| We are pleased to announce for one evening '(un)cut special edition: artists as diplomats' at the Lux Gallery. The exhibition/ event is the reconfiguration of a fated project that was aborted by an institution at the eleventh hour. Through the solvent, elastic and itinerant nature of all involved, we have regrouped and arrived at this transient event. Alexander Brener & Barbara Schurz will be presenting their recent project. This project constitutes an attempt of self-positioning within a complex and homogenized world in which we can still detect specific forms of economic, political and cultural power relations. It undertakes an attempt to break from the logic of the elitist, populist culture that reproduces mechanisms that penetrate the art system. Alexander Brener and Barbara Schurz are known for their actions in Moscow and Europe and collaborative publications- including 'DemolishSerious Culture!!! or What is radical democratic culture and who does it serve?' Brener & Schurz will outline their ideas for a 'fourth world' through methodological drawings, video and a comic produced during their visit to London. Brener & Schurz's project offers an intriguing platform that is orbited by videos from Guia Rigvava, Szuper Gallery and General Idea. Their inclusion offers differing degrees of socio-political and collaborative practices that overlap and instigate dialogue. Guia Rigvava was formerly fast-tracked into the Russian secret service. 'In Morse code: Russia is dangerous still. Russia is loveable still' is a video that communicates through Morse code. His decision to leave his training as a potential spy informs his current work. Szuper Gallery's, 'police', video documents a performance whereby Szuper Gallery appears unauthorized in green German police leather outfits in 2 nightclubs, finally subverting usual police behaviour. General Idea, 'Test Tube' incorporates television formats. Canadian artist collective General Idea uses the media to create a complex visual portrait of the artist in the 80s. 'Test Tube shows off to glorious advantage the trio's inimitable brand of collective humour and its irrepressible fascination with the elegance of the dramatic moment.' |
