Which Freedom?—Programmatically committed to the freedom of art, the Secession will ask in a series of conversations and lectures with artists and theoreticians, how claims to the freedom and autonomy of art can be maintained in a society that is undergoing fundamental change. How have artistic practices changed in the face of global capitalism, and what are the consequences of the growing divide between those artists who profit from the new economy and those who don’t? Has the freedom of art not in fact assumed an independent reality in our society? What are the implications for how artists understand their work, and what options for action does this entail?


PROGRAM
welchefreiheit_2008.pdf


MO APR 6, 2009, 7 PM
MARLENE HARING
Lecture

MO MAR 16, 2009, 7 PM
MARIA GALINDO / MUJERES CREANDO
Lecture in cooperatio with Lateinamerika-Institut
supported by Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien

MO MAR 9, 2009, 7 PM
TINO SEHGAL & GEORG SCHÖLLHAMMER
Artist's Talk

MO FEB 23, 2009, 7 PM
MLADEN STILINOVIC & CHARLES ESCHE
Artist's Talk in english

MO FEB 9, 2009, 7 PM
SHOOSHIE SULAIMAN & SABETH BUCHMAN
Artist's Talk in english

MO JAN 1, 2009, 7 PM
JOHANNA KIRSCH & SILVIA EIBLMAYR
Artist's Talk

MO DEC 15, 2008, 7 PM
WOLFGANG ULLRICH
The Dictatorship of Art.

MO DEC 1, 2008, 7 PM
MARCUS GEIGER
in conversation with
AXEL HUBER

MO NOV 17, 2008, 7 PM
SHARON LOCKHART
in conversation with
DIEDRICH DIEDERICHSEN

MO NOV 3, 2008, 7 PM
JOÃO RIBAS
Freedom as Art

MO OCT 27, 2008, 7 PM
GUSTAV METZGER
in conversation
SABINE BREITWIESER

MO OCT 6, 2008, 7 PM
VICTOR MISIANO
Which Freedom?



For further information and photographic material please contact:

Tamara Schwarzmayr
Secession, Association of Visual Artists Vienna Secession, Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna
Tel: +43-1-5875307-21, Fax: +43-1-5875307-34
presse@secession.at