Program for 2003
"Creating New Spaces"

This year's programme at the Kunstverein Langenhagen is dedicated to the artistic perception of social, individual, philosophical and utopian spaces. However, spaces are not understood as rigid containers which only allow for change from within their given constants, but as flexible bodies that can be consolidated into spaces by acts of any kind- including artistic practice. Under the heading "Creating New Spaces", solo exhibitions by Gunilla Klingberg (S/G), Isa Rosenberger (A/G), Jonas Dahlberg (S) and a group exhibition by guest curator Astrid Mania explore different conceptions of space. The artists investigate how space is constituted and reflect on the perception of space as they transform its appearance. The festival "Creating New Spaces" which is currently in planning features videos, films and talks by Dorothee Albrecht (G), Ricarda Denzer (A), Pia Lanzinger (G), Jacques Tati (F), Isa Rosenberger (A/G), Pia Rönicke (DK) and others. An interdisciplinary programme consisting of lectures, discussions, excursions and events stimulates and deepens insight into the links between the individual exhibitions.

The year began with an exhibition by Berlin-based Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg, born 1966. In her works, she creates contemporary icons of today's consumer world. The source material for her hallucinatory sculptures, videos, sound and spatial installations is the unpretentious design of the supermarket chains we associate with the low-price daily satisfaction of our basic needs. For her exhibition at Kunstverein Langenhagen she created "Repeat Pattern", Linoleum Floor, 2003, a three-dimensional installation that lures the spectator into the astonishing world of the consumer temples.

Vienna-based artist Isa Rosenberger (born 1969) examines in which way and to what extent human activities constitute space. For her project in Langenhagen she will investigate the strategies developed by the town's citizens in positioning themselves within their individual and urban surroundings, and will explore the means they adopt to create and shape that environment: how do people appropriate these planned, architectural spaces and what meaning do they allocate to them?

In her exhibition "The Sky's The Limit" curator Astrid Mania investigates our comprehension - or rather our lack of comprehension - of space with regard to theories and models developed by contemporary philosophy, astro and quantum physics, digital and virtual worlds. Works by international contemporary artists probing this phenomenon will be presented: drawings and sculptures that explore the boundaries of conceptual space provide a formal framework for works that visualise the collapsing of space through metaphors such as black holes, parallel universes, Plato's cave, linguistic fragments and space capsules. Featured artists are Fiona Banner, Daniela Brahm, Raphael & Tobias Danke, David Hatcher, Andrew McLeod, Peter Robinson, Yvonne Todd.

The work of Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg, (born 1970, lives and works in Stockholm) deals with the ambivalent positions and psychological or political aspects of observation (from an inside) and being observed (from an outside). Many of his works reference the analyses of French philosopher Michel Foucault who investigated the relationship between forced and voluntary surveillance. Jonas Dahlberg builds meticulous architectural models of public environments or private interiors that he also employs as film sets for his videos - allowing the viewer to be at the same time inside and outside of the centre of the mise-en-scène. For his exhibition in Langenhagen he will realize a film-project that deals with the invisible city.

Program

Gunilla Klingberg
16. 03. - 02.05.2003
Opening: 14.03.2003

Isa Rosenberger
01.06. - 25.07.2003
Opening: 1.06.2003

Festival "Creating New Spaces "
5./6./7.09.2003

"The Sky´s The Limit"
21.09. - 07.11. 2003
Opening: 19.09. 2003

Jonas Dahlberg
30.11.2003 - 01.02. 2004
Opening: 28.11.2003


Archiv	Deutsch Program for 2003 "Creating New Spaces" This year's programme at the Kunstverein Langenhagen is dedicated to the artistic perception of social, individual, philosophical and utopian spaces. However, spaces are not understood as rigid containers which only allow for change from within their given constants, but as flexible bodies that can be consolidated into spaces by acts of any kind- including artistic practice. Under the heading "Creating New Spaces", solo exhibitions by Gunilla Klingberg (S/G), Isa Rosenberger (A/G), Jonas Dahlberg (S) and a group exhibition by guest curator Astrid Mania explore different conceptions of space. The artists investigate how space is constituted and reflect on the perception of space as they transform its appearance. The festival "Creating New Spaces" which is currently in planning features videos, films and talks by Dorothee Albrecht (G), Ricarda Denzer (A), Pia Lanzinger (G), Jacques Tati (F), Isa Rosenberger (A/G), Pia Rönicke (DK) and others. An interdisciplinary programme consisting of lectures, discussions, excursions and events stimulates and deepens insight into the links between the individual exhibitions. The year began with an exhibition by Berlin-based Swedish artist Gunilla Klingberg, born 1966. In her works, she creates contemporary icons of today's consumer world. The source material for her hallucinatory sculptures, videos, sound and spatial installations is the unpretentious design of the supermarket chains we associate with the low-price daily satisfaction of our basic needs. For her exhibition at Kunstverein Langenhagen she created "Repeat Pattern", Linoleum Floor, 2003, a three-dimensional installation that lures the spectator into the astonishing world of the consumer temples. Vienna-based artist Isa Rosenberger (born 1969) examines in which way and to what extent human activities constitute space. For her project in Langenhagen she will investigate the strategies developed by the town's citizens in positioning themselves within their individual and urban surroundings, and will explore the means they adopt to create and shape that environment: how do people appropriate these planned, architectural spaces and what meaning do they allocate to them? In her exhibition "The Sky's The Limit" curator Astrid Mania investigates our comprehension - or rather our lack of comprehension - of space with regard to theories and models developed by contemporary philosophy, astro and quantum physics, digital and virtual worlds. Works by international contemporary artists probing this phenomenon will be presented: drawings and sculptures that explore the boundaries of conceptual space provide a formal framework for works that visualise the collapsing of space through metaphors such as black holes, parallel universes, Plato's cave, linguistic fragments and space capsules. Featured artists are Fiona Banner, Daniela Brahm, Raphael & Tobias Danke, David Hatcher, Andrew McLeod, Peter Robinson, Yvonne Todd. The work of Swedish artist Jonas Dahlberg, (born 1970, lives and works in Stockholm) deals with the ambivalent positions and psychological or political aspects of observation (from an inside) and being observed (from an outside). Many of his works reference the analyses of French philosopher Michel Foucault who investigated the relationship between forced and voluntary surveillance. Jonas Dahlberg builds meticulous architectural models of public environments or private interiors that he also employs as film sets for his videos - allowing the viewer to be at the same time inside and outside of the centre of the mise-en-scène. For his exhibition in Langenhagen he will realize a film-project that deals with the invisible city. Program Gunilla Klingberg 16. 03. - 02.05.2003 Opening: 14.03.2003 Isa Rosenberger 01.06. - 25.07.2003 Opening: 1.06.2003 Festival "Creating New Spaces " 5./6./7.09.2003 "The Sky´s The Limit" 21.09. - 07.11. 2003 Opening: 19.09. 2003 Jonas Dahlberg 30.11.2003 - 01.02. 2004 Opening: 28.11.2003
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Program for 2003 "Creating New Spaces"

Program

Program for 2003
"Creating New Spaces"