Exhibition: Holodeck, Oslo

10 Apr 2013

No, and other possibilities

No, and other possibilities
Marie Thams
Opening: Friday April 12th, 8 pm
Open: April 13-14th, 2 – 5 pm
Holodeck, Oslogate 2B, 0192 Oslo, Norway
holodeckoslo.wordpress.com

”Dear Sir Bartleby
… You say you would prefer not to perform the tasks your employer asks you to carry out. Why? That I am not certain of, but one thing seems clear – precisely that you will not. It is this act of refusal and the questions it brings with it, which makes me write to you, Sir. Out of your negation emerges a question of potentiality to me, which is something I will attempt to unfold in this letter. …”
Excerpt from ‘Letter to Bartleby’ written by the artist.

At Holodeck Marie Thams shows the video installation No, and other possibilities. The work is an artistic investigation dealing with human potentiality in creative fields. By breaking with the expected and focusing on the possibility of Not using our potential and to Stop doing something Thams raises an urgent question in a time and field for endless possibilities and demands for productivity.

Supported by:
Kulturkontakt Nord, mobilitet
www.kulturkontaktnord.org

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Lehman Brothers Cooperate Discourse

14 Mar 2013

Newly started reading group/platform

Lehman Brothers Cooperate Discourse is an exhibition platform working with conversation and discussion as part of creating a frame work for artistic pracsis. We, Morten Espersen, Kim Kilde and Marie Thams, with participation from Simen Helsvig, Heidi Hove and Morten Jakobsen, will be starting the group as a reading group with the goal to create a platform for discussion, seminars and exhibitions. We are starting of with Jean-Luc Nancy's writing.

For more information on the group's development (for now in Danish) visit: lehmanbros.net

Lehman Brothers Cooperate Discourse er et udstillingssted der arbejder med samtalen og diskussionen som et socialt medie til samlende orientering for samtidskunstens kritiske virke.

Med udgangspunkt i Jean-Luc Nancys L'intrus arbejder vi med udstillingsformen som en række seminarer, hvor samtalen og forskningsaspektet er i fokus, som medskaber af rammebetingelserne for den kunstnerisk praksis.

Der forevises relevant filmmateriale ved åbningen af hvert seminarium, og de afsluttes med mulige tekstbidrag fra deltagerne til det endelige kompendium.

Lehman Brothers Cooperate Discourse er en platform der er i konstant bevægelse, et vehikel for en diskurs der søger at fremme handlekraften i samtidighed med tænkningen og refleksion.

For mere information om gruppens udvikling se: lehmanbros.net

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UKK Survey 2012

01 Jul 2012
New Publication

UKK survey 2012 was published by UKK in Copenhagen in June 2012 in the context of the seminar WORKING CONDITIONS, held at Overgaden – Institute of Contemporary Art on the 17th of June during UKK’s 10th anniversary exhibition from 15 June to 1 July 2012.

Contributions: “Speech Bubbles” by Lene Asp and “I Would Rather Not: or the Need to Challenge Cultural Entrepreneurship” by Jaron Rowan
English proof-reading by Erin La Cour
Organized and compiled by the UKK working group Fokus : Arbejdsvilkår (Focus : Working Conditions) at the moment consisting of Eva la Cour, Maria Diekmann, Sidsel Nelund and Marie Thams
Survey advisor José Ossandón
For further information go to www.ukk.dk
To view/download the digital version of the publication, please click here: UKK survey 2012

UKK publication

Sponsored by the Danish Arts Council Committee for Visual Arts

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