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Adam Szymczyk and documenta 14

Adam Szymczyk, artistic head of documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (Athens, 8. April – Kassel, 17. September 2017), during the press conference on 7. June 2017 in the Kongress Palais in Kassel.

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  • Ill. 1: Piotr Uklański - Piotr Uklański (*1968 Warsaw): Untitled (Fist), 2008. Steel pipe, paint, 1000 x 700 x 20 cm, 5. Berlin Biennale, 2008
  • Ill. 2:  Ania Molska - Ania Molska (*1983 Prudnik): Untitled, 2008. Metal, wood, 600 x 500 x 340 cm, 5. Berlin Biennale, 2008
  • Ill. 3:  Paulina Olowska - Paulina Olowska (*1976 Danzig): “Collaged Stryjeńska” exhibition, 5. Berlin Biennale, Schinkel Pavilion, 13.-29.6.2008
  • Ill. 4: The curators of documenta 14 - The curators of documenta 14 at the press conference on 7. June 2017 in the Kongress Palais in Kassel
  • Ill. 5a: Alina Szapocznikow - Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973): Grand tumeur II, 1969; Tumeurs accumulées I, 1969/70
  • Ill. 5b: Alina Szapocznikow - Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973): Souvenir I, 1971
  • Ill. 6: Arin Rungjang  - Arin Rungjang (*1975 Bangkok): 246247596248914102516... And then there were none (Democracy Monument), 2017
  • Ill. 7: Marta Minujín  - Marta Minujín (*1941 Buenos Aires): The Parthenon of Books, 2017
  • Ill. 8: Banu Cennetoğlu - Banu Cennetoğlu (*1970 Ankara): BEINGSAFEISSCARY, 2017
  • Ill. 9: Stelios Faitakis  - Stelios Faitakis (*1976 Athen): Fortunately absurdity is lost (but they haved hoped for much more), 2014
  • Ill. 10: Nikos Alexiou - Nikos Alexiou (1960-2011): The End, 2007
  • Ill. 11: Lucas Samaras - Lucas Samaras (*1936 Kastoria): Hebraic Embrace, 1991-2005
  • Ill. 12: Jannis Kounellis - Jannis Kounellis (1936-2017): Untitled, 1993. Coal, sacks, steel
  • Ill. 13: Yiannis Bouteas - Yiannis Bouteas (*1941 Kalamata): Untitled, 1974-80
  • Ill. 14: Costas Tsoclis - Costas Tsoclis (*1930 Athens): Harpooned Fish, 1985-2000
  • Ill. 15: Dimitris Alithinos - Dimitris Alithinos (*1945 Athens): A Happening, 1973
  • Ill. 16: Vlassis Caniaris - Vlassis Caniaris (1928-2011): Hopscotch, 1974
  • Ill. 17: Köken Ergun - Köken Ergun (*1976 Istanbul): I, Soldier, 2005
  • Ill. 18: Kendell Geers - Kendell Geers (* 1968 Johannesburg): Acropolis Redux (The Director’s Cut), 2004
  • Ill. 19: Danny Matthys - Danny Matthys (*1947 Zottegem): Brabantdam 59, Gent, Downstairs-Upstairs, 1975
  • Ill. 20: Piotr Kowalski - Piotr Kowalski (1927-2004): Perspective Dhuizon, 1970
  • Ill. 21: Andreas Angelidakis - Andreas Angelidakis (*1968 Athens): Polemos, 2017
  • Ill. 22: Zafos Xagoraris - Zafos Xagoraris (*1963 Athens): The Welcoming Gate, 2017
  • Ill. 23: Marina Gioti - Marina Gioti (*1972 Athens): The Secret School, 2009
  • Ill. 24: Piotr Uklański - Piotr Uklański (*1968 Warsaw): Real Nazis, 2017
  • Ill. 25a: Piotr Uklański  - Piotr Uklański (*1968 Warsaw) with McDermott & McGough, The Greek Way, 2017
  • Ill. 25b: Piotr Uklański  - Piotr Uklański (*1968 Warsaw) with McDermott & McGough: The Greek Way, 2017
  • Ill. 26: Artur Żmijewski  - Artur Żmijewski (*1966 Warsaw): Realism, 2017
  • Ill. 27: Artur Żmijewski  - Artur Żmijewski (*1966 Warsaw): Glimpse, 2016-17
  • Ill. 28a: Michel Auder - Michel Auder (*1945 Soissons): The Course of Empire, 2017
  • Ill. 28b: Michel Auder - Michel Auder (*1945 Soissons): The Course of Empire, 2017
  • Ill. 28c: Michel Auder - Michel Auder (*1945 Soissons): The Course of Empire, 2017
  • Ill. 29: Hiwa K - Hiwa K (*1975 Sulaimaniyya): When We Were Exhaling Images, 2017
  • Ill. 30a: Igo Diarra and La Medina - Igo Diarra (*1968 Bamako) and La Medina: Installation made from objects and archive materials on Ali Farka Touré, 2014-17
  • Abb. 30b: Igo Diarra und La Medina - Igo Diarra (*1968 Bamako) and La Medina: Installation made from objects and archive materials on Ali Farka Touré, 2014-17
  • Ill. 31: Beau Dick - Beau Dick (1955-2017): 21 masks from the series “Undersea Kingdom” (2016/17)
  • Ill. 32a: El Hadji Sy  - El Hadji Sy (*1954 Dakar): Disso – Concertation, 2016
  • Ill. 32b: Hadji Sy  - El Hadji Sy (*1954 Dakar): Disso – Concertation, 2016
  • Ill. 33a: Guillermo Galindo  - Guillermo Galindo (*1960 Mexiko-Stadt): Flightdestinationeuropedisastersoundbody, 2017
  • Ill. 33b: Guillermo Galindo - Guillermo Galindo (*1960 Mexiko-Stadt): Flightdestinationeuropedisastersoundbody, 2017
  • Ill. 33c: Guillermo Galindo - Guillermo Galindo (*1960 Mexiko-Stadt): Flightdestinationeuropedisastersoundbody, 2017
  • Ill. 34: Cecilia Vicuña - Cecilia Vicuña (*1948 Santiago de Chile): Quipu Gut, 2017
  • Ill. 35: Aboubakar Fofana - Aboubakar Fofana (*1967 Bamako): Fundi (Uprising), 2017
  • Ill. 36: Miriam Cahn - Miriam Cahn (*1949 Basel): KOENNTEICHSEIN, 2015-17
  • Ill. 37: Stanley Whitney - Stanley Whitney (*1946 Philadelphia): various works like “For Joy and Grief”, “Homa, Roma” etc. in a cabinet, 2017
  • Ill. 38: Marie Cool Fabio Balducci - Marie Cool Fabio Balducci (*1961 Valenciennes, *1964 Ostra): Untitled 2003-2011
  • Ill. 39a: Maria Eichhorn - Maria Eichhorn (*1962 Bamberg): Rose Valland Institute, 2017
  • Ill. 39b: Maria Eichhorn - Maria Eichhorn (*1962 Bamberg):  Rose Valland Institute, 2017
  • Ill. 40a: Pélagie Gbaguidi - Pélagie Gbaguidi (*1965 Dakar): The Missing Link. Decolonisation Education by Mrs Smiling Stone (2017)
  • Ill. 40b: Pélagie Gbaguidi - Pélagie Gbaguidi (*1965 Dakar): The Missing Link. Decolonisation Education by Mrs Smiling Stone (2017)
  • Ill. 41a: Y. Gianikian/A. Ricci Lucchi - Yervant Gianikian (*1942 Merano) and Angela Ricci Lucchi (*1942 Lugo di Romagna)
  • Ill. 41b: Y. Gianikian/A. R. Lucchi - Yervant Gianikian (*1942 Merano) and Angela Ricci Lucchi (*1942 Lugo di Romagna)
  • Ill. 42: Nilima Sheikh - Nilima Sheikh (*1945 Neu-Delhi): Terrain: Carrying Across, Leaving Behind, 2016-17
  • Ill. 43: A. Sprinkle/B. Stephens - Annie Sprinkle (*1954 Philadelphia) and Beth Stephens (*1960 Montgomery, West Virginia): Free Sidewalk Sex Clinic, 2017
  • Ill. 44a: Sergio Zevallos - Sergio Zevallos (*1962 Lima): A War Machine, 2017
  • Ill. 44b: Sergio Zevallos - Sergio Zevallos (*1962 Lima): A War Machine, 2017
  • Ill. 45 Elisabeth Wild - Elisabeth Wild (*1922 Wien): Fantasias, 2016-17
  • Ill. 46: Manthia Diawara  - Manthia Diawara, An Opera of the World, 2017
  • Ill. 47: Agnes Denes  - Agnes Denes
 (*1938 Budapest): The Living Pyramid, 2015/2017
  • Ill. 48: Ibrahim Mahama  - Ibrahim Mahama (*1987 Tamale): Check Point Sekondi Loco. 1901–2030, 2016/17
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Adam Szymczyk, artistic head of documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel
Adam Szymczyk, artistic head of documenta 14 in Athens and Kassel (Athens, 8. April – Kassel, 17. September 2017), during the press conference on 7. June 2017 in the Kongress Palais in Kassel.

Both the exhibitions in Athens and Kassel feature a number of daily performances, discussion forums and concerts whose programme can be called up in an Internet calendar: this is a vibrant part of documenta 14.[45] A four hour radio programme entitled “Every Time A Ear di Soun“ went out on the air every night in collaboration with Deutschlandfunk Kultur: this audio art exhibition explored how voice, sound and music and the spoken word are suitable for writing stories to oppose trends and dominant opinions containing deliberate or prescribed political content. The broadcasts – radio files of over 30 commissioned works with a total length of between 30 minutes and one hour, as well as information on the participating artists – are also accessible on the Internet. Nine foreign radio stations broadcast the programmes in Greece, Cameroon, Colombia, the Lebanon, Brazil, Indonesia and the USA.

With documenta 14 Szymczyk has prepared a stage for artists, curators, and colleagues from all over the world to present their ideas, feelings, views and research. He has heard their concerns and put their chosen results and events at the disposal of visitors in Athens and Kassel. Whereas the curators and artists mostly had to organise themselves independently, he provided the ideas and worked as a sort of compère. Pierre Bal-Blanc summed it up as follows: “Heterogeneity is openly demonstrated in the exhibition. We must accept the cracks and weaknesses, because the exhibition as a whole is interesting. But democratic processes also have their limits.” [46]

Axel Feuß, August 2017

 

 

[45] On the website of documenta 14: http://www.documenta14.de/de/public-radio/

[46] Kolja Reichert: Der Chor der Kuratoren, Frankfurter Allgemeine, 7.6.2017, Internet: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kunst/gruppenportraet-der-documenta-kuratoren-15049518.html?printPagedArticle=true#pageIndex_2