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November 1–22, 2009
11 Performa Commissions and 6 Performa Premieres Exemplify Incredible Program Coming to New York City
Performa 09, the third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance, will be held in New York City from November 1–22, 2009, showcasing new work by more than 150 of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists. Presentations will include 11 new Performa Commissions and, for the first time ever, a Performa Premieres program of 6 remarkable pieces that have never been seen in New York. For Performa 09’s opening benefit gala, renowned hostess, hotelier, food writer, and conceptualist Jennifer Rubell will present Creation, a unique dinner sure to be like nothing guests have ever experienced before.

APT Artists participating:

Alicia Framis (APT London)
Lost Astronaut
* Art Production Fund – APF Lab
* 15 Wooster Street
* Tuesday, November 3 – Tuesday, November 17, times vary
For more Information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/alicia-framis/

Ahmet Ögüt (APT Dubai)
The Pigeon-Like Unease of my Inner Spirit
* Bidoun Magazine
* 47 Orchard Street
* Sunday, November 15 7:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/ahmet-ogut/

Rashid Johnson (APT New York), Gabriel Lester (APT Berlin), Aki Sasamoto (APT New York), Adam Pendleton (APT New York), Falke Pisano (APT Berlin)
The PROMPT (a night club)
* White Slab Palace
* 77 Delancey Street
* Wednesday, November 11 – Sunday, November 15, 8:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/the-prompt-a-night-club/

Amy Granat (APT New York)
Innocence in Extremis
* Emily Harvey Foundation
* 537 Broadway, 2nd Floor
* Sunday, November 15 7:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/amy-granat-and-felicia-ballos/

Davide Balula (APT London)
The Endless Pace
* 590 Madison Avenue
* Sunday, November 15 12:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/davide-balula/

Pierre Bismuth (APT Berlin), Diango Hernandez (APT London)
White Noise III: Pandora’s Sound Box
* White Box
* 329 Broome Street
* Monday, November 2 – Sunday, November 22, times vary
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/white-noise-iii-pandora%E2%80%99s-sound-box/

Kalup Linzy (APT New York)
* Taxter & Spengemann
* 123 E. 12th Street
* Sunday, November 8 1:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/kalup-linzy/

Keren Cytter (APT London)
History in the Making, or the Secret Diaries of Linda Schultz
* The Kitchen
* 512 W 19th Street
* Wednesday, November 11 – Thursday, November 12, 8:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/keren-cytter/

Marcello Maloberti (APT London)
The Ants Struggle On the Snow (Le formiche fanno fatica sulla neve)
* Washington Square Park
* Thursday, November 5 3:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/marcello-maloberti/

Martha Colburn (APT New York)
Futurist Life Redux
* Anthology Film Archives
* 32 Second Avenue
* Monday, November 16 8:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/futurist-life-redux/

Shana Lutker (APT Los Angeles)
Hear it Here
* X Initiative
* 548 W 22nd Street, 2nd Floor
* Friday, November 6 6:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/shana-lutker/

Yeondoo Jung (APT Beijing)
Cinemagician
* Asia Society
* 725 Park Avenue
* Thursday, November 19 – Saturday, November 21, 8:00pm
For more information: http://performa-arts.org/blog/yeondoo-jung/

Since a few days we’re living in a tram placed (by the artist group Diogene) on a roundabout, localized in the Sicilian part of Turin. During this project we would like to move this space, which is now mainly occupied as a space for dog walking. Part of it will stay as such, but we would like to add other possibilities to this space and (mainly) intervene in an open way. For this brainstorm we would like to involve the neighborhood, but also fellow artists, writers, friends… We would like to invite you to send us a postcard and be part of a collection of ideas, thoughts, utopias, critics, comments, … about interventions which adapt and are inserted in a public space developing the notion of teritori fluttuanti. The mailbox is ready, and we contacted the local postman…

Nico Dockx, Pol Matthé, Helena Sidiropoulos & Jochem Vanden Ecker

Rotonda Fluttuante
Corso Regio Parco
X
Corso Verona
10152 Torino
Italy

For Immediate Release

October 15, 2009, Paris, France – Artist Pension Trust® (APT) is pleased to congratulate and recognize the more than 100 APT artists on view at FIAC October 22-25, 2009. In honor of this exceptional representation at the French contemporary art fair, APT will host a reception with Nicy Gallery on the evening of October 22, 2009 at 6:30pm. The gallery is located at 40, rue de la tour d’Auvergne, Paris FRANCE 75009 (Métro: Notre Dame de Lorette / St Georges).

APT is the first investment program created specifically to provide emerging and mid-career artists with a long-term financial planning opportunity through the collective contribution of their artworks. APT consists of eight individual trusts developed around major art centers globally (New York, London, Beijing, Berlin, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Mumbai and Dubai). Comprised of up to 250 artists each, every APT is defined by an accomplished group of art professionals with an expertise in contemporary art—selecting each artist based on the quality of their work, their career growth potential, and their participation in the contemporary art scene. These artists work closely with our APT Directors to build a proprietary collection of their artworks within the framework of the APT Collection. The growing collection currently stands at a 4,500 artworks and represents more than 1,100 artists from over 50 countries.

You may read further about the APT model, view newly added artworks from our collection, and find available touring exhibitions at www.aptglobal.org. Artist profiles, articles, and events will guide your research and exhibition planning.

For more information on the Artist Pension Trust, or any other inquiries, please contact Carolyn Yuen at APT New York Headquarters, 153 W 27th St, Ste. 802, New York, NY 10001, T +1 212 871 1011, carolyn@aptglobal.org.

En Français:

Le 15 octobre 2009, Paris, France – Artist Pension Trust® (APT) est heureux de vous annoncer une réalisation unique – 100 artistes appartenant à APT seront exposés à la FIAC du 22 au 25 octobre 2009. En l’honneur de cette représentation exceptionnelle, APT vous invitent à une réception avec la Galerie Nicy le 22 octobre 2009 à 18h30. La galerie se trouve au 40, rue de la tour d’Auvergne, Paris FRANCE 75009 (Métro: Notre Dame de Lorette / St Georges).

APT est le premier programme d’investissement créé spécialement pour fournir aux artistes une opportunité de planification financière à long terme par la contribution collective de leurs œuvres d’art. APT se compose de huit fonds individuals, développés autour des centres importants d’art (New York, London, Beijing, Berlin, Los Angeles, Mexico, Mumbai et Dubai). Comprenant jusqu’à 250 artistes chacun, chaque APT est défini par un groupe de professionnels d’art accompli avec une expertise dans l’art contemporain. Nos Directeurs APT travaillent de près avec ces artistes pour construire une collection de leurs œuvres d’art dans le cadre de la Collection APT. La collection compte actuellement à 4,000 œuvres d’art et représente plus de 1,100 artistes de plus de 50 pays.

Vous pouvez obtenir plus d’informations sur le modèle APT et voire les œuvres d’art nouvellement ajoutées à notre collection sur www.aptglobal.org.

Pour plus d’informations Artist Pension Trust ® (APT) contactez Carolyn Yuen au siège social APT de New York, 153 W 27th Street, Ste. 802, New York, NY 10001, T +1.212.871.1011, carolyn@aptglobal.org.

Artists Exhibited

Saâdane Afif
Loukia Alavanou
Lara Almarcegui
Leonor Antunes
Ryoko Aoki
Daniel Arsham
Knut Asdam
Micol Assaël
Charels Avery
Davide Balula
Fiona Banner
Massimo Bartolini
Thomas Baumann
Whitney Bedford
Elisabetta Benassi
Michael Beutier
Huma Bhabha
Karina Bisch
Julien Bismuth
Pierre Bismuth
Blue Noses
Iñaki Bonillas
Mike Bouchet
Sebastiaan Bremer
Pablo Bronstein
Agnieszka Brzezanska
Michal Budny
Sophie Bueno-Boutellier
Beth Campbell
Joyce Campbell
Carter
Alice Cattaneo
Benvenuto Chavajay
Raimond Chaves
Paolo Chiasera
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Keren Cytter
Alexandre da Cunha
Jonas Dahlberg
Nancy Davenport
Jeremiah Day
Jeremy Deller
Dewar & Gicquel
Jason Dodge
Matias Duville
Simon Dybbroe Møller
Dario Escobar
Mounir Fatmi
Lara Favaretto
Claire Fontaine
Ryan Gander
Chitra Ganesh
Kendell Geers
Gelitin
Babak Ghazi
Karim Ghelloussi
Liam Gillick
Kate Gilmore
Geert Goiris
Douglas Gordon
Manuel Graf
Aneta Grzeszykowska
Jens Haaning
Anthea Hamilton
Archana Hande
Ellen Harvey
Ni Heifeng
Diango Hernandez
Lori Hersberger
Karl Holmqvist
Mustafa Hulusi
Shin Il Kim
Ezra Johnson
Rashid Johnson
Eleni Kamma
Ali Kazma
Khalif Kelly
William Earl Kofmehl
Irina Korina
Gabriel Kuri
Lang/Baumann
Guillaume Leblon
Alexandra Leykauf
Alexander Lieck
Deborah Ligorio
Kalin Lindena
Wei Liu
Maria Loboda
Jorge Macchi
Benoît Maire
Andrew Mania
Fabian Marcaccio
Paul McDevitt
Jonathan Monk
Begoña Morales
Ivan Moudov
Stefan Müller
Pushpamala N.
Deimantas Narkevicius
Stephanie Nava
Ivan Navarro
Martin Neumaier
Haifeng Ni
Navid Nuur
Joao Onofre
Martin Oppel
Geof Oppenheimer
Kaz Oshiro
Djordje Ozbolt
Trevor Paglen
Gyan Panchal
Philippe Parreno
Jorge Peris
Chloe Piene
John Pilson
Falke Pisano
Benoit Platéus
Riccardo Previdi
Robert Pruitt
Werner Reiterer
David Renggli
Pia Ronicke
Mathilde Rosier
Aïda Ruilova
Eduardo Sarabia
Ariel Schlesinger
Franck Scurti
Kate Shepherd
Sudarshan Shetty
Cristian Silva
Daneiel Silver
Josh Smith
Nedko Solakov
Heidi Specker
Georges Tony Stoll
Superflex
Surekha
Gert & Uwe Tobias
Patrick Tuttofuoco
Hema Upadhyay
Monique Van Genderen
Vedovamazzei
Helen Verhoeven
Sophie von Hellerman
Gabriel Vormstien
Paula Wilson
Jens Wolf
Sislej Xhafa
Chen Xiaoyun
Haegue Yang

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Leonor Antunes,Sara Barker, Tom Burr, Gianni Caravaggio, Thea Djordjadze, Lara Favaretto, Marcius Galan, Ian Kiaer, Kris Martin, Damián Ortega and Gedi Sibony, a project by Diego Santomé

Pilar Parra & Romero Gallery

17 SEPTEMBER – 31 OCTOBER 2009
OPENING: SEPTEMBER 17th aT 20:30

HORARIOS / HOURS

De lunes a viernes: 10.30 -14.00, 17.00-20.30
Sábado: 10.30.-14.00
Monday-Friday: 10.30 -14.00, 17.00-20.30
Saturday: 10.30 -14.00

LOCALIZACIÓN / LOCATION

Conde de Aranda 2
28001 – Madrid

11^th International Istanbul Biennial 2009

As I looked through The Guide, the biennial catalogue freely distributed during the preview, I was immediately struck by the absence of the names of the four young women who curated this exhibition.  Ivet Ćurlin, Ana Dević, Nataša Ilić, Sabina Sabolović are not mentioned on the front, the back, the spine, nor in the first 38 pages of the catalog, which include the curators’ text. This is a clue. In fact, it is more than a clue, it is a ringing statement that this show is not about the curators nor, particularly, the art and the makers—it is about the message.

The back of the catalog posits four questions:

1. Do you think an event like this is politically instructive for the audience?
2. Do you think it is politically instructive for the performers?
3. To which lessons embodied in the exhibition do you object politically?
4. Do you think our choice of form is right for your political objectives? Can you suggest alternatives?

This was accompanied by Bertolt Brecht’s statement to the students of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Faculty, “Never forget that men like you got hurt. That you might sit here, not the other lot. And now don’t shut your eyes and don’t desert, but learn to learn, and try to learn for what.”

Fortunately, I did not collect my copy of the catalog until I had made my rounds through the exhibition.  While the interests of the curators are clearly apparent throughout the works on view here, I did not walk through the show answering the didactic and polemic questions posed on the back of this generally useful “guide.”  But then this is my usual practice as I travel the world visiting the artists who have been nominated or are taking part in APT. I prefer to take the art in—not the statements or critical appraisals—and form my own conclusions and responses.

Let me start from the beginning then. Following my arrival on Friday morning, September 11^th, and a lunch with APT Dubai director, November Paynter, and two artists in the Biennial (Danica Dakic and Igor Grubic – who are showing some of the best video works I saw there,) I stopped by Rodeo Gallery to see Emre Huner’s (APT Dubai) new work. The front room of the gallery is overtaken by a sculptural form that suggests a molecular structure. You can just get by this imposing work that crowds the only entry into the gallery. Hanging on the walls are multiple drawings that are illustrative “cartoons” that hint at the content of a long video in a curtained room in the back of the gallery. I had an open afternoon so I sat down prepared to watch from start to finish. The narrative explores man’s discovery of the potential of flight. Six engineers examine and, seemingly, project on the future, as embodied in models of conceptual flying machines. A mix of appropriated film, staged scenes, and animation are overlaid with a utopistic musical score.  The allusions are ones of war and violence toned by cartoon-like animations and the fleeting wonder-infused expressions of the scientists as they examine and handle the simplistic model representations of bombers, missiles, and airplanes.

As I left the darkened screening room, I tried to form my impressions into words or concepts that dealt with the assortment of images and propositions Huner served the viewer. Human aspiration; the utopistic visions of the future and the promise of Modernism; the conceit of human failure—he had captured the human predicament that, for me, became my underlying viewpoint (not the catalog rubric) that shaped my experience for the balance of the day.

I saw many wonderful works in the Tobacco Warehouse, located just behind the Rodeo Gallery, Antrepo (a shipyard building on the Bosphorous), and the Greek School.  These included Rabih Mroué’s videos of personal accountability and obscurity, Mounira Al Solh’s (APT Dubai) annotated (with anecdotal memories) silhouette photograph of the skyline along the Corniche, the once-famed “Riviera” of Beirut in Lebanon, Nilbar Gures’ (APT Dubai) collaged watercolors and staged photographs that depict women in the service of domestic roles and female rituals as heroic acts, and Vlatka Horvat’s (APT Dubai) installation of the figure and constructed spaces made from weightless materials like cardboard and paper—and some more weighted like wood, glass, mirror—creating a sense of impermanence and vulnerability by creating images of permeable and indefinite borders.

Much of the work included in the show addressed the lack of security along borders and as citizens within your own country. Another Mounira Al Solh’s work was an interactive performance. Over a three-day period, visitors to the Biennial could schedule an hour in the “reading room,” a sublimely austere room in the centrally located Taksim area of Istanbul. The room—large, white-washed, and sun-drenched at 11am in the morning—was furnished with a single glass topped desk and chair situated at an angle facing the large windows and a set of headphones attached to a tiny MP3 player resting on a shelf between the windows. The second issue of NOA (Not Only Arabic), conceived of by Al Solh and edited by Mona Abu Rayyan, Erden Kosova, and Fadi Tofeili, was placed on the table. Titled Arrest Placed Under Something Else, the beautifully designed and executed magazine includes writings, testimonies and artwork illustrations that describe unwarranted arrests and torture. It is a painful and moving journey to read through this modest publication. The MP3 player holds a music recording composed and performed by Turkish artist Cevdet Erek (APT Dubai). It is a cross between John Cage and the call to mosque that rings throughout Istanbul and other Muslim cities. It is at once a meditation and a calling.

APT was well represented in this 11^th Istanbul Biennial with works by Nevin Aladag (APT Berlin), Doa Aly (APT Dubai), Shahab Fotouhi (APT Dubai), Inci Furni (APT Dubai), Nilbar Gures (APT Dubai), Vlatka Horvat (APT Dubai), Deimantas Narkevicius (APT Berlin), Trevor Paglen (APT Los Angeles), and Vangelis Vlahos (APT Dubai).

One recent solution put forward by the New York Times is the use of corporate sponsored exhibitions to alleviate financial pressures on these cultural institutions.  These exhibitions are curated from collections belonging to corporate institutions, frequently banks, which may be using the collection to promote other agendas (And Now, an Exhibition from our Sponsor, August 23, 2009).  While I was convinced by the argument outlining the advantages of borrowing from one of these companies, I thought about the benefits of borrowing from our very own APT Collection.

APT Curatorial, our lending program, offers two types of exhibitions – pre-curated projects and bespoke exhibitions tailored to the museum’s needs.  Our services offer access to our extensive network of curators – which translates into a match that is specific to the institution’s requirements.  On another level, the concern that a museum may be enhancing the value of a corporate collection is a valid one.  However, the APT Collection is based on a mutual fund program, and so any increase in value of the collection ultimately benefits the artists.  In fact, our mutual fund structure allows the increase in value for only one artist to have positive repercussions for all other artists in the trust.  Lastly, our collection boasts the works of many emerging artists, who frequently are not yet included in museums’ permanent collections.  These artists would also benefit the most from exposure to a broader audience.

The Delfina Foundation and A. M. Qattan Foundation are partnering to offer a visual artist, aged between 25 and 40 years old, an 8-week residency in London. We are seeking applications from Palestinian artists living and working in the West Bank, Gaza Strip or inside the Green Line.

The selected artist will be provided with:

• Accommodation and a studio space in London
• An enabling bursary to cover the basic costs of living in London
• Personal and professional support during the residency
• Bespoke opportunities for professional development.

The ideal candidate:

• Will be an emerging to mid-career artist, seeking a career defining opportunity to research and develop a bold, seminal and innovative artistic project
• Will be able to demonstrate achievement or great potential in visually articulating ground-breaking and critically engaged ideas in an innovative way
• Will be able to demonstrate how the experience of an international residency in London may benefit their practice and career development
• Will be able to demonstrate basic English proficiency

Demonstrable artistic quality and development potential will be key selection criteria.

For more information, and to download an application form, please visit http://www.delfinafoundation.com/
Closing date for applications: 12 Noon, Friday 2 October 2009