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Estrangement exhibition opens in Gdansk May 28
Estrangement exhibition opens in Gdansk May 28, 2011 as a part of
Alternativa International Visual Arts Festival in Gdansk.
Estrangement: At the very core of the project there is the question of the circulation of cultural forms. The idea of considering the notion in this way arises at the intersection of the poetics of Shklovsky—a representative of Russian formalism—and the Arabic term taqseem, which means both musical improvisation and geometrical division. Found forms and ’everydayness’ are points of entry into the way the project takes shape and disintegrates. “Estrangement” works with various elements that do not seem to be connected then places them under observation and sometimes sets them to work.
Artists: Sherko Abbas, Shirwan Can & Horen Gharib, Shirwan Fatih, Gaylan Ismail, Maryam Jafri, Hiwa K, Poshiya Kakil, Hüseyin Karakaya, Anton Katz, Rozhgar Mahmud Mustafa, Mattias Olofsson, Reben Majeed, Sener Ozmen, Diary Muhammad Osman, Joanna Rajkowska, Cengiz Tekin and Knutte Wester.
Estrangement is curated by Aneta Szylak and Hiwa K. The exhibition reader is edited by Francesca Recchia.
The opening on May 28th is followed by the performance night and a party in Buffet, the official club of Alternativa on Wyspa’s premises. Please check regularly Wyspa and Alternativa websites for the updates about screenings, seminars and performances during the whole Summer.
Gdansk is easy to reach by plane via direct flights from Aarhus, Alicante, Bremen, Bristol, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Malmo, Milano, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stavanger, Sheffield, Tampere, Turku as well as major Polish airports.
Alternativa operates in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art in Riga and the curatorial platform If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to be a Part of Your Revolution in Amsterdam.
Alternativa is supported by the City of Gdansk and obtains additional support from the Province of Pomerania, European Union, Shipyard City, Pro Helvetia, IASPIS, Danish Embassy in Warsaw and the Delfina Foundation. The project is taking place in partnership with the Gdansk 2016 office.
Press and professional inquiries:
pr-wyspa@wyspa.art.pl
Alternativa International Visual Arts Festival in Gdansk.
Estrangement: At the very core of the project there is the question of the circulation of cultural forms. The idea of considering the notion in this way arises at the intersection of the poetics of Shklovsky—a representative of Russian formalism—and the Arabic term taqseem, which means both musical improvisation and geometrical division. Found forms and ’everydayness’ are points of entry into the way the project takes shape and disintegrates. “Estrangement” works with various elements that do not seem to be connected then places them under observation and sometimes sets them to work.
Artists: Sherko Abbas, Shirwan Can & Horen Gharib, Shirwan Fatih, Gaylan Ismail, Maryam Jafri, Hiwa K, Poshiya Kakil, Hüseyin Karakaya, Anton Katz, Rozhgar Mahmud Mustafa, Mattias Olofsson, Reben Majeed, Sener Ozmen, Diary Muhammad Osman, Joanna Rajkowska, Cengiz Tekin and Knutte Wester.
Estrangement is curated by Aneta Szylak and Hiwa K. The exhibition reader is edited by Francesca Recchia.
The opening on May 28th is followed by the performance night and a party in Buffet, the official club of Alternativa on Wyspa’s premises. Please check regularly Wyspa and Alternativa websites for the updates about screenings, seminars and performances during the whole Summer.
Gdansk is easy to reach by plane via direct flights from Aarhus, Alicante, Bremen, Bristol, Cologne, Copenhagen, Cork, Dortmund, Dublin, Edinburgh, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Helsinki, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Malmo, Milano, Munich, Oslo, Paris, Rome, Stavanger, Sheffield, Tampere, Turku as well as major Polish airports.
Alternativa operates in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary Art in Riga and the curatorial platform If I Can’t Dance I Don’t Want to be a Part of Your Revolution in Amsterdam.
Alternativa is supported by the City of Gdansk and obtains additional support from the Province of Pomerania, European Union, Shipyard City, Pro Helvetia, IASPIS, Danish Embassy in Warsaw and the Delfina Foundation. The project is taking place in partnership with the Gdansk 2016 office.
Press and professional inquiries:
pr-wyspa@wyspa.art.pl
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