Talks
Sergio Edelsztein
The Schrödinger Artist — Art in the Age of Rage
29 November 2024, 6pm
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After 20 years of globalization and identity politics – and even more in the last year, institutions and exhibition became a battleground – mostly against the outside world, but also a tool for demands and a field of boycotts – everything taking place on Social Media…How did we get there? What are the vectors that operated into the art world that brought us to this situation? What is the role of the curator in all this?
Sergio Edelsztein is a curator was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina and living between Berlin and Tel Aviv. In 1995 funded The Center for Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv and has been its director and chief curator until 2017. In the framework of the CCA he curated seven Performance Art Biennials and five International Video Art Biennials – Video Zone. Curated numerous experimental and video art screenings, retrospectives and performances events. Major exhibitions curated for the CCA include, among others, shows of Guy Ben Ner, Roee Rosen Rosa Barba, Ceal Floyer, Marina Abramovic and Gary Hill. Since 1995 curated exhibitions and time-based events in Spain, China, Poland, Singapore and elsewhere. Curated the Israeli participation at the 24th Sao Paulo Biennial (1998) the 2005 and 2013 Israeli Pavilion at the Biennale in Venice. Lectured, presented video programs and published writings in Israel, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Austria, Germany, China, the USA, Argentina etc. Writes extensively for catalogues, web sites and publications.
This event was part of Let’s Talk About… Anti-Democratic, Anti-Queer, Misogynist, Antisemitic, Right Wing Spaces and Their Counter Movements project.