And the moral of the story is…@ Witte de With


And the moral of the story is…
4 days of non-stop film / Morality Act III
4 – 7 February 2010

Open 24 hours/day: from Wednesday 3 February at 23:59 to Sunday 7 February at 23:59

Morality is Witte de With's year-long leitmotiv, defining an assemblage of projects subdivided into several acts. They include six group exhibitions, a symposium, performance program, publication and web platform. Act III is the film cycle titled And the moral of the story is…

This curated program presents moral tales as told by artists and film-makers through the medium of the moving image. The films range from mainstream to art-house movies, from technically complex works with elaborate scripts and settings to hand-held, "homemade" films. Due to the ease of its digital production, reproduction and distribution (legal or otherwise), film is now a ubiquitous medium. Used and abused in the form of propaganda, or employed more subtly to reinforce (and undermine) dominant modes of thinking in society, film is one of the most sophisticated ways to transmit a moral message or explore a moral question.

Featuring works by AES+F, Fikret Atay, Sven Augustijnen, Yael Bartana, Guy Ben-Ner, Rossella Biscotti, Mark Boulos, Olaf Breuning, k r buxey, Heather Burnett, Chim↑Pom, Sunah Choi, Chto Delat/What is to be done?, Martha Colburn, Phil Collins, Joost Conijn, Stefan Constantinescu, Keren Cytter, Jeremy Deller, , Nathalie Djurberg, Stan Douglas, Harun Farocki, Cyprien Gaillard, Johan Grimonprez, Ivan Grubanov, Alfredo Jaar, Christian Jankowski, Job Koelewijn, Florence Lazar, Erik van Lieshout, Renzo Martens, Gustav Metzger, Valérie Mréjen, Ciprian Muresan, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Adrian Paci, Julika Rudelius, Masaharu Sato, Deborah Stratman, Pilvi Takala, Stefanos Tsivopoulos, Artur Żmijewski…

Curated by Zoë Gray, assisted by Hessel de Ronde

Witte de With
Center for Contemporary Art
Witte de Withstraat 50
3012 BR Rotterdam
The Netherlands
+31 (0)10 411 0144
http://www.wdw.nl

*I Am Getting So Far Out One Day I Wont Come Back At All* at DUVE Berlin

including works by:
JEN DENIKE, LUCKY DRAGONS, GUIDO VAN DER WERVE,
DAVID BLANDY, OLA VASILJEVA, DAVID HORVITZ,
JOEL HOLMBERG, ALDO GIANOTTI & STEFANO GIURIATI,
PILVI TAKALA, TERESA ABBOUD & CARLOS PELLO ,
MICHELLE NAISMITH, DANIEL DEVLIN...

... AND HOT WINE PUNCH, BEER AND SNACKS TO KEEP YOU WARM.

Google maps is not merely the guarentee for a smoothly oriented tourist holiday, but also a preemptive strike against all the flaws and perils of an unpredictable journey, the mooching stranger, the muscle ache, the horrendous taxi bill. Its straightforward connection between A and B is the most obvious example of technologies' safeguarding design approach keeping us caught in the close neighbourhoods of ourselves.
Concomitant with arts reckless outlook for the unknown, the sequence of 12 artist videos follows another approach to traveling - a cartography beyond the map, a search for another world to walk through. Composing a chaotic, multi-layered journey, the videos presented try to re-route roads and paths and re-insert fantastic creatures back onto the landscape. Don't get to far out. And, watch your step!

The screening accompanies the current group show *Burn, Baby, Burn!* which is still on view until January 30. You can see the show Tuesday through Friday, from 11:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M, Saturdays from 12:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M and by appointment. For further information give us a call at 030 77 902 302 or send us an e-mail: mail@duveberlin.com.

Talk at Finnish Academy of Fine Art

PILVI TAKALA JA AHMET OGUT
Time: Wednesday 13h January 6-8 pm
Venue: Auditorium, Academy of Fine Arts, Kaikukatu 4

Ahmet Ogut works with a broad range of media including video, photography,
installation, drawing and printed media. His work often borrows from the
experience of everyday life, which he observes and then amplifies and alters
to expose its many contradictions. He weaves reality and fiction, success
and failure, human tragedies and comedies to explore the failings and gaps
of political and social structures.

Pilvi Takala works with narrative forms such as video, artist books and
performance. Her work is based on subtle interventions in specific social
settings, such as a work place, a local cafe or shopping mall. By breaking
the rules in a subtle but constructive way Takala's actions reveal, question
and eventually reinvent shared truths.

Export-Import at Kunsthalle Helsinki


Export-Import
Kunsthalle Helsinki

16. January - 28. February

The International Finns in Contemporary Art

Kunsthalle Helsinki presents previously unexhibited work by acclaimed Finnish artists who work internationally.
Artists featured in the exhibition are Adel Abidin, Elina Brotherus, Minna L. Henriksson, Gun Holmström, Laura Horelli, Hannu Karjalainen, Ola Kolehmainen, Pia Lindman, Robert Lucander, Kirsi Mikkola, Pilvi Takala and Kristiina Uusitalo.
Finnish artists have always travelled to Europe to further their studies and to work. Finland is a remote country, where the art scene developed fairly late and could not provide a livelihood to very many artists. Leaving home was a natural and sometimes necessary option.
Today, the "hot spots" of art move at an ever-increasing rate as artists constantly search for new things. Europe’s Mecca of art is currently Berlin, where there are also dozens of Finnish artists.
Travelling elsewhere is not the only way of being international, however: it can also consist of exchange, networking and hospitality. Artists’ residences have sprung up all over the world, Finland included: communities where artists from different countries work side by side.
– What is it like to work in an international setting? Why have Finnish artists left their homeland, and what does Finnishness mean to them? What is the price of internationality?
The exhibition is produced by the Finnish Art Society.

Kunsthalle Helsinki
Nervanderinkatu 3
tel. +358 9 454 2060
Open:
Tue, Thu, Fri 11am–6pm

Wed 11am–8pm

Sat–Sun 11am–5pm

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