Float: Buoyant Things, a Sinking Feeling
@ PROGRAM, Berlin
Invalidenstraße 115
this Thursday, January 28, 19:00
Float: Buoyant Things, a Sinking Feeling is an evening of short films by contemporary visual artists, featuring poetic gestures that are partial, incomplete or unresolved. The protagonists of the films oscillate amidst dilemmas of gravity, forces of nature, undelivered promises and artificial histories. Unlike failure, these acts of anti-heroism and noncatharsis displace the significance of outcomes and instead emphasize desire itself—the will that initiates action. Understated humor and cinematic images of natural splendor form the backdrop for these metaphors of intellectual inquiry, placing viewers in a state of suspension.
Float is organized by Caitlin Berrigan, based on concepts she began exploring at PROGRAM during her residency in Fall 2009. The screening will last approximately 1 hour with no intermission.
Peter Land, "The Lake," 2000
Simon Faithfull, "Escape Vehicle No. 6," 2004
Gina Siepel, "Kennebec Excursions," 2009
Caitlin Berrigan, "The Marshmallow Suicide," 2008
Christian Niccoli, "Splash," 2008
Guido van der Werve, "Nummer Vier," 2005 (courtesy of Juliette Jongma Gallery)
Avalanche
29 January — 13 March 2010
Opening Friday 29 January, 19:00
Group exhibition at
Maribel López Gallery
Kurfürstenstrasse 13
10785 Berlin
Already opened:
EXCHANGE, Curated by Lauren Fensterstock
20 January — 11 April 2010
Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art
Portland, Maine
www.meca.edu
Artists: Caitlin Berrigan, Lewis Hyde and Max Gimblett, David K. Ross, Deb Todd Wheeler
Culture Shock: Video Interventions at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Curated by Stephanie Rebick, Vancouver Art Gallery
22 January — 21 March 2010
Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Artists: Jacqueline Bates, Hilla Ben Ari, Caitlin Berrigan, Manon De Pauw, Jen DeNike, Harry Dodge and Stanya Kahn, Aleksandra Domanovic, Dennis Feser, Kate Gilmore, Simon Gush, Barbara Hlall, Alex Hubbard, Kimsooja, Frédéric Lavole, Kakyoung Lee, Deirdre Logue, Mads Lynnerup, Kelly Mark, Lynne Marsh, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Julie Orser, Julia Oschatz, Rebecca Parker, Judy Radul, Johanna Reich, Catherine Ross, Claire Savole, Carol Sawyer, Kelly Sears, Kiki Seror and Jin-me Yoon
Presented as part of the Cultural Olympiad, a series of multidisciplinary festivals and digital programs showcasing the best in Canadian and international arts and popular culture. Launched in 2008, the program culminates in the 60-day Cultural Olympiad 2010 (January 22 to March 21, 2010), which begins before and continues throughout the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
