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Curated by_Vienna 2015 / Tomorrow-Today

Curated by_Vienna 2015/Tomorrow, Today

International curators present exhibitions in Vienna’s leading contemporary art galleries.

Art and capital

Curated by_vienna was initiated by the Vienna Business Agency’s creative unit, departure, in 2009 to support systematic cooperation between Viennese contemporary art galleries and international curators. Vienna boasts a vibrant contemporary art scene as a European metropolis at the crossroads between North and South, East and West, tradition and innovation. In addition to its world-class museums and non-profit organizations, there are numerous excellent galleries that have earned an international reputation through cutting-edge programmes.

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Becky Campbell, Curious Artefacts

Becky Campbell, Curious Artefacts, The Artwall / Athens Project Space

The photograph above shows finds from a Shipwreck near Antickythera Island, Greece, taken after the excavation and it was presented in the periodical exhibition “Antickythera Shipwreck” held at The National Archaeological Museum in Athens in 2012. This photograph was the starting point of Becky Campell’s poetic concept for Curious Artefacts, an exhibition-excavation of contemporary art objects.

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The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film

The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film
September 25, 2015 – February 7, 2016

The Jewish Museum

Alexander Rodchenko, Sports Parade on Red Square, 1936. Gelatin silver print, 11 5/8 × 8 7/8 in. (29.6 × 22.6 cm). Sepherot Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

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From early vanguard constructivist works by Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky, to the modernist images of Arkady Shaikhet and Max Penson, Soviet photographers played a pivotal role in the history of photography. Covering the period from the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution through the 1930s, this exhibition explores how early modernist photography influenced a new Soviet style while energizing and expanding the nature of the medium — and how photography, film, and poster art were later harnessed to disseminate Communist ideology. The Power of Pictures revisits this moment in history when artists acted as engines of social change and radical political engagement, so that art and politics went hand in hand.

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Ex_pose: Luminous Flux, Syros island, 07 – 08/2015

Συνέντευξη με τους Campus Novel για το project “Luminous Flux / Reflected overlays on locative norms”, Syros Island

Ο φάρος που εδρεύει στη νησίδα Δίδυμη ή Γαϊδουρονήσι κοντά στο λιμάνι της Ερμούπολης στη Σύρο είναι ο πρώτος φάρος του νεοσύστατου ελληνικού κράτους. Είναι ο πιο παλιός και ταυτόχρονα ο ψηλότερος φάρος του ελληνικού φαρικού δικτύου. Κατασκευάστηκε από τη γαλλική εταιρεία φάρων και λειτούργησε για πρώτη φορά το 1834…

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Fukushima, ‘Don’t Follow the Wind’

Don’t Follow The Wind – An exhibition in the Fukushima Exclusion Zone

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What can art do in an ongoing catastrophe, when destruction and contamination have made living impossible? Don’t Follow the Wind is an ongoing exhibition taking place inside the restricted Fukushima Exclusion Zone, the radioactive evacuated area surrounding the Daiichi Nuclear Power – owned by TEPCO – established in the wake of the 2011 disaster that contaminated the area separating residents from their homes, land, and community.

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Daniel Mullen, Interview

 The floating fragile constructions of Daniel Mullen

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His transparent, floating worlds bear both the strictness and accuracy of architectural design and the fragility and delicacy of lyricism.

The Scottish artist Daniel Mullen is currently living in Amsterdam, the city where, as he says, went to study art and rediscovered his passion for architecture.

Daniel Mullen has participated in a number of exhibitions nationally and abroad.

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