Tue, Mar 6 2012
Latitudes' 3-month residency at the New Museum in 2010. Photo: Latitudes
FGA month residency at the Maasvlakte in 2009. Photo: FGA
Latitudes will present
two case studies of commissions and residencies. Firstly, a
Latitudes commission in the context of '
Portscapes' that was developed from their invitation to the Rotterdam-based artist and editorial duo
Fucking Good Art (FGA). Based from a shipping container the extremity of Rotterdam port for a month,
FGA initiated a
temporary web radio and research station. And secondly, a commission addressed to
Latitudes in the context of '
The Last Newspaper' in which the curatorial duo worked in the
New Museum galleries for
3 months editing a weekly newspaper which became an
incremental catalogue based on the micro-community of the exhibition. Both residencies explored
editorial and curatorial approaches as well as
formats of publishing or broadcasting and highlight how
small organisation can operate flexibly and critically within a larger structure – whether a huge industrial infrastructure project or a museum exhibition.
Speakers of the three-day symposium include: Abed Al Ju'beh, Director, Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre (KSCC) (Palestine); H.E. Abdul Rahman Al Owais, UAE Minister of Culture; Noura Al-Sayeh, Architect & Curator (Bahrain); Palmina D'Ascoli, Manager of Department of Residencies, Institut Français (France); Shezad Dawood, Artist; Peter Eleey, Curator, MoMA/PS1 (USA); Amal Khalaf, Edgware Road Project: Assistant Curator of Serpentine Gallery (UK); Yuko Hasegawa, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (MOT) (Japan); Louise Hui-Juan Hsu, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei (Taiwan); Danda J, Director, Kuona Trust Centre for Visual Arts (Kenya); Lu Jie, Founder & Director, Long March Space (China); Eungie Joo, Curator, New Museum (USA); Riyas Komu, Director of Programmes, Kochi-Muziris Biennale (India); James Lingwood, Co-Director, Artangel (UK); Salwa Mikdadi, Head of Arts & Cultural Program, Emirates Foundation (UAE); Ayeh Naraghi, Cultural Programmes Specialist, UNESCO Doha Office (Qatar); Susan Pfeffer, Curator, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin); Andrea Rose, Head of Visual Arts, British Council (UK); Beatrix Ruf, Director/Curator, Kunsthalle Zürich (Switzerland); Anri Sala, Artist; Ramin Salsali, Founder, Salsali Private Museum (UAE).The March Meeting and related events are free and open to the public. Registration is recommended at [email protected] Read more here. March Meetings 2012Dar Al Nadwa, Heritage AreaSharjahUnited Arab Emirates 2012, commissions, curators, editor, Fucking Good Art, New Museum, Portscapes, residency, Rotterdam, Sharjah Art Foundation, symposium