Tala Madani - The Jinn

Speakers: Paul Chan & Hito Steyerl

Date: Thursday, February 9th
Location: Aula, University of Amsterdam (Oude Lutherse Kerk), Singel 411 (corner Spui), Amsterdam
Time: 8:00 – 10:30 pm
Language: English

On Thursday, February 9th the fourth event in the lecture series Facing Forward: Art & Theory from a Future Perspective will take place, on the theme of FUTURE FREEDOM. The speakers of this evening are artist Paul Chan (USA) and philosopher and filmmaker Hito Steyerl (DE). Following the two lectures, there will be a debate with experts and the public, moderated by Ann Demeester, Director of de Appel arts centre in Amsterdam. Fardi Tabarki (NL), Director of Studio Zeitgeist and lecturer, will provide an introduction statement.
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Sunday, 5th of February 2012.
Start at 2:00 pm until 3:00 pm.

Free entrance. Please reserve on mail@smba.nl

On its closing day Tala Madani’s exhibition ‘The Jinn’ will be the setting for a guided tour by Arnisa Zeqo. A characteristic feature of Madani’s works is that they have the power to direct the viewer’s imagination in a variety of ways. Often they appear to be felicitous snapshots depicting just one moment in a possibly much more extensive narrative, seducing the viewer to fill in the missing elements by thinking of all kinds of personal memories and references. Accordingly, during this tour Zego will not restrict her comments to informative details about Madani’s practice, but in an unconventional manner will relate what comes to her mind in response to the works.
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19 January - 25 February 2012
Opening: Thursday 19 January at 5 p.m.

Centrum Beeldende Kunst Zuidoost
Anton de Komplein 120, Amsterdam

On Thursday, 19 January, an exhibition by the artist duo Kel O’Neill and Eline Jongsma opens in the Centrum Beeldende Kunst Zuidoost. In the exhibition they will be showing their video installation Empire Bakermat (Meanwhile in Holland), the outcome of their residency in Amsterdam Zuidoost in connection with BijlmAIR. Empire Bakermat is a part of their more comprehensive Empire project, which began in 2010 and investigates the unintended present-day consequences of Dutch colonialism.
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