This new series extends the ideas introduced in the
2003 “Urban Space, Media & Technology”
symposium, investigating human relationships with our
natural and constructed environments. This year’s
program includes a pair of unusual documentaries that
delve into the psychopathologies of two European cities.
In London
Orbital (accompanied by Sandra Schäfer’s
A
Country’s New Dawn), Iain Sinclair and Chris
Petit discover the hidden meanings of London’s
Thatcher-era urban planning disaster, the M25 highway.
Paul Poet’s Ausländer
Raus! documents the outrage that erupts on all ideological
fronts when German artist/provocateur Christoph Schlingensief
occupies a central square in Vienna with an elaborate,
drastic parody of Austrian xenophobia and “reality
TV.” Preceded by Aleesa Cohene’s All
Right.
Four gallery installations explore the experience of
urban space in radically different ways: Richard Fung’s
Installation
with F-16’s, Apache Helicopters and Rock Doves
juxtaposes a complex soundscape with a simple looping
image, while Yael Bartana’s haunting Trembling
Time poses questions about the significance of Israel’s
Day of the Fallen Soldier. Rainer Ganahl’s Bicycle
documents street-level interventions and Ian Birse &
Laura Kavanaugh spend a week at InterAccess developing
their ongoing immersive environment, Instant
Places, culminating with a talk and performance
on April 17. |
