Internal Necessity

I'm in the Newark airport. I'm on my way to Berlin and then Bern. I'll be participating in Sommerakademie 2009 hosted by the Zentrum Paul Klee in the Swiss capital.

The Sommerakademie 2009 is directed by:
 Tirdad Zolghadr

Installation in the Forum/ZPK and in the LOGE/Stadtgalerie:
Ethan Breckenridge

Fellows:
Gürsoy Dogtas (DE)
Claire Feeley (IE)
Linda Franke (DE)
Agnieszka Kurant (PL)
Bettina Malcomess (ZA)
Mariangela Mendez Prencke (CO)
Uriel Orlow (CH)
Judith Raum (DE)
Shirana Shahbazi (IR/DE)
Oraib Toukan (JO)
Ricardo Valentim (PT)
Erik Wenzel (USA)

Speakers:
Fabienne Eggelhöfer
Bruce Hainley
Marianne Keller
Vasif Kortun
Suhail Malik
Andrea Phillips
Hans Rudolf Reust
Peter J. Schneemann
Carey Young
 
> SOMMERAKADEMIE

Slanty

I have some reviews of exhibitions currently on view up on ArtSlant. Along with a comparison of some summer movies to acts of performance art.

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The Definition of IS • Taylor Hokanson & Chris Reilly • 2009 • interactive single-channel video installation • dimensions variable • courtesy of the artists
> Definition of Is

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Installation view of I Don't Care About the Rest of the Year by Megan Plunkett at Golden Age • courtesy of Golden Age
> Then I Don’t Care

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Santiago Sierra
3 PEOPLE PAID TO LAY STILL INSIDE 3 BOXES DURING A PARTY
Vedado. Havana, Cuba. November 2000

The cigarette-smoking man in this image of a Santiago Sierra piece looks strikingly like MCA Chicago’s former chief, Robert Fitzpatrick.
> Beuys v. Mann, Sierra v. Brüno

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140 Modern Moments

The Art or Idiocy? photographic journey through the Art Institute of Chicago's new Modern Wing now has 140 images.

> MOD WING PHOTOSET