Monday, 25 May 2015, 6 pm
Artist Talk with Etcétera
In English language.
For Stadtkuratorin Hamburg, Etcétera is developing the theatrical installation Neo Extraktivismus (2015) as part of the project Espejos (2010 ongoing). In collaborative research, the project explores the role of the culture industry in the politics of memory. Chilehaus in Hamburg commemorates its builder, who traded in Chilean saltpeter, with numerous ornamental elements. The history of the building is the starting point of a critical-fictional study on the mining of calcium nitrate around the world. This material, which was used in arms production during the First World War, is still used today as fertilizer in agriculture. In an installation of graphics, drawings, and collages, historical value chains are linked to current developments in the use of land. Loreto Garín Guzmán and Federico Zukerfeld present Etcétera’s concept and way of working in a conversation.
Etcétera (founded in 1997 in Buenos Aires) works as an interdisciplinary collective of artists, writers, actors, and performs with interventions in urban space. Loreto Garín Guzmán and Federico Zukerfeld are founding members of Etcétera. Exhibitions (selection): 4th Athens Biennale, Athens (2013); Castello di Rivoli, Turin (2013); Steirischer Herbst, Graz (2012); BildMuseet, Umea (2012); Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna (2011); Raven Row, London (2010); Istanbul Biennale (2009); Gwangju Biennale (2006); Fridericianum, Kassel (2005). Awards: International Award of Participatory Art (Bologna, 2013); Fellowship of Akademie der Künste der Welt (Cologne, 2014).