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Künstlerhaus Stuttgart Reuchlinstraße 4/b 70178 Stuttgart Tel. 0711 - 61 57 470; Fax 0711 - 61 57 472 Di - Fr 15 - 19 Uhr info@künstlerhaus.de www.kuenstlerhaus.de aktuelle Ausstellung / current exhibition vorausgegangene Ausstellung / previous exhibition   Politik der Institution/Institutional Politics Lectures and discussions   May 26, 2007, 3pm: Jochen Becker (Berlin) and Julien Enoka-Ayemba (Berlin) (in cooperation with Württembergischer Kunstverein: Koloniale Träume ­ Autonome Zonen, Video and Lecture Series, May 25-28, 2007, http://www.wkv-stuttgart.de) Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Reuchlinstr. 4b, 70178 Stuttgart     Jochen Becker: On it's way. From/To Europe From/To Europe will, as an ongoing research and exhibition project, reflect upon major fields of critical exploration: the mutual relationship between Europe and the colonies since 1884 and the current situation of "world cities" as metropolises shaped by migration. For a while, colonial history and migration politics have been analysed seperately. After three stations in the Shedhalle Zurich, the project will be continued at the Brussels Biennial 2008.   Jochen Becker is an author, lecturer and curator living in Berlin. He is co-editor of the book series metroZones.     Julien Enoka-Ayemba: "Nollywood" Digital Film in West Africa With the european-financed  "Art(e)house" format and "Nollywood" as third largest film industry world-wide, different concepts of image production from Africa by African filmakers converge.The independence of African film, predominantly originating in West Africa, from institutions of former colonial powers, until now only expressed as a wish, appears through the model of "Nollywood" to be more possible than ever. This would mean the end of the formerly accepted paradigm of African film. (With film excerpts)   Julien Enoka-Ayemba is a film researcher and critic who lives in Berlin. He is a co-founder of the anticolonial film group Remember Resistance.     All lectures are in english. Admission: 3,00 EUR (reduced 1,50 EUR, members free)     The series   The lecture series "Politik der Institution/Institutional Politics" presents different perspectives on the social role of contemporary art institutions. Up until the nineties, the normative institutions of art exhibitions and collections were perceived to fence in critical impulses of contemporary art and situate them within a bourgeois or middle class cannon. Institutions initiated by artists like the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart reacted to this situation and tried to provide space for the representation of experimental practices.   Today, reflecting the increasing power of the art market, museums and Kunsthallen seem to take on the function of an expanding 'free-space' for exhibitions, which despite their growing integration within urban representation and marketing strategies, offer a possibility to engage in public discussion and can be utilized for critical projects. The series of lectures and discussions focuses on various strategies to conceive exhibitions and their institutions as spaces of negotiation, especially in view of the effects and possibilities that the change of conditions have for institutions like the Künstlerhaus.   Emily Pethick and Rodrigo Mallea Lira present two art institutions whose program relates to an entanglement of artistic and social movements. Shumon Basar and Pelin Tan, two architectural theorists, will discuss the changing spatial demands for institutions of contemporary art and the occasionally problematic aspects of representations of social interaction. The presentation of "From/To Europe" with Jochen Becker and Julien Enoka-Ayemba, organised in collaboration with the Württembergischer Kunstverein, will discuss the colonial foundations of Europe and thematicizes also the power that is inherent in the representation of its history.   Further events   29. Mai 2007, 19 Uhr: Lecture Rodrigo Mallea Lira, Tensta Konsthall, Stockholm
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