HARUN FAROCKI: NICHT LÖSCHBARES FEUER, 1969. ÜBERTRAGUNG DES FILMS IN EINE AUSSTELLUNG
Fikret Atay, Harun Farocki, Manuela García, Moritz Liewerscheidt, Haroon Mirza, Ciprian Mureşan, Agnieszka Polska, Silke Schönfeld, Santiago Sierra, Stefanos Tsivopoulos
4 – 19 June 2015
The starting point of the exhibition is the work "Inextinguishable Fire" by Harun Farocki, produced in 1969. Farocki’s film starts as a critique of the Vietnam War and the use of napalm but delves into questions surrounding the responsibility of individuals. Whether as a worker, student or engineer, everyone is part of an economic and social system. The film constantly challenges the audience to reflect their role and the impacts of their own actions. Additionally it questions the audience’s relationships; who benefits and who is harmed? The basic idea of the exhibition is to put Farocki’s socio-political topics in the context of contemporary works. How do artists today deal with the relationships between the individual and society and the consideration of the individual within a system? Which political and social events are important? And especially: How is it possible to translate a film into an exhibition?
Curators and collaborations: Dana Bergmann, Carla Bohn, Siri Effelsberg, Katharina Güldner, Stefanie Höser, Nathalie Ladermann, Manuela Mehrwald, Isabel Meyer, Charlotte Pletz, Nicole Trzeja and Lisa Warring as part of the seminar Curatorial Practice, Department of Art History at University of Cologne, led by Regina Barunke, concept developed in collaboration with Sonja Hempel, artist selected in collaboration with Gallery On the Move, KHM Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Art Academy Dusseldorf and University Siegen
PROGRAMME
9 July 2015
Dieter Leder and Moritz Liewerscheid: Wem nützt es / Wem schadet es
16 July 2015
Marcel Odenbach and Silke Schönfeld: Der Schaden der Beherrschten / ist der Nutzen der Herrschenden
PRESS MATERIAL
Funding and Support
Kulturamt der Stadt Köln
RheinEnergie Stiftung Kultur
Deltax contemporary, Wirtschafts- und Steuerberatungsgesellschaft mbH
Hotel Chelsea
Sponsoring
Martin Bohn formsuche
Images
1-2 — exhibition view
3 — Harun Farocki: Inextinguishable Fire, 1969, Silke Schönfeld: kommt und guck selber, 2015
4 — Harun Farocki: Inextinguishable Fire, 1969
5 — Stefanos Tsivopoulos: Geometry of Fear, 2012
Photo: Simon Vogel
