[spectre] (fwd) documenta 11 - on-line discussion forum

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Von: Klaus J=F6rres [mailto:klaus.joerres@gmx.de]
Gesendet: Dienstag, 9. Juli 2002 12:54
Betreff: d11


Welcome

We would like to welcome you to join discussion_d11, an on-line discussion
list facilitating reflection and debate about Documenta11 and other issues
related to contemporary culture.  This list can enable links, exchanges and
encounters, using the exhibition as both a framework and a starting point.  =
We
invite participants of the list to consider relations between theory and
practice in the field of the arts, to understand cultural strategies and
structures, and to promote and learn from discussion.  We hope for
exploration and a
broadening of intellectual, aesthetic and critical horizons.

This discussion list is hosted by Sarai.net and has been created by the
Education Project, a group of nine individuals invited to critically
reflect upon
Documenta11.  The discussion list welcomes the thoughts and experiences of
all participants, embracing a non-hierarchical setting.  To become a member
please visit

http://mail.sarai.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussion-d11

The opening "event" of this list is a discussion on the following topic,

on Sunday, 7 July, 2002 at 6:00 pm (CET).

We look forward to your participation!


Slot 1:
Observation of recent expressions in cultural and artistic production raises
several questions, which can problematize a more complex understanding of
the present.
Some of the curatorial choices in Documenta11 embody a reflection on these
issues and represent a particular position within this debate.
The actual moment of strong political disaffection we are witnessing
parallels - and somehow seems to contradict - a broader inclusion in the
art field
of politically and socially oriented practices.  At the same time, the growi=
ng
number of collaborative, collective, and group projects questions the
individualistic logic of the late capitalistic society.
These considerations leave open a wide space for criticism and reflection
>from several different points of view.  They highlight the necessity to
articulate and acknowledge both new spaces for socio-political expression
in the
arts and complex socio-political readings of the present through the arts.
They
challenge the traditional relations between ethics and aesthetics, and
question the economic logic of value production in the cultural field.  They
suggest the struggle to find new meanings in curatorial strategies of select=
ion
and display, and also emphasize the problem of producing and presenting
information in the field of cultural and artistic expression.