“In the Desert of Modernity: Colonial Planning and After”, 2008
Curators: Marion von Osten (b.1963, Berlin, Germany; lives and works in Berlin), Serhat Karakayali and Tom Avermaete in collaboration with Mogniss Abdallah, An Architektur, Wafae Belarbi, Madeleine Bernstorff, Casamémoire Casablanca, Elsa de Seynes, Jesko Fezer, Kanak Attak, Brigitta Kuster, La Scource de Lion Casablanca, Labor k3000, Andreas Müller, Remember Resistance, Peter Spillmann, Anna Voswinkel, Daniel […]
“Altermodern,” 2009
Curator: Nicolas Bourriaud (born 1965 in Niort, France; lives and works in Montpellier, France). Description: The Fourth Tate Triennial, on view at the Tate Britain, London from February 3 to April 26, 2009. “A new modernity is emerging, reconfigured to an age of globalization—understood in its economic, political and cultural aspects: an altermodern culture Increased communication, travel […]
Florian Pumhösl, Modernology (Triangular Atelier), 2007
Artist: Florian Pumhösl (born 1971 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Materials: Enamel on glass, vitrine, and upholstered screen; variable dimensions. Description: “The interaction between these two concerns is especially well illustrated by Pumhösl’s expansive, room-size installation Modernology (Triangular Atelier), 2007, which was on view at Documenta 12. Based on the artist’s research into multidisciplinary exchanges among […]
Ângela Ferreira, Maison Tropicale, 2007
Artist: Ângela Ferriera (born 1958 in Maputo, Mozambique; lives and works in Lisbon, Portugal). Description: “The project was the official representation of the Portuguese Pavilion at the 52nd International Art Exhibition La Biennale di Venezia… Angela Ferreira’s Maison Tropicale reflects on colonial history and its contemporary, post- and neo-colonial resonances. Amidst the territorial reorganisation undertaken by the […]
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Untitled (Tropical House), 2006
Artist: Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; lives and works in Chiang Man, Thailand, Berlin, Germany, and New York City, USA). Materials: Wood and metal; 2.4 x 2.7 x 2.4 m. Description: “Tiravanija considers his role as an artist is as a developer of a dialogue, not necessarily as the creator of an […]
Victor Burgin, Bir okuma yeri / A Place to Read, 2011
Artist: Victor Burgin (born 1941 in Sheffield, England; lives and works in San Francisco, California, USA). Materials: Wall text and digital image projection, color, silent; loop duration 4 minutes 5 seconds. Description: “In recent years, Burgin’s photographic, textual and video works have been primarily reactions to cities and buildings that he has visited. The buildings have […]
Florian Pumhösl, Village, Museum, 2002-04
Artist: Florian Pumhösl (born 1971 in Vienna, Austria; lives and works in Vienna). Materials: Four-channel video installation, silent; 8 min 50 sec. Description: “Video installation that examines socialist initiatives in postcolonial Tanzania through the 1970s’ urbanist projects under President Julius Nyerere. The theme of Village, Museum, is the development of Dodoma, Tanzania’s administrative capital, which evolved […]
