Autonomy and Its Contradictions, a lecture by Andrea Fraser
Date uploaded: June 11, 2012
Autonomy and Its Contradictions, a lecture by Andrea Fraser
Saturday June 16, 2012 from 3:30 - 6 PM
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Reservation required
SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain and the Van Abbemuseum, present a lecture and discussion by and with artist Andrea Fraser to celebrate the launch of Open 23.
This issue is inspired by The Autonomy Project symposium held in October 2011 at the Van Abbemuseum. Reflecting a rich variety of voices and perspectives, this edition of Open addresses the necessity and possibility for autonomy in a time of political, economic and aesthetic turbulence. The lecture is followed by a discussion between Andrea Fraser and Charles Esche.
Programme
3:30 PM: Welcome Charles Esche (director Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven)
3:40 PM: Presentation Open 23 by Jorinde Seijdel (editor in chief Open)
4 PM: Lecture by Andrea Fraser (artist)
4:30 PM: Discussion Andrea Fraser and Charles Esche
5 PM: Drinks
6 PM: End
Andrea Fraser is a performance artist and a Professor of Art at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her performance Men on the Line: Men Committed to Feminism, KPFA, 1972 was part of the Whitney Biennial 2012. Fraser also contributed an essay to the Biennial’s accompanying publication.
For Open 23 she wrote an essay entitled Autonomy and Its Contradictions. In her lecture she states that only when certain conditions are accepted can the contradictions of the current concept of autonomy be avoided, something that will require the use of a psychoanalytical perspective.
Combination-ticket with debate in De Pont
In its autonomy art becomes most social
June 16, 2012 from 12:30 - 2:30 PM
De Pont, Tilburg
Earlier on June 16, a debate takes place in the Auditorium of De Pont in Tilburg, inspired by Adorno’s statement that only in its autonomy art reveals itself as social.
The debate departs from a plea of art historian Camiel van Winkel, published in the protest issue of Metropolis M in August/September 2011, to reposition autonomy at the centre of our discourse on art. In the debate Camiel van Winkel will rearticulate and comment on his statement, followed by responses from Lisette Smits, Steven ten Thije and Merijn Oudenampsen. Following these reactions there will be a debate lead by Leen Bedaux. The debate takes place within the context of the exhibition Comrades of Time, curated by Bas van den Hurk. Language: Dutch.
Those interested in visiting both the debate and the presentation of Andrea Fraser can reserve a seat in the ‘lunch-bus’ between Tilburg and Eindhoven via the reservation form. The bus leaves at 2:30 PM from Tilburg and in the bus a simple lunch will be provided. Costs: € 5,-.
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