Socially Disorganised
February 19 – March 21, 2009
Experimental Art Foundation
Lion Arts Centre, Adelaide South Australia
Artists:
Halil Altindere, Yu Cheng-ta, Jordi Colomer, Daniel Guzman, Minouk Lim, Ahmet Ögüt, Wael Shawky, Kuang-Yu Tsui, Nasan Tur, Matthias Wermke
Works in the Exhibition:
Halil Altindere, Miss Turkey, 2005
Yu Cheng-ta, 2008, Ventriloquists - Introduction, 2008
Jordi Colomer, Anarchitekton, 2002-04
Daniel Guzman, New York Groove, 2004
Minouk Lim, New Town Ghost, 2005
Ahmet Ögüt, Somebody Else’s Car, 2004
Wael Shawky, The Cave, 2004
Kuang-Yu Tsui, The Shortcut to the Systematic Life: City Spirits, 2005
Nasan Tur, somersaulting man- Istanbul-Tokio-Frankfurt-Paris, 2005
Matthias Wermke, Trotzdem Danke!, 2006
Information:
’Social disorganization’ means a particular set of conditions that make it easier for crime to take hold in urban contexts. The works in this exhibition ‘act out’ a kind of delinquency.
The exhibition Socially Disorganised is presented by the EAF in association with the 2009 Big Pond Adelaide Film Festival. This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.
Often funny and frequently situationist in character, Socially Disorganised presents video art that activates the city in absurd and novel ways. Vasif Kortun has invited an impressive array of artists who use a range of strategies that include public performance, tactical collaborations, filmed acts of simple and surreal futility, and the simultaneous use of diverse media. The artists explore many concerns including the metamorphosis and mobility of the human body, the intersection of religion, entertainment and politics, the humourous manipulation of state documents, and the co-existence of traditional and contemporary modes of storytelling.
workshop: total curating
In conjunction with Socially Disorganised, I led a workshop of local and international participants between 16 and 20 February, 200. The workshop was organized by Artspace, and Casula Powerhouse.
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