Lecture & Talk: Stan Douglas
Cinema at the Dortmunder U | Level 0
Stan Douglas, Luanda-Kinshasa, 2013, Videostill, Courtesy of the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner
Talk with Iris Dressler & Hans D. Christ (curators of the exhibition Stan Douglas. Past Imperfect. Works 1986 - 2007 (2007) & Directors of the Württembergischer Kunstverein (WKV) Stuttgart). Moderation: Dr Inke Arns (HMKV).
Like almost no other artist, Stan Douglas (*1960 in Vancouver) knows how to expand the experiential spaces of cinema and museum both sensually and intellectually. At the centre of almost all of his works is an intensive examination of a specific location, the history of which he reflects with the help of literary, cinematic or musical references. Douglas has already been represented three times at the documenta and the Venice Biennale and has presented his work in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide. His work Luanda-Kinshasa from 2013 can be seen in the current HMKV exhibition Holding Pattern - Warteschleifen und andere Loops. In the work, Douglas has assembled sequences shot with a slowly circling camera into a seamless six-hour loop, creating a hypnotic ‘document’ of an imaginary 1970s jam session in New York's legendary Columbia 30th Street Studio.
In the lecture & talk, the directors of the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and founders of the HMKV Iris Dressler & Hans D. Christ will speak with HMKV director Dr Inke Arns about the work of the Canadian artist. Admission is free, registration is not necessary.
Like almost no other artist, Stan Douglas (*1960 in Vancouver) knows how to expand the experiential spaces of cinema and museum both sensually and intellectually. At the centre of almost all of his works is an intensive examination of a specific location, the history of which he reflects with the help of literary, cinematic or musical references. Douglas has already been represented three times at the documenta and the Venice Biennale and has presented his work in numerous solo exhibitions worldwide. His work Luanda-Kinshasa from 2013 can be seen in the current HMKV exhibition Holding Pattern - Warteschleifen und andere Loops. In the work, Douglas has assembled sequences shot with a slowly circling camera into a seamless six-hour loop, creating a hypnotic ‘document’ of an imaginary 1970s jam session in New York's legendary Columbia 30th Street Studio.
In the lecture & talk, the directors of the Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and founders of the HMKV Iris Dressler & Hans D. Christ will speak with HMKV director Dr Inke Arns about the work of the Canadian artist. Admission is free, registration is not necessary.
Hans D. Christ (*1963) and Iris Dressler (*1966) have been directors of the Württembergischer Kunstverein since 2005. In 1996 they founded the hmkv in Dortmund, which they ran until 2004. During their time in Dortmund, they realised exhibitions at various locations in a kind of nomadic principle, including the exhibition ‘Reservate der Sehnsucht’ in the “Ruine” of the Dortmunder U in 1998 and the solo exhibition "Muntadas. On Translation: The Museum" at the Museum am Ostwall, 2003. Until 1999, their working platform was the Künstlerhaus Dortmund, before they moved to the Güntherstraße music and cultural centre. From 2002-2004, they coordinated the remodelling and programming of the PhönixHalle in Dortmund-Hörde as a permanent location for the hmkv. In addition to their work in Dortmund, they have made several international guest appearances as curators, including at the ‘3rd Seoul International Media Art Biennale’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea. Her academic work has included the EU research project and the congress "404 Object Not Found. Was bleibt von der Medienkunst?" in Dortmund (2003, Zeche Zollern II/IV) and Seoul (2006).
Christ and Dressler regularly teach at various universities and publish regularly. Extensive academic publications include ‘50 Jahre nach 50 Jahre Bauhaus’, 2022, "Acts of Voicing. On the Poetics and Politics of the Voice‘, 2012, ’Subversive Practices. Art under conditions of political repression. 60s-80s / South America / Europe‘, 2010 or ’On Difference #3. Spatial Politics", 2007.
