[rohrpost] Fwd: 4. Werkleitz Biennale - real[work]

[Krystian Woznicki <krystian@snafu.de>]

>Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:52:28 +0200
>From: Uwe Buechler <ub@werkleitz.de>
>
>4. Werkleitz Biennale - real[work]
>July, 5th - 9th 2000 in Werkleitz, Tornitz and Barby
>
>The 4. Werkleitz Biennale - situated between Magdeburg and Halle, the biggest
>art and media festival in Germany's new "Bundesländer" - presents a wide range
>of international contributions from the fields of film/video, performance art,
>visual arts and internet. Six curators working in the various disciplines have
>invited more than 80 artists from 17 different countries to participate. Under
>the title real[work], the topic of this year's Biennale is the ongoing
>discussion about changing notions of work and their implication in 
>transforming
>social values. Set against the background of a rural area with one of the
>highest rates of unemployment in Germany, the Biennale addresses questions 
>which
>are being widely discussed on both a regional and international level. The 
>field
>of tension spanned by the artistic projects includes the reflection of
>contemporary and future concepts of work as well as the immediate shaping of
>social structures. Attention is focused on current shifts within a society
>grounded on a work ethic and the discussion of its limitations and
>opportunities.
>
>In the visual arts section, the curators Corinna Koch and Christiane Mennicke
>invited 25 artists and artist groups to propose and to realise projects 
>relating
>directly to the villages or to place existing work in the new context. The
>exhibition provides insight into different artistic practice, which 
>includes and
>takes place at various sites of public life in the villages. In the film and
>video program, Marcel Schwierin and Florian Wuest present 35 contributions 
>under
>the aspect of alternative and provoking concepts of work. Among the eight
>categories are the single programs of leisure [work], heroic [work], gender
>[work] global [work] and needless [work]. Five selected works of the "call for
>netart" will be presented and discussed by the artists. In addition, Benjamin
>Heidersberger, curator for the internet section, has invited four accompanying
>projects, which deal with the transformation of industrial society through new
>communication media. The artists in the performance component of 
>real[work] come
>to Werkleitz from diverse socio-political and cultural economies, on both 
>sides
>of the colonial era divide - a divide that still largely defines global 
>economic
>relations. A curatorial premise for the performance component of real[work] is
>the performance of  unalienated labour in cultural tension.
>
>Together with Dr. Gerd Harms, the Minister of Culture for Saxony-Anhalt,
>artists, theorists and curators will discuss the topic of "Culture work - a
>model for the future?" at 5.30 pm on the 6th of July.
>As an alternative to the Berlin Loveparade, the "realparty" in Werkleitz with
>DJs and Bands at [work] takes place on the night of July 9th. The opening
>barbecue on the 5th of July carries the title "Return of the tattooed pig",
>reminiscent to one of the audience's favourites of the '98 Biennale "sub
>fiction".
>
>Detailed information is available at: http://www.werkleitz.de/realwork
>
>Contact:
>General: info@werkleitz.de
>Reservations: cm@werkleitz.de
>Press service: Joachimpenzel@aol.com


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