[artinfo] Fwd: Oct 2008: the Centre of Attention in London and Vienna

[Eva Gyarmati]

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> From: "Pierre Coinde" <pierre at thecentreofattention.org>
> Date: October 9, 2008 5:00:20 AM EDT
> To: egyarmati at c3.hu
> Subject: Oct 2008: the Centre of Attention in London and Vienna
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> LONDON
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> Free Art Fair
> 14,19,21 New Quebec Street and 5,8,16 Seymour Place, London W1H
> 13 to 19 October 2008, 11am to 6pm
>
> 'Obama loest sein ticket fuer den 4 November' is a recent work from
> the Centre of Attention's Pose Plastique photographic series where
> members of the public are used to recreate current news, as presented
> in the images of the daily newspapers. Like all the works in the fair,
> 'Obama...' will be given away for free on the last day.
>
> More information/images:
> http://www.thecentreofattention.org/exhibitions/freeartfair.html
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> VIENNA
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> Karlsplatz
> Vienna
> 17 October 2008, 7 to 10pm and 18 and 19 October 2008, 4 to 10pm
>
> As part of 'Kingdom of Darkness' at Brut Kuenstlerhaus Wien, the
> Centre of Attention will present 'Schwanengesang' on Karlsplatz.
>
> Set outdoors, the installation offers the public in Vienna an
> opportunity to rehearse their own funeral. First the participant
> selects a song for the ceremony; they then lay on a plinth,
> performing death, while the song is webstreamed. Formally, the work
> reverses the viewer/public art dynamic. It posits life as art,
> presenting individual portraits and allowing a statement to be
> generated and examined by the public itself.
>
> Created in 2004, Schwanengesang (Swansong) has been widely exhibited
> including Mousonturm Frankfurt, Mercer Union Toronto, the Venice
> Biennale, Schauspielhaus Zuerich and Istanbul Modern.
>
> More information/images:
> http://www.thecentreofattention.org/exhibitions/kingdom.html
>
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> SUBMISSIONS AND TALK
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> For a forthcoming exhibition project, we are particularly interested
> to view long/feature-length video works (including works in progress)
> http://www.thecentreofattention.org/video.html
>
> The Centre of Attention will be speaking at the forthcoming Engage
> conference: 'Rules of engagement: art, conflict and gallery
> education' which is taking place 5 to 7 November 2008 in Brighton:
> http://www.engage.org/conference/index.aspx
>
> For any further information, please contact Gary O'Dwyer or myself on
> +(44) 7792 582 386 or pierre at thecentreofattention.org
> <mailto:pierre at thecentreofattention.org>
>
> The Centre of Attention
> 67 Clapton Common
> London E5 9AA
> UK
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