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Situation: Collaborations, Collectives and Artist Networks from Sydney, Singapore Berlin
Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, Australia)
Situation brings into the MCA a variety of artistic activities and processes that usually operate within artist-run and alternative spaces and public sites. Focusing on three artist networks based in Sydney, Singapore and Berlin, it aims to provide a context for these practices, which often involve collaboration. These three cosmopolitan cities, distinct from the traditional centres of London, Paris, New York. They also share strong histories of artist-generated activities, in response to specific social cultural, economic and political conditions.
The artist in the exhibition take diverse approaches to their work, often working in several fields simultaneously. Performance, video, painting, installation and sculpture are produced alongside writing, publishing, music-making and curating. By bringing together the work of artists involved in artist-run spaces and collectives, curator Russel Storer highlights the important contribution that these networks play in supporting artistic practice and in contributing to a dynamic artistic culture.
Excerpt from foreword by Elizabeth Ann Macgregor, Director of Contemporary Art
2005 Museum of Contemporary Art Limited
