Jeremiah Day
If It's For The People It Needs To Be Beautiful, She Said - Extended until 30 August 2020
07 Feb - 30 Aug 2020
Jeremiah Day, Nach Hause gehen - Entlang des Carl und Margarethe Schurz Weges, Performance Still, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2020. Photo: Lisa Bergmann
Jeremiah Day, If It’s For The People, It Needs To Be Beautiful, She Said, Exhibition view, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2020. Photo: Stephan Baumann, bild_raum
Jeremiah Day, If It’s For The People, It Needs To Be Beautiful, She Said, Exhibition view, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2020. Photo: Stephan Baumann, bild_raum
Jeremiah Day, If It’s For The People, It Needs To Be Beautiful, She Said, Exhibition view, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2020. Photo: Stephan Baumann, bild_raum
Jeremiah Day, If It’s For The People, It Needs To Be Beautiful, She Said, Exhibition view, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe 2020. Photo: Stephan Baumann, bild_raum
What kind of culture can a multiracial democracy have? Who are the people, and how do they (we) describe, reflect, commemorate and speculate on their (our) circumstances and what might need to be changed or governed differently? Do pictures and words (or exhibitions and performances) have anything to contribute to such discussions?
In an exhibition and extensive live-program, the artist Jeremiah Day bears on these questions. A number of current works are premiered, which the artist combines in a new installation under the title The Opposite of Fatalism. This installation addresses moments of (political/civic) action in diverse societal settings, and considers possibilities for generating a sense of home within the sheer complexity of contemporary political reality. Another key element of the project is a series of performance-workshops, live performances and round tables. Day’s performance-workshops are consistent with Allan Kaprow’s plea for a “non-theatrical performance,” and are accompanied by guest teachers showcasing teaching experiences and deliberations related to the implementation of a pluralist performance model.
The project is a collaboration with the centre d’art Le Lait in Albi, the M – Museum Leuven and the Villa Romana in Florence. A joint publication will be published (designed by Will Holder). With special thanks to Arcade, London, and Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam.
In an exhibition and extensive live-program, the artist Jeremiah Day bears on these questions. A number of current works are premiered, which the artist combines in a new installation under the title The Opposite of Fatalism. This installation addresses moments of (political/civic) action in diverse societal settings, and considers possibilities for generating a sense of home within the sheer complexity of contemporary political reality. Another key element of the project is a series of performance-workshops, live performances and round tables. Day’s performance-workshops are consistent with Allan Kaprow’s plea for a “non-theatrical performance,” and are accompanied by guest teachers showcasing teaching experiences and deliberations related to the implementation of a pluralist performance model.
The project is a collaboration with the centre d’art Le Lait in Albi, the M – Museum Leuven and the Villa Romana in Florence. A joint publication will be published (designed by Will Holder). With special thanks to Arcade, London, and Ellen de Bruijne Projects, Amsterdam.