Kunst im Trend. Artists’ Voices. Series of media talks and video blog

Discursive on- and offline installment on roles and positions of artists in contemporary societies

participants
michael aichhorn, theater maker / painter, a 
evrim asutay
, actress / singer, tr 
nicole baier
, film/ video/ media artist, a
stefan bläske
, theater scientist, a 
sarawut chutiwongpeti
, mixed media/ video artist, t
sini coreth
, fine artist, a
ricarda denzer
, video artist / filmmaker, a 
korhan erel
, sound artist, tr
murat ergin, painter, tr
heidulf gerngross, architect, a
elizabeth mcglynn, fine artist, a
genco gülan, performer / media artist, tr
yesim gülan, actress / theater director, tr
anita hafner, visual artist, a
amina handke, participative media broadcasting, a
jeremy hight, conceptual artist / writer / musician, us
kurt hofstetter, media artist, a
salvatore iaconesci, artistically inclined human being / process artist / media artist, i
leander kaiser, painter / philosopher, a 
mandana alavi kia, dancer / performer / singer / painter, ir
gerald kofler, journalist / photographer, a
tina leisch, theater and film director, a
franziska maderthaner, fine artist, a 
brigitte neufeldt, media artist, d 
alexander nikolic, video maker / communication guerilla, cosmopolitan
prinzgau/podgorschek, fine artists, a
barbara putz-plecko, art & communication of art, a
marie ringler, cultural politics, a
stylianos schicho, painter, a 
marika schmiedt, filmmaker, a
walter stach, artist / art communicator, a
paul stepan, culture economist, a 
alexander stanzel, fine artist, a 
myriam thyes, artist, d 
eve tsirigotakis, tv journalist, gr
leen vandereyken, author / theater director, b
frederik de wilde, media artist, b
michael wimmer, communication of art, a 
herbert wulz, in-/ exformatic designer, a

camera work
katharina ebner / markus mitmesser / alexandra reill / eve tsirigotakis / oscar wlaschitz
transcriptions | text editing | online / print layout | video editing | video blogging
alexandra reill
technical support herbert wulz

idea / concept| program design | curating | interviewing / moderation
alexandra reill

coordination | public relations alexandra reill
production kanonmedia | vienna / a | gümüşlük / tr 2006-2008

The format Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices. was developed during Alexandra Reill’s participation in the artists-in-residency program of the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum and her stay at the Gümüşlük Academy in Turkey. First video interviews were taken there, followed by conversations with international artists focussing on their motivation to produce art, the targets of their art and their self-defintion of their roles and positions in contemporary societies, with a special focus on their financing models for the art production as well as their ways of life.

The interview series developed into a project of Artistic Research and led to two parallel modules taking place in 2006-2008 – a series of discussion panels and artists’ talks, in parts combined with screenings of former video interviews, staged in Vienna.

Art Following the Trend? Artists‘ Voices. table talks

Documentation and Seeking Traces
05/06/07, medienwerkstatt wien, vie / a
marika schmiedt, film maker
alexandra reill, moderating artist

On the Design of Space and Creative Vision
31/05/07, lux atrium, vie / a
heidulf gerngross, architect
alexandra reill, moderating artist
camera: michael oskar wlaschitz
sound: 3-elements / herbert wulz

Form and Language of Sociocultural Production
30/05/07, lux atrium, vie / a
emel heinreich, director
alexandra reill, moderating artist
camera: michael oskar wlaschitz
sound: 3-elements / herbert wulz

Communicating Art
29/05/07, lux atrium, vie / a
walter stach, artist and art communicator
alexandra reill, moderating artist
camera: michael oskar wlaschitz
sound: 3-elements / herbert wulz

etc.

Module 2 consisted of a series of interviews conducted offline or in form of email correspondence on an international level; followed by the transcription, editing and publishing of the findings on the video blog Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices on a regular basis.

Furthermore, the Artistic Research project led to the publication Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices. Artists’ Talks – an inter-positioning of excerpts of participating artists’ positions; and to the study Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices. evaluating the interviews and a survey undertaken on the theme on the basis of quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. 

Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices. supported by

— commission of culture 1070 vienna
— department of culture of the city of vienna

Furthermore, our thxs go to

— 3-elements for support in sound equipment,
— datonet for support by extended webspace for the video blog,
— sonance artistic network for free hosting of the CMS

Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices.
screenings | panels | artists’ talks staged at

— depot / vie / a / 10/08
— depot / vie / a / 06/08
— depot / vie / a / 05/08
— depot / vie / a / 02/08
— medienwerkstatt wien / vie / a / 07
— lux / vie / a / 07
— underdog film festival / vie / a / 07

Art Following the Trend? Artists’ Voices. featured by

— koop interdisziplinär / wiener kunstschule / vie / a / 09
— aharonic / i / 09
— rhizome at the new museum / nyc / us / 08
— die angewandte online / vie / a / 08
— boekmanstichting studiecentrum voor kunst, cultuur en beleid / nl / 08
— termindienst österreich schweiz deutschland / vie / a / 08
— blog.myspace.com/djaminka / int / 08
— leander kaiser online / vie / a / 08
— walter stach online / vie / a / 08
— basis-wien / vie / a / 08
— equal artworks / vie / a / 08
— artmagazine / vie / a / 08
— neubauwest / vie / a / 08
— kalender.esel / vie / a / 08
— termindienst / vie / a / 08
— educult / vie / a / 08
— ifacca: international federation of arts council and culture agencies / sydney / aus / 08
— blackletter / int / 08
— kalender.esel / vie / a / 08
— berliner pool / berlin / d / 08
— ue-branchenverzeichnis.de / einbeck / d / 08
— eutopia / vie / a / 08
— die grünen / vie / a / 08
— ig kultur wien / vie / a / 08
— e.journal / vie / a / 08
— mailman.sil / vie / a / 08
— friday arts net / int / 08
— depot / vie / a / 08
— netbehaviour / lon / uk / 08
— ig freie theater / vie / a / 08
— chris joseph / int / 08
— nettime_ann / int / 08
— cocon / vie 7 a / 08
— osdir / int / 08
— nettime / int / 08
— alice forums / arts hit page / f / 08
— the art colossus / int / 08
— equal artworks / vie / a / 08
— curatorial.net pipermail / uk / 08
— idash.org pipermail / int / 08
— strategic board / int / 08
— notrack – arts hit page / int / 08
— experttree – arts hit page / int / 08
— godado – arts hit page / i / 08
— betacity / stuttgart / d / 08
— the art colossus / int / 08
— shavis visuals news net / i / 08
— aha / i / 08
— chris joseph blog / uk / 08
— falter / vie / a / 08
— rhizome / nyc / us / 08
— lab for culture /amst / nl / 08
— aha / italy / 08
— kulturvernetzung niederösterreich / a / 08
— kulturnews der kulturvernetzung oberösterreich / linz / a / 08
— medienwerkstatt wien / vie / a / 07
— xdxd.vs. / rome / i / 07
— projektschiene Der 6te Sinn / vie / a / 07
— tribe / us / 07
— pourinfos / f / 07
— deleuze rhizome / d / 07
— aharonic / int / 07
— nettime / int / 07
— tribe / us / 07
— x257 / int / 07
— bobrowiec.ownlog / warsaw / pl / 07
— berliner pool / berlin / d / 07
— pourinfos / paris / f / 07
— ejournal / vie / a / 07
— eutopia / vie / a / 07
— esel-safari blog / vie / a / 07
— interdisciplinarian art department of the estonian art academy / est / 07
— artinfo / budapest / hu / 07