SPOZNAJTE REZIDENTA: ALEJANDRA SALINAS IN AERON BERGMAN

Spoznajte rezidenta: Alejandra Salinas in Aeron Bergmana
Galerija K18, 26. oktober ob 19:00

Vljudno vabljene_i na spoznavni večer in pogovor z umetniškim duom Alejandra Salinas in Aeron Bergman, ki ju gostimo v okviru rezidenčnega programa SobaZaGoste. Dogodek bo potekal v petek, 26. 10. 2018, ob 19. uri v Galeriji K18 (Koroška 18, Maribor).

Od leta 2011 Bergman in Salinas vodita in so-kurirata Inštitut za novo konotativno akcijo – INCA, galerijo, vodeno s strani umetnikov locirano v Detroitu, Seattlu in Portlandu. Oba poučujeta na fakulteti Pacific Northwest College of Art v Portlandu, Oregon. Pred tem sta poučevala na Univerzi v Washingtonu, Bergman pa je bil tudi profesor na Akademiji za likovno umetnost v Oslu na Norveškem. V okviru programa SobaZaGoste bosta moderirala cikel bralnih krožkov Umetnost v dobi kleptomanije, ki se ukvarja z razmerjem med umetnostjo in neoliberalizmom.

Aeron Bergman (Detroit, USA) in Alejandra Salinas (La Rioja, Spain) sta živela v Detroitu, Torontu, New Yorku, Londonu, Barceloni, Gothenburgu, Oslu, Seattlu, in trenutno v Portlandu, Oregon. Razstavljala sta mednarodno v umetniških institucijah kot 4. Atenski bienale; 1. Bergen Assembly Triennial; 2007 Turku Bienale na Finlanskem; Fundação de Serralves v Portu; the Luminary v St. Louisu; Steirischer Herbst v Grazu; Eastside Projects v Birminghamu, ZK; Kunsthalle Exnergasse na Dunaju; ICC Tokyo; IASPIS, v Stockholmu; Lincoln Center and Dumbo Art Center v New York Cityu; e-flux in Berlinski Filmski Festival v Berlinu, Center za Sodobno Umetnost Glasgow, Edinburgh Filmski Festival and Dundee Contemporary Arts na Škotskem, MOCA v Novem Sadu, Taipei Fine Art Museum; Van Abbemuseum v Eindhovnu; Center George Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo v Parizu; IMO and Nikolaj Kunsthal v Copenhagnu; Henie Onstad Art Center, Kunstnernes Hus in 0047 v Oslu, MUDAM Luxembourg, med mnogimi drugimi. Prihajajoči projekti vključujejo samostojno razstavo v Uma Certa Falta de Coerência v Portu, na Portugalskem.
Na področju eksperimentalnega zvoka je bil tandem nagrajen z najvišjim priznanjem na Prix Ars Electronica v Linzu, Austrija leta 2002, pridobila sta tudi naročila za nova zvočna dela s strani WDR – Zahodno nemški radio in Švedski nacionalni radio.

http://www.alejandra-aeron.com/

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Meet the Residents: Alejandra Salinas and Aeron Bergman
Gallery K18, 26th of October at 19:00

Please join us at meet the resident event at which artist duo Aeron Bergman and Alejandra Salinas will present their practice. As current residents of GuestRoomMaribor they will organize and moderate reading group series Art in the Age of Kleptomania, tackling the relation between art and neoliberalism.

Aeron Bergman (Detroit, USA) and Alejandra Salinas (La Rioja, Spain) are an artist duo. They have lived in New York, Toronto, Detroit, London, Barcelona, Gothenburg, Oslo, Seattle, and currently live in Portland.
Bergman and Salinas have shown work internationally at institutions such as the 4th Athens Biennale; 1st Bergen Assembly Triennial; Turku Biennial in Finland; Fundação de Serralves in Porto; Steirischer Herbst in Graz; The Luminary in St Louis; Eastside Projects in Birmingham, UK; Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna; ICC Tokyo; IASPIS in Stockholm; Lincoln Center and Dumbo Art Center in New York City; e-flux Berlin; Berlin Film Festival; Center for Contemporary Art Glasgow; Edinburgh Film Festival and Dundee Contemporary Arts in Scotland; MOCA Novi Sad; Taipei Fine Art Museum; Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven; Ski Club in Milwaukee; the Poor Farm in Wisconsin; Centre George Pompidou and Palais de Tokyo in Paris; IMO and Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen; Henie Onstad Art Center, Kunstnernes Hus, and 0047 in Oslo; MUDAM Luxembourg, among others. In experimental sound the pair won a top award in digital music at the Prix Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria in 2002 and they have been commissioned to produce sound works by institutions such as WDR West German radio and Swedish National Radio. Since 2011 Bergman/Salinas co-direct and co-curate Institute for New Connotative Action (INCA), an artist-run space first based in Detroit, then Seattle, and now Portland. In 2016 they founded INCA Press. Bergman was a professor at the Oslo Academy of Fine Art from 2007-2013, both have been visiting professors at various international art academies, both were artists-in-residence at the University of Washington from 2013-2017,
and both are currently associate professors and Bergman is chair of Low Res MFA of Visual Studies at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon.

http://www.alejandra-aeron.com/