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Tuesday, 4. November 2014 - 19:00
∇ CONVERSATION
El Hadji Sy in conversation with Philippe PirotteΔ CONVERSATIONTuesday, 4th November, 7pm
El Hadji Sy in conversation with Philippe Pirotte
Städelschule, Dürerstraße 10, Aula
A discussion on the multifaceted practice of Senegalese artist El Hadji Sy, whose work as a painter, performance artist, curator, and activist in Dakar is the subject of the next exhibition at the Weltkulturen Museum (opening 4th March 2015).
As a painter, curator and activist engaged in developing autonomous artists’ collectives in Senegal, El Hadji Sy stands out amongst his peers from the African art scene. Exhibited internationally as a painter since the mid-1970s and hailed by the late Senegalese poet and President, Léopold Sédar Senghor, he is equally known for his rebellious attitude towards state cultural policy. In his capacity as artist and activist, El Hadji Sy co-founded the avant-garde performance group Laboratoire AGIT’art, was the lead instigator of the Tenq workshops and Villages des Arts in Dakar, and a key collaborator of the interventionist group Huit Facettes. In the mid-1990s, his work as an artist-curator was presented at the Whitechapel Gallery (London) and Malmö Konsthall in the exhibition “Seven Stories about Modern Art in Africa”.
Sy participated in seminal exhibitions including “Otro País” (Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderna, Gran Canaria, 1994) and “Meditations” (Medersa Ibn Youssef, Marrakesh, 1996, together with Anish Kapoor, Ilya Kabakov, and Chen Zhen). More recently, for the 31st Bienal of São Paolo, he developed a 16-metre-long painting-installation activated by dancers on the theme of marine archaeology.
Philippe Pirotte, Dean of Städelschule and Rector of Portikus, is a Belgian art historian, critic, and curator of numerous international exhibitions. He studied Art History at Ghent University. In 1999 he co-founded the art center Objectif Exhibitions in Antwerp. From 2005 to 2011, he was Director of Kunsthalle Bern. Since 2004, Pirotte has held the position of Senior Advisor of the Rijksakademie for Visual Arts in Amsterdam. In July 2012, he became Adjunct Senior Curator at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Next to that he is currently Advising Program Director for the Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing.
In English
Free
Städelschule, Dürerstrasse 10, Aula
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Thursday, 6. November 2014 - 19:00
∇ CONVERSATION
“Just a Lump of Some Black Substance: Tom McCarthy in Conversation with Clementine Deliss.”Δ CONVERSATIONThursday, 6th November, 7pm
„Just a Lump of Some Black Substance: Tom McCarthy in conversation with Clémentine Deliss”
Städelschule, Dürerstraße 10, Aula
Tom McCarthy, who was guest writer at the Weltkulturen Museum in 2013, talks to Clémentine Deliss about his work and the interface between literature, anthropology and art.
Tom McCarthy is a British author, born in 1969. He lives and works in London. His first two novels, Remainder and Men in Space, were published to international acclaim. Remainder was the recipient of the Believer Book Award 2008. His latest novel, C, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2010. In 2013 Mc Carthy received the Windham-Campbell Literature Prize.
Dr. Clémentine Deliss, director of the Weltkulturen Museum, studied contemporary art and social anthropology in Vienna, Paris and London. Her PhD focused on the relationship between ethnographic collections and the institutional development of the Musée de l’Homme in Paris. From 1998–99 she was Guest Professor at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main. Between 2003–10 she ran the long-term research project Future Academy in Edinburgh, Senegal, India, the US, Australia and Japan. As an international art laboratory, it investigated the development of new interdisciplinary models of future arts institutions. Between 1996–2007, she published the artists’ and writers’ organ ›Metronome‹ that was presented twice at documenta in Kassel.
In English
Free
Städelschule, Dürerstrasse 10, Aula
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Sunday, 9. November 2014 - 17:00 to 18:00
∇ FILM
Margarete Rabow - Film 528Δ FILMMargarete Rabow - Film 528
Der Titel des Films „528“ bezieht sich auf die Anzahl der Todesopfer des KZ Katzbach in den ehemaligen Adlerwerken, die auf dem Frankfurter Hauptfriedhof begraben wurden. Ihrer und der vielen Opfer, deren Namen wir nicht kennen, soll hiermit gedacht werden. Er entstand in einer 10stündigen Performance im Mai an der Katharinenkirche, in der Margarete Rabow, ATELIERFRANKFURT die Namen mit Schulkreide auf die Straße schrieb.
Der Film ist schwarz/weiß, mit Ton, 16mm (digitalisiert), dauert 37 Sekunden und wird jeweils 15 Minuten im Loop laufen. Margarete Rabow wird zur Vorführung anwesend sein und Fragen aus dem Publikum beantworten.
Weitere Informationen unter www.rabow-kz-katzbach.de
Kostenlos
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29, Foyer zur Ausstellung "WARE & WISSEN"
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Wednesday, 12. November 2014 - 18:00
∇ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL
Talk on the exhibition
“The Photographic Commodification of People and Objects”
Dr. Clémentine Deliss (Curator and Director Weltkulturen Museum)Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOLCOMMODITIES – PEOPLE – CAPITAL
Circuits of Frankfurt TradeTalk on the exhibition
“The Photographic Commodification of People and Objects”
Dr. Clémentine Deliss (Curator and Director Weltkulturen Museum)Clémentine Deliss, Weltkulturen Museum director and the curator of “FOREIGN EXCHANGE”, guides you around the exhibition. In conversation with the visitors, she addresses the process of commercialisation. How does “becoming a commodity” work, specifically in the domain of the photographic representation and staging of people and objects?
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29.The cost of the talk is included in the admission price for the exhibition “FOREIGN EXCHANGE”(€7, reduced €3.50).
Information: www.weltkulturenmuseum.de, , +49(0)69 212 45115.
Costs are incl. in admission fee
(€7 / reduced €3,50)
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
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Tuesday, 18. November 2014 - 19:00
∇ TALK CANCELLED!
Pablo Lafuente in conversation with Philippe Pirotte -
Wednesday, 19. November 2014 - 19:00
∇ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL
Talk and Discussion
“To what Extent Can Intellectual Property be Marketed?”
Prof. Dr. Dorothée Weber-Bruls (patent agent and physicist)Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOLCOMMODITIES – PEOPLE – CAPITAL
Circuits of Frankfurt Trade
Talk and Discussion
“To what Extent Can Intellectual Property be Marketed?”
Prof. Dr. Dorothée Weber-Bruls (patent agent and physicist)
Prof. Dr. Dorothée Weber-Bruls,patent lawyer and physicistUsing the example of software patent rights, Dorothée Weber-Bruls explains how the idea of open source software relates to patent-protected inventions. How is it possible – against all expectations – for a free market economy to coexist with time-limited monopolies?
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37. €5, reduced €2.50
Information: www.weltkulturenmuseum.de, , +49(0)69 212 45115.
In German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37
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Saturday, 22. November 2014 - 09:30
∇ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL
Auction
“Lost & Found”
Firma Wendt, i.A. Fraport AG, Mörfelden-WalldorfΔ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOLCOMMODITIES – PEOPLE – CAPITAL
Circuits of Frankfurt TradeAUCTION
“Lost & Found”
Firma Wendt, i.A. Fraport AG, Mörfelden-Walldorf
Have you ever wondered what’s in a suitcase found at the airport? How much is that case worth? What do the contents reveal about its owner? At “Lost & Found”, rucksacks, watches, laptops, smart phones and even baby buggies are sold at auction. The goods can be viewed from 10 am, and the auction begins at twelve noon. Join us and make your bid!Firma Wendt for Fraport AG, Mörfelden-Walldorf
Departs Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29, at 9.30. €5, reduced €2.50Registration and information: www.weltkulturenmuseum.de, , +49(0)69 212 45115.
In German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29 (departure)
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Thursday, 27. November 2014 - 18:30
∇ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOL
Film
“What Am I Worth?”Δ WELTKULTUREN EVENING SCHOOLCOMMODITIES – PEOPLE – CAPITAL
Circuits of Frankfurt TradeFILM
“What Am I Worth?”
(101 min.)
Human dignity is not inviolable – if the price is right… “Was bin ich wert?” (“What Am I Worth?”) takes us to a world where human beings are costed right down to the eurocent. It’s not a utopia but a reality. Experts all over the world claim they can precisely define a human being’s monetary value. They calculate in the name of their state or for insurance companies, health authorities, the military, or their own profits.
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37. €5, reduced €2.50
Information: www.weltkulturenmuseum.de, , +49(0)69 212 45115.
In German
€5 / reduced €2.50
Weltkulturen Labor, Schaumainkai 37
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