location: SPACE , project SPACE

the exhibition lasts:4.11.2010 - 3.12.2010

curator: Juraj Čarný

NO WALLS?

Each reflection on the subject of boundaries presupposes the existence of differences and diversity. Interpersonal, social, and artistic ones. Gone are the borders which until recently had separated us from the isolated territories, and the space unfolds in front of us in which to analyse new issues. In what kind of space do we function today, and what does the unexpectedly new dimension of liberty mean for us? How to cope with the radical and theoretically infinite degree of freedom of thought, movement, and assembly? Where do the new, surreptitious frontiers spring up, what is their character, dangers and what will those limitations spell for us in the future?

The concept of the No Walls? section at the Erased Walls exhibition revolves around the analysis of the notion of “boundary” as it was construed in the past, as a contrast to its potential, new, more alternative interpretation. A boundary, not only as a wall seen from a distance, surrounded with electrified barbed wire. A boundary as an invisible barrier of societal and social relations, incompatible political systems, erasing symbols and signs by means of which states are differentiated, a boundary we build ourselves, acting upon our will to preserve integrity, originality and specificity.

The exhibition Erased walls in Bratislava is a curatorial selection of works presented in September and October in Poznan. The Erased walls exhibition is curated by: Georgi Begun, Noam Braslavsky, Juraj Čarný, Nika Kukhtina, Matthias Reichelt, Sławomir Sobczak, Raman Tratsiuk & Volha Maslouskaya, Marianne Wagner-Simon, Tomasz Wendland. The exhibition in Bratislava is curated by Juraj Čarný

The Erased walls exhibition was initiated by Tomek Wendland as an international cooperation among the following institutions: Culture Centre “Zamek” in Poznan /PL/, ConcentArt e.V. and Freies Museum in Berlín /DE/, Central European Institute of Contemporary Art in Brno /CZ/ and SPACE in Bratislava. The series of exhibitions was launched in Freies Museum in Berlin in October 2009, followed by the exhibitions in Poznan (11 September – 30 October), Berlin (7 October – 30 October) and Bratislava (4 November – 3 December).

The exhibiton opening includes presentation of residential project of photographer Susan van Hengstum /NL/, in cooperation with BANSKA ST A NICA /SK/. More infos about this project can be seen here

partners: CEICA, ConcentArt, Freies Museum Berlin, Kontekst Sztuki | the project is realized thanks to: EACEA, EU Culture Programme, Ministry of Culture and Cultural Heritage of Poland, Ministerstvo kultúry a cestovného ruchu SR, City of Poznan, Urzad Marsalowski Wojewodztwa Wielkopolskiego

media partners: Flash Art CZ&SK Edition, artyčok.tv