Monday, January 26th 2009, the german artist Hermann Josef Hack arranged 200 small tents on the square in front of the Brandenburger Tor to build a miniature version of a refugee camp, the world climate refugee camp. Hack’s art refers to current political issues, for him there is no distinction between art and politics. Furthermore he wants to get in direct contact with the public audience instead of presenting his work in institutional art spaces like museums. That’s why he presents his work in public spaces and likes to watch the reaction of the pedestrians, “the very ones who caused the changes that made people refugees in the first place”.
Bruce Sterling interview at the Share Festival in Turin about himself, his books and the rules of art and design. (14. 03. 2008 - engl., 24:29 min - download)
this is an interview with mary flanagan while setting up the opening exhibition at laboral centro de arte in gijon, spain - talking about her work, the “giant joystic”:
this is an interview with paolo and allesandro - two of the guy’s involved in amazon noir - talking about their current work and why they have chosen this kind of presentation of their work.
this might be a favorite for the award of this festival, i think.
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