SAC: RESEARCH PROJECTS. REYKJAVIK CAMPUS 2006/07

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Exhibition:
RESEARCH PROJECTS
REYKJAVIK CAMPUS 2006/07

Opening: 21. March 2007, 16.00 h
20 March – 20 April 2007: Exhibition at the Ajman University of Science and Technology,
Dubai, UAE

The Architecture Class of the Städelschule in Frankfurt (Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste) is a Post-Graduate Master of Arts Programme in Advanced Architectural Design. The Architecture Class offers one of the most advanced international training programmes in the field. Led by its dean, Ben van Berkel, and Johan Bettum, the Architectural Class provides a focused setting for research and experiments in contemporary issues in architectural design.

Based on the artistic platform supplied by the Städelschule and the rigorous methodology structuring contemporary architectural design, the programme is formulated as a new and innovative approach to the practice of architecture. Research and design are conducted through the fusion of academic and experimental investigations with professional concerns for efficiency, including forms of material, technological and economic optimisation. The programme probes the status of architectural design as a body of specific intelligence and seeks to imbed this within a larger, contemporary socio-economic and cultural context through the frontier of academic and professional concerns.

RUNDGANG STÄDELSCHULE 2007

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Rundgang – Jahresausstellung der Studierenden der Staatlichen Hochschule für Bildende Künste - Städelschule

Eröffnung mit Preisverleihung: Freitag, 9. Februar, 18 Uhr, Dürerstrasse 10
Eröffnung Portikus: Ausstellung John Baldessari, 20 Uhr, Alte Brücke
Rundgang-Party ab 22 Uhr, Daimlerstrasse 32 – 36

Ausstellungsdauer: 9. bis 11. Februar 2007
Öffnungszeiten: 10 – 20 Uhr
Eintritt: Frei


Vom 9. bis zum 11. Februar öffnet die Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule wieder ihre Räume für die Öffentlichkeit. Die etwa 150 Studierenden der Bildenden Kunst bzw. Architektur zeigen ihre aktuellen Arbeiten während des gesamten Wochenendes in den Bildhauerateliers in der Daimlerstrasse 32 – 36 (Klassen Rehberger, Starling, Rosler) und in den Ateliers im Hauptgebäude Dürerstrasse 10 (Klassen Näher, Krebber, De Rooij, Leckey, Van Berkel). Filme und Performances werden dieses Jahr in der Dürerstrasse präsentiert.


Programm:

Vorlesungen:

Sa. 10.2., 15 Uhr, Aula, Dürerstr.: John Baldessari gibt Einblicke in seine Arbeit (Englisch)
Sa. 10.2., 17 Uhr, Aula, Dürerstr.: Francesco Bonami (Kurator): Warum ich gerne die Malereiprofessur an der Städelschule hätte (Englisch)

Highlights:

Fr. 9.2. 18 Uhr, Mensa Dürerstr.: offizielle Eröffnung mit Preisverleihung
Fr. 9.2. 20 Uhr, Portikus, Alte Brücke: Eröffnung Ausstellung John Baldessari
Fr. 9.2. 22 Uhr, Mensa Daimlerstr.: Rundgang-Party (bis 22 Uhr Shuttlebus von Dürerstr.)

Kulinarisch:

Es gibt durchgehend kalte und warme Küche. Hinweisen möchten wir auf:

Sa. 10.2. ab 12 Uhr, Halle Dürerstr.: die Kochwerkstatt bietet Marokkanische Küche
So. 11.2. ab 11 Uhr, Mensa Daimlerstr.: Musikalischer Frühschoppen
Es spielen u.a. Hüseyin Temizsoy (Saz), Wolfgang Winter (Piano), Bernhard Schreiner (Electronic Sounds)

Spezial:

Die Bibliothek der Städelschule hat während des Rundgangs von 12 - 18 Uhr geöffnet.
Publikationen und Editionen sind dort erhältlich, ebenso wie weitere Informationen die Städelschule betreffend.

Freitags ab 15 Uhr, Samstags und Sonntags ab 11 Uhr verkehren Shuttlebusse zwischen Daimlerstrasse und Dürerstrasse.
Wir bitten unsere Gäste die Park-n-Ride Möglichkeit in der Daimlerstrasse zu nutzen.

Weitere Informationen zum Filmprogramm und Performances entnehmen Sie bitte dem ausliegenden Programm.


Wir freuen uns auf Ihr Kommen!

Der Rundgang wird unterstützt durch:

1822 Stiftung
Delbrück Bethmann Maffei ABN AMRO
Ermenegildo Zegna
Ernst & Young
Verein der Frankfurter Künstlerhilfe e.V
Lohr und Schach
Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank
Verein Städelschule Portikus e.V.

LUC BOLTANSKI / STEPHAN DIETRICH

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Symposium
Unter Druck – Under pressure
3rd Part: The New Spirit of Capitalism

Lecture: Luc Boltanski: „The New Spirit of Capitalism"
Response: Isabelle Graw and Sighard Neckel
Tuesday, 6th February, 18 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

This conference started from the premise, that cultural producers are currently more immediately exposed to external pressures. In a situation that has been acutely described as the spectacular phase of capitalism, retreat seems hardly an option. In their book "The New Spirit of Capitalism" Ève Chiapello and Luc Boltanski proposed their notion of a "project-based Polis" which is characterised by unpredictable futures, short-term engagements and a lack of security. This leads to a situation - well known in the art world - in which flexibility, contacts and information are absolute must-haves. Boltanski and Chiapello put the emphasis on what they define as "artist critique" and we will discuss it´s potential. As a possible scenario faced with this "New Spirit of Capitalism" they have proposed the insistance on "status" and "long term engagements". These options will be debated during the third section of our conference "under Pressure" following Boltanski ´s lecture on "The present left and the longing for revolution.

Luc Boltanski is the leading figure in the new "pragmatics" school of French sociology. He is a professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris and is the founder of the Centre de Sociologie Politique et Morale.

A conference in three parts, organized by the ‘Institut für Kunstkritik’ (Institute for Art Criticism in co-operation with the ‘Institut für Sozialforschung’ (Institute for Social Research).


the Architecture Class presents:

Stephan Dietrich, Creative Director - adidas, Herzogenaurach: [ Sport Culture - Materials, Design, Trends ]
Thursday, 8th February, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

Stephan Dietrich is the Creative Director Sport Performance international of adidas-Salomon AG. Before starting to work for adidas in 1992 he studied industrial and product design in Wuppertal and was member of the German national athletics team. He will lecture on “Sport Culture – Materials, Design and Trends”. For over 80 years the adidas Group has been part of the world of sports on every level, delivering state-of-the-art sports footwear, apparel and accessories. Today, the adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry and offers a broad portfolio of products. Products from the adidas Group are available in virtually every country of the world.

Der Vortrag von Prof. Sylvia Lavin am 15.2. fällt aus.

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

PROF. IGNACE VERPOEST

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

the Architecture Class presents:

Prof. Ignace Verpoest, MTM, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven: [ Composite Materials - A Change in Paradigm ]
Thursday, 1st February, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

Prof. Ignace Verpoest is head of the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium. Their research in polymer matrix composites started in 1982. During the first, exploratory years, many different research topics were covered, but gradually, the attention has been focused on certain main areas. In all of these areas, development of predictive models has become crucial. Skilled technicians develop and optimise sophisticated processing and testing equipment. The department´s interest focusses on textile based composites and textiles and their analysis of internal geometry and resulting properties, furthermore on the development of simulation software for processing and property optimization. Other fields of interest are related to innovate processing methods for thermoplastic composites and further improvement of the "green" nature of composites: the use of natural fibres, life cycle analysis and recycling.

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

Hinweis: Der für den 7.2.2007 vorgesehene Vortrag "Zu Pasolini" von Prof. Christa Näher kann leider nicht stattfinden, wird jedoch im Sommersemester nachgeholt.

MIKE NELSON / ADRIAAN BEUKERS

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Mike Nelson
Wednesday, 24th January, 19h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

Mike Nelson creates large-scale architectural installations, transforming existing spaces with meticulous constructions made from found objects. He fuses an encyclopedic range of references into three-dimensional narratives. By littering his works with pertinent objects, he aims to provoke viewers into questioning their individual standpoints; he relies on the viewer's involvement to continue or complete the scene. Only the fully mental and physical involvement with the installation offers all perspectives to the audience - an sculptural all-over-experience.

Mike Nelson lives and works in London and Edinburgh. In 2001 he was shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2001, for the 'haunting resonance of his architectural installations,' as seen in his contributions to the British Art Show and Another Place, a National Touring Exhibition. He is amongst others research fellow at the College of Art Edinburgh and Lecturer at the CCA and RCA in London.

the Architecture Class presents:

Prof. Adriaan Beukers, Faculty Aerospace Engineering, TU Delft: [ The Spirit Of Lightness ]
Thursday, 25th January, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

Professor Adriaan Beukers is responsible for the research and development of lightweight structures at TU Delft's Aerospace Engineering Faculty. Beukers' passion for innovation inspired him to co-author two books with Ed van Hinte on the subject of composite materials. This is a specialist area in which Beukers truly excels, having been a consultant to both designers and architects. Both of Beukers' books, 'Lightness', and his most recent book, 'Flying Lightness', explore the possibilities of how composite materials can help reduce our impact on the environment.

Beukers is focused on fighting to change the way the Western world uses energy, materials and cheap labour, without considering the consequences. "Lightness," he exclaims, "can help us in achieving more energy efficiency. We currently have an unbalanced ratio, and we're heading for climate change and other dire implications. If not altered, we'll end with the depletion of fossils fuel, and then we'll either have to change our transportation systems, stop them completely or change our mindset, as transport can be drastically improved." Beukers also works closely with his aerospace engineering students to find new solutions, such as a new and safer Liquified Petroleum Gas canister for automobiles, or a small composite pillow bag that when inflated with air can raise a weight of up to 131 tons. This solution is widely used in emergencies, such as after an earthquake or a terrorist attack that collapses buildings.

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

PETRA BLAISSE

the Architecture Class presents:

Petra Blaisse, Designer (Inside Outside, Amsterdam): [ Shifting Positions ]
Thursday, 18th January, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

Dutch designer Petra Blaisse works in a multitude of creative areas, including textile, landscape and exhibition design. She founded Inside Outside in Amsterdam in 1991. Inside Outside specializes in the rare combination of both interior and exterior design, interweaving architecture and landscape. Blaisse first gained international acclaim for her innovative exhibition-installations in the eighties and nineties, her golden theatre curtain for the Nederlands Dans Theater, her vast curtains and poured floors for Lille Grand Palais in France and her spiralling 'sound curtain' for the Kunsthal in Rotterdam.

In the landscape field appreciation grew between 1990 and 2000 when Blaisse worked on the Museumpark in Rotterdam ('92) with French landscape architect Yves Brunier, designed a 'Connective Landscape' for an area in the city of Seoul ('97) (with architects Jean Nouvel, Mario Botta, Terry Farrel and OMA), the Universal Headquarters gardens in Los Angeles (OMA).

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

KRBBR, JAS, KLSY UND STRA / SANFORD KWINTER / PAOLO VIRNO

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Lecture:
ICAL KRBBR PRODLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA
Wednesday, 13 December, 2006, 19 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

A bridge, an ellipsis, a sudden trailing off, the title of this exhibition, etc, the ... might also be the blub blub blub of an underwater clam drawn by Jack Smith (“Ploduction Ploblems”), or a sort of mussel-talk taking over. In Réné Daumal’s unfinished novel Mount Analogue, which narrates the search for an invisible mountain (the largest on earth), there is a description of the money used in this place: smooth, pearl-like orbs dug out of the invisible mountain’s soil and very difficult to find. So on Mount Analogue, the ... would also be a price, a sum, exact amount of invisible cash. (Excerpt from the index of the accompanying book, published by Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne)


the Architecture Class presents:
Prof.Sanford Kwinter, Architectural Theorist, New York : [ Rhythmised Materials ]
Thursday, 14 December, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

The Architecture Class welcomes Sanford Kwinter, world-renowned American architectural theorist. Kwinter is Professor at Rice University in Houston, Texas, teaches currently at MIT and is co-founder of the influential Zone Books publishers. Having received a doctorate in comparative literature from Columbia University, Kwinter has taught at Harvard University, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, and the Architectural Association in London. Over the past twenty years, his publications have pioneered new ideas in art and architecture, as well as in the humanities. He has written widely on philosophical issues of design, architecture and urbanism and has been involved in the series of ANY Conferences and publications, Assemblage, and was part of the exhibition and book Mutations in Bordeaux (2001).

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

Symposium
Unter Druck – Under pressure
2nd Part: Social individuals and their possibilities of actions

Lecture: Paolo Virno: „Grammar of the Multitude“
Response: Martin Saar and Daniel Birnbaum
Friday, 15 December, 18 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

With „Grammar of the Multitude“ (2005) Italian philosopher Paolo Virno made one of the most important contributions to the discourse on bio-politics and post-fordian labour relations. As a thinker who belongs to the radical Italian left wing and who was politically active in the environment of the operaistic movement, he has developed a brilliant analysis of the contemporary way of living. His book systematically explores how the recently much-invoked „Post-Fordism“ in an essential way affects our existence, our conception of the subject and our labour relations. If it is the case that nowadays „virtuosity“ is in demand and that language and communication have become the decisive powers of productivity, then this has to have consequences also for the production of art. In the framework of the symposiums „Under pressure“ we shall discuss the new necessities described by Virno from the perspective of the artists. We will explore the options for action and will follow up the implications of the models he recommends, e.g. „exit“ and „disobedience“.

„Unter Druck – Under pressure. About subject-shaped pictures, social individuals and the new spirit of capitalism“ is a conference in three parts, organized by the ‘Institut für Kunstkritik’ (Institute for Art Criticism in co-operation with the ‘Institut für Sozialforschung’ (Institute for Social Research) Frankfurt.


ICAL KRBBR PRODLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA

Opening: Friday, 15 December, 20 h, Portikus
Exhibition: December 16, 2006 – January 21, 2007

JEREMY MILLAR

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Lecture:
Jeremy Millar: Zugzwang (almost complete)
Tuesday, 5 December, 19 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

The term ‘Zugzwang’ is taken from German, meaning ‘compulsion to move’, and is used in chess to describe a situation in which a player is put at a disadvantage because he has to make the next move, and makes his situation worse in doing so. Jeremy Millar’s recent project is ambitious, large-scale, in a number of different media, and was inspired by Marcel Duchamp’s only two visits to the South East region of the UK. Zugzwang (almost complete) is about a Frenchman in England, about The Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even, about The Green Glass and chess.

Jeremy Millar is an artist and curator living in Whitstable. He was curator among others at The Photographers’ Gallery, London and also inaugural director of the Brighton Photo Biennial (2003). As an artist he has exhibited widely and is also a prolific writer; beside his severals books he contributes to Art Monthly, Blueprint, frieze and Parkett.

TAL R / PROF. DR. GERNOT BÖHME

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Lecture:
Tal R: Le peintre n´est pas la
Monday, 20 November, 19 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

"Le peintre n'est pas là" is also the title of the final show in New York in a series of four exhibitions. The shown paintings, - restricted to a colour palette of seven colours -, are featureing the stereotypical painter's haunts: the studio, the academy and the drinking hall.
Tal R characterises himself as a suburban kid who is often telling banal and simple stories with inspiration drawn from his immediate world: music, youth culture, comics, graffiti and the recent, expressive art history, e.g. Per Kirkeby. He conjures up a poetic pictorial universe that combines typically expressive painterly qualities with narratives and various associations, half way between realism and its total corruption via the artist's imagination. There is no hierarchy to Tal R's art; everything can be and is shown, no subject is too pedestrian, too revealing or too banal. His unpretentious approach to art characterises his work which is chaotic, humorous and full of movement.

Tal R has been a guestprofessor at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf since 2005. Last time his art was shown in Frankfurt at the Fine Art Fair, in cooperation with Jonathan Meese.


the Architecture Class presents:
Prof. Dr. Gernot Böhme, Philosopher, Darmstadt: [ The Concept of Atmosphere and its Meaning to Architecture ]
Thursday, 23 November, 19h, Aula

Alle Veranstaltungen der Architekturklasse finden in englischer Sprache statt.

Gernot Böhme was born in Dessau in 1937. He is a professor of philosophy at the Technische Universität in Darmstadt, where he taught since 1977, and has been visiting professor at the universities of Vienna, Harvard, Linköping, Cambridge, Canberra, and Rotterdam (Erasmus Universiteit). He is currently working on chaos theory and the link between technization and society. He is the author of Ästhetik: Vorlesungen über Ästhetik als allgemeine Wahrnehmunglehre, Theorie des Bildes, and Atmosphäre: Essays zur neuen Ästhetik.

Gernot Böhme, will lecture on the meaning of atmospheres in architecture. He has recently published an essay in the book Natural History, dealing with aesthetics and atmosphere in the work of Herzog & de Meuron.

The Städelschule Architecture Class Lecture Series is supported by the Architekten- und Stadtplanerkammer Hessen.

SKULPTUR PROJEKTE MÜNSTER 07: FIKTION DES ÖFFENTLICHEN

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Podiumsdiskussion:
Fiktion des Öffentlichen
Mittwoch, 15 November, 19 Uhr, Aula

Mit Brigitte Franzen und Kasper König, Mitglieder des Kuratorenteams skulptur projekte münster 07, Clemens von Wedemeyer als teilnehmender Künstler und dem Soziologen Klaus Ronneberger, Frankfurt.

Im Sommer 2007 finden – zum vierten Mal und kuratiert von Brigitte Franzen, Carina Plath und Kasper König – die skulptur projekte münster 07 statt. Diese internationale Großausstellung lädt seit 1977 alle zehn Jahre Künstlerinnen und Künstler aus aller Welt ein, um das Verhältnis von Kunst und Öffentlichkeit neu zu definieren. Ein Parcours von ortsspezifischen Installationen und Skulpturen macht den Stadtraum von Münster neu erfahrbar. Für das Projekt im nächsten Jahr haben bisher u.a. zugesagt: Michael Elmgreen und Ingar Dragset, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Isa Genzken, Mike Kelley und Rosemarie Trockel.
Im Vorfeld diskutieren jetzt die Kuratoren zusammen mit einigen Künstlern des Projektes die zentralen Fragestellungen: Welche Möglichkeiten haben Künstler heute, Öffentlichkeit(en) zu schaffen? Welche Zukunft hat der öffentliche Raum – im Spannungsfeld zwischen Verwahrlosung und Vereinnahmung? Und welche öffentlichen Partizipationsformen gestalten heute das gesellschaftliche Projekt „Kunst“ mit?

www.skulptur-projekte.de

STEVEN CLAYDON / CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI

Herzliche Einladung zu den Veranstaltungen der Städelschule!

Lecture:
Steven Claydon
Tuesday, 7 November, 19 h, Aula

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer Sprache statt.

Steven Claydon is fascinated with overlooked moments in history, particularly British history. Drawn to the interface between politics and art in early twentieth-century Europe, his paintings and posters include references to Vorticism and the Bauhaus, while some of his sculptures refer explicitly to monuments and memorials from the turn of the last century. All of his works have a false patina of age, as if they were relics from another time. He cooperated several times with Neil Chapman, also with Chris Ofili and others. Steven Claydon is well known to the electronic music scene in London and elsewhere under his synonym "Add N to X". Some of his works can be seen at the current exhibition "Rings of Saturn" in the Tate Modern, London.

"Proud as Miami Vice, Add N To X sets the controls to the heart of the Hole, leaving earth in a hail of chrome sparks and black rubber arrows of smoke."

Talk:
Christian Boltanski - An Evening at Städelschule
Christian Boltanski in conversation with Dr. Ralf Beil (Institut Mathildenhöhe) and Daniel Birnbaum
Thursday, 9 November, 19 h, Hall

Die Veranstaltung findet in englischer, französischer und deutscher Sprache statt.

„I teach this to my students: you must wait and hope - there's nothing else you can do. (...) The good artists are usually the very young or the very old. The ones who are very young are so stupid that they have no fear. And when they are very old they aren't afraid any more. In the meantime, you are always, always, afraid.“ Christian Boltanski

On October 18th 2006 Christian Boltanski was awarded the Nobel Prize for the Arts, the Praemium Imperiale. The Frenchman Christian Boltanski (born 1944) is a master of stage-setting situations and spaces. In them he powerfully evokes and questions central parameters of human existence such as lifetime, identity, the body, death and our legacy.
The lecture takes place in the broader framework of the exhibition „Time“ in Darmstadt, his first major monographic show in Germany for ten years.

In Co-operation with Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt and Institut Francais, Frankfurt.

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