Evening lectures
Where held at U-TURN, Vester Voldgade 96, K�benhavn V, in spring 2007.
Photo from the film "Tornerose", 1970. Photo: Jytte Rex
Det kanon!
Det Kanon! did not concern itself with formulating an alternative canon for art that has hitherto been excluded from museum collections and the existing canon. Instead, U-TURN wished to discuss the
means and methods of history writing. Under the playful title Det Kanon! (which refers to Danish words for canon, cannon, and slang for something great or cool) U-TURN invited the above artists and
critics to share fascinating, humorous, political, and conceptual art projects from the 2nd half of the 20th century.
Avant-garde art not only revised the categories of painting and sculpture, but also challenged the very concept of the artwork itself along with its systems of distribution/exhibition, including the latter's attendant formulation of categories, hierarchies, and customary modes of presentation and audience-creation, etc. For these reasons, avant-garde practices form a vital historical backdrop for understanding the art of today.Det Kanon! is part of the pre-program (entitled "The META-EHIBITION") of U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art in Denmark 2008. The META-EXHIBITION is a 'slow-show', which offers an opportunity to reflect on the quadrennial and its context, even as the former continues to evolve.
Avant-garde art not only revised the categories of painting and sculpture, but also challenged the very concept of the artwork itself along with its systems of distribution/exhibition, including the latter's attendant formulation of categories, hierarchies, and customary modes of presentation and audience-creation, etc. For these reasons, avant-garde practices form a vital historical backdrop for understanding the art of today.Det Kanon! is part of the pre-program (entitled "The META-EHIBITION") of U-TURN Quadrennial for Contemporary Art in Denmark 2008. The META-EXHIBITION is a 'slow-show', which offers an opportunity to reflect on the quadrennial and its context, even as the former continues to evolve.
PROGRAM
Man. 4. juni kl. 17.00:
Lars Bang Larsen "John Davidsen
Ons. 30. maj kl. 17.00:
Tania �rum "Tekst - billede - lyd"
Ons. 2. maj kl. 17.00:
Eric Andersen "F�r eller siden - Parallelle tidslommer"
Ons. 18. april kl. 17.00:
Kirsten Dufour, Jytte Rex og Finn Thybo "Kanonklubben"
Ons. 8. februar kl. 17.00:
Jakob Jakobsen & Mikkel Bolt om Skandinavisk Situationisme.
All lectures where held in Danish. See
Danish page
for detailed
programme (in Danish).