The exhibition presents new works by by the recipients of the ars viva award 2016, Flaka Haliti, Hanne Lippard, and the duo Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, produced specifically for the spaces at Index. The ars viva prize for visual arts has been awarded to emerging artists since 1953 by the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft im BDI (Association of Arts and Culture of the German Economy at the Federation of German Industries) and is one of the most prestigious awards for young artists in Europe. While not selected thematically, biography and an investigation of contemporary subjectivity in relation to present-day social and political conditions are important aspects of the artists’ work. They all share a consciousness about the different roles that artists inhabit today, and furthermore, an interest in critically investigating these roles and their relationship to economy and power.
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Exhibition Opening: ARS VIVA 2016 – Flaka Haliti, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Hanne Lippard, Fri 10 June 2016
Talk: Chris Kraus, Wed 1 June 2016
Index 19
Learning: Index Residents and Course Announcement
Chris Kraus visits Index for a reading from her in-progress research about the biography of American underground writer Kathy Acker (1947–97). Kraus, who was a participant in Index’ recent exhibition Autobiography, is known for her approach to biography as a literary form that exists in the friction between writer and subject. Chris Kraus is the author of four novels, most recently “Summer of Hate” (2012), and two books of art and cultural criticism. The first Swedish translation of her novel “I Love Dick” has just been published by Modernista. Kraus is a co-editor of the independent press Semiotext(e) in Los Angeles, and a Professor of Creative Writing at the European Graduate School.More |
Index is an institutional partner in the course “Modernist Legacies and Constructions of Whiteness” at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm in Autumn 2016. The interdisciplinary course is designed for practitioners within the fields of fine art, design, curatorship, architecture, journalism, cultural studies, humanities, social and political sciences who are interested in global and peripheral modernism, race, whiteness, social engineering, adoption, migration, orientalism, activism, parade, masquerade and institutional critique. Applications due 15 June 2016: http://www.kkh.se/education/modernist-legacies-and-constructions-of-whitenessMore |
Index 19 is a weekly events series, every Wednesday 19:00–22:00, in Index’ front space. Presenting single works, films, readings and discursive events, the aim is to create a space for dialogue with our surrounding community and visitors. On Wednesday, 15 June, Index 19 is presenting a screening and talk with Azadeh Fatehrad, “Feminist Historiography,” discussing the emergence of women in the public sphere in Iran and the formation and growth of women’s associations and publications from 1910 to 1932. The event is organized in collaboration with IASPIS – the Swedish Arts Grants Committee’s International Programme for Visual and Applied Artists.More |
This week, the mini-exhibition “Flykt” opens in Index shopfront exhibition space, with six young artists from Year 9 at Torsviks Skola. The students responded to the refugee crisis through figurative sculpture. The group is part of Index Residents’ program 2015/16. Other groups include the Uppsala Sprintgruppen with newly arrived young people, with whom we worked last week in object poetry workshops, utilizing assemblage techniques to find meanings. To register for future programs please contact bronwyn@indexfoundation.se. More |