NOWs: Europe Square by Yves Mettler

12 April - 29 May 2016 / Nows

Intervention “Europaplatz (Chur), commissioned by the art in public space festival, Chur_Interveniert. © Yves Mettler (photo&art), Chur (CH), 2003

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Yves Mettler introduces his research project Europe Square on urban geographies and places named “Europe Square”, “Europaplatz”, or “place de l’Europe” and analyses his past interventions in different cities with regard to participation, public use and the signficance of those places within the European cities.

His most recent installation The Mayor, The Numbers and The Midi that presents part of his Europe Square reserach is shown at BOZAR in Brussels in the context of the the exhibition Imagine Europe : In Search of New Narratives, which brings together artists, scientists and thinkers to present their vision of a future Europe. Yves Mettler displays a comprehensive collection of visual materials that portraits different “Europe Squares” and the respective cities. The installation generates a vocabulary of space that problematizes representation of cultural hegemony and searches for notions of diversity or “pan-culturalism”.

Europaplatz (From With Love), Postcards, B/W inkjet photo prints, laserprint, 2015, Sammlung BAK Schweiz

Video excerpt Europaplein (Autour de Midi), 7.24, double monitor DV-PAL, 2016

If you have postcards or documentation of public places named “Europe Square”, please be welcome to share with the artist and send them to: institut@raumexperimente.net or to Institut für Raumexperimente, Christinenstr. 18/19, Haus 2, 10119 Berlin, Germany.

NOWs: Alius by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes and Simen Musæus

13 April 2016 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: Alius is an artistic research project in its pilot phase: Developed by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes and Simen Musæus, Alius seeks to leverage generative algorithms, machine learning, and distributed data technology in the pursuit of radical alternatives to text. Their current model takes as its inputs: hypermedia, clusters of linkable media (e.g. a blog post, or a .JPEG), to produce a mesh of radically abstracted signs that can be rendered in myriad visual representations, opening new forms of experiencing and navigating knowledge. Bringing together practitioners from linguistics, technology, and contemporary art, Alius questions whether the habituated communication forms have reached the potential that digital infrastructures offer. Combining strands of artistic research and technological development, Alius generates an ecosystem of new narratives and solutions that test established notions of language and media. – Watch the introduction video about Alius and feel welcome to contact the artists for futher information. NOWs: Alius is an artistic research project in its pilot phase: Developed by Rodrigo Maltez Novaes and Simen Musæus, Alius seeks to leverage generative algorithms, machine learning, and distributed data technology in the pursuit of radical alternatives to text. Their current model takes as its inputs: hypermedia, clusters of linkable media (e.g. a blog post, or a .JPEG), to produce a mesh of radically abstracted signs that can be rendered in myriad visual representations, opening new forms of experiencing and navigating knowledge. Bringing together practitioners from linguistics, technology, and contemporary art, Alius questions whether the habituated communication forms have reached the potential that digital infrastructures offer. Combining strands of artistic research and technological development, Alius generates an ecosystem of new narratives and solutions that test established notions of language and media. – Watch the introduction video about Alius and feel welcome to contact the artists for futher information.

NOWs: Azimut by Raul Walch

08 April - 19 June 2016 / Nows ⟶

NOWs: The title “Azimut” comes from the Arabic word “azimuth” and can be described as “paths”. In astronomy, it is the angle between the meridian plane and vertical plane defining the height of a star. Whether interpreted as a path, as an arch or as a bridge, “Azimut” describes connections that Raul Walch introduces in the context of his exhibition at Kunstverein Arnsberg. Raul Walch developed and tested series of “rescue kites” together with children and adults at the Greece border. His rescue kites are a type of flying lighthouses and can serve as solar reflectors, as a marker to attract attention of coast guards and be used to locate and rescue a shipwrecked person. The materials are found on site in the camps and their surroundings: the PVC of boats, tent poles, tent fabrics, and the reflectors of lifejackets. The azimut rescue kites fly with the wind, across the borders, the fences and the barbed wire, thus “Azimut” signals hope of freedom. raulwalch.net NOWs: Das Wort Azimut stammt aus dem Arabischen und lässt sich als “die Wege“ übersetzen. In der Astronomie bezeichnet es den Winkel zwischen der Meridianebene und der die Höhe eines Gestirns definierenden Vertikalebene. Ob als Weg, Bogen oder Brücke, das Azimut in der Ausstellung im Kunstverein Arnsberg beschreibt eine Verbindung. Raul Walch hat eine Serie von “Rescue Kites“ entwickelt und zusammen mit Kindern und Erwachsenen an der griechischen Grenze getestet. Seine Rettungsdrachen sind eine Art von fliegenden Leuchttürmen und können als Sonnenreflektoren zur Orientierung, als Markierung für die Küstenwache und für die Ortung und Rettung von Schiffbrüchigen dienen. Die verwendeten Materialien stammen aus den Camps und deren Umgebung: das PVC der Boote, die Zeltstangen, die Zeltstoffe und die Reflektoren der Rettungswesten. Die “Azimuts“ konnten mit dem Wind über die Grenzzäune und den Stacheldraht hinweg fliegen und so zu einem Zeichen der Freiheit werden. raulwalch.net

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