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#whatif

In collaboration with CPH:DOX

17 mar – 20 may 2018

What if we could live and fly without using fossil fuel? What if art could eradicate poverty? And what if artistic methods could be used to prove crimes against humanity? These are some of the big questions raised by the participating artists in the group exhibition #whatif. The exhibition presents internationally renowned artists such as Forensic Architecture, Renzo Martens and CATPC, Lara Baladi, Naeem Mohaiemen Tomás Saraceno, Marcus Lindeen and Larry Achiampong. Throughout their projects, these artists are attempting to change current political structures and find ways to reshape society.

Inspired by the impact that social and political experimental projects have had on society, particularly in the 1960s-70s, #whatif presents a number of contemporary artists who attempt to rethink and change current political and social structures through their practice.

The exhibition’s hashtag title is employed to open a discussion about today’s social and political development. Social media is used in the creation of social movements and hashtags have become a useful tool for signalling political opinion on digital platforms and gathering crowds, disseminating political beliefs and instigating change (#BlackLivesMatter, #metoo, #Jan25, #Resist).

Based on this premise, curator Irene Campolmi invited a number of contemporary artists selecting artistic projects that, by unfolding this topic with critical insight, answer to the hypothetical question ‘what if’ within a range of problematic current political and social issues.

Featured artists
The exhibition presents sculpture, installations and films by Larry Achiampong, Lara Baladi, Forensic Architecture, CATPC & Renzo Martens, Naeem Mohaiemen, Marcus Lindeen and Tomás Saraceno.

Each exhibition gallery is dedicated to an artistic project that envisages new ways to live on an increasingly fragile planet. Renzo Martens and CATPC redress the capitalist economic inequality between northern and southern hemispheres. Forensic Architecture pursues investigations that challenge governmental authorities by providing new evidence of crimes against humanity. Lara Baladi explores the action of archiving as a means of resisting political oppression. Marcus Lindeen and Naeem Mohaiemen both unveil new aspects of the rise and fall of a social and a political experiment from the 1970s, respectively. Tomás Saraceno explores concrete ways to inhabit the world in the Aerocene, an epoch of ecological consciousness and ethical collaboration with the environment. Larry Achiampong explores Afrofuturism and reflects on African identity after the diaspora.

The exhibition is curated by Irene Campolmi.

 

ASSOCIATED PROGRAMME

Artist talk
March 17, 15.00-16.00, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
A Conversation between curator Irene Campolmi and Lara Baladi, MIT Lecturer, Program in Art, Culture and Technology; Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence, Centre for Art, Science & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

World premiere of the documentary ‘The Raft’
Director: Marcus Lindeen
Int. Dox Award Nominee

Screenings:
17 March 16:30, Grand Teatret
20 March 19:00, Palads
21 March, 12:15, Cinemateket
24 March 14:00, Charlottenborg

Meet the director at the world premiere on 17 March at the Grand cinema and on 24 March at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, along with the film team. Marcus Lindeen will give a masterclass as part of the ART:FILM conference held on 23 March at Kunsthal Charlottenborg. The raft used in the film is exhibited at Kunsthal Charlottenborg as part of the exhibition #whatif. The film will be shown in Danish cinemas from 5 September as part of the DOXBIO initiative. Further information about ‘The Raft’

Part of CPH:DOX at Kunsthal Charlottenborg
#whatif is presented in collaboration with CPH:DOX, Denmark’s international documentary film festival. From 15 to 25 March, CPH:DOX transforms Kunsthal Charlottenborg into an international festival palace. Featuring an range of events and activities such as #whatif, Social Cinema, VR:Cinema & Inter:Active, The Living Room and Cph:Conference, the festival offers films, lectures, discussions, performances, virtual reality features, concerts and more to the audience. For more information about the CPH:DOX programme at Kunsthal Charlottenborg

 

Press material

Press release Signage Poster

Support

The Obel Family Foundation, The Swedish Embassy, The Danish Egyptian Dialogue Institute (DEDI) and the Danish Arts Foundation.

 

#whatif

I samarbejde med CPH:DOX

17 mar – 20 may 2018 Fernisering: 16 mar 2018 18:00

Hvad hvis vi kan bo og flyve uden at bruge fossile brændstoffer? Hvad hvis kunst kan udrydde fattigdom? Og hvad hvis kunstneriske metoder kan bruges til at bevise overgreb på menneskeheden? Det er nogle af de store spørgsmål de deltagende kunstnere på gruppeudstillingen #whatif forsøger at svare på.

Inspireret af den påvirkning radikale, sociale og politiske eksperimenter har haft på samfundet især i 1960-70’erne, præsenterer udstillingen #whatif en række af samtidens kunstnere, der forsøger at ændre nutidens politiske strukturer og finde nye måder at forme vores samfund.

Udstillingens titel med hashtagget #whatif bruges til at åbne en diskussion og en refleksion over den sociale og politiske udvikling i vores samtid. De sociale medier bliver brugt til at skabe sociale bevægelser i vores tid, og hashtags er blevet et velegnet redskab til at signalere politisk enighed på digitale platforme og samle store grupper af mennesker, dele deres politiske overbevisninger og skabe forandring (#BlackLivesMatter, #metoo, #Jan25, #Resist).

På baggrund af dette har kurator Irene Campolmi udvalgt en række af tidens kunstnere, der giver et kritisk indblik i de kunstneriske projekter, der svarer på “what if”-hypotetiske spørgsmål til en række af tidens problematiske politiske og sociale aspekter.

Udvalgte kunstnere
Udstillingen præsenterer skulptur, installation og film af Larry Achiampong, Lara Baladi, CATPC & Renzo Martens, Forensic Architecture, Naeem Mohaiemen, Marcus Lindeen og Tomás Saraceno.

Hver kunstner har fået et udstillingsrum til deres projekter. CATPC og Renzo Martens forsøger i deres projekt at rette op på den økonomiske ulighed mellem de nordlige og sydlige halvkugle. Forensic Architecture bruger kunst og arkitektur til at efterforske forbrydelser mod menneskeheden. Lara Baladi bruger arkivering af materiale fra revolutionen på Tahrir Pladsen under Det Arabiske Forår som et redskab mod politisk undertrykkelse. Marcus Lindeen og Naeem Mohaiemen afslører begge nye sider af to sociale eksperimenter fra 1970’erne. Tomás Saraceno undersøger nye levemåder i det ‘Aerocene’ – en fremtid med økologisk bevidsthed og uden fossile brændstoffer. Larry Achiampong udforsker ‘afrofuturisme’ og reflekterer over hvordan man kan skabe fællesskab på det afrikanske kontinent.

Udstillingen er kurateret af Irene Campolmi.

 

TILHØRENDE PROGRAM

Artist Talk
17. marts, 15.00-16.00, Kunsthal Charlottenborg
Samtale mellem krator Irene Campolmi og Lara Baladi, MIT Lecturer, Program in Art, Culture and Technology; Ida Ely Rubin Artist in Residence, Centre for Art, Science & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Verdenspremiere på dokumentaren ‘The Raft’
Instruktør: Marcus Lindeen
Int. Dox Award Nominee

Visninger:
17. marts, 16:30, Grand Teatret
20. marts, 19:00, Palads
21. marts, 12:15, Cinemateket
24. marts, 14:00, Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Mød instruktøren til verdenspremieren 17. marts i Grand, hvor du også kan møde holdet bag filmen, og 24. marts på Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Marcus Lindeen giver også en masterclass som en del af ART:FILM-konferencen 23. marts på Kunsthal Charlottenborg. Rekonstruktionen af flåden fra filmen er udstillet på Kunsthal Charlottenborg under hele festivalen som en del af udstillingen #whatif. ‘The Raft’ får dansk biografpremiere i DOXBIO 5. september over hele landet. Læs mere om ‘The Raft’

En del af CPH:DOX på Kunsthal Charlottenborg
#whatif præsenteres i samarbejde med og åbner som en del af Danmarks internationale dokumentar-filmfestival CPH:DOX, der fra 15.-25. marts omdanner Kunsthal Charlottenborg til et internationalt festival-palads. Med Social Cinema, VR:Cinema & Inter:Active, #whatif, The Living Room og Cph:Conference kan publikum under festivalen opleve film, foredrag, debatter, forestillinger, virtual reality, koncerter, m.m. Læs mere om CPH:DOXs program

 

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