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d documenta - a conference towards documenta 13
Installation view of documenta 2 with works by Julio Gonzales, 1959.
Photographer unknown.
Bequest of Arnold Bode, courtesy documenta Archiv
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy
18 September 2009, 10am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 6.30pm
19 September 2009, 11am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 6.30pm
application form
The d documenta is a two-day conference which has the goal to provide a forum of discussion and reflection on the history of documenta, its various incarnations and its future.
Attendance to the conference is free but seating is limited. The official deadline for applications to participate has ended August 5, 2009 and the conference is booked out. We nevertheless encourage you to apply for any last minute seating that might become available.
documenta has come to represent a key periodic moment when contemporary art is exhibited and those who are interested in art as well as in its relation to the world meet, assess the situation and share their views. For those involved in organising the next documenta, the journey publicly begins on September 18th, 2009.
The speakers invited to this event are the artistic directors of all the preceding editions of documenta. Each former director was asked to make a presentation about their documenta by first describing the sense of the present they felt at the time of the project they organised: How did they feel present to their time, what did that mean and how did that influence the strategies they employed, the decisions they took? Secondly, they have been asked to outline, in retrospect, what they might have done differently – in light of what happened in the world of art and in the world at large subsequent to their documenta.
The Castello di Rivoli and documenta 13 are grateful that all the former directors, as representatives of the artists and the curatorial teams who together conceived, imagined, witnessed and dreamed documenta, have accepted the invitation and will reflect upon their ideas and experiences.
When documenta was conceived in the early 1950s, it was a direct response to the “degenerate art” politics of the Third Reich. Therefore, contrary to other periodic international exhibitions which have emerged from the world fair models of the 19th century, it is characterised by a theoretical grounding and a sense of the urgency of art in society. Today no less than 50 years ago.
Particular circumstances make Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea the ideal location for this conference: The museum’s first director, Rudi Fuchs, was also Artistic Director of documenta 7 in 1982, and today, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Chief Curator since 2001 and interim artistic director of the Castello di Rivoli in 2009, has been nominated the Artistic Director of documenta 13, which will be held in 2012 in Kassel. "documenta 13 – says Christov-Bakargiev – is being developed from an archeological perspective, according to which every cultural project that moves forward must be grounded on a backwards gaze, in an ecological relationship to the past. How was the present imagined in the second half of the 20th century and what was considered urgent at each successive edition of the exhibition?" At the same time, she is “…personally committed to the illogical, the playful and the poetic, to the celebration of works of art, as well as to the participation and singular experience of those who attend an event like documenta”.
This conference attempts to bring the past, present, and future of documenta together, in dialogue, and we invite those who are interested to join us.
Program
Each 30’-40’ minute lecture will be followed by a discussion with the participating public.
Friday 18th of September
10.00 - 11.00 registration and introduction
11.00 - 12.00 presentation by Heiner Georgsdorf, Speaker of Arnold Bode Prize Committee:
The magic of the beginning. About Arnold Bode (1900 – 1977) and his documenta(s).
12.00 - 13.00 lecture by Walter Grasskamp, Chair of Art History, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich:
The birth of a periodical exhibition (with reference to documenta, 1955; II. documenta 2, 1959; documenta III, 1964; 4.documenta, 1968).
13.00 - 14.00 lunch break in cafeteria
14.00 guided tour of the temporary exhibition Gianni Colombo at Castello di Rivoli
14.30 - 15.30 lecture by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Work-Group Curator of documenta 5, directed by Harald Szeemann, 1972:
Some thoughts about documenta 5.
15.30 - 16.30 lecture by Manfred Schneckenburger, Artistic Director and Conception-Committee Curator of documenta 6, 1977 and documenta 8, 1987:
documenta 6+8, idea, process and what came out.
16.30 - 17.30 lecture by Rudi Fuchs, Artistic Director of documenta 7, 1982:
On documenta 7.
17.30 discussion with speakers and participating audience
18.30 end of the first session of the conference
Saturday 19th of September
11.00 - 12.00 lecture by Jan Hoet, Artistic Director of documenta IX, 1992:
documenta: confronting the artist with physical and mental choices such as Jazz, Boxing and Baseball.
12.00 - 13.00 lecture by Catherine David, Artistic Director of documenta X, 1997:
The specific position of documenta within visual cultural events.
13.00 - 13.45 lunch break
14.00 - 14.30 guided visit of the Permanent Collection and free time to visit temporary exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli
14.30 - 15.30 lecture by Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director of Documenta11, 2002:
Revisiting Documenta11.
15.30 - 16.30 lecture by Roger M. Buergel, Artistic Director of documenta 12, 2007:
Associative Control.
16.30 - 17.00 a few words by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of documenta 13, 2012:
Notes towards documenta (13), 2012.
17.00 - 18.30 discussion with speakers and participating audience
18.30 end of the conference
General Information
All lectures and discussions will be recorded and published electronically. The conference will be held in English.
In order to apply for our current waiting list, please complete the application form.
The application form (one per person) should be sent to r.aghemo(at)castellodirivoli.org.
For further booking information: + 39 011 9565270,
Email r.aghemo(at)castellodirivoli.org
For Press and Public Relations information concerning the d documenta conference:
Massimo Melotti, Press and Public Relations
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
Piazza Mafalda di Savoia – 10098 Rivoli (Turin)
Italy
Tel. + 39 011 9565209 – Fax +39 011 9565231
Email press(at)castellodirivoli.org
Markus Müller, Head of Communication
documenta 13
Friedrichsplatz 18
34117 Kassel
Germany
Tel + 49 561 707270 - Fax + 49 561 7072739
Email press(at)documenta.de
The d documenta conference is organised by Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin and documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Kassel, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Turin, and with further support from IFA –Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V.
Photographer unknown.
Bequest of Arnold Bode, courtesy documenta Archiv
Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin, Italy
18 September 2009, 10am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 6.30pm
19 September 2009, 11am – 1pm and 2.30pm – 6.30pm
application form
The d documenta is a two-day conference which has the goal to provide a forum of discussion and reflection on the history of documenta, its various incarnations and its future.
Attendance to the conference is free but seating is limited. The official deadline for applications to participate has ended August 5, 2009 and the conference is booked out. We nevertheless encourage you to apply for any last minute seating that might become available.
documenta has come to represent a key periodic moment when contemporary art is exhibited and those who are interested in art as well as in its relation to the world meet, assess the situation and share their views. For those involved in organising the next documenta, the journey publicly begins on September 18th, 2009.
The speakers invited to this event are the artistic directors of all the preceding editions of documenta. Each former director was asked to make a presentation about their documenta by first describing the sense of the present they felt at the time of the project they organised: How did they feel present to their time, what did that mean and how did that influence the strategies they employed, the decisions they took? Secondly, they have been asked to outline, in retrospect, what they might have done differently – in light of what happened in the world of art and in the world at large subsequent to their documenta.
The Castello di Rivoli and documenta 13 are grateful that all the former directors, as representatives of the artists and the curatorial teams who together conceived, imagined, witnessed and dreamed documenta, have accepted the invitation and will reflect upon their ideas and experiences.
When documenta was conceived in the early 1950s, it was a direct response to the “degenerate art” politics of the Third Reich. Therefore, contrary to other periodic international exhibitions which have emerged from the world fair models of the 19th century, it is characterised by a theoretical grounding and a sense of the urgency of art in society. Today no less than 50 years ago.
Particular circumstances make Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea the ideal location for this conference: The museum’s first director, Rudi Fuchs, was also Artistic Director of documenta 7 in 1982, and today, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Chief Curator since 2001 and interim artistic director of the Castello di Rivoli in 2009, has been nominated the Artistic Director of documenta 13, which will be held in 2012 in Kassel. "documenta 13 – says Christov-Bakargiev – is being developed from an archeological perspective, according to which every cultural project that moves forward must be grounded on a backwards gaze, in an ecological relationship to the past. How was the present imagined in the second half of the 20th century and what was considered urgent at each successive edition of the exhibition?" At the same time, she is “…personally committed to the illogical, the playful and the poetic, to the celebration of works of art, as well as to the participation and singular experience of those who attend an event like documenta”.
This conference attempts to bring the past, present, and future of documenta together, in dialogue, and we invite those who are interested to join us.
Program
Each 30’-40’ minute lecture will be followed by a discussion with the participating public.
Friday 18th of September
10.00 - 11.00 registration and introduction
11.00 - 12.00 presentation by Heiner Georgsdorf, Speaker of Arnold Bode Prize Committee:
The magic of the beginning. About Arnold Bode (1900 – 1977) and his documenta(s).
12.00 - 13.00 lecture by Walter Grasskamp, Chair of Art History, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich:
The birth of a periodical exhibition (with reference to documenta, 1955; II. documenta 2, 1959; documenta III, 1964; 4.documenta, 1968).
13.00 - 14.00 lunch break in cafeteria
14.00 guided tour of the temporary exhibition Gianni Colombo at Castello di Rivoli
14.30 - 15.30 lecture by Jean-Christophe Ammann, Work-Group Curator of documenta 5, directed by Harald Szeemann, 1972:
Some thoughts about documenta 5.
15.30 - 16.30 lecture by Manfred Schneckenburger, Artistic Director and Conception-Committee Curator of documenta 6, 1977 and documenta 8, 1987:
documenta 6+8, idea, process and what came out.
16.30 - 17.30 lecture by Rudi Fuchs, Artistic Director of documenta 7, 1982:
On documenta 7.
17.30 discussion with speakers and participating audience
18.30 end of the first session of the conference
Saturday 19th of September
11.00 - 12.00 lecture by Jan Hoet, Artistic Director of documenta IX, 1992:
documenta: confronting the artist with physical and mental choices such as Jazz, Boxing and Baseball.
12.00 - 13.00 lecture by Catherine David, Artistic Director of documenta X, 1997:
The specific position of documenta within visual cultural events.
13.00 - 13.45 lunch break
14.00 - 14.30 guided visit of the Permanent Collection and free time to visit temporary exhibitions at Castello di Rivoli
14.30 - 15.30 lecture by Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director of Documenta11, 2002:
Revisiting Documenta11.
15.30 - 16.30 lecture by Roger M. Buergel, Artistic Director of documenta 12, 2007:
Associative Control.
16.30 - 17.00 a few words by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of documenta 13, 2012:
Notes towards documenta (13), 2012.
17.00 - 18.30 discussion with speakers and participating audience
18.30 end of the conference
General Information
All lectures and discussions will be recorded and published electronically. The conference will be held in English.
In order to apply for our current waiting list, please complete the application form.
The application form (one per person) should be sent to r.aghemo(at)castellodirivoli.org.
For further booking information: + 39 011 9565270,
Email r.aghemo(at)castellodirivoli.org
For Press and Public Relations information concerning the d documenta conference:
Massimo Melotti, Press and Public Relations
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea
Piazza Mafalda di Savoia – 10098 Rivoli (Turin)
Italy
Tel. + 39 011 9565209 – Fax +39 011 9565231
Email press(at)castellodirivoli.org
Markus Müller, Head of Communication
documenta 13
Friedrichsplatz 18
34117 Kassel
Germany
Tel + 49 561 707270 - Fax + 49 561 7072739
Email press(at)documenta.de
The d documenta conference is organised by Castello di Rivoli Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli-Turin and documenta und Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH, Kassel, in collaboration with Goethe-Institut Turin, and with further support from IFA –Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V.