hello

My name is Caroline. I studied in Paris before for 5years in Art History and Contemporary Art (Ecole du Louvre). The topic of my thesis was the rock concert in contemporary art since 1966 (Warhol and the Velvet to Christoph Büchel).
So I am really interested inthe relation between art and popular culture and especially with popular music. But I am doing research about dance and architecture too and in general I find very interesting the relations between sociology, documentary, anthropology and art...

I discussed last week with Christel, a german artist that will be involved in the MFA show. Our idea will be to organize a show with Kristen too, it would be an exhibition in a squatted house that we have to find near Goldsmiths. The theme will be something around punk aesthetic or punk music. I think that the spontaneous meeting due to the same interests is the best way to deal with this big show.
This year, with five other curators of the master, we have organized the Interim Show of the St Martins School...after this experience, I think that it is really irrelevant ans impossible to curate a show with 25 curators and 50 artists...Anyway this kind of show remains always artificial because of the origin of the frame, I mean that it is impossible to work all together. So I think that as you, the artists, you know each other, and as it is impossible for us to know all of you and especially all your works...the best will be that you organize yourselves into groups and then we can discuss about it according to the common interests of each group.

Caroline

Private View: Disruption 1

Just a reminder-


Disruption 1
6:30- 8:30 pm
Saturday, March 10th
Building 9, Unit 7
Long Street Workshops (off Kingsland Rd., shoreditch end)
E28HN


Hope to see you there!
Mary Cork
Cadine Navarro

Steff S.

My recent curatorial interest has been invested in Dubai and its bizarre dynamics. As a place that is 88% composed of capital and sun-hungry expatriates, Dubai houses a collision of identities that creates a strong dichotomy between its traditional Islamic roots and its rapid cultural expansion.

The implementation of a contemporary art scene is a deliberate move by the government and monarchy to retaliate against criticism that the city lacks a soul; it reflects Dubai's competitive nature, as it aims to beat Abu Dhabi and Sharjah in their respective attempts to become the cultural capitals of the UAE.

With such funnel-vision intention, it would be easy for Dubai to become an ephemeral trend witin the art world. My primary interest is to contribute to the sustainability of its art scene, to infuse the fabric of the city with art instead of watching the city rely on auction house sales and art fairs.

I am working on the idea of voids into systems. A methodology that explores and maps systems in order to proceed with the idea of system exception or false. The system can be of any kind; technological, theoretical, artistic, built, visible or invisible. The present stage of my research has to do with collaborating with artists and theorists in order to expand this idea and come up with new cultural products.
I have worked on the idea of destabilizing radio and tv networks by creating and documentating the procedure of void creation using an appliance composed by ready made equipment.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yannis_arv/

Gaia

Hi!
My name is Gaia and I am particularly interested in photography and its visual contaminations with other medium such as video, painting and installation. But more than this, I am interested in artists whose practice explores the limits of a single medium, being directly inspired from the real world.
I am also fascinated by the idea of curating as a mean of exploration of different cultures and backgrounds, by the notions of "outsider" and "community".
To use or abuse a famous quote by Thomas Hirschhorn: I don't like political art, I like art politically!

Thanks for posting your works guys!

Gaia