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Further update: Contents of the forthcoming publication 'Amikejo' – Available in April 2012
21 Dec 2011We are currently finalising and proof-reading the 'Amikejo' publication (see previous posts here and here), which concludes the year-long exhibition cycle at the Laboratorio 987, MUSAC (Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch's show is on view until 15 January 2012). The volume will be available in Spring 2012 and will be distributed by Mousse Publishing.
Below an excerpt of Theo Beckers's essay 'Free time: The rise and fall of a social project', commissioned by 'Amikejo' artists Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum to complement the publication section dedicated to their multi-part project 'Producing time in between other things' (2011), which revolves around the changing values of labour and property:
"Have you ever heard the story of the African fisherman? In the early light of dawn, he would set out to sea in his little boat, fish for a few hours, return to port, sell his catch and then spend the rest of the day in the shade of a tree on the beach, contemplating the meaning of life and other pleasant thoughts. An economist from the World Bank appeared one day and asked him why he didn’t take advantage of all that spare time by fishing longer, and going further out to sea with a larger boat. This would bring in more fish and thus more profit. In the long run, this would enable the fisherman to buy more and even bigger boats, and even hire people to do the work for him. Eventually, he could make so much money that he wouldn’t need to work anymore and could afford to lie on the beach the whole day. At which the fisherman laughed and asked the economist, “Why would I go through all that trouble?” The history of Western society’s relationship with time clearly illustrates, however, that it is the economist who had the last laugh, not the fisherman."
Theo Beckers was Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University and is now on the faculty of the Tilburg Sustainability Center, the Netherlands, and Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Translated from the Dutch by Klaas van Gorkum.
Further publication details:
Title | Título
'Amikejo'
Editor | Edita
Latitudes
Publisher & Distributor | Publica y distribuye
Mousse Publishing and MUSAC
Format | Formato
22,5x15,5cm, 216 pp., hardcover
Language | Idiomas
English/Spanish
Editorial Coordination | Coordinación editorial
Latitudes and Carlos Ordás
Production | Producción
Bruna Roccasalva
Graphic design | Diseño gráfico
Studio Mousse — Marco Fasolini, Fausto Giliberti, Andrea Novali, Francesco Valtolina
Texts | Textos
Giorgio Agamben, Theo Beckers, Latitudes, Prof. Peter Osborne, Georges Perec, Prof. Dr. Menno Schilthuizen, Ryszard Zelichowski
Translation | Traducción
Marzena Beata Guzowska (Polish—English); Klaas van Gorkum (Dutch—English); e-verba (English—Spanish)
Copy-editing | Correcciones
Latitudes
Johanna Bishop
English proof-reading of Ryszard Zelichowski’s text (unabridged version) Martin Blaszk
Distribution | Distribución
Mousse Publishing
Printing and binding | Impresión y encuadernación
Grafiche Artigianelli, Brescia
Print-run | Tiraje
1,200 copies
ISBN
9788896501832
2012, Amikejo, catalogue, Fermin Jiménez Landa and Lee Welch, Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum, Mousse Publishing, MUSAC, Pennacchio Argentato, Uqbar (Mariana Castillo Deball and Irene Kopelman)
Below an excerpt of Theo Beckers's essay 'Free time: The rise and fall of a social project', commissioned by 'Amikejo' artists Iratxe Jaio and Klaas van Gorkum to complement the publication section dedicated to their multi-part project 'Producing time in between other things' (2011), which revolves around the changing values of labour and property:
"Have you ever heard the story of the African fisherman? In the early light of dawn, he would set out to sea in his little boat, fish for a few hours, return to port, sell his catch and then spend the rest of the day in the shade of a tree on the beach, contemplating the meaning of life and other pleasant thoughts. An economist from the World Bank appeared one day and asked him why he didn’t take advantage of all that spare time by fishing longer, and going further out to sea with a larger boat. This would bring in more fish and thus more profit. In the long run, this would enable the fisherman to buy more and even bigger boats, and even hire people to do the work for him. Eventually, he could make so much money that he wouldn’t need to work anymore and could afford to lie on the beach the whole day. At which the fisherman laughed and asked the economist, “Why would I go through all that trouble?” The history of Western society’s relationship with time clearly illustrates, however, that it is the economist who had the last laugh, not the fisherman."
Theo Beckers was Professor of Leisure Studies at Tilburg University and is now on the faculty of the Tilburg Sustainability Center, the Netherlands, and Visiting Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. Translated from the Dutch by Klaas van Gorkum.
Further publication details:
Title | Título
'Amikejo'
Editor | Edita
Latitudes
Publisher & Distributor | Publica y distribuye
Mousse Publishing and MUSAC
Format | Formato
22,5x15,5cm, 216 pp., hardcover
Language | Idiomas
English/Spanish
Editorial Coordination | Coordinación editorial
Latitudes and Carlos Ordás
Production | Producción
Bruna Roccasalva
Graphic design | Diseño gráfico
Studio Mousse — Marco Fasolini, Fausto Giliberti, Andrea Novali, Francesco Valtolina
Texts | Textos
Giorgio Agamben, Theo Beckers, Latitudes, Prof. Peter Osborne, Georges Perec, Prof. Dr. Menno Schilthuizen, Ryszard Zelichowski
Translation | Traducción
Marzena Beata Guzowska (Polish—English); Klaas van Gorkum (Dutch—English); e-verba (English—Spanish)
Copy-editing | Correcciones
Latitudes
Johanna Bishop
English proof-reading of Ryszard Zelichowski’s text (unabridged version) Martin Blaszk
Distribution | Distribución
Mousse Publishing
Printing and binding | Impresión y encuadernación
Grafiche Artigianelli, Brescia
Print-run | Tiraje
1,200 copies
ISBN
9788896501832
Resolución Convocatoria 2012 de Artes visuales y Tutorial de la Sala d'Art Jove
07 Dec 2011
Con fecha 24 de noviembre de 2011, reunidos en la Dirección general de Juventud (C. Calàbria 147, Barcelona) el jurado formado por Daniel G. Andújar, artista visual y teórico del arte, vicepresidente primero de la Asociación de Artistas Visual de Cataluña; Dora García, artista visual, Max Andrews y Mariana Cánepa, miembros de Latitudes, oficina de comisariado; Frederic Montornés, crítico de arte y comisario independiente, Javier Rodrigo, investigador y educador de Arte; Oriol Fontdevila, miembro del equipo gestor de la Sala de Arte Joven y Toni Reig, Director general de Juventud que actúa como presidente del jurado; resuelven la siguiente selección de proyectos en relación a las convocatorias de Artes visuales y Tutorial de la Sala d'Art Jove:
Proyectos de Creación:
- Petia Cervera, Sublevación de Abril
- Lúa Coderch, Eco, The girl With no Door on the Mouth
- Juan Crespo, Estudios históricos
- Eloi Dalmau, Recitales para interfono
- Jordi Ferreiro, El traje nuevo del emperador
- Paula Giménez, Verano
- Mercedes Mangrané, Piedras
- Anna Moreno, Select the Right Location
- Quim Packard, L’última institució
- David Proto, Memetro
- Barbara Sánchez, Bibliografía
- Adrianna Wallis, Rare et Magnifique
- Alba Aguirre, Marta Bonhora, Belen Genereco, Anna Margo, Mar Montobbio, “/”
- Laura Benítez, Alicia Escobio, Lola Lasurt, Primer intent
- Aurelio Castro Varela, Proyecciones urbanas. El 15-M y el trabajo de la ficción
- Joanna Empain, Ricard Escudero, Simonetta Gorga, Encuentros y desencuentros entorno a la práctica artística y educativa en un proyecto expositivo con estudiantes...
- Enric Farrés, Quim Packard, Grau d'Assistent d'Artista Professional
- Ignasi Prat, El mundo de los vencedores. Las casas de los poderosos del franquismo
- José Antonio Delgado, Fito Conesa, Judit Vidiella
- Francisco Peinado, Rachel Fendler (Cultural Nodes)
- Andrea Rodríguez, Verónica Valentini
Newsletter #39 – December / diciembre 2011
02 Dec 2011
FORTHCOMING...
'The Dutch Assembly / Asamblea de los Países Bajos', ARCOmadrid, 15–19 February 2012, Madrid (+ info...)
Follow us on Twitter: #NLAssembly
ALSO THIS MONTH...
Three juries: for the 2012 Open Call at the Sala d'Art Jove; the GAC Awards given by the Catalan Gallery Association (Award ceremony: 31 January 2012 at MACBA); and the Curatorial Open Call 2012, which invites individuals or collectives to submit a proposal for curating an exhibition between June and July of 2012 at NoguerasBlanchard.
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2012...
'Amikejo: Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch', fourth and final exhibition of the cycle 'Amikejo' at the Laboratorio 987, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, 24 September 2011–15 January 2012.
Follow us on Twitter: #amikejo
RECENT BLOG POSTS...
'The Dutch Assembly / Asamblea de los Países Bajos', ARCOmadrid, 15–19 February 2012, Madrid (+ info...)
Follow us on Twitter: #NLAssembly
ALSO THIS MONTH...
Three juries: for the 2012 Open Call at the Sala d'Art Jove; the GAC Awards given by the Catalan Gallery Association (Award ceremony: 31 January 2012 at MACBA); and the Curatorial Open Call 2012, which invites individuals or collectives to submit a proposal for curating an exhibition between June and July of 2012 at NoguerasBlanchard.
UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2012...
'Amikejo: Fermín Jiménez Landa & Lee Welch', fourth and final exhibition of the cycle 'Amikejo' at the Laboratorio 987, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, 24 September 2011–15 January 2012.
Follow us on Twitter: #amikejo
RECENT BLOG POSTS...
'Nice to Meet You – Erick Beltrán. Some Fundamental Postulates' by Max Andrews on Mousse Magazine #31 (30 November 2011); MACBA y Fundación Han Nefkens anuncian premio de arte contemporáneo (28 November 2011); Latitudes invited to curate the presentation of Dutch institutions in ARCOmadrid 2012 (17 November 2011); Erick Beltrán and Jorge Satorre's 'Modelling Standard' evolving project and forthcoming interview with the artists for 'Atlántica' magazine (15 November 2011); NoguerasBlanchard announces "Curatorial Open Call 2012" – deadline 31 December 2011 (7 November 2011)...
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