Goethe Satellite Vancouver: Dida Zende wants to change the world with art
Ort: Vancouver
Ereignis: FIT, die Freie Internationale Tankstelle des Berliner Künstlers Dida Zende, ist das erste in einer Reihe von Projekten, die vom Goethe Satellite Vancouver präsentiert werden, einer zweijährigen Initiative des Goethe-Instituts Toronto.
Dida Zende has been practically living in a container in the parking lot of the Waldorf Hotel. For three weeks, the German artist went to the L-shaped box—formed by two used shipping containers at a right angle—and worked. He carved two holes in the ceilings for solar panels, scrubbed the outsides, gutted the insides, and painted the structure white. Often with a cigarette between his lips, the mid-career artist moved between activities with an agility and energy that took years off his age. After weeks of work, the social sculpture’s grand opening is tonight (June 2) to coincide with the Fair, a new art event at the Waldorf.
The project is the latest incarnation of Zende’s FIT (freie internationale tankstelle, or “free international fuelling stations”) series. It’s been seen in Berlin, Copenhagen, Cologne, and Miami. Inspired by artist Joseph Beuys, Zende strives to adhere to the 20th-century icon’s principles of social and accessible art.
[…] Like the other locations, the space will be available to the community for a variety of purposes, from local artists’ exhibits of their work to lectures and workshops. Zende, along with the curators for the project, Malcolm Levy and Kate Armstrong of Revised Projects, will accept email proposals after the opening. The one criterion: the uses have to incorporate a discussion of sustainability and art.
[…] FIT is also the first of a possible eight projects that are coming to Vancouver in the German-based Goethe-Institut’s satellite program. The institute, which has three locations in Canada, developed this two-year initiative for artists and curators to create German-Canadian projects. “The satellite is a great way to bring German art to Vancouver, while saving on the expense of renting a permanent gallery space,” says Sonja Griegoschewski, director of the Toronto location.
[…] Although satellite initiatives help address the larger financial problems that beset the arts community, according to Zende, the Goethe-Institut’s program also allows the art to change constantly and be placed in new locations around the city. […]
Ereignis: FIT, die Freie Internationale Tankstelle des Berliner Künstlers Dida Zende, ist das erste in einer Reihe von Projekten, die vom Goethe Satellite Vancouver präsentiert werden, einer zweijährigen Initiative des Goethe-Instituts Toronto.
Dida Zende has been practically living in a container in the parking lot of the Waldorf Hotel. For three weeks, the German artist went to the L-shaped box—formed by two used shipping containers at a right angle—and worked. He carved two holes in the ceilings for solar panels, scrubbed the outsides, gutted the insides, and painted the structure white. Often with a cigarette between his lips, the mid-career artist moved between activities with an agility and energy that took years off his age. After weeks of work, the social sculpture’s grand opening is tonight (June 2) to coincide with the Fair, a new art event at the Waldorf.
The project is the latest incarnation of Zende’s FIT (freie internationale tankstelle, or “free international fuelling stations”) series. It’s been seen in Berlin, Copenhagen, Cologne, and Miami. Inspired by artist Joseph Beuys, Zende strives to adhere to the 20th-century icon’s principles of social and accessible art.
[…] Like the other locations, the space will be available to the community for a variety of purposes, from local artists’ exhibits of their work to lectures and workshops. Zende, along with the curators for the project, Malcolm Levy and Kate Armstrong of Revised Projects, will accept email proposals after the opening. The one criterion: the uses have to incorporate a discussion of sustainability and art.
[…] FIT is also the first of a possible eight projects that are coming to Vancouver in the German-based Goethe-Institut’s satellite program. The institute, which has three locations in Canada, developed this two-year initiative for artists and curators to create German-Canadian projects. “The satellite is a great way to bring German art to Vancouver, while saving on the expense of renting a permanent gallery space,” says Sonja Griegoschewski, director of the Toronto location.
[…] Although satellite initiatives help address the larger financial problems that beset the arts community, according to Zende, the Goethe-Institut’s program also allows the art to change constantly and be placed in new locations around the city. […]
von Yvonne Robertson, Georgia Straight, 2. Juni 2011
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