong-hwa sustained major damage. [South China Morning Post]
Saturday, April 27, 2013
EXHIBITION: SCHOOL OF DEATH AT FAMILY BUSINESS
7 May – 18 May 2013
Location: Family Business, 520 West 21st Street, New York Organized by Cabinet and Simon Critchley
Cabinet is pleased to present, in collaboration with philosopher Simon Critchley, the first incarnation of the School of Death, an educational institution dedicated to exploring the relationship between death and the examined life. As the institution's motto declares, "If the examined life is not worth living, then is death not worth examining?" A new lesson—taking the form of a drawing, a chart, a story, a parable, an anecdote—will be written each day on a chalkboard installed at Family Business. In addition, there will be a number of evening talks and programs at the exhibition space.
ABOUT SIMON CRITCHLEY
Simon Critchley, who is not dead yet, teaches philosophy for a living at the New School for Social Research. He writes for the New York Times and his new book Stay, Illusion!: The Hamlet Doctrine, co-written with Jamieson Webster, will be published by Pantheon in June.
ABOUT FAMILY BUSINESS
Family Business is an exhibition space initiated by Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni. It is a free time-share: a space made available to people who have something interesting to say; a way to get to know new families and friends. Family Business is powered by the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. A guest + a host = a ghost. Nadja Argyropoulou is the Family Business guest (or ghost) curator for 2013.
Location: Family Business, 520 West 21st Street, New York Organized by Cabinet and Simon Critchley
Cabinet is pleased to present, in collaboration with philosopher Simon Critchley, the first incarnation of the School of Death, an educational institution dedicated to exploring the relationship between death and the examined life. As the institution's motto declares, "If the examined life is not worth living, then is death not worth examining?" A new lesson—taking the form of a drawing, a chart, a story, a parable, an anecdote—will be written each day on a chalkboard installed at Family Business. In addition, there will be a number of evening talks and programs at the exhibition space.
ABOUT SIMON CRITCHLEY
Simon Critchley, who is not dead yet, teaches philosophy for a living at the New School for Social Research. He writes for the New York Times and his new book Stay, Illusion!: The Hamlet Doctrine, co-written with Jamieson Webster, will be published by Pantheon in June.
ABOUT FAMILY BUSINESS
Family Business is an exhibition space initiated by Maurizio Cattelan and Massimiliano Gioni. It is a free time-share: a space made available to people who have something interesting to say; a way to get to know new families and friends. Family Business is powered by the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. A guest + a host = a ghost. Nadja Argyropoulou is the Family Business guest (or ghost) curator for 2013.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
SWISS INSTITUTE: SCREENING: A ROAD NOT TAKEN
SWISS INSTITUTE
18 Wooster Street
On the occasion of IDEAS CITY, Swiss Institute is pleased to screen A Road not Taken, a documentary film by Swiss artists Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller. In 1979, Jimmy Carter, in a visionary move, installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. This functional and symbolic installation was dismantled in 1986 during the Reagan presidency. Unity College, an environmentally-minded centre of learning in Maine, acquired the panels in 1991 and later installed them on the roof of the campus cafeteria. In A Road not Taken, filmmakers Hemauer and Keller travel back in time, following the panels' route from the White House to Unity College. The film includes interviews with decision-makers who guided the panels on this journey, as well as with figures from the 1970s energy crisis. It provides a unique look at how this initial installation has presaged our own era.
Screening | A Road not Taken
Thursday | May 2 | 7PM18 Wooster Street
On the occasion of IDEAS CITY, Swiss Institute is pleased to screen A Road not Taken, a documentary film by Swiss artists Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller. In 1979, Jimmy Carter, in a visionary move, installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. This functional and symbolic installation was dismantled in 1986 during the Reagan presidency. Unity College, an environmentally-minded centre of learning in Maine, acquired the panels in 1991 and later installed them on the roof of the campus cafeteria. In A Road not Taken, filmmakers Hemauer and Keller travel back in time, following the panels' route from the White House to Unity College. The film includes interviews with decision-makers who guided the panels on this journey, as well as with figures from the 1970s energy crisis. It provides a unique look at how this initial installation has presaged our own era.
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
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