<nettime-ann> [event] subvision. kunst. festival. off.

[Jennifer Smailes | SUBVISION <presseassistenz@subvision-hamburg.com>]

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> From August 26 through September 6, 2009 the contemporary art festival 
subvision. kunst. festival. off.* *will take place in HafenCity Hamburg, 
Germany.


subvision focuses on initiatives experimenting with new exhibition and 
communication formats going beyond traditional forms of the art business 
with its fairs and biennales. For the first time, artists' initiatives 
from all over the world, whose working methods as well as art 
presentation and distribution strategies manoeuvre outside established 
institutions and commercial structures, will come together. They include 
independent exhibition spaces - so-called "off spaces" or "artist-run 
spaces", nomadic projects, special archives, self-published magazines, 
and alternative communication networks or research projects.

Artists' initiatives**

A total of 30 international artists' initiatives from 20 countries have 
been invited to the Hanseatic city - from a spectrum of far more than 
300 groups that were researched in advance. They include "Gugulective" 
from South Africa, "Publish and be damned" from Great Britain, "The 
Suburban" from the United States, "C.A.A." (Center for Art Analysis) 
from Romania, "Chto Djelat" from Russia, or "Baltic Raw Org" from 
Hamburg. Curator Brigitte Kölle on the selection: "With subvision, we 
intend to present an international panorama that gives insights into a 
lively and broad field, while at the same time doing justice to the 
autonomy and distinctive features of the individual initiatives."


subvision is divided into three parts: an exhibition that, depending of 
the dynamics of the artists working on location, will change time and 
again during the course of the festival; a temporary academy with panel 
discussions, lectures and seminars; as well as a varied event programme 
with performances, book presentations and concerts. The special mixture 
of exhibition and working situations opens up new networking 
opportunities - between the individual artists' initiatives as well as 
with interested visitors.

Architecture**

The Architektur Werkstatt Hamburg, together with HafenCity Hamburg GmbH, 
has designed a temporary exhibition architecture consisting of ship 
containers and scaffoldings along the lines of urbanistic models. Hence, 
a "city inside the city" will be created on the Strandkai that with its 
block structure is reminiscent of both the city map of Manhattan and a 
playing field. Each individual field consists of one to three containers 
coloured red (Hamburg Süd), blue (NYK) or green (Capital Intermodal), 
and is "occupied" by one artists' group. Places of joint use as well as 
an event hall and a café further the participatory moment. All 
constructional elements and materials will be used again after the end 
of the festival.


Venue**

HafenCity Hamburg, currently the largest intra-urban construction site 
in Europe, is an ideal venue for subvision, as it forms both the context 
and the contrasting backdrop to the artistic contents and issues. This 
productive field of tension is desired. subvision utilizes an area
of 10,000 square metres on the Strandkai in the western part of 
HafenCity - a "prime cut" directly on the Elbe and in the immediate 
vicinity of the Elbphilharmonie - for a powerful artistic positing, the 
supra-regional radiation of which will benefit the City of Hamburg on 
many levels.

Cooperation**

subvision is curated by the cultural studies scholar Brigitte Kölle; the 
artistic director is the president of the Hochschule für bildende 
Künste, Martin Köttering. The festival has been made possible through 
the cooperation of the Hochschule für bildende Künste, the 
Deichtorhallen and the Hamburger Kunsthalle, as well as through the 
support of numerous public and private promoters. "We are delighted 
that, especially in a time of extreme crisis, such broad support has 
been given to a project offering artists' initiatives a platform for new 
and different forms of working. subvision can send a strong signal," 
says Martin Köttering.

Press photos are available at www.hfbk-hamburg.de/index.php?id=748 
<http://www.hfbk-hamburg.de/index.php?id=748>


subvision is an initiative of the HFBK in cooperation with the 
Deichtorhallen and the Hamburger Kunsthalle.

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