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Wouldn't it be nice… –
10 Utopias in Art and Design
8.2.2008 – 25.5.2008
Halle
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Martino Gamper, Gallery Furniture, 2007 © Francis Ware
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Art and design have had an enduringly productive relationship. Artists and designers, as well as graphic artists, fashion designers, and architects, share common strategies, methods, and aims. While some artists employ design strategies to make socially critical statements, others use design as a way of reflecting everyday phenomena, emotions, or conceptual approaches. Many designers on the other hand, having dispensed with any belief in the ideal of neutrality, intervene increasingly in social, political, ethical, or ecological discourses. This exhibition confronts ten contemporary positions on the edge of reality, on the border of what is possible. Featuring: Jurgen Bey (NL), Bless (FR/DE), Dexter Sinister (GB/US), Dunne & Raby and Michael Anastassiades (GB), Alicia Framis (ES), Martino Gamper (IT/GB), Ryan Gander (GB), Martí Guixé (ES), Tobias Rehberger (DE) and Superflex (DK). A co-production with the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève and the Haute école d’art et de design Genève.
Publication accompanying the exhibition
Wouldn’t it be nice… wishful thinking in art and design
Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève, ed.
With contributions from Katya García-Anton, Emily King and Christian Brändle
Design: Graphic Thought Facility, London, F / E, 320 pages, JRP|Ringier, CHF 38
The 10 participating artists and designers
Programme accompanying the exhibition
Laughing Hole
Performance / Installation by La Ribot, Geneva
Sunday, 3 February 2008, 12.00 to 17.00, Halle
A coproduction by Theaterhaus Gessnerallee and Museum für Gestaltung Zürich as part of "I imagine...*", a project series by Theaterhaus Gessnerallee, Siemens Arts Program and the Institute of Theory (ith) of the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
What will the future bring? What does the future need?
Prospects for the design tasks of tomorrow / Discussion at the exhibition
Wednesday, 27 February 2008, 20.00, Halle
With Joan Billing, trend researcher, Baden
Stephan Hürlemann, Managing Director Hannes Wettstein AG, Zurich
Daniel Niggli, architect, EM2N, Zurich
Jacqueline Otten, Director, Department of Design at ZHdK
Chair: Karin Salm, journalist, SR DRS, Zurich
Alles wird neu / Everything Becoming New
Performance / work in progress by Martino Gamper, London
Thursday, 13 March to Sunday, 16 March 2008, throughout the day, Halle
The designer Martino Gamper devises and builds new furniture from bulky goods and the contents of second-hand shops.
Art and Design, an Odd Couple?
The differences and similarities of two disciplines / Discussion at the exhibition
Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 20.00, Halle
With Bruno Bischofberger, gallery owner, Zurich
Jörg Boner, designer, Zurich
Gabriela Christen, journalist, SR DRS, Zurich
Anders Guggisberg, artist, Zurich
Chair: Jacqueline Burckhardt, publicist, Zurich
Guided Tours
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February 2008
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| Sun, 10.2., |
14.00 |
Cynthia Gavranic, Curator, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Wed, 13.2., |
18.30 |
Verena Formanek, Head of Collections, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Wed, 20.2., |
18.30 |
Rahel Uster, Assistant Exhibitions, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich |
| Wed, 27.2., |
18.30 |
Christian Brändle, Director, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
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March 2008
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| Sun, 2.3., |
14.00 |
Verena Formanek |
| Wed, 5.3., |
18.30 |
Bernadette Mock, Head of Communications, Museum für Gestaltung |
| Wed, 12.3., |
18.30 |
Verena Formanek |
| Wed, 19.3., |
18.30 |
Bernadette Mock |
| Wed, 26.3., |
18.30 |
Rahel Uster
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April 2008
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| Wed, 2.4., |
18.30 |
Bernadette Mock |
| Sun, 6.4., |
14.00 |
Rahel Uster |
| Wed, 9.4., |
18.30 |
Verena Formanek |
| Wed, 16.4., |
18.30 |
Christian Brändle |
| Wed, 23.4., |
18.30 |
Bernadette Mock
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| Wed, 30.4., |
18.30 |
Rahel Uster
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May 2008
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| Sun, 4.5., |
14.00 |
Cynthia Gavranic |
| Wed, 7.5., |
18.30 |
Cynthia Gavranic |
| Wed, 14.5., |
18.30 |
Verena Formanek |
| Wed, 21.5., |
18.30 |
Rahel Uster |
Special guided tours (also in English) on request: Tel +41 (0)43 446 67 12 or christine.kessler@zhdk.ch
We thank our partners and sponsors:
seacex – Sociedad Estatal para la Acción Cultural Exterior de España,
Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación de España
Mondriaan Stichting
Press Clips
form Mai/Juni 08
Tages-Anzeiger 19.04.08
NZZ am Sonntag 13.04.08
Neue Zürcher Zeitung 19.02.08
Aargauer Zeitung 09.02.08
Züritipp 07.02.08
News 07.02.08
Hochparterre January 08
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