Work is the main thing on the minds of the artists of the 38th round. They are busy contemplating their surroundings, researching and testing out materials. We invite you to come see the results.
Unfinished Hase
Joseph Beuys described his 1965 performance “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare” (“Wie man dem toten Hasen die Bilder erklärt”) as an effort to expand the human potential for thought and expression beyond the rational. The group of artists of the 38th round of Pilotenkueche International Art Program played on a similar concept during one of their first meetings. The newly assembled group decided to choose an exhibition title through a sentence-building game in order to find a common ground for future collaboration. This resulted in “Unfinished Hase”. The phrase also evokes a common motif in the visual arts, the hare being a symbol for various mythological meanings in different cultures throughout art history.
Vernissage: 15.02.19, 19h
Open: 16 – 23.02.19, 13 – 17h
Finissage: 23.02.19 19h
Location: Alte Handelsschule, Gießerstraße 75, 04229 Leipzig, Germany
All photos by Pilotenkueche International Art Residency
Fast Kotzen
Repulsed? It’s natural. It’s just the body’s way of protecting itself. The artists of the 38th round relate to the idea of an instantaneous reaction in a form of purging, symbolically and physically. They are eager to express themselves quickly in order to make room for new work and also to be in sync with the demands and the pace of the world today. The duality of the word “fast” (in English – quick; but in German – almost, nearly) also implies that producing new work requires a reflection beforehand, the artists currently being in a stand by mode.
Vernissage: 23.03.19, 19h
Open: 24 – 27.03.19 17h-20h
Location: PILOTENKUECHE, 2nd Floor, Franz-Flemming-Str. 9, 04179 Leipzig, Germany
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International residents
A L Kleiner
(Painting, Installation; Sydney, Australia)
Amanda Struver
(Interdisciplinary:Syracuse, NY, United States)
Ana Castillo
(Illustration, Painting, Animation: Paris, France)
Atsuko Mochida
(Installation, Site-specific Installation, Public Art : Tokyo, Japan)
Ece Canguden
(Painting, Sculpture: Istanbul, Turkey)
Eliana Jacobs
(Etching, Objects, Collage, Conceptual: Vancouver, BC, Canada)
Isabelle Kuzio
(Video, sculpture, painting, installation: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada)
Jose Sarmiento
(Painting, Drawing, Etching: Bucaramanga, Columbia)
Charles Park
(Photography: New York, NY, US)
Marloes Staal
(Sculpture, Photography, Drawing: Enschede, Netherlands)
Ludmila Hrachovinova
(Painting: Bratislava, Slovakia / Stockholm, Sweden)
Roman Bicek
(Painting, Collage: Bratislava, Slovakia)
Tomas Orrego Gianella
(Video, Installation, Collage: Lima, Peru)
Valentine Emilia Bossert
(Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video, Installation: Geneva, Switzerland)
Local Participants
Henrike Pilz
(Mixed Media; Leipzig, Germany)
Paul Altmann
(Conceptual Art, Photography, Video, Installation: Leipzig, Germany)
Curator
Tena Bakšaj
(Zagreb, Croatia)
Assistants
Ciara Brown
(Fine Art, Multi-media: Burnley, UK)
Samra Šabanović
(Photography, Visual Culture: Helsinki, Finland / Sarajevo, B&H)
Maria Valcarcel Maceira
(Art History: A Estrada, Spain)
Mihyun Maria Kim
(Painting, Drawing; Toronto, Canada)
PK Artistic Director and Coordinator
maeshelle west-davies
(Performance, Time-based media, Installation: US/UK/DE