“There is only one step from the ridiculous to the sublime” „(…) Das Erhabene ist keine Überraschungsparty, die unvermittelt in große Freude (oder Schrecken) mündet, sondern ein sorgfältig geplantes Attentat, zu welchem sich das Subjekt im Geheimen längst bekannt hat. Um des „zu Großen“ ansichtig werden zu können, muss es sich bereits unterworfen haben. Dem…
Treatise and artist book (2015) By: David Assmann, André Siegers As: Publisher Published by: Labin Imprint In collaboration with: Jan Van Eyck Akademie, Maastricht Design: Dongyoung Lee Oh me, the word ‚choose‘!
Review on „Tirana Patience“, National Gallery of Arts, Tirana, 2019/20 Curated by Nataša Ilić and Adam Szymczyk Texte zur Kunst, online edition, March 2020 https://www.textezurkunst.de/articles/ground/ // Curation has always involved straddling the line between carefully planned decision-making and pragmatism, and the ability to react to a changing situation is an increasingly important skill in an…
Performative Exhibition National Gallery of Arts, Tirana September – October 2008 Curated by Sonja Lau and André Siegers RI-PIKTURIM was a self-effacive exhibition project, which took place at the National Gallery of Tirana during the heydays of its renovation works. Due to the social and political reshaping of Albania, the National Gallery underwent its first substantial…
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Performance National Historical Museum, Tirana July 2013 Curated by Sonja Lau British composer CORNELIUS CARDEW (1936 – 1981) counts among the most influential musicians and, perhaps, “political activists” of the 20th century. However, only a few specialists have turned their attention to the very strands that lead from the composer’s work right into the heart of…
See E-FLUX announcement here Performance National Theater, Tirana July 29, 2013, 8pm Curated by Sonja Lau T.I.C.A. Tirana Institute of Contemporary Art and Jan Van Eyck are pleased to present FIEND, a unique collaboration between artist Armando Lulaj and pianist and AMM pioneer John Tilbury. The project owes its title to the very first Western covert…
[DANCE THEORY CRITICISM] Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden May 10, 2013 – May 11, 2013 As Joseph Vogl suggested in his essay “Über das Zaudern” (2007), the moment of hesitation is by no means a mere gesture of failure or indecisiveness, but it does “raise the potential of the act, it generates a zone of uncertainty between…
Zusammenhang Gesamtkunstwerk November 20, 2015, 8pm Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf Curated by Sonja Lau With contributions by: Sasha Auerbakh, Stephan Dillemuth, Michael Dreyer, Jürgen Harten, Clemens Krümmel, Adrianna Liedtke, Dierk Schmidt, André Siegers, Thomas Trinkl. Performed by: Heisam Abbas, Konstantin Bühler, Thiemo Schwarz, Lutz Wessel (Ensemble Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus), Eve Kolb In 1983, Harald…
Zusammenhang Gesamtkunstwerk November 20, 2015, 8pm Kunsthalle Düsseldorf Grabbeplatz 4 40213 Düsseldorf Curated by Sonja Lau With contributions by: Sasha Auerbakh, Stephan Dillemuth, Michael Dreyer, Jürgen Harten, Clemens Krümmel, Adrianna Liedtke, Dierk Schmidt, André Siegers, Thomas Trinkl. Performed by: Heisam Abbas, Konstantin Bühler, Thiemo Schwarz, Lutz Wessel (Ensemble Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus), Eve Kolb In 1983, Harald…
