Art in the Auditorium

Art in the Auditorium, a project developed by London's Whitechapel Gallery, will come to the GAMeC of Bergamo, from Tuesday, December 2, 2008 to Saturday, February 8, 2009. Curators from 9 museums and contemporary art galleries worldwide have been involved in the production of a screening –a panoramic view– of the most promising artists working in film, video and animation. 9 institutions, 9 artists and 9 weeks of programming in GAMeC's spaces.

Ballroom Marfa (Texas), Fundacion Proa (Argentina), GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (Italy); Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (Norway), Moderna Museet (Sweden), Kunsthaus Zurich, (Switzerland), The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks at the Koç Foundation (Turkey), Whitechapel Gallery (United Kingdom), Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (China): they have worked together to create a working network and an exhibition resulting in a group show of 9 artists produced at 9 institutions using different exhibition methods.

Each exhibition location has chosen a different format for the video projection of the works of: Lene Berg, Nathalie Djurberg, Leandro Erlich, Wang Jianwei, Ömer Ali Kazma, Shahryar Nashat, Cornelia Parker, Diego Perrone, Ryan Trecartin.

At the GAMeC of Bergamo, Art in the Auditorium will be a review that will last 9 weeks (from December 2 to February 8), a new selection of videos will animate two rooms every two weeks at the GAMeC.

Art in the Auditorium

Künstler: Lene Berg, Nathalie Djurberg, Leandro Erlich, Wang Jianwei, Ömer Ali Kazma, Shahryar Nashat, Cornelia Parker, Diego Perrone, Ryan Trecartin