KEX | RAND – EXHIBITION, FESTIVAL, LECTURES
EXHIBITION “AM RAND”
with contributions by Nicolò Degiorgis, Futurefarmers, Eva Hertzsch & Adam Page
Exhibition dates: October 8 – 17, 2020, Thu – Sat, 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Opening: October 8, 6:00 pm with Lectures by Jochen Becker and Angelika Burtscher
The exhibition is curated in collaboration with Jochen Becker (metroZones, Berlin), Angelika Burtscher (Lungomare, Bolzano), and Social Design Studio of the University of Applied Arts Vienna
LECTURES:
Jochen Becker (metroZones): What is Outside? Cultures of the In-Between City
The urbanisation of the landscape or the ruralisation of the city is one string of the development; at the same time, the city is also splitting up from within. The rediscovery of inner city housing for a young and affluent strata of society has advanced segregation – the social divide between rich and poor, between first occupants and the alienated, between the loud and the silenced. Many have to turn to that which used to be called the “outer city” in Berlin.
But what does “outside” mean, actually? This question is charged, for the “outside” can be imagined spatially, as a fringe of the city, or also scattered as periphery and hinterland, but it also reflects a process of social fragmentation into who still belongs and who doesn’t. The speculative investments of housing companies, in particular into large residential settlements, give reason to fear that affordable housing will soon be a contested and scarce commodity on the periphery, too. And where does our food come from anyway – our water, our fresh air, our products and goods?
Jochen Becker (Berlin) works as an author, curator, and lecturer. He is a founding member of metroZones | Center for Urban Affairs and co-curates the “station urbaner kulturen” in Berlin. In Düsseldorf he is currently developing the projects “City as Factory” and “Place Internationale” (2017–2021).
Angelika Burtscher (Lungomare): Curating and Designing Public Interests or: Can Transformation be Curated?
As curators and designers, we have the opportunity to involve ourselves, encourage dialogue, enable transdisciplinary collaborations, be mediators and translators between knowing and not-knowing, and inspire exchanges between different people, experiences, facts, and desires. In this process, how can we generate new political and social relations and re-imagine collective strategies and spaces? Which contexts already exist to this end and which still have to be created? How can artistic and cultural practices formulate concrete proposals for the transformation of a given state?
Angelika Burtscher is a founding member of Lungomare (Bolzano, Italy). Lungomare initiates, curates, and produces transdisciplinary art and design projects and collaborations at the interface of the public, the virtual, the printed, the urban, and the exhibition space.
What´s on
EXHIBITION :: Binta Diaw :: Collective Practices – A Living Experience of Feeling ListenedAbout Lungomare
Lungomare, a cultural association founded in Bolzano in 2003, was created from the desire and necessity to open a space in which to share differences, experiences, opinions and desires, a space in which to make the link between cultural production and the political and social dimension. Lungomare undertakes projects that investigate and test possible relationships between design, architecture, urban planning, art and theory, the results of which are presented in different formats: public discussions, conferences, publications, exhibitions and interventions in public spaces. All these formats are characterised by the intention to interact with cultural and socio-political processes relating to the region in which Lungomare is located.
Currently Lungomare’s activities focus on long-term residency projects, a format whereby Lungomare invites guests to engage and interact within the context of South Tyrol. Lungomare’s activities are based on three principles: specific attention to the context in which the association’s projects are undertaken, the transdisciplinary approach that distinguishes these projects, and reflection on the role of Lungomare as a cultural institution in connection with the region in which it operates.
Territory
Lungomare is located at the edge of Bolzano, the capital of South Tyrol, and relates to the context in which it operates, attempting to highlight the dynamics of change. Large urbanized areas alternate with broad areas of intensive cultivation and yet others of picturesque landscape, all of which penetrate the centre of the city. The city is surrounded by mountains and this is one of the reasons why the tourism industry has become a driving force in this locality. The demographic structure of the city has been characterized for a long time by the coexistence of two populations, those speaking German and those speaking Italian. However, the social and demographic composition of Alto Adige Südtirol is changing. Migrants, including those from non-European countries are making their way to the area to settle, whilst others, including political refugees, are flowing through the region.