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[12. december
2002]
pressemeddelelse
Site-Seeing: Disneyfication of Cities?
Site-Seeing: Disneyfication of Cities?
Opening 12 December, 2- 20 pm
13 December 2002 9 February 2003
An Exhibition Project by Sønke Gau and Katharina Schlieben
Künstlerhaus
Karlsplatz 5
Wien
Tel: (+43)1 587 96 63
www.k-haus.at
more info: www.site-seeing.at
Artists: Margit Czenki, Harun Farocki, Andreas Fogarasi,
Wiebke Grösch und Frank Metzger, Lisa Holzer und David Jourdan,
Elsebeth Jørgensen und Sofie Thorsen, Pia Lanzinger, Dorit Margreiter,
Pia Rönicke, Christoph Schäfer, Sean Snyder, Alexander Timtschenko,
Zoe Walker
"Going downtown" is commonly associated with shopping, entertainment,
and nightlife. The term 'old town' refers to historic or re-historicized
façades concealing passageways full of shops and fast-food chain
restaurants. Cities have become theme parks in which urban facilities
are judged by how well they comply with the demands of business
and tourism, and in which image is remodelled according to political
criteria. Urban life is thus expressed as staged consumption.
The exhibition project site-seeing: disneyfication of cities? revolves
around the current changes occurring in urban realm, turning them
into the subject of artistic and scientific analyses. site-seeing
refers to examining spaces, analyzing important and/or historical
sights and researching the images of cities. site-seeing is regarded
as an observation mode: as site-seeing. The Künstlerhaus,
situated on the periphery of Vienna's historic city centre, is a
prime location for such an endeavour. Vienna becomes a case study
in some artistic activities and the backdrop of this exhibition
project.
TIMETABLE
'Revolution Non Stop',
daily 10am 3pm., 20 min (loop), Non stop Film installation Cinema
Künstlerhaus (Entrance Akademiestraße) by Christoph Schäfer
'Playstation Vienna. Erobere Schritt für Schritt die Erlebniswelten
dieser Stadt'
Meeting place: Künstlerhaus (Entrance Karlsplatz 5), 2pm.
Booking (max. 20 people) suggested. Duration 3 to 4 hours.
Please contact the Künstlerhaus 01 587 96 63 46 or site-seeing@k-haus.at
Friday 13 December 02, 2pm Friday 17 January 03, 2pm Friday
24 January 03, 2pm Wednesday 05 February 03, 2pm Friday, 07 February
03, 2pm
Tour together with the curators through the exhibition
Sunday 12 January 03, 4pm Sunday 19 January 03, 4pm
Sunday, 26 January 03, 4pm Sunday 02 February 03, 4pm Sunday
09 February 03, 4pm
series of lectures ----- dis-sites
The series of lectures will consist of five panels, each encompassing
two lectures followed by a discussion. Topics of the lectures are
interdisciplinary, referring to architecture, sociology, media,
art and cultural theory. The choice of design and location of the
"lecture spaces" will be up to the Office for Cognitive Urbanism.
Each of the five panels will take place in a space in Vienna that
forms a framework of reference for the respective topic.
I DISNEY WIEN
Thursday 09 January 03, 7pm Frank Roost, Siegfried Mattl Site:
Kunsthalle am Karlsplatz: project space
II SPECTACLES
Thursday 16 January 03, 7pm Regina Bittner, Jochen Becker Site:
ORF Centre
III PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERFACE
Thursday 23 January 03, 7pm Klaus Ronneberger, Margaret Crawford
Site: Moving Inn im Twin Tower
IV WIEN FICTION
Thursday 30 January 03, 7pm John Urry, Jonathan Faiers Site:
Gasometer
V SCREENING
Thursday, 06 February 03, 7pm Büro für kognitiven Urbanismus,
Marie-Luise Angerer Site: Zeiss Planetarium der Stadt Wien
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