Symposium Inevitable Distances

Symposium Inevitable Distances

date: Saturday, Nov. 12th, 2 – 6 pm

with: Renée Green, Ima-Abasi Okon, Howie Chen, Trajal Harrell, Elvan Zabunyan, MAS Curating students (Zurich University of the Arts)

Since the late 1980s, Green’s practice has expanded the ways in which art can surface and give form to unwritten histories, collective memory, and cultural exchange. In her installations, writings, films, digital media, paintings, drawings and sound works, Green questions the power of cultural institutions and their relationship to language, knowledge and identity.

On the occasion of Renée Green’s exhibition, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst hosts a conversation between Green and artist Ima-Abasi Okon. This conversation between artists Renée Green and Ima-Abasi Okon provides insights into the artistic practice and gives background information to the exhibition Renée Green. Inevitable Distances.

In collaboration with the ZHdK, the Migros Museum invites you to the symposium of the same name. Together with contributing artists, cultural theorists, curators, art historians, and choreographers, we will open up conversation on and a potential re-evaluation of discourses around Green’s oeuvre and her ongoing artistic practice.

The events will be held in English.

Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, in partnership with Zurich University of the Arts

Artist’s talk: Friday, Nov. 11th, 6.30 – 7.30 pm

Speakers:
Renée Green
Ima-Abasi Okon
Howie Chen – 2.20 – 2.50 pm
Elvan Zabunyan – 3.05 – 3.50 pm
ZHdK – 4.00 – 5.00 pm
Trajal Harell – 5.00 – 6.00 pm