Newsletter #32 – April 2011 |
 Iratxe Jaio / Klaas van Gorkum. Cigar box (2010). Courtesy the artists. |
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For the second exhibition of the exhibition series 'Amikejo', the Spanish/Dutch duo Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum will reproduce cultural artefacts from the past as a pretext for spinning a narrative around the changing values of labour and property. Jaio and van Gorkum will take the contents of a cigar box filled with magazine clippings, sketches and blueprints of different objects made by turning wood
left by van Gorkum's grandfather, as the point of departure for a
conceptual and reflexive exploration of the notion of artistic
production. In a series of sculptural exercises, they will attempt to locate and replicate some of these objects on a lathe. Within the context of Amikejo, the artists aim to question the normative qualities of nostalgic representations of work, and to examine alternative personal and political readings of common cultural heritage.
Exhibition supported by the Mondriaan Foundation, Amsterdam.
Forthcoming exhibitions: Uqbar Foundation (25 June–11 September) and Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch (24 September–15 January 2012).
MUSAC | Avenida de los Reyes Leoneses, 24 | 24008 León | ESPAÑA | MAP | Tue–Fri: 10–15 / 17–20h; Sat–Sun: 11–15/ 17–21h. Monday closed. |
 View exhibition 'Christina Hemauer | Roman Keller: United Alternative Energies'. Photo: Latitudes | |  Performance,'Postpetrolistic Internationale' during the opening. Photo: Jens Møller Sørensen |
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 View exhibition, project by Maria Loboda, Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Philippe de Gobert | |  View exhibition, project by Kasper Akhøj. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Philippe de Gobert |
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With Kasper Akhøj (1976, Copenhagen, DK. Lives in New York, US); Martí Anson (1967, Mataró, ES. Lives Mataró, ES); Maria Loboda (1979, Kraków, PL. Lives in London, UK); Charlotte Moth (1975, Carshalton, UK. Lives in Paris, FR); Sarah Ortmeyer (1980, Frankfurt am Main, DE. Lives in Frankfurt am Main, DE).
The International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts & Arts and Technology in Modern Life presents the work of five contemporary visual artists which engage with specific instances of modernity as represented through industrial or domestic design
(and alongside a synthesized ‘period’ exhibition title taken from
conjoining the names of the Paris Worlds’ Fairs from 1925 and 1937). A
world-famous tower, a street, a range of furniture, and a modular
display system, for example, have been metaphorically taken apart before
being reconstituted, sometimes literally, through artistic practices
and personal affiliations which incorporate historical research, travel, tribute and scenography. (+ info...)
Meessen De Clercq | Abdijstraat 2a Rue de l'Abbaye | 1000 Brussels, BELGIUM | MAP |
 Mock up of the book cover. Photo: Latitudes
Publisher & Design: Archive Books, Berlin
Editor: Latitudes
Texts: Cuauhtémoc Medina, Lars Bang Larsen and Latitudes
English, 224 pages, colour, 21 x 27.5 cm
ISBN: 978-88-95702-05-6
Retail price: € 35
Published by Berlin-based Archive Books, 'Lara Almarcegui. Projects 1995-2010' is first monograph to date of Almarcegui's work. Alongside an introductory essay by the editors, art critic, curator and art historian Cuauhtémoc Medina and the theorist and curator Lars Bang Larsen contribute texts.
The launch will take place on May 19 alongside Almarcegui's solo show at TENT, Rotterdam. For the event, Latitudes
will host an in conversation with the Spanish-born Rotterdam-based
artist and bring forward a selection of questions posed by curators,
gallerists, artists, colleagues and collaborators of Almarcegui, giving
an opportunity to revisit some of her projects produced since 1995. (+ info...)
Publication possible thanks to the support of the Fonds BKVB (Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture).
TENT | Witte de Withstraat 50 | 3012 BR Rotterdam, The Netherlands | MAP |
 Seat arrangement during a press conference at the 2009 Venice Biennale. Photo: Latitudes
'Campus' is a temporary, free and non-credited art school, a pilot project devoted to the reflection and exchange of ideas, experiences and knowledge. During July, the Espai Cultural Caja Madrid, Barcelona, will become a hybrid academy in which four working sessions will be held during consecutive weeks, under the guidance of five international artists – Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Renata Lucas, Peter Piller y Adrià Julià.
Combining the models of an experimental art school and an artist residency, 'Campus' will operate in both Spanish and English
and aims to create a point of encounter for young artists born in 1980
or more recently working in diverse artistic disciplines. 'Campus' aims at encouraging self organization and critical capacity through personal tutorials and group discussions. (+ info...)
Espai Cultural Caja Madrid) | Plaça Catalunya 9 (esquina Rambla de Catalunya) | 08002 Barcelona | SPAIN | MAP |
 Photo: Joel Stillman Exhibition catalogue, 'The Last Newspaper', New Museum, New York, October 2010–January 2011.
Editor: Latitudes
Publisher: Latitudes & New Museum
Graphic Design: Chad Kloepfer & Joel Stillman
Format: 10x 12pp 2-colours, newspaper, 356 x 292 mm/each
Release: October–December 2010
Retail Price: $15 + shipping (via New Museum Store)
Produced by Latitudes during 10 weeks from a micro-newsroom installed in the exhibition space of the New Museum, 'The Last Post' (issue 1); The Last Gazette (issue 2); The Last Register (issue 3); The Last Star-Ledger (issue 4); The Last Monitor (issue 5); The Last Observer (issue 6); The Last Evening Sun (issue 7); The Last Journal (issue 8); The Last Times (issue 9) and The Last Express (issue 10) form the catalogue of the exhibition 'The Last Newspaper'.
Featuring over 100 contributors, including essays and interviews with participating artists, the publication
also brings together articles and special features around an expanded
selection of work that addresses the news, the newspaper, and its
evolving form and function. (+ info...) |
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