ARTIST - CURATOR TALK

Kristoffer Ardena in dialog cu Razvan Ion:
CUM SA FACI IADUL UN LOC MAI BUN

Joi, 4 iunie 2009, 19.00

Kristoffer Ardena leaga practica sa artistica de contextul cultural filipinez. Ardena propune o alternativa la perspectiva evolutiei istorice a artei occidentale pentru intelegerea propriei investigatii estetice. Produsul artistic care vorbeste despre iad ca o situatie instigatoare care genereaza cai creative. Conferinta va fi structurata in doua parti: proiecte realizate si proiecte viitoare. Artistul va proiecta extrase din lucrarile video recente.

Ardena s-a nascut in Dumaguete (Filipine) in 1976. Lucreaza cu diferite medii (video, fotografie, obiecte, instalatii, desen, etc.). Locuieste si lucreaza in Oviedo si Madrid (Spania). A participat la diferite bienale, expozitii si proiecte, printre care si Bucharest Biennale 3.

Razvan Ion (n. 1970) este teoretician, curator, manager cultural si activist politic. Este co-editor (impreuna cu Eugen Radescu) al revistei PAVILION, co-director al Bucharesti Biennale, iar in 2008 a fost numit director al PAVILION UNICREDIT- centrul pentru arta si cultura conemporana. A tinut prelegeri la University of California -Berkeley, Headlands Center for the Arts-California, Facultatea de Stiinte Politice - Cluj, Academia de Arte - Timișoara, La Casa Encedida - Madrid, Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisabona, etc. Scrie pentru diferite reviste si ziare. In prezent, lucreaza la proiectul curatorial "Exploring the Return of Repression". Traieste si lucreaza in Bucuresti.

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ARTIST - CURATOR TALK

Kristoffer Ardena in live dialogue with Razvan Ion:
HOW TO MAKE HELL A BETTER PLACE

June 4, 2009, 19.00

Kristoffer Ardena links his artistic practice in conjunction with the Filipino cultural condition. Ardena proposes an alternative perspective to Western art historical evolution in understanding his aesthetic investigation. Art making that talks about hell as a an agitating situation that generates creative ways. The talk will be divided in two parts: realized projects and unrealized/future projects. The artist will also show excerpts of his recent video work.

Ardena was born in Dumaguete (Philippines) in 1976. He works in various media (video, photography, objects, installations, drawing, etc.). He currently lives and works in Oviedo and Madrid (Spain). He has participated in various exhibitions and projects. He was part of the Bucharest Biennale in 2007.

Razvan Ion is theoretician, curator, cultural manager and political activist. He is the co-editor (with Eugen Radescu), of the magazine PAVILION, co-director of Bucharest Biennale and in 2008 he was appointed as director of PAVILION UNICREDIT- center for contemporary art & culture. He lectured at University of California -Berkeley, Headlands Center for the Arts-California, Political Science Faculty - Cluj, Art Academy - Timisoara, La Casa Encedida - Madrid, Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisbon, etc. He write in different magazines and newspapers. Now he is working on the curatorial project "Exploring the Return of Repression". Lives and works in Bucharest.
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center for contemporary art & culture

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PAVILION UNICREDIT este un centru pentru arta si cultura contemporana, un spatiu independent work-in-progress, spatiu de productie si cercetare a vizualului, a discursivului si a performativului. Este un spatiu al gandirii critice care promoveaza o întelegere implicata socio-politic a artei si a institutiilor culturale.

PAVILION UNICREDIT is a center for contemporary art & culture, a work-in-progress independent space, a space for the production and research in the fields of audiovisual, discursive and performative. It is a space of the critical thinking, and it promotes an artistic perspective implying the social and political involvement of the art and of the cultural institutions.

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PAVILION, BUCHAREST BIENNALE and PAVILION UNICREDIT are projects devised and founded by Razvan Ion and Eugen Radescu

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