COLLABORATION_2
23.10. - 01.11.2009
Luka Fineisen - Tom Früchtl - Elias Hassos - Stefan Lenhart - Christoph
Lohmann - Alexander Steig - Thomas Thiede
Motorcade/FlashParade PHILIP STREET | BEDMINSTER | BRISTOL | BS3 4DR | WWW.MOTORCADEFLASHPARADE.COM
Opening
Christoph Lohmann
Luka Fineisen
Elias Hassos
Tom Früchtl
Thomas Thiede
Stefan Lenhart
Alexander Steig
COLLABORATION_ holds its focus on exhibiting, where the artists involved come together at specific points and in different scenarios and work together to construct a coherent and collaborative exhibition. The artists understand something about working together in these scenarios. The collaboration is two-fold: one, between the same artists working almost like a rock band travelling from place to place on an ad hoc European tour, coming together to gig now and again without the need to practice; and two, between the group and other artist groups in the cities in which they are been hosted. It's an economic strategy - one individual's network of friends and support structure become a support structure for the entire group. COLLABORATION_, through its conception and development, make it possible for other artists and curators to become part of the project and to continue it in their own way.
The first exchange of this project took place in April 2009 in Dresden, Germany. The project COLLABORATION_ was initiated by Thomas Thiede.
Our group came together because none of us is keen on having to conquer the world alone again and again. There is no common artistic leitmotif, nor any agreement in form or content between the individual . A conventional curational approach is being explicitly avoided in Bristol. The heterogeneity of our group is our principle, each individual follows his own artistic motifs, and our paths meet only during the joint exhibitions.
These are, according to Thomas Thiede's intention, like gigs from musicians that meet temporarily to play music together. According to the principles of our heterogeneous group, our exhibition "gigs" are somehow like the performances of krautrock bands like Amon Düül, where the musical improvisation comes to the fore. The concept consists partly in playing freely leaving the end open. Our gig in Bristol is dedicated to this approach. This is also the reason why we are going to arrive "naked", without finished works in our suitcases. The works are to be made in Bristol during the week before the exhibition opening, so they will depend on the time and on the location. The exhibition will show a kind of nomadic improvisation, created out of the "non-existing" together with our artistic ideas that will meet like motorways at a big junction during the exhibition.
Christoph Lohmann
With support by City of Munich/Department of Arts and Culture
