12 September - 13 November 2011
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MAGICGRUPPE KULTUROBJEKT
12 September – 13 November, 2011
Franziska Cordes, Marie Gerlach, Marcus Hahn, Marcel Hiller, Kees van
Leeuwen, Max Schulze, Rebecca Stephany, Sebastian Walther, Anna Zwingl,
Stefanie Heidhues, Jasper Coppes, Michael Dobrindt
There are many, many things here alright, too many things.
(Adrian Searle, 1994 about the show „This is the Show and the Show is Many Things", curated by Bart de Baere)
With Rafael Rozendaal we recently switched off the light regarding the
visuality in W139, now we turn it on again with Magicgruppe
Kulturobjekt. Installations or art objects? Do not exist! Author’s
branding? Doesn’t matter. Material? Ok – here we go!
Considering the name Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, we can assume that it is
about an inarticulate agreement of a couple of people in order to
produce something, which can be looked at as something collective later
on. But in fact, it is not about an artist group, it is about a working
concept intended to serve the effective continuation of studio situation
into exhibition space. This method has been established by some of the
artists and is still maintained. Yet, they prefer not to be mentioned,
because that’s not the point. But finally, within this concept they not
only appropriate the works of their colleagues, but also their entire
production. Thus the project can only be regarded as a shared one.
At first, the architecture of the space is tested and its conditions are
sorted out insofar as the new structure provides a safe place for the
things to come. The invited artists, some already know each other, some
meet the first time, work in the space under this dynamic concept of
work by gathering objects and raw materials, mostly basic construction
material to some extent worked and in expansive spatial arrangements
installed. What ultimately materializes as a visual outcome of
Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt, is a social fabric – the organic result of
negotiation between idea, space, material and players.
Out of the situational, artistic production, the method Magicgruppe
Kulturobjekt visually, structurally and also in an impressively sensual
way questions institutional standardisations. In my case, the invitation
for this project follows on a series of reactions, which I increasingly
experienced with artists in collaborations with the W139, as well as in
academies. Contrary to my self-conception as curator so far, the
autonomy of the own production is on great demand again and I am asked
as provider of structurally, clearly defined conditions: artists,
object, curator, selection, institution, art market, etc.. And indeed,
one notices a revival of the object art that cannot only be explained by
the requirements of the art market. I also understand it as a reaction
to the seemingly overwhelming, mostly by curators led, theoretical
discourse about art appreciation, to that effect that the producers draw
back to the sovereignty of visuality. In addition, as well as, in
contrast to these tendencies the Magicgruppe Kulturobjekt is a strongly
"visual discourse” and therefore an important impact on the programme of
the W139.
(Tim Voss, director W139)
www.w139.nl
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