Documenta11_Diskussion Um Raum für Diskussionen zu schaffen, betreibt das Documenta11 Education Project eine online-Diskussion, welche die Ausstellung und ihr Konzept, sowie den konzeptionellen Rahmen der Documenta11 und breitere Entwicklungen in der zeitgenössischen Kultur reflektiert. Ihre Teilnahme ist willkommen unter: http://mail.sarai.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discussion-d11 Die Liste der aktuellen Themenbereiche finden Sie hier. Fragen oder Anmerkungen können an discussion@documenta-gmbh.de gerichtet werden. Documenta11 Education Project besteht aus neun Kulturschaffenden, die eingeladen wurden, sich am Prozess der Realisierung und der kritischen Reflexion der Documenta11 zu beteiligen. TeilnehmerInnen sind: Montserrat Albores Gleason Elizabeth Gerber Veronika Gerhard Olga Kopenkina Anna Kowalska Arshiya Lokhandwala Jorge Munguia Francesca Recchia Shuko Wada Slot 1 Observation of recent expressions in cultural and artistic production raises several questions, which can problematize a more complex understanding of the present. Some of the curatorial choices in Documenta11 embody a reflection on these issues and represent a particular position within this debate. The actual moment of strong political disaffection we are witnessing parallels and somehow seems to contradict – a broader inclusion in the art field of politically and socially oriented practices. At the same time, the growing number of collaborative, collective, and group projects questions the individualistic logic of the late capitalistic society. These considerations leave open a wide space for criticism and reflection from several different points of view. They highlight the necessity to articulate and acknowledge both new spaces for socio-political expression in the arts and complex socio-political readings of the present through the arts. They challenge the traditional relations between ethics and aesthetics, and question the economic logic of value production in the cultural field. They suggest the struggle to find new meanings in curatorial strategies of selection and display, and also emphasize the problem of producing and presenting information in the field of cultural and artistic expression. Slot 2: Cityscape and Imaginary Territories Within the present context, one of the experiences of contemporary geography is the crucial metamorphoses that cities are undergoing: they are areas of transition, where the old and the new intertwine and get blurred. Vast migratory flows are changing the world’s urban dimension, transforming both the places of departure and the destinations. At the same time, new types of “nomadic” communities are experimenting with different forms of temporary settlements, either in dialogue or in contrast with traditional urban settings. We are witnessing the emergence of a multi-layered map where these flows, micro-communities and subcultures come together, reshaping the cityscape. Cities are also facing the challenge of technology: new media and means of communication are, in fact, questioning their roles as central knots in the international network of decision-making.