Suzanne Treister:
„Hexen 2039 –
New military-occult technologies for psychological warfare
A research program by Rosalind Brodsky

March 27 to May 4, 2008

Opening hours:
Tuesday-Friday 2–6 pm, Sunday 3–5 pm

Opening and Performance

You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening and performance on Thursday, March 27, 2007 at 8 pm.

Welcoming remarks: Dr. Annette von Stieglitz, vice chairman
Introduction: Veronika Olbrich, curator

Introduction

How will wars be fought in the future? And what does Stargate, the Brocken, and the British military have to do with each other?

Rosalind Brodsky lives in the year 2039 and is a time traveler for the "Institute of Militronics and Advanced Time Interventionality" (IMATI) on behalf of the British military. Her mission is to obtain new information for research on non-lethal weapons. In doing so, she meets up with the American military, the CIA, and occultist groups with contact to politics, the Hollywood film industry as well as witchcraft. The groups and persons involved in a complicated network are linked to each other by way of the development of mind control technologies.

In 1995, the artist Suzanne Treister (born 1958, lives in London) created the fictitious figure Rosalind Brodsky who plays the main role in her science fiction adventures and becomes her alter-ego as it were. Suzanne Treister studied at St Martin's and Chelsea Schools of Art. She works in various media and materials; she draws, for example, creates video installations, and executes performances.

With the exhibition "Hexen 2039", the Kunstverein Langenhagen opens its annual program for 2008: "Can this be true?" Aspects of perception will be examined in five exhibitions. How do we perceive things and why do we believe that they are true? The Kunstverein Langenhagen will get to the bottom of these questions this year.

Suzanne Treister deals with the nexuses between identity, history, power, and hallucination in her works. How can we make meaning out of history and warfare? Did everything really happen as the books say they did or are there inconceivable links between people and places? How do historic moments render themselves authentic for us?

Steffi Prange
Translation: Dr. Michael Wolfson

Pictures

Links

Hexen 2039

Rosalind Brodsky

Suzanne Treister

Program

Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 4 p.m.
Guided tour for teachers with suggestions for class work

Saturday, 12 April 2008, 4 p.m.
Gallery talk with Suzanne Treister

Sunday, 13 April 2008, 3–5 p.m.
Children's tour with practical activities
Supervision: Tanja Wöhle, M.A. art historian
To enroll please call: 0511 778929

Thursday, April 17, 2008, 7 p.m.
"Stargate - The Movie", USA 1994
Director: Roland Emmerich.
With Kurt Russell, James Spader etc. In this classic science fiction film a military mission and an archaeologist travel through a wormhole to distant planets assisted by an ancient gateway found in Egypt.

Saturday, 19 April 2008, 3–6 p.m.
Children's workshop "Time Machine Laboratory"
Supervision: Steffi Prange, cultural scientist
To enroll please call: 0511 778929

Guided tours: every Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Special tours by appointment: 0511 778929.


Archiv	Deutsch Suzanne Treister: „Hexen 2039 – New military-occult technologies for psychological warfare A research program by Rosalind Brodsky March 27 to May 4, 2008 Opening hours: Tuesday-Friday 2–6 pm, Sunday 3–5 pm Opening and Performance You and your friends are cordially invited to the opening and performance on Thursday, March 27, 2007 at 8 pm. Welcoming remarks: Dr. Annette von Stieglitz, vice chairman Introduction: Veronika Olbrich, curator Images of the opening Introduction How will wars be fought in the future? And what does Stargate, the Brocken, and the British military have to do with each other? Rosalind Brodsky lives in the year 2039 and is a time traveler for the "Institute of Militronics and Advanced Time Interventionality" (IMATI) on behalf of the British military. Her mission is to obtain new information for research on non-lethal weapons. In doing so, she meets up with the American military, the CIA, and occultist groups with contact to politics, the Hollywood film industry as well as witchcraft. The groups and persons involved in a complicated network are linked to each other by way of the development of mind control technologies. In 1995, the artist Suzanne Treister (born 1958, lives in London) created the fictitious figure Rosalind Brodsky who plays the main role in her science fiction adventures and becomes her alter-ego as it were. Suzanne Treister studied at St Martin's and Chelsea Schools of Art. She works in various media and materials; she draws, for example, creates video installations, and executes performances. With the exhibition "Hexen 2039", the Kunstverein Langenhagen opens its annual program for 2008: "Can this be true?" Aspects of perception will be examined in five exhibitions. How do we perceive things and why do we believe that they are true? The Kunstverein Langenhagen will get to the bottom of these questions this year. Suzanne Treister deals with the nexuses between identity, history, power, and hallucination in her works. How can we make meaning out of history and warfare? Did everything really happen as the books say they did or are there inconceivable links between people and places? How do historic moments render themselves authentic for us? Steffi Prange Translation: Dr. Michael Wolfson Pictures Links Hexen 2039 Rosalind Brodsky Suzanne Treister Program Tuesday, 1 April 2008, 4 p.m. Guided tour for teachers with suggestions for class work Saturday, 12 April 2008, 4 p.m. Gallery talk with Suzanne Treister Sunday, 13 April 2008, 3–5 p.m. Children's tour with practical activities Supervision: Tanja Wöhle, M.A. art historian To enroll please call: 0511 778929 Thursday, April 17, 2008, 7 p.m. "Stargate - The Movie", USA 1994 Director: Roland Emmerich. With Kurt Russell, James Spader etc. In this classic science fiction film a military mission and an archaeologist travel through a wormhole to distant planets assisted by an ancient gateway found in Egypt. Saturday, 19 April 2008, 3–6 p.m. Children's workshop "Time Machine Laboratory" Supervision: Steffi Prange, cultural scientist To enroll please call: 0511 778929 Guided tours: every Wednesday at 6 p.m. Special tours by appointment: 0511 778929. Sponsors The exhibition and the programme are sponsored by Land Niedersachsen. Concept sponsor is the Sparkasse Hannover. Cooperation partners: LOGOPLAN Konstruktion GmbH, Langenhagen, Stadt Langenhagen, Hannover Airport, and Benatzky Verlag und Medien
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