Living as Form suggests a reconsideration of recent social practice artworks that, while represented in museums and art venues, have a real life outside of those contexts. At large, they aren’t always so easy to pick out as art. Creative activism, conversation, organization, and occupations of public space challenge the assumed boundaries between art and life. In the words of lead curator Nato Thompson, “socially engaged art shares techniques and intentions borrowed from fields far beyond the arts. These cultural practices indicate new ways of life that emphasize participation, challenge power, and span disciplines ranging from urban planning and community work to theater, the visual arts, and civic-minded nonprofit organizations. These projects defy easy categorization, and raise contradictions regarding issues of authorship.”

Bringing together a wide range of international projects made between 1991 and 2011 and selected in collaboration with twenty-five curators from around the world, Living as Form (The Nomadic Version) also takes up new projects as it travels. Kadist Art Foundation is the first venue to host the exhibition, which is presented here as a series of screenings, talks, and participatory events that will add to the archive as it continues on to future venues. The exhibition will unfold over the course of the spring in a series of screenings, talks, and participatory events organized by independent curator Christina Linden.

ARTISTS

Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, Ala Plastica, Alternate ROOTS, Appalshop, BijaRi, Cemeti Art House, Complaints Choir, Decolonizing Architecture Art Residency, Chto delat/What is to be done?, Futurefarmers, Fernando Garcia-Dory, Theaster Gates, Federico Guzmán and Alonso Gil, Jeanne van Heeswijk, Helena Producciones, Fran Ilich, Suzanne Lacy, Rick Lowe, Mammalian Diving Reflex/Darren O’Donnell, Olive Martin and Patrick Bernier, Zayd Minty, Oda Projesi, Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Athi-Patra Ruga, Katernia S¹edá, Chemi Rosado Seijo, Tahrir Square (2011), Taller Popular de Serigrafía (TPS), Ultra-red, Urban Bush Women, WochenKlausur, Women on Waves, Ai Weiwei, Claire Barclay, Basurama, Céline and Gavin Wade Condorelli, Cybermohalla Ensemble, Josh Greene, Fritz Haeg, Farid Jahangir and Sassan Nassiri, Bita Fayyazi, Ata Hasheminejad, and Khosrow Hassanzedeh, Lara Almarcegui, Los Angeles Poverty Department, Mardi Gras Indian Community, Vik Muniz, Pase Usted, Navin Rawanchaikul, Slanguage (Founded by Mario Ybarra Jr., Karla Diaz, and Juan Capistran), Allison Smith, The U.S. Social Forum (U.S.S.F.), Voina, Peter Watkins, Dawn Weleski and Jon Rubin, WikiLeaks, Elin Wikström

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE

Event space, 3 PM:

Ben Kinmont book launch: Moveable Type No Documenta
(New York: Antinomian Press, 2011) and discussion.

Storefront, 12-5PM:

Katerina Sedá, There is Nothing There (2003)
Oda Projesi (Özge Ac¦kkol, Günes Savas and Secil Yersel), Apartment Project (2000-05)

Archive viewing room, 12-5:
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla, TIZA (Lima) (1998-2002)

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, March 31
Nato Thompson in conversation with Larry Bogad

HOURS

Saturdays, 12-5 PM, Wednesdays 12-7 PM, and by appointment
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