Progress Reports: art in an era of diversity
Iniva launches 2010 with a dynamic multi-voiced exhibition selected by curators, artists and filmmakers. Painting, sculpture, graphics and film reflect the times we live in and changes to the social and cultural landscape since Iniva was founded 15 years ago. The structure of the exhibition explores interpretations of ‘cultural diversity’.
Manick Govinda from Artsadmin, Sally Lai from the Chinese Arts Centre, and artist Zarina Bhimji have selected artists. These include Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour whose bold mixture of art, politics, games, sci-fi and storytelling rebels against the stereotypes of the Middle East. Ashery is from Israel and Sansour from Palestine. Artist Sanford Biggers’ sculptures seamlessly blend contemporary hip-hop expressions with Eastern Spiritualism, he presents a breakdance floor modelled on a Buddhist mandala.
Filmmaker and scholar Karen Alexander and filmmaker Campbell select screenings by artists such as Kara Walker whose provocative films retell narratives around slavery and domination; Hetain Patel who realigns his body in relationship to nationhood in films like Kanku Ragu, and Harold Offeh with his humorous re-interpretation of Hollywood media representations of the asexual mammy figure.
... Is the era and the goal of ‘cultural diversity’ in the arts now over? Has the globalisation of the art world – “let a thousand biennales bloom” – ‘solved’ the problem? Stuart Hall, Founding Chair of Iniva and Rivington Place
A lively talks and events programme asks questions around internationalism, cultural hierarchies, participation and politics. Join the debates at Rivington Place or online.
The Inivators, Iniva’s Youth Advisory Board, in collaboration with artist Yara El Sherbini provide their own radical responses to Progress Reports with playful art interventions, installations and events. They stage a court of law with the cultural sector on trial; create their own version of the popular BBC Question Time programme called Questionable Times; devise a special board game installation and give news updates on their pirate radio station.
http://www.iniva.org/press/2010/progress_reports
Manick Govinda from Artsadmin, Sally Lai from the Chinese Arts Centre, and artist Zarina Bhimji have selected artists. These include Oreet Ashery and Larissa Sansour whose bold mixture of art, politics, games, sci-fi and storytelling rebels against the stereotypes of the Middle East. Ashery is from Israel and Sansour from Palestine. Artist Sanford Biggers’ sculptures seamlessly blend contemporary hip-hop expressions with Eastern Spiritualism, he presents a breakdance floor modelled on a Buddhist mandala.
Filmmaker and scholar Karen Alexander and filmmaker Campbell select screenings by artists such as Kara Walker whose provocative films retell narratives around slavery and domination; Hetain Patel who realigns his body in relationship to nationhood in films like Kanku Ragu, and Harold Offeh with his humorous re-interpretation of Hollywood media representations of the asexual mammy figure.
... Is the era and the goal of ‘cultural diversity’ in the arts now over? Has the globalisation of the art world – “let a thousand biennales bloom” – ‘solved’ the problem? Stuart Hall, Founding Chair of Iniva and Rivington Place
A lively talks and events programme asks questions around internationalism, cultural hierarchies, participation and politics. Join the debates at Rivington Place or online.
The Inivators, Iniva’s Youth Advisory Board, in collaboration with artist Yara El Sherbini provide their own radical responses to Progress Reports with playful art interventions, installations and events. They stage a court of law with the cultural sector on trial; create their own version of the popular BBC Question Time programme called Questionable Times; devise a special board game installation and give news updates on their pirate radio station.
http://www.iniva.org/press/2010/progress_reports
