NOWs: Display Distribute at Miss Read

14 - 16 July 2017 / Nows

Display Distribute at

Miss Read Art Book Festival, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, 14-16 July 2017

Display Distribute is a thematic inquiry, exhibition space, distribution service and ‘sometimes shop’ based in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Woven together by a serially enlisted cast of agents, the project engages in a wider discussion of globally enabled and dismantled forms of exchange amidst a late-capitalist networked production. Among them, the distribution and production of independent publications acts as a loosely organised confluence—dialogue and exchange on critical, self-organised practices across Asia/SE Asia.

To facilitate small-scale distribution, transport of our books, zines and perodicals is carried out by LIGHT LOGISTICS, a person-to-person network enabled by the surplus carrying power of couriers engaging a mobile space for intimate and flexible forms of reading. For the duration of Miss Read Festival, a corporeal reading unit and mobile distribution node will present Display Distribute’s “SECOND(hand)MOUNTAIN(fortress)” series of print-on-demand editions.

For this launch, publications have been specially dedicated to readers courtesy of practitioners such as ZHANG Hanlu, Jong PAIREZ, Susanne BOSCH, Franz SCHUBERT, KUNCI Cultural Studies Center, DANWARAREN, Renan LARU-AN, Elaine W. Ho, Ming LIN, Zikri RAHMAN, HomeShop, et al.

Display Distribute and LIGHT LOGISTICS have initiated a series of events and other experiments of reading and writing at various hosting institutions, including: BANK (Shanghai), Irregular Rhythm Asylum (Tokyo) and Gasworks (London).

NOWs: Odyssee, Möhnesee

20 - 30 July 2017 / Nows ⟶

Raul Walch: Semaphore, Möhnesee, 2017 NOWs: OdysseeMöhnesee Opening on the Möhnesee lake: 20th July, 7pm Opening at Kunstverein Arnsberg: 28th July, 7pm With Øystein Aasan, Aram Bartholl, Kerstin Brätsch, Julian Breuer, Marco Bruzzone, Nine Budde, Burghard, Eric Ellingsen, Andreas Greiner, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Theresa Kampmeier, Daewha Kang, Fabian Knecht, Daniel Knorr, Tanaz Modabber, Swantje La Moutte, Ulrike Mohr, Reto Pulfer, Anton Quiring, Yorgos Sapountzis, Mirjam Thomann, Raul Walch, Tilman Wendland, Ella Ziegler The exhibition ‘Odyssee’ takes place in water. All artworks have been conceived for the water, and visitors are invited to swim, row or sail between the works. Instead of the usual foundational elements of walls, ceiling and floor, in this exhibition the artists have to deal with water, weather and wildlife. Even the water is not entirely reliable, with the water level varying depending on rainfall and industry. In the absence of the kind of certainties they are used to, the artists had to rethink their methods of artistic production and presentation in order to develop new works especially for the exhibition. The dynamics of the surrounding area and the spontaneity of the visitors open up the exhibition for further developments beyond the artists’ intentions. The Möhnesee is the largest lake in North-Rhine Westphalia, located between Kassel and Münster. Visitors to documenta and Sculpture Projects Münster can complete their triathlon at Möhnesee. The exhibition can best be reached from Körbecke, on the north side of the lake – in the wild lakeside area between the pedestrian bridge and the Westphalia Yacht club. The second part of the exhibition takes place from 28th July until 10th September 2017 at Kunstverein Arnsberg, and in August on the river Ruhr. The project will be further expanded by workshops on location with students. There will be a comprehensive education programme with guided tours from the lakeside and on the water. Entry, tours and performances are free. ‘Odyssee’ is a Project by Kunstverein Arnsberg, realised with the generous support of Kunststiftung NRW, the Ministry for Family, Children, Youth and Sport of North-Rhine Westphalia, C. & A. Veltins Brewery, Sparkasse Soest, the district parish of Möhnesee, the city of Arnsberg and Yachtclub Westfalia Arnsberg. Contact: info@odyssey.to Vlado Velkov / Juliane Rogge Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V. Königstraße 24, 59821 Arnsberg www.kunstverein-arnsberg.de Raul Walch: Semaphore, Möhnesee 2017 NOWs: OdysseeMöhnesee Ausstellungseröffnung: Donnerstag, 20. Juli, 19 Uhr, Möhnesee Performances & Konzert: Freitag, 21. Juli, 19 Uhr, Möhnesee Eröffnung & Sommerfest: 28. Juli, 19 Uhr, Kunstverein Arnsberg Mit Beiträgen von Øystein Aasan, Aram Bartholl, Kerstin Brätsch, Julian Breuer, Marco Bruzzone, Nine Budde, Burghard, Eric Ellingsen, Andreas Greiner, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Theresa Kampmeier, Daewha Kang, Fabian Knecht, Daniel Knorr, Tanaz Modabber, Swantje La Moutte, Ulrike Mohr, Reto Pulfer, Anton Quiring, Yorgos Sapountzis, Mirjam Thomann, Raul Walch, Tilman Wendland, Ella Ziegler Die Ausstellung „Odyssee“ findet im Wasser statt. Alle Kunstwerke werden für das Wasser konzipiert, so dass die Besucher eingeladen sind, von Werk zu Werk zu schwimmen, zu rudern oder zu segeln. Der Ausstellung fehlen Grundelemente wie Wände, Decke und Boden; stattdessen haben die Künstler mit Wasser, Wetter und Tieren zu tun. Sie können sich auch auf das Wasser nicht verlassen, da der Wasserspiegel je nach Regenfall und Industriebedarf variiert. Diese Unsicherheit fordert, dass die Künstler ihre Methoden und Techniken überdenken und für das Projekt ausschließlich neue Werke produzieren. Die Dynamik des Umfelds und Spontanität der Besucher öffnen die Ausstellung für weitere Entwicklungen jenseits des künstlerischen Vorhabens. Der Möhnesee ist der größte See in NRW und liegt zwischen Kassel und Münster. Besucher der documenta und der Skulptur Projekte Münster können am Möhnesee ihren Triathlon abschließen. Die Ausstellung ist am besten vom Nordufer in der Gemeinde Körbecke zu erreichen, im wilden Uferbereich westlich der Fußgängerbrücke. Der zweite Teil der Ausstellung findet in Arnsberg statt: vom 28. Juli bis zum 10. September 2017 im Kunstverein Arnsberg, sowie im August auf der Ruhr. Workshops mit Studierenden vor Ort werden das Projekt zusätzlich erweitern. Es wird ein umfangreiches Vermittlungsprogramm mit Führungen am Ufer und im Wasser angeboten. Eintritt, Führungen und Performances sind frei. „Odyssee“ ist ein Projekt des Kunstvereins Arnsberg, realisiert mit der freundlichen Unterstützung der Kunststiftung NRW, des Ministeriums für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, der Brauerei C. & A. Veltins, der Sparkasse Soest, der Gemeinde Möhnesee, der Stadt Arnsberg, des Hochsauerlandkreises und des Yachtclubs Westfalia Arnsberg. Kontakt: info@odyssey.to Vlado Velkov / Juliane Rogge Kunstverein Arnsberg e.V. Königstraße 24, 59821 Arnsberg www.kunstverein-arnsberg.de

NOWs: Spaces of Commoning – a book launch

11 July 2017 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: Casco & The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Book launch: Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everydayat Casco Lange Nieuwstraat 7, 3512 PA Utrecht 19:30 – 21:30 h No reservation required. Free entrance. With Stefan Gruber, Moira Hille, Annette Krauss and Julia Wieger Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everyday is the outcome of a research project pursued by a group of artists, architects, and social theorists, who, in the face of exhilarating politics of accumulation and dispossession, explore commoning as the subject as well as the means of their collective study. The power of the commons, this book suggests, does not reside in the promise of a coming together free of friction. As different dimensions of power organize the terrain of the social, social movements are often caught between competing agendas, and in the gap between aims and everyday life. It is precisely the sites of these struggles that the book calls spaces of commoning. As such, this study is part of a much wider recognition of the necessity to rethink and undo the methodological premises of Western sciences, arts, and architecture, and to raise unsettling questions on research ethos, accountability, and the entanglement of power and knowledge. Edited by Anette Baldauf, Stefan Gruber, Moira Hille, Annette Krauss, Vladimir Miller, Mara Verlič, Hong-Kai Wang, Julia Wieger. With contributions by Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew, Anette Baldauf, Tesfaye Bekele Beri, Aluminé Cabrera, Silvia Federici, Elizabeth Giorgis, Stefan Gruber, Stefano Harney, Moira Hille, Mihret Kebede, Annette Krauss, Lisa Lowe, Maria Mesner, Vladimir Miller, Stavros Stavrides, Pelin Tan, Team at Casco—Office for Art, Design and Theory, Brook Teklehaimanot, Ultra-red, Mara Verlič, Hong-Kai Wang, Julia Wieger. Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everyday Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, vol. 18 Design by Surface December 2016, English 16.5 x 22 cm, 20 b/w and 13 color ill., softcover ISBN 978-3-95679-266-3 NOWs: Casco & The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Book launch: Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everyday at Casco Lange Nieuwstraat 7, 3512 PA Utrecht 19:30 – 21:30 h No reservation required. Free entrance. With Stefan Gruber, Moira Hille, Annette Krauss and Julia Wieger Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everyday is the outcome of a research project pursued by a group of artists, architects, and social theorists, who, in the face of exhilarating politics of accumulation and dispossession, explore commoning as the subject as well as the means of their collective study. The power of the commons, this book suggests, does not reside in the promise of a coming together free of friction. As different dimensions of power organize the terrain of the social, social movements are often caught between competing agendas, and in the gap between aims and everyday life. It is precisely the sites of these struggles that the book calls spaces of commoning. As such, this study is part of a much wider recognition of the necessity to rethink and undo the methodological premises of Western sciences, arts, and architecture, and to raise unsettling questions on research ethos, accountability, and the entanglement of power and knowledge. Edited by Anette Baldauf, Stefan Gruber, Moira Hille, Annette Krauss, Vladimir Miller, Mara Verlič, Hong-Kai Wang, Julia Wieger. With contributions by Berhanu Ashagrie Deribew, Anette Baldauf, Tesfaye Bekele Beri, Aluminé Cabrera, Silvia Federici, Elizabeth Giorgis, Stefan Gruber, Stefano Harney, Moira Hille, Mihret Kebede, Annette Krauss, Lisa Lowe, Maria Mesner, Vladimir Miller, Stavros Stavrides, Pelin Tan, Team at Casco—Office for Art, Design and Theory, Brook Teklehaimanot, Ultra-red, Mara Verlič, Hong-Kai Wang, Julia Wieger. Spaces of Commoning: Artistic Research and the Utopia of the Everyday Publication Series of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, vol. 18 Design by Surface December 2016, English 16.5 x 22 cm, 20 b/w and 13 color ill., softcover ISBN 978-3-95679-266-3

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