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MAGAZINE 08
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MARTA DE GONZALO & PUBLIO PEREZ PRIETO
La Intención - Video and Workshop
The intention (La Intención) is a project which explores audiovisual literacy. Four videos, each lasting twenty two minutes, urge us to reflect on education and its relevance to the four phases of human life (childhood, adolescence, middle and old age) and a workshop over two days will allow participants to discuss experiences and ideas around the subject. The workshop will be of particular interest to teachers.
RECETAS URBANAS (Santiago Cirugeda, Gianluca Stasi, Alejandro Bonasso, Harold Guyaux, Alessandro Zorzetto, Alice Attout)
Roof Terrace Rental - Video
Roof Terrace Rental (Alquiler de Azoteas de Santiago Cirugeda) is an architectural solution to the issue of affordable housing. The architect, Santiago Cirugeda, proposed using the flat roof terraces of existing buildings to build small houses using very light materials. This solution enables residents to avoid paying land costs and is legal as long as you have the agreement of all residents in the surrounding buildings and raises questions around public and community space.
ANDREJA KULUNCIC
Distributive Justice - Installation
A multidisciplinary project, "Distributive Justice" deals with the topic of the distribution of goods in society. It consists of two parts: (i) a virtual space - www.distributive-justice.com – which is an Internet game in which participants in the project freely distribute material and non-material goods, building a "society" that undergoes dynamic changes. Several types of societies emerge as a result of the distribution game. (ii) an exhibition space with a "working space" installation which presents material that has emerged and continues to emerge as result of the respective parts of the project - virtual (the web site) and practical (field research, opinion polls).
WOCHENKLAUSUR
Documentation area
Since 1993 at the invitation of different art institutions the artist group WochenKlausur has developed proposals which suggest small, but nevertheless effective improvements to socio-political deficiencies. By translating these proposals into action, artistic creativity is no longer seen in terms of individual responses but as an intervention into society. For MAGAZINE work will be displayed in a documentary area where the outcomes of recent projects by the artist group can be viewed.
SUPERFLEX and COPENHAGEN BRAINS
Copyshop Lounge - Installation
Intellectual property in the form of copyright, licenses and patents has an increasing importance in society and within the context of what we say, where we say it, and to whom we say it. This right over ideas maintains the status quo within the current economic order. The last 10 to 20 years has seen an exponential rise in what is covered by the term “intellectual property”. This is due to the economy of globalization and to the spread of information technology. The fundamental legal concept is as follows: “if value then right”, or, to put it another way, “where there is economic value there is intellectual property”. We want to confront this development and produce, promote and sell products that challenge the concept “if value then right”. The artists have opened several copyshops where one can buy copied products and photocopy everything from text to images. In Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop they will set up a Copyshop Lounge which functions as a gathering point and network for sharing critical viewpoints on intellectual property.
OLIVER RESSLER
What Would It Mean To Win? - Video
This video was filmed on the blockades at the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany in June 2007. Almost ten years after Seattle the film explores the impact this movement has had on contemporary politics. Seattle has been described as the birthplace for the “movement of movements” and marked a time when resistance to capitalist globalization emerged in industrialized nations. In many senses it has been regarded as the time when a new social subject – the multitude – entered the political landscape.
5 Factories - Worker Control in Venezuela - Video
In their second film exploring political and social change in Venezuela (after Venezuela from Below), Azzellini and Ressler focus on the industrial sector in 5 Factories – Worker Control in Venezuela. The changes in Venezuela's productivity are demonstrated by five large companies in various regions: a textile company, aluminium works, a tomato factory, a cocoa factory and a paper factory. In all, the workers are struggling for different forms of co- or self-management supported by credits from the government.
SOCIETE REALISTE
Cabinet Société Réaliste Conseil - Installation
The Cabinet Société Réaliste Conseil is an international legislative consulting firm whose mission is to help leading parliaments and legislative councils create and sustain competitive legislation. As a truly international firm, Cabinet Société Réaliste Conseil's mission is to transform a strong global presence into a wealth of cross-cultural experience in lawmaking.
ELSKE ROSENFELD (BIG HOPE)
Discussion
Big Hope is a group formed in 1998 by artists with a mutual interest in discussing strategies around engaging with social issues and communicating with a broader public in art. Together they have worked on a number of internationally exhibited collaborative photographic, video and mapping projects - often involving certain marginalized social groups, as both project participants and audience. Positive Critical Imagination will host a workshop tutored by Elske Rosenfeld where she will talk about Big Hope Projects and elaborate on her point of view regarding alternatives to the traditional role of the social critic in current contemporary art.
Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop is participating in the Edinburgh Art Festival 2008
MAGAZINE 08
All events are free and open to the public but booking is recommended. Please call us on +44 (0) 131 551 4490 to reserve a place or email on admin@edinburghsculpture.org
Public Workshop - “The Intention”
Monday 4th and 5th August
1pm – 3pm each day
In this workshop artists and educators, Marta de Gonzalo and Publio Pérez Prieto, will lead a variety of discussions on audiovisual literacy which explore ideas around how education and culture contribute to true democracy. The workshop is open to all but will be of particular interest to teachers who the artists hope will take part in this event.
Curators’ Workshop - Microrebellions
Monday 18th August
11am – 12.30pm
This workshop, led by Javier Marroquí, David Arlandis and Elske Rosenfeld (Big Hope), aims to encourage participants to rethink the social, political and cultural order in the international sphere as much as in the local. (In Spanish with English translation).
Seminar
Monday 18th August
6pm – 7.30pm
Taking place after the curator’s workshop, individuals interested in further exploration of themes raised in the lecture can meet to discuss these with Big Hope member, Elske Rosenfeld.
12 places available – booking essential.
Studio Critique
Tuesday 19th August
3pm – 5pm
Led by Big Hope member, Elske Rosenfeld this will be a final critique exploring the themes discussed previously in greater depth, examining artistic practice within the critique group and discussing potential new directions.
6 places available - booking essential.
Tours
Artist led tour of the exhibition for people with hearing impairment led by Christie Hilditch.
Saturday 9th August
1pm - 2pm
Artist led tour of the exhibition for people with visual impairment led by Jennie Temple.
Saturday 16th August
1pm – 2pm
Public tour of the exhibition led by a member of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop’s Artistic Programme Committee.
Saturday 23rd August
1pm - 2pm
All events are free and open to the public. If you have any special requirements or concerns about access please contact us in advance of your visit.
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