HOW TO MAKE HELL A BETTER PLACE
June 4, 2009, 19.00
Kristoffer Ardena links his artistic practice in conjunction with the Filipino cultural condition. Ardena proposes an alternative perspective to Western art historical evolution in understanding his aesthetic investigation. Art making that talks about hell as a an agitating situation that generates creative ways. The talk will be divided in two parts: realized projects and unrealized/future projects. The artist will also show excerpts of his recent video work.
Ardena was born in Dumaguete (Philippines) in 1976. He works in various media (video, photography, objects, installations, drawing, etc.). He currently lives and works in Oviedo and Madrid (Spain). He has participated in various exhibitions and projects. He was part of the Bucharest Biennale in 2007.
Razvan Ion is theoretician, curator, cultural manager and political activist. He is the co-editor (with Eugen Radescu), of the magazine PAVILION, co-director of Bucharest Biennale and in 2008 he was appointed as director of PAVILION UNICREDIT- center for contemporary art & culture. He lectured at University of California -Berkeley, Headlands Center for the Arts-California, Political Science Faculty - Cluj, Art Academy - Timisoara, La Casa Encedida - Madrid, Calouste Gulbenkian - Lisbon, etc. He write in different magazines and newspapers. Now he is working on the curatorial project "Exploring the Return of Repression". Lives and works in Bucharest.
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PAVILION UNICREDIT
center for contemporary art & culture
Sos. Nicolae Titulescu 1 (Piata Victoriei)
Bucharest 011131 Romania
June 2009
