- Institution
- The Ethics and
- Aesthetics
of Working with
- Contemporary
Art
Exhibition:
03/12/03 to 05/01/04 - Seminar:
03/12 - 04/12/03
- Museum
of Contemporary Art Kiasma,
- Helsinki
Finland
Institution
is an exhibition and a seminar that posit an inquiry into the work - of
ten contemporary art institutions in Europe. The program is part of The
- Process
a sequence of exhibitions, performances, workshops, and lec-
- tures,
which together form the program of Kiasma from September 2003
- till
January 2004. The objective of Institution2 is to present different ways
- of
institutional work from various cultural and geographic contexts that
- manifest
a flexible and progressive approach to a critical engagement
- with
art and the exchange with the public. The program will examine the
- different
institutional models in order to formulate an outlook of the diverse
- landscape
of art institutions and their different strategies.
Participating
institutions
- ï
BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht; Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius;
- Foksal
Gallery Foundation, Warsaw; Index, Stockholm; Kunstverein Frank-
- furt,
Frankfurt; Oslo Kunsthall, Oslo; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Platform Ga-
- ranti
Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul; Rooseum, Malmö; Witte de With,
- Rotterdam
In addition the organizing institutions, Kiasma and NIFCA, will
- take
part in the program and present their specific models in the seminar
- as
well as the exhibition.
The
seminar has been organized in collaboration with NIFCA curator Nina - Möntmann.
Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, NIFCA Suomenlinna B 28
- 00190
Helsinki Finland Tel +358 9 686 430 Fax +358 9 668 594
http://www.nifca.org
