Online Talks

A series of panel discussions hosted to explore the curatorial, academic and artistic positioning around the role of institutions in art, performance art in public spaces and the relationship between the physical and metaphysical presence of the body.

Theme:1 Capitalist burden on ephemeral art

Panelists: Agustina Strüngmann, Damian Lentini, Giulia Zabarella, Simon Pfeffel

Moderator: Natasha Jozi

How does ephemeral art survive and thrive in capitalist art market? Is making an art object may it be in form of an artefact, a remnant or a documentation of an event an outmoded expectation? Is the necessity of creating a spectacle or display an unnecessary burden on artists? This panel discussion aims to address these concerns and open dialogue towards the role institutions play in shaping frameworks of displaying and engaging with art. It furthermore aims to shed light on the ways artists are engaging with the white cube space, while working within certain frameworks and also bringing art outside these spaces to the public.

Theme 2: Nature, ritual and metaphysical presence of body

Panelists: Veronika Dräxler, Yasaman Pishvaei, Maria Noujaim

Moderator: Natasha Jozi

Is there a spiritual, metaphysical experience at the core of art? How much do we value art that does not appear intuitively or socially productive? This panel delves deep into examining ways artists approach their art practices, maintain intimacy in their work and how they navigate the purity of the isolated process of creating art. It aims to question, is anything lost in the essence of art while making it into an object and whether the sanctity of the lived experience of the artist is threatened through the imposition of the mediated experience of the broader audience. We further examine how can artists who work with culturally, socially, and experientially specific themes and rituals engage with a broader art community.

Research Dialogue

Research Dialogue is a unique format of communication designed for this project that documents a dialogue between the curator and the artists of this exhibition. The curator created a set of diagrams as an interpretation of the curatorial note and a way to further investigate the cross section of the dynamic between artist and audience. The artists were invited to respond to these probes by creating diagram(s) of their own. The diagrams stand as starting points and prompts to question the various dynamics which exist between the agencies: the “observer”, the “observed” and the “environment”, and the subsequent moments when during the exchange between these agencies, a “spectacle” is created.

The intention of this component of the project is to establish and continue an active relationship between the curator and the artist, and imagine new ways of engaging in and documenting discourse. As part of the Research Dialogue, artists were invited to question, reject, add, edit, and extend the diagrams and prompts in any way, and use their unique positioning to broaden the scope of this discourse.

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