AGM_Conversation Series

AGM Conversation series brings together, in different configurations and venues, artists, curators, thinkers and contributors variously involved in processes of “knowledge production” via art, media, research or other forms of critical dialogue. Adopting AGM’s itinerant format, these sessions seek not only to assess the “state-of-play” at various moments in the lead up to the exhibition or research process in which they are involved at that time, but to continue discussions around thematics that are central to their approach and productions. Previous conversations have dealt with the overall Manifesta 8 project in 2010, artists engagements and research with the region of Murcia, the issues related to specific artist productions and the wider preoccupations of contemporary art production.

A significant feature of the conversation series, is that they have taken place in semi formal settings, requiring no audience but the camera and the amassed group of participants. They sit somewhere between the formal setting of the commonly used artists talk /seminar format and the informal nature of social/networked conversations between arts practitioners and producers. The sessions provide an open forum for sharing and exchange with no underlying pretext but to consider the current state of affairs.

Maniffature Knos, Lecce, October 2011

Conversation Series: Lecce, On Regeneration. Oct 2011, Courtesy AGM


“On Regeneration” saw the participation of Heba Amin (EGY), Emma Houlihan (EIRE), Stefano Calgo (ITA), Rachela Abbate (DE), Maria Rebecca Ballestra (ITA), Natascha Hagenbeek (NL), Giuseppe Pansa (ITA), Marcus Owens (USA), Andrei Siclodi (AUS), Ana Hoffner (AUS), Sergio Racanati (ITA), Alfredo Cramerotti (UK) and Hannah Conroy (UK).

Goleb Studios, Amsterdam, January 2011


Conversation Series: Amsterdam, On Temporary, January 2011, Courtesy AGM



Conversation Series: Amsterdam, On Temporary, January 2011, Courtesy AGM



Conversation Series: Amsterdam, On Temporary, January 2011, Courtesy AGM


“On Temporary” saw the participation of Aukje Koks (NL/BE), Igor Sevcuk (BA/NL), Taf Hassam (UK/NL), Hannah Conroy (UK), Rumiko Hagiwara (JP/NL), Candice Jacobs (UK),Istvan Ist Huzjan (SI/BE/NL), Gregory Pirus (FR) and Scott Joseph (UK/NL).

Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Centre, Cairo, December 2010


Conversation Series: Cairo, On Dialogue, December 2010, Courtesy AGM


During the Cairo Biennale, AGM coordinated a recorded conversation between curators, artists and cultural producers on the 16th December 2010. This one day session focused on social and geo-political topics relevant to the Mediterranean region, opening up to some tactics for producers and audiences to employ via modes of aesthetic journalism, ficto-criticism and political fictions. Having recently interrogated the nature of collective production and collaboration as part of Chamber of Public Secrets’ contribution to Manifesta 8, AGM wished to expand on this to address the term “dialogue”. If, as in the realm of cultural diplomacy, dialogue is to be understood as a reciprocal act and as a prelude to collaboration/cultural understanding, then the session asked: who sets the terms of dialogue, where is it enacted, how does it function and what are its inherent asymmetries? More specifically, it delved into the realm of questioning the instrumentalisation of “dialogue” in contemporary art and institutional practices as well as on the geo-political scale.


“On Dialogue” saw the participation of Alfredo Cramerotti (Italy & UK), Hannah Conroy (UK), Yesomi Umolu (UK), Khaled Hafez (Egypt), Aida Eltorie (Egypt & USA), Ahmed El Shaer (Egypt), Giuseppe Moscatello (UAE), Michael Thoss (Germany), Heike Mertens (Germany).


Location:
Darb 1718 Contemporary Art and Culture Center


Sponsors/Supporters: Allianz Stiftung




Museo Regional de Arte Moderno, Cartagena, October 2010

“On Ethics” saw the participation of Erlea Maneros Zabala, Yesomi Umolu, Hannah Conroy, Khaled Ramadan, Danilo Correale, Alfredo Cramerotti, Martin Rosengaard, Khaled Hafez, Celine Condorelli, Henna Hyvarinen, David Berg.


Conversation Series: Cartagena, On Ethics. October 2010, Courtesy AGM


Filipa César’s Studio Berlin, August 2010

“On Space” saw the participation of David Rych, Rossella Biscotti, Hannah Conroy, Inês Costa, Michael J. Baers, Filipa César, Ariel Reichman, Alfredo Cramerotti, Ralf Homann, Pedro Maia.

Conversation Series: Berlin, On Space. August 2010, Courtesy AGM


Nottingham Contemporary, July 2010

“On Translation” saw the participation of Michael Takeo Magruder, Fay Nicolson, Nada Prlja, Alfredo Cramerotti, Yesomi Umolu, Hannah Conroy, Jeffery Baker.

Conversation Series: Nottingham, On Translation, Part I. July 2010, Courtesy AGM


Conversation Series: Nottingham, On Translation, Part II. July 2010, Courtesy AGM


Conversation Series: Nottingham, On Translation, Part III. July 2010, Courtesy AGM


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