labor in contemporary art

To Discuss - I

Date: 27.12.2011, 6.30pm, DEPO, www.depoistanbul.net


‘Art Without Work?’ with Anton Vidokle.

The discussion will be focusing on the recent text of artist Anton Vidokle titled ‘Art Without Work’. The discussion will be based on the question of the division of ‘labor’ and ‘work’ in artistic production. (For the article: www.e-flux.com/journal/art-without-work).

‘To Discuss’ is a first meeting series of the research project titled Like a Rolling Stone: Labor in Contemporary art. This project investigates: the notion of labor/work, the working conditions of art producers/workers and the livelihood economies in contemporary art field. This research project is curated by Önder Özengi and Pelin Tan.

Anton Vidokle is an artist based in New York and Berlin.

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Tartışmak Üzere -I

Tarih: 27.12.2011, 18.30, DEPO, www.depoistanbul.net

‘Art Without Work’, Anton Vidokle ile birlikte.

Bu tartışma, sanatçı Anton Vidokle’nin ‘Art Without Work’ adlı makalesinde tartıştığı, sanatsal üretimde iş ve emek ayrımına odaklanıyor. (makale: www.e-flux.com/journal/art-without-work).


‘Tartışmak Üzere’, Yuvarlanan Bir Taş Gibi: Güncel Sanatta Emek başlıklı araştırma projesinin ilk tartışma toplantısıdır. Bu proje; emek/iş olgusu, sanat üreticisinin üretim/çalışma koşulları ve güncel sanat alanındaki geçinme ekonomileri üzerine odaklanmaktadır. Bu proje, Önder Özengi ve Pelin Tan tarafından yürütülmektedir.

Uncovered

Book Launch: UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1



UNCOVERED is pleased to announce the book launch of UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1, on Friday, 16th December, at 7pm, at Home for Cooperation, in the buffer zone, across from Ledra Palace.

During the book launch Jack Persekian will present a performance of Nablus Soap.

The book, edited by Basak Senova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou, includes texts by Alexander Galloway, AbdouMaliq Simone, Antonio Negri, Argyro Toumazou, Basak Senova, Bülent Diken, Dervis Zaim, Jack Persekian, Lamia Joreige, Marina Grzinic, Michael Hardt, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Ozgul Ezgin, Pavlina Paraskevaidou, Pelin Tan, Socrates Stratis, Stavros Stavrides, and Jalal Toufic. Gökce Sekeroglu designed the book.

UNCOVERED is a three-year research-based art and media project under the curatorship of Basak Senova and Pavlina Paraskevaidou. Three terms – “memory construction,” “commons,” and “control mechanisms” – form the conceptual springboard for the project. The development team consists of Argyro Toumazou, Özgül Ezgin, Vicky Pericleous and the curators. The partners of UNCOVERED are European-Mediterranean Art Association, The Pharos Arts Foundation, and Anadolu Kultur.

UNCOVERED. Nicosia International Airport. Book 1 documents the first phase of the project that culminated with an exhibition in September 2011, in Nicosia of the eight commissioned works by Andreas Savva Constantinos Taliotis, Demetris Taliotis, Görkem Müniroğlu, Gürgenç Korkmazel, Emre Yazgın, Erhan Öze, Socratis Socratous, Orestis Lambrou, Oya Silbery, Özge Ertanın, Vicky Pericleous, and Zehra Sonya. The book includes a number of essays on the themes of “memory”, “commons”, and “control mechanisms” that were explored in the exhibition, as well as a section devoted to the eight projects. The publication also introduces the archive that has been initiated as part of the research and concludes with the contributions of the speakers made during the panel discussion following the opening of the exhibition.


Venue: House for Cooperation, (buffer zone, across from Ledra Palace), Nicosia, Cyprus.
Date and Time: 16th December, 2011, 7pm
Editors: Pavlina Paraskevaidou and Basak Senova
Contributions: Alexander Galloway, AbdouMaliq Simone, Antonio Negri, Argyro Toumazou, Basak Senova, Bülent Diken, Dervis Zaim, Jack Persekian, Lamia Joreige, Marina Grzinic, Michael Hardt, Mushon Zer-Aviv, Niyazi Kizilyürek, Ozgul Ezgin, Pavlina Paraskevaidou, Pelin Tan, Socrates Stratis, Stavros Stavrides, and Jalal Toufic
Copy Editing and Proof Reading: Barbara Iacovou

The printing of the book is kindly supported by Phileleftheros Group.
The book is in part supported by The Open Society Foundations.

http://www.uncovered-cyprus.com

(With Socratis Stratis, we contributed the book with our text on the dicussion of the Commons)