Idiopolis - Dialectics between subject and society / Edition 2
State of Concept, is happy to present "Idiopolis 2" in collaboration with frontviews Berlin, a group exhibition curated by Stephan Klee. The first instalment of the exhibition took place again in Athens, under the platform of Remap in September 2013.
The categories of 鈥減rivate鈥� and 鈥減ublic鈥� as fundamental definitions for our understanding of society may have become more relevant than ever before. Today the relations between 鈥減rivate鈥� and 鈥減ublic鈥�, respectively 鈥渟ubject鈥� and 鈥渟ociety鈥�, shift to a general public, which is basically shaped by the private interests of a very few, a so called post democracy. Furthermore the lines between both categories dissolve evidently since the digital revolution forces an exponential interconnectedness of public respectively corporate interests with all aspects of human life.
What about the role of the artist in these circumstances? Can there be any other tasks for artistic operations than searching for beauty, personal expression and the production of artworks for the joy of private customers? Are there any other reasons for artistic activities? Is there a wider public to address? Are there other messages of art that directly interact with public processes? The exhibition series 禄Idiopolis芦 - Dialectics between subject and society follows these questions. It examines the tension between the initial, private impulse of an artist to get active and his final statement to a wider public.
While the first edition of 禄Idiopolis芦 (ed.1) was set in an abandoned house, the second edition of 禄Idiopolis芦 (ed.2) leaves architectonical and social conditions of one certain place. In the neutral atmosphere of the institutional exhibition place State of Concept the dynamics inside the dualism 鈥渋ndividual subjectivity鈥� - 鈥渃ollective consciousness鈥� will be easier to comprehend. We show outstanding works from artistic operations worldwide as well as in Athens. The aim is to present an array of positions that operate with different strategies and results of artistic communication, participation and intervention in society today. From generating alternatives communities, to recording and transforming political 鈥渂attlegrounds鈥� up to interventions in urban surroundings, there is and has always existed a broad research by artists on the simple question: 鈥淗ow can I interact?鈥�. We hope this exhibition will give some valuable insight views on the topic and open up the reflection about the effectiveness of each strategy.
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State of Concept, is happy to present "Idiopolis 2" in collaboration with frontviews Berlin, a group exhibition curated by Stephan Klee. The first instalment of the exhibition took place again in Athens, under the platform of Remap in September 2013.
The categories of 鈥減rivate鈥� and 鈥減ublic鈥� as fundamental definitions for our understanding of society may have become more relevant than ever before. Today the relations between 鈥減rivate鈥� and 鈥減ublic鈥�, respectively 鈥渟ubject鈥� and 鈥渟ociety鈥�, shift to a general public, which is basically shaped by the private interests of a very few, a so called post democracy. Furthermore the lines between both categories dissolve evidently since the digital revolution forces an exponential interconnectedness of public respectively corporate interests with all aspects of human life.
What about the role of the artist in these circumstances? Can there be any other tasks for artistic operations than searching for beauty, personal expression and the production of artworks for the joy of private customers? Are there any other reasons for artistic activities? Is there a wider public to address? Are there other messages of art that directly interact with public processes? The exhibition series 禄Idiopolis芦 - Dialectics between subject and society follows these questions. It examines the tension between the initial, private impulse of an artist to get active and his final statement to a wider public.
While the first edition of 禄Idiopolis芦 (ed.1) was set in an abandoned house, the second edition of 禄Idiopolis芦 (ed.2) leaves architectonical and social conditions of one certain place. In the neutral atmosphere of the institutional exhibition place State of Concept the dynamics inside the dualism 鈥渋ndividual subjectivity鈥� - 鈥渃ollective consciousness鈥� will be easier to comprehend. We show outstanding works from artistic operations worldwide as well as in Athens. The aim is to present an array of positions that operate with different strategies and results of artistic communication, participation and intervention in society today. From generating alternatives communities, to recording and transforming political 鈥渂attlegrounds鈥� up to interventions in urban surroundings, there is and has always existed a broad research by artists on the simple question: 鈥淗ow can I interact?鈥�. We hope this exhibition will give some valuable insight views on the topic and open up the reflection about the effectiveness of each strategy.
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