The Studio: 19 years + one tool for measuring power
25 February - 21 March, 2010
Jon Brunberg
Jon Brunberg’s art revolves around individual, collective and political power. He uses digital media to produce video sequences and internet-based systems and images. 19 years shows collective manifestations from 1989 to 2007, as dots on a world map, in 30 seconds.
The starting point of the art work coincides with the year when the Berlin Wall fell. Early that year, the Moslem world was shaken by Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses, which caused widespread protests in many countries, including India and Pakistan, and in the early summer the Tiananmen Square in Beijing was the centre of the world’s attention. At a fast pace, 19 years presents one-day events in which thousands of people have participated in protest actions that were intended to be peaceful, although some of them escalated into riots or even led to coups d’etat.
The Gothenburg Riots of 2001 are, of course, featured, along with the enormous demonstrations that took place on February 15, 2003, when the west was preparing to invade Iraq. The whole world protested on an unprecedented scale against the war plans, but to no avail. It may seem as though some of the events have gone unnoticed, although they were significant on a local level, for example when China put the lid on after the massacre at Tiananmen Square. Although peaceful manifestations resumed after some time, few details reached the world and were rarely reported in the press, which has been Jon Brunberg’s main source. If you wish to learn more about his research methods and definitions, visit www.jonbrunberg.com/19y/
The Power Tool is an internet-based art work that offers you the possibility to measure your individual power. The piece is process-based and in continuous progress. Jon Brunberg has sharpened the tool for this exhibition, for its visitors, and their decisions regarding their own power. What is power? How powerful are you? With the power tool you can measure and analyse your power and compare your ranking with other users. Issues of individual power are a relatively new phenomenon, connected to ideas about individuality versus collectivity that are representative of our time. Who decides who has power? Can power be quantified? Metaphysical issues emerge as you start to answer the tool’s questionnaire.
Visit http://thepowertool.net
The Studio: Interference
January 28 – February 21, 2010
The Studio, floor 1, Moderna Museet
Ordinary opening hours
Free entrance
The Studio at Moderna Museet hosts an experimental program. Moving image, performance, internet based art, conversations and dance have succeeded each other since the start in September 2008. The program is often launched in collaboration with other institutions and networks.
During the spring of 2010 The Studio is collaborating with CuratorLab (lank) at Konstfack. The first project within this collaboration is Interference, featuring artists and collectives working in sound and new media. The program brings together recordings, screenings, performance and printed materials from international artists who critically address the interactions found between sound, architecture and social space.
The Studio: Interference 28January – 21 February 2010
Opening on Thursday January 28 at 6-8 pm. Performance at 6.30 with CM von Hausswolff. Free entrance, bar.
Participating artists: CM von Hausswolff, Ultra-red, Support Structure: Céline Condorelli & Gavin Wade, Il Faut, Mika Tajima, Carsten Nicolai, Brandon LaBelle, Mattin, Jacob Kirkegaard, Kirsten Reese, Freq_Out Orchestra, Cédrick Eymenier, Miki Yui, Liam Gillick, Henrik Plenge Jakobsen, Sébastien Roux, Christina Kubisch and Henrik Andersson.
Inteference is curated by Michael Capio and Tina Hanssen. Capio is an independent critic, editor and curator based in New York. Hanssen is an independent curator based in Norway and PhD candidate at Lillehammer University College.