6.9.2010
Video uploaded of lecture given by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev at the Timur Shah Mausoleum in Kabul, Afghanistan, on June 2nd, 2010
- Alighiero Boetti's One Hotel in Kabul, c. 1973
"Notes on dOCUMENTA (13), 2012" - a lecture by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13), with contributions by anthropologist Michael Taussig and artists Francis Alÿs and Mario Garcia Torres.
In the framework of the weekly Timur Shah Lecture Series organized by Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Kabul
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In the framework of the weekly Timur Shah Lecture Series organized by Aga Khan Trust for Culture, Kabul
... Video
17.8.2010
AND AND AND / Event 03 / Discussion Considering Contemporary Art Institutions in a Post-Soviet Context / Yerevan, Armenia / August 17, 2010
This summer, for the 5th consecutive year, the Armenian chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA-Armenia) will host its Summer Seminars for Art Curators. This year's event entitled 'Aesthetic Communities and Contextual Translation of Communal Art' attempts to consider the question of the changing conditions of reception of artistic works ... more
11.8.2010
AND AND AND / Event 02 / François Bucher / Expedition to the Photographic Plateau in Marcahuasi, Peru / August 11, 2010
AND AND AND is an artist run initiative, which will use the time between now and dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012 to consider with individuals and groups across the world the role art and culture can play today and the constituent publics or communities which could be addressed ... more
22.7.2010
Lecture by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, on July 28th, 2010
7.15PM Centenary Auditorium, lower level 1
SPECIAL LECTURE
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13), 2012
"Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We Might be Going:
Notes on dOCUMENTA (13)"
...more
SPECIAL LECTURE
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA (13), 2012
"Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We Might be Going:
Notes on dOCUMENTA (13)"
...more
7.7.2010
Kathrin Luz will join the team of dOCUMENTA (13)
dOCUMENTA (13) announces that Kathrin Luz will join the team as Head of Communication, effective from August 2010 ...more
21.6.2010
Presentation of the first artwork of dOCUMENTA (13) on June 21st 2010 in Kassel's Auepark
On the festive occasion of the summer solstice " the first day of summer and the longest day of the year " the citizens of Kassel, Lord Mayor Bertram Hilgen, dOCUMENTA (13) Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, and artist Giuseppe Penone came together to inaugurate Penone’s Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone) ... more
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... Video
18.6.2010
AND AND AND / Event 1 / 16 Beaver Group at US Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan / June 24, 2010
- Image: Courtesy 16 Beaver Group
AND AND AND is an artist run initiative, which will use the time between now and dOCUMENTA (13) in 2012 to consider with individuals and groups across the world the role art and culture can play today and the constituent publics or communities, which could be addressedn ... more
Infofolder 43kb PDF
Infofolder 43kb PDF
27.5.2010
Presentation of the first artwork of dOCUMENTA (13) on June 21st, 2010 in Kassel’s Auepark
On June 21st, 2010 at 12 noon, Giuseppe Penone's Idee di Pietra (Ideas of Stone) will be inaugurated in the Auepark of Kassel as the first artwork on the way to dOCUMENTA (13) ...more
3.5.2010
19.4.2010
dOCUMENTA (13) Visual Identity
- One example of the visual identity of dOCUMENTA (13) designed by Leftloft
dOCUMENTA (13) is pleased to announce that the Italian graphic design company Leftloft will be developing our visual identity in the years to come. Each and every documenta since 1955 has reinvented itself through the engagement of its participants and the general public. In Leftloft, dOCUMENTA (13) Artistic Director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev has found a congenial partner to develop the use of a design grammar that is open, flexible, playful, simple and functional, while at the same time acknowledging the history of documenta. ... more
17.3.2010
dOCUMENTA (13) is pleased to announce its cooperation with Hatje Cantz Verlag on all publications.
dOCUMENTA (13) will open in Kassel, Germany, on June 9, 2012, and will issue all its publications in collaboration with Hatje Cantz Verlag. documenta and Hatje Cantz Verlag will thus be working together for the fourth time, after the 1992, 1997, and 2002 editions of the exhibition. A range of dOCUMENTA (13) publications will appear over the next two and a-half years, including the exhibition catalogue, artists’ books, and a preliminary series of notebooks.
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22.2.2010
17.2.2010
School of Arts and Aesthetics
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
invites you to a
Lecture by
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
Artistic Director Documenta 13
"The dance was very frenetic - Notes towards dOCUMENTA (13) - 2012" ... more
5.1.2010
- Gertrude Stein photographed by Carl Van Vechten. Library of Congress archives (from wikipedia commons)
3.12.2009
Christine Litz new project manager dOCUMENTA (13)
We are delighted to announce Dr. Christine Litz as a new member of the dOCUMENTA (13) organizational team. Recently appointed project manager, she is responsible for the realization of the ideas developed by the artistic director, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, and her curatorial team, as well as for the artists’ projects and other elements that will ultimately comprise dOCUMENTA (13). ... more
A Beginning
This is a blog about the events in Iran subsequent to the elections held on June 12, 2009. It is an incomplete and subjective report by shoma kihastin.
19.9.2009
d documenta-conference in Castello di Rivoli
On September 18 and 19 the living Artistic Directors of all preceeding documenta exhibitions met with hundreds of interested visitors from all over the world at Castello di Rivoli, Turin, for the d documenta conference. For Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and her team, the conference was the starting point for documenta 13. ... more
Programinformation as PDF
Video-Documentation
Programinformation as PDF
Video-Documentation
2.7.2009
d documenta - a conference towards documenta 13
The d documenta is a two-day conference which has the goal to provide a forum of discussion and reflection on the history of documenta, its various incarnations and its future.
documenta has come to represent a key periodic moment when contemporary art is exhibited and those who are interested in art as well as in its relation to the world meet, assess the situation and share their views. For those involved in organising the next documenta, the journey publicly begins on September 18th, 2009. ... more
documenta has come to represent a key periodic moment when contemporary art is exhibited and those who are interested in art as well as in its relation to the world meet, assess the situation and share their views. For those involved in organising the next documenta, the journey publicly begins on September 18th, 2009. ... more
26.6.2009
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