Events

German-Canadian artist duo, Kreye and Grau will host a series of four "Unlearning Weekenders" that are based on an international action research conducted in Berlin and India during 2012. Infusing the public space of Vancouver, the Weekenders will invite the public to co-create contemporary rituals: performative social situations that aim to embody a radical re-imagining for a creatively connected society.

Program

• June 2, 3-6pm: Dance and movement workshop
  @ Public Dreams, #141-2050 Scotia Street (in preparation for participating in Procession June 15)
• June 8 & 9, 1-6pm: Prop & costume building
  @ Public Dreams, #141-2050 Scotia Street (in preparation for participating in Procession June 15)
• June 15, 9am-9pm: Unlearning Procession migrating across Vancouver, locations TBA
• June 16, 4pm: Reflection ceremony (a closing reflection for participants), location TBA 
• June 22, 4pm: Artist Talk
  @ CAG Field House, below the Burrand Bridge
  Presentation of the full project by Catherine Grau & Zoe Kreye

Catherine Grau (DE) and Zoe Kreye (CA) have worked together on a number of collaborative and cross-disciplinary public projects that explore social transformations, learning processes and appropriations of public space. In 2010 they cofounded the artist collective Process Institute. Recent projects include Soziokulturfond-funded KoCA Inn – an urban experiment at the Kiosk of Contemporary Art, Weimar, and Überlebenskunst.klub at Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin.

The Goethe Satellite Vancouver is a two-year initiative of the Goethe-Institute with partner Revised Projects. The goal of the Goethe Satellite is to facilitate unique projects where artists, organizations and collectives have the opportunity to collaborate, perform, and show work that expands current artistic practices.