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Just received these two notices from Romain Mader and Anne Duk Hee Jordan that you should check out:
– Das Problem des Anderen @ Helmhaus Zürich
Hello,
I would like to invite you to the opening of the group show "verstehen" at Helmhaus in Zurich.
I am showing a work from 2011 called "De Nouveaux Amis" and would love to see you at the vernissage tomorrow 5.10.2023.
6.10.2023–7.1.2024
Vernissage: 5.10.2023 18:00 - 20:00
Helmhaus, Limmatquai 31, 8001 Zürich, Schweiz
Too short for tomorrow? Not a problem! The show runs until January 2024 and I would join for a visit on a later date. Don't hesitate to contact me I would like to do that.Here is the exhibition text:
Deutsch:
Verstehen ist nicht mein Problem. Verstehen ist immer «das Problem des Anderen» (so lautet der Untertitel eines Buchs des bulgarischen Schriftstellers Tzvetan Todorov, das wir in Vorbereitung auf diese Ausstellung gelesen haben): Entweder diese:r Andere versteht mich nicht (mühsam). Oder ich verstehe diese:n Andere:n nicht (auch mühsam, weshalb kann sie:er sich nicht verständlicher machen?). Oder, noch anders verstanden: Verstehen ist ein Problem des Anderen, allgemein, im Neutrum. Es wird zur Herausforderung, weil es ein Anderes, ausserhalb von uns selbst, überhaupt gibt. Dabei produzieren wir dieses Andere doch auch eigenhändig und machen Menschen oder andere Tiere mit aller Gewalt zu etwas Anderem (Stichwort «Othering») – bis wir sie eben nicht mehr zu verstehen glauben?
Also: Nicht mein Problem? Oh doch: Die Künstler:innen der Gruppenausstellung «verstehen» machen das Verstehen zu ihrem eigenen Problem; sie verstehen mit Hilfe und mittels der Bildenden Kunst; sie versuchen, sich selbst zu verstehen, bevor sie das Problem woanders suchen – und sie laden Dich und Sie dazu ein, sie bei diesem nicht zu unterschätzenden Abenteuer zu begleiten.
Kuratiert von Daniel Morgenthaler, Nathalie Killias und Cristiana Contu
English:
Ever hear a joke you didn't get? And do you understand art – or is it all Greek to you? The real question is: What do we understand by understanding? At what point is something understood? And what do others, or the Other, have to do with my understanding or being understood?
Our new group exhibition, “understanding” – The Question of the Other, shows the works of sixteen artists who have grappled with this and other questions (and problems) of understanding. You are cordially invited to the opening of this exhibition this coming Thursday, 5 October, here at the Helmhaus.
Group exhibition with
Lisa Bärtschi, Sandra Boeschenstein, Susanne Keller, Damon Mark, Simon Risi, Lisa Schiess, Alberto Villafuerte
Self-evidence by
Stephanie Hess, Sasha Huber, Michelle Maddox, Romain Mader, Pat Noser, Jenny Rova, Gaël Sapin, Denis Savi, Denys Shantar
Curated by Daniel Morgenthaler, Nathalie Killias und Cristiana Contu
PS: Have you ever wondered why is it understanding and not, say, undersitting or underlying?
More infos here: helmhaus.org
Greetings from Zürich!
Romain
http://romainmader.com
ANNE DUK HEE JORDAN
Transience and transformation are the central themes in the work of Anne Duk Hee Jordan. Through movement and performance, Jordan gives materiality another dimension - she builds motorized sculptures and creates edible landscapes. Her sculptures are intended to draw the viewer into the present and open a dialogue between natural phenomena, philosophy and art. Pauline Doutreluingne
We are please to announce that Ziggy and the Starfish by Anne Duk Hee Jordan will be on view at two group exhibitions from October, RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology at the Barbican in London and Liquid Intelligence at TBA21 | Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid.
RE/SISTERS: A LENS ON GENDER AND ECOLOGY
Barbican
London, UK
Oct 5, 2023 - Jan 14, 2024
Curated by Alona Pardo
LIQUID INTELLIGENCE
TBA21 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Madrid, Spain
Oct 10, 2023 - Jan 28, 2024
Curated by Chus Martínez with Soledad Gutiérrez and María Montero Sierra
Ziggy and the Starfish (2016-2018) is a sculptural video environment composing of variable sculptural elements and two films exploring the diversity of sexuality in the ocean.
Amidst pressing ecological and social crises, Ziggy and the Starfish investigates our position in relation to the natural and built environment. The work looks at ways that we consume or sustain our environment, lending insight to the perception of self through the eyes of non-human ‘others’, and forging understandings of the complex networks within which we are embedded.
Ziggy and the Starfish looks at sexuality from the perspective of marine life. Hydrospheric climate change is the deciding factor in the changing sexuality of ocean inhabitants. The visualization of the sex life of sea slugs, octopuses and starfish, amongst others, and their vibrant and seductive performative play, draws the human spectator in an intimate and hallucinatory sexual world.
I WILL ALWAYS WEATHER YOU
The Bass, Miami
Dec 4, 2023 - Jun 23, 2024
Curated by Dr. James Voorhies
I will always weather with you is a multisensory scene that corresponds to the many characteristics of weather. The exhibition will be composed of three zones—or atmospheres—analogous to the earthly experience of land, water and air. Amid video projections of ocean streams and meteorological data, visitors will “step into” weather. Mirrored walls create a visually unstable, infinitely reflecting setting for video, sculpture, sound and robotics. Eye-popping kinetic sculptures— “robotic critters” —sing, dance and disturb with simulated gusts of wind, sound and fog. Radicchio leaves made of recycled glass and “Teapot” (a character embodying the escalating intensity of a storm, from gentle breeze to clattering tempest) also have supporting roles to play in the multidimensional installation.
SELECTED PRESS
Anne Duk Hee Jordan was recently interview by Monopol about her exhibition at HEK Basel.
She also appeared in the video series "Studio visits with" by Gallery Weekend Berlin.
Her more recent installation So Long, and thank you for all the fish at the Gwangju Biennale has also been highlighted at artnet and ARTnews.
Last year, her exhibition at Kunsthalle Trodheim was reviewed on Artforum.
Captions:
Portrait of Anne Duk Hee Jordan, photo: Ricard Estay
Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Ziggy and the Starfish, installation view at Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, 2022 photo: Dennis Ha, courtesy of the artist and alexander levy, Berlin
Anne Duk Hee Jordan, I will always weather you, render, courtesy of The Bass, Miami Beach.