Open 17

Presentation of Open 17 and video screening of The First of May by Marcelo Expósito

5 Jun 2009

On the occasion of the publication of Open 17, titled A Precarious Existence. Vulnerability in the Public Domain, SKOR and the editors of Open. Cahier on Art and the Public Domain, are showing the video The First of May (2004) by Marcelo Expósito. After the showing, writer and researcher Matteo Pasquinelli will interview the Spanish artist Marcelo Expósito.

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May Day - The First of May by Marcelo Expósito

This issue of Open focusses on the notion of precarity, which refers to the relationship between temporary labour contracts and a life without predictability and security. It occurs in many places in society as a result of the neo-liberal and post-Fordist economy, where the emphasis lies on the immaterial production of information and services and continuous flexibility. Among the topics dealt with are the functioning of the art scene and the conditions of the precarious city and its public domain.

With contributions by Nicolas Bourriaud, Pascal Gielen, Brian Holmes, Brett Neilson and Ned Rossiter, Merijn Oudenampsen, Matteo Pasquinelli, Recetas Urbanas, Gerald Raunig and Jan Verwoert, as well as an extensive interview with the Italian philosopher Paolo Vimo by Pascal Gielen and Sonja Lavaert.

Under the title Entre Sueños, the Spanish artist Marcelo Expósito produced a series of videos during the last few years, in which he gives evidence of a new social struggle. In Open 17 Brian Holmes analyses these videos, showing that, besides an activist message, they also depict its artistic expression.

Location: Smart project Space, Arie Biemondstraat 111, Amsterdam

Date: 5 June 2009

Commencing: 20 uur

Admission: 5 euro

Reservations: ad@skor.nl