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Friday 17 March CHRISTOPH KELLER: Sexuality and Astronomy - Cosmic Superimposition and the Natural-Scientific Theories of Life in the Late Works of Wilhelm Reich Lecture Born in Austria in 1897, Wilhelm Reich devoted two decades of his life to the investigation of orgone energy, a new biological energy that he first 'discovered' in the 1930s. A psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and scientist, Reich took the idea of Freud's 'libido' as a literal energy force. Cloudbuster is a re-enactment of one of Reich's original experiments to make rain through the use of orgone energy. The artist talk is followed by a discussion with Professor Ralf Toumi, Department of Physics, Imperial College and Vivienne Gaskin, Director of Performance and Digital Media, ICA, London. Saturday 18 March ROGER BUERGEL Discussion Curator of Documenta12, Roger Buergel, will lead a discussion around the question: 'Is Antiquity our Modernity?' JOACHIM KOESTER and ANDERS KREUGER Discussion Anders Kreuger is an independent curator from Sweden. In describing Joachim Koester's work, Kreuger once said, 'the work, I think, illustrates the idea of art not as communication, not as conveying a message, but as conversation.' Often presenting an image and an underlying narrative, Koester's work will be the subject of a discussion that addresses issues of documentation, visualisations of history, and conceptions of the future. Sunday 19 March MANON DE BOER The Portrait in Film, Part I This series of screeningsm organised by individual students on the MA Curating Contemporary Art, focuses on the portrait in film, to address the issue of 'nostalgia and its potential for the future' as a latent, and perhaps alternative, interpretation of the exhibition's theme. Part I of the series is a screening of Manon de Boer's Resonating Surfaces (2005), recently nominated for the international competition of the FID Marseille 2006 and Sylvia Kristel (2003). Both films are shown courtesy of Jan Mot. Tuesday 21 March ADRIAN PACI and MICHELE ROBECCHI Screening and Discussion Adrian Paci's work - particularly his early work - is often inspired by his own life experiences. However the films slowly move from the specific to the general, becoming a part of, and indeed creating, a collective history. For this event, Paci screens his films and discusses his work with the Senior Editor of Contemporary magazine, Michele Robecchi. Wednesday 22 March JAMES WOUDHUYSEN on the work of Julika Rudelius: Economic Primacy Screening and Discussion The video-work Economic Primacy (2005) by artist Julika Rudelius presents one-sided conversations with senior Dutch capitalists on the importance and omnipotence of money. Acclaimed Professor of Forecasting and Innovation, James Woudhuysen discusses how issues of money, power and society shape the future, explaining 'the Big Picture' with his characteristic exuberance. Friday 24 March LIA PERJOVSCHI, GRACIELA CARNEVALE and TRAMA: Agency and Archive Discussion For 'Again for Tomorrow', Lia Perjovschi brings her Centre for Art Analysis (CAA) to London from Romania, Graciela Carnevale presents the Arcbivo de Arte de Vanguardia , and TRAMA reflect on their role as interlocutors of different groups and artists. These artists appear in conversation with each other for the first time. Saturday 25 March Guided Tour 3 pm - 4 pm Students on the MA Curating Contemporary Art act as guides for group tours through the exhibition. No booking required. Sunday 26 March LUCAS BAMBOZZI, CAO GUIMARÃES and BETO MAGALHÃES The Portrait in Film, Part II Part II in the series (see Sunday 19 March for full description). O Fim do Sem Fim (2001/2002, courtesy the artists) is a feature documentary film that portrays the effects of technological advances on traditional street traders in Brazilian cities.
ALEX MORRISON and LARS BANG LARSEN: Something Had Just Happened Screening and Discussion Alex Morrison's Free Room (2004) shown in 'Again for Tomorrow' is based in part on Lindsay Anderson's 1968 iconic anti-establishment film, If.... For this event, there will be a screening of If.... followed by a discussion between Morrison and the critic Lars Bang Larsen, who has written extensively about Morrison's work. Saturday 1 April Guided Tour 3 pm - 4 pm Students on the MA Curating Contemporary Art act as guides for group tours through the exhibition. No booking required. DAN PERJOVSCHI: My World (with music composed by Mark Schreiber) RICHARD THOMAS: A Foray into the Psychedelic Dimensions of Boredom Slideshow and Music Performance This event juxtaposes a presentation of drawings by Dan Perjovschi, entitled My World, inspired by 'Again for Tomorrow', with a performance by Richard Thomas, which also responds directly to the exhibition's theme. Sunday 2 April TOMISLAV GOTOVAC The Portrait in Film, Part III Part III in the series (see Sunday 19 March for full description). Tomislav Gotovac's Dead Man Walking (2002, is an experimental black and white film, constructed from excerpts of Gotovac's, other authors', and archived documentary films. The film is a provocative collage of Gotovac's avant-garde artistic activities from the 1960s and 70s. This film is shown courtesy of the Croatian Film Clubs Association. Wednesday 5 April LIA PERJOVSCHI and DR. DAVID BERMAN Presentation and Discussion String theory is the best theory we have of quantum gravity. For this presentation, University Lecturer of Physics at Queen Mary University, Dr. David Berman, will discuss the theory with Lia Perjovschi. Friday 7 April CHRIS KUBICK and ANNE WALSH (ARCHIVE): One Thousand Years of Sound Effects Radio Broadcast Resonance FM - London's first art radio station - will present a special broadcast by Chris Kubick and Anne Walsh. In their performances, the artists have combined recordings of séance interviews, commercial sound effects storytelling, biography, and autobiography as alternative means of creating an art history. Described as 'the marriage of Clint Eastwood and Gertrude Stein', this presentation initiates the Sound Effects Story Club and was made especially for 'Again for Tomorrow'. Saturday 8 April Future Focus* A Full Day of Events This day explores different, and often unconventional, mediums with which we can remote access the past and the future. Fantasy, technology, spirituality and music are all employed as ways of traversing time. * This title is borrowed from Man From Uranus's forthcoming album. AURÉLIEN FROMENT: Something About Stolen Film Stills Live Stream Projection of a Performance from the exhibition 'Mercury in Retrograde' organised by the Curatorial Training Programme at De Appel, Amsterdam Aurélien Froment introduces a paradoxical film society programme, whose object has vanished a long time ago. Printed materials - books, photographs, films - are no longer in circulation. Through digitisation, the project for a 'Virtual Library' has now been realised. This programme will present pieces from an invaluable collection of stills recently discovered by a consultancy mission for the Virtual Library's Archive Services. CHRIS KUBICK and ANNE WALSH (ARCHIVE): An Afternoon with Joseph Cornell Performance and Lecture The artists combine storytelling, art history, biography and autobiography as they present their findings and recordings of séance interviews with the eminent American artist Joseph Cornell. The narration includes discussion of the making of Kubick and Walsh's Art After Death series, of which the Cornell work, produced for the 2002 Whitney Biennial, is a part. ERKKI KURENNIEMIand MIKA TAANILA: The Future is Not What it Used to Be (courtesy Kinotar, Helsinki) Screening This film details Kurenniemi's fascinating search for new kinds of user interfaces for musical instruments and semi-automatic music generation, a logical extension of the desire to merge man and machine. Kurenniemi is best known for his unique electronic musical instruments such as the DIMI synthesizers, and a career that encompasses a surprisingly natural blend of music, film, computers and robotics, exploring the interrelationships between art, nature and technology. AXEL STOCKBURGER: Replay- Dimensions of Time in Contemporary Game Culture Presentation Artist and theorist Axel Stockburger will discuss time, history and memory in relation to contemporary video and computer games. Investigating issues such as the curious loss of time during game play and the overabundance of historical themes, Stockburger treats games and game culture as evidence of significant transformations in everyday life. MAN FROM URANUS Music Performance Described as 'retro-futuristic', Man From Uranus (MFU) blends rock with Moog sounds and experimental noise music. With a subtle nod to science fiction culture, the end result is something that sounds vaguely like an imaginative space soundtrack. Obvious influences include Stockhausen and Sun Ra. MFU is currently completing his latest album, Future Focus . RALF PFLUGFELDER and NOAM ANDREWS Music Performance As a musical collaboration, artists and architects Ralph Pflugfelder and Noam Andrews mix and sing a blend of electro, house, pop, and rap. Inspired by Celtic medieval poetry, Pflugfelder and Andrews's lyrics reference modern day cultural conditions. Pflugfelder and Andrews draw on musical styles of the 70s, 80s, and 90s to illustrate the contemporaneousness of so-called retro styles, while playfully investigating alternative, and often fantastical, conceptions of time. Sunday 9 April PATRICK KEILLER and MARK NASH : The City of the Future Presentation and Discussion Patrick Keiller¹s current project The City of the Future will be presented and discussed with curator and film theorist Mark Nash. The City of the Future explores contrasts between the familiarity of the existing urban fabric, the strangeness of the past and the newness of present-day experience. Using archive film, literature and other material, the project develops a critique of present-day and possible future spatial experience. |
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