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Thursday, October 6, 2011

Anton Vidokle (RUS/USA)

New York Conversations
tekstifilm / text film
Konverentsiruum Allegro, 2. korrus / Conference hall Allegro, 2nd floor
65 min
Pilet / Ticket: 3 eur



photo by Anton Vidokle (New York Conversations, 2010, 16mm film transfer to DV, sound, 1:05)


New York Converstations on tekstifilm. See on üles võetud Hiinalinna poodide esisel frondil, mis muudeti selleks otstarbeks improviseeritud köögiks/restoraniks. Film jäädvustas kolme päeva jooksul toimunud avalikke vestlusi kunstnike, kriitikute, kuraatorite ja vabalt vahetuva publiku vahel 2008. aastal. Vestlused, lõuna- ja õhtusöögid olid korraldatud Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nico Dockxi ja Anton Vidokle poolt vastuseks Brüsseli kunstiajakirja A Prior kutsele. Film esitleb erinevaid diskursuse tootmise strateegiaid, samas kui kokkusaamised olid korraldatud külalislahkes atmosfääris ühe laua taga. Teos saab hakkama ilma dialoogide ja dubleeringuteta, usaldades pigem tekstilõikude ja must-valgete kaadrite kujutluslikku jõudu.

Anton Vidokle sündis Moskvas ja elab praegu New Yorgis ja Berliinis. Tema töid on näidatud Veneetsia biennaalil, Lyoni biennaalil, Dakari biennaalil, Lodz’i biennaalil ja Tate Modernis, Londonis. e-flux’i asutajana on ta tootnud näiteks projekti Järgmise Dokumenta peaks kureerima kunstnik, Utoopiapeatuse plakatiprojekt. Manifesta 6 kaaskuraatorina algatas Vidokle uurimisprojekti haridustegevusest kui kunstilisest praktikast – projekt, mis katkestati. Vastuseks sellele, algatasid Vidokle ja teised osalised Berliinis sõltumatu Unitednationsplaza projekti kaksteist kuud kestnud „näitus kui kool“, millesse oli kaasatud enam kui sada kunstnikku, kirjanikku, filosoofi ja mitmesugust publikut.


New York Conversations is a text film. Shot in a Chinatown storefront converted for this occasion into an improvised kitchen/restaurant, the film documents three days of public conversations between artists, critics, curators, and a free floating public in 2008. The talks, lunches, and dinners were organized by Rirkrit Tiravanija, Nico Dockx, and Anton Vidokle
in response to an invitation by Brussels-based art journal A Prior. The film displays different strategies of discourse production, as the meeting is hosted in the hospitable environment of commensality. The art work is done without dialogues or voice-overs, but rather trusts the imaginative power of text captions and black-and-white shots.

Anton Vidokle was born in Moscow and is currently based in New York and Berlin. His work has been exhibited in shows such as the Venice Biennale, Lyon Biennial, Dakar Biennale, Lodz Biennale, and at the Tate Modern in London. As the founder of e-flux, he has produced projects such as Next Documenta Should Be Curated By An Artist, Do it, and the Utopia Station poster project. Vidokle initiated research into education as a site for artistic practice as co-curator for Manifesta 6, which was cancelled. In response to the cancellation, Vidokle and others set up an independent project in Berlin called Unitednationsplaza a twelve-month "exhibition-as-school" involving more than a hundred artists, writers, philosophers, and diverse audiences.

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