press release

This exhibition is the result of collaboration between the ZKM/Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe and Mıcsarnok/Kunsthalle Budapest.

Today’s teenagers live in a world dominated by commerce and technology, which they want to control and which controls them. The self-image they entertain and broadcast is complex and colourful. Can the creative arts draw a collective portrait? Coolhunters seeks to offer an answer by focusing on concepts the young generation (also) puts great store by – such as the body, objects, language, violence, time, space and sexuality –, with the help of videos and portrait films, documentations and interactive works.

COOLHUNTERS – Youth Cultures between the Media and the Market
Mücsarnok Kunsthalle Budapest
Kuratoren: Birgit Richard, Klaus Neumann-Braun, Sabine Himmelsbach, Peter Weibel und Jozsef Keszman, Edina Nagy

Künstler: Nevin Aladag, Astrid Baxmeier, Blutsgeschwister , Esther Bogdan, Daniele Buetti, Kings of Convenience, Arnulf Deppermann, Rineke Dijkstra, Edeltraud , Erfolg , Peter Feldmann, Marton Fenezely, Florian Franz, Anthony Goicolea, Frederike Graller, Jan Grünwald, Andreas Gursky, Stefanie Haarkamp, Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, Hardy Hanappi, Hannatilda , Anja Kirschning, Pia Lanzinger, Nicole Leczynski, Markus Lenz, Lil Kim, Kristin Lucas, Maegde & Knechte, Marilyn Manson, Alex McQuilkin, Moby , Stanley Möschke, Mareike Müller, Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay, Monika Oechsler, Axel Schmidt, Anny & Sibel Öztürk, Rotraut Pape, Jessica Peters, Dita Pepe, Pierre et Gilles, PIPS:lab, Frederic Post, Projektionsareal&mnsp;, Marcus Recht, Aurora Reinhard, Birgit Richard, Fiona Rukschcio, Stefanie Scholl, Ulrich Schwendinger, Oliver Sieber, Paul M. Smith, The Streets , Jutta Strohmaier, Matthias Strohmaier, Tarzan , Jürgen Teller, Wolfgang Tillmans, Piotr Uklanski, U.N.K.L.E., Catrine Val, Michael van den Bogaard, Silke Wagner, Klaus Wanker, Stefanie Weitzel, Johannes Wohnseifer, Jutta Zaremba, Irina Zikuschka, Zimtstern, 50 Cent , u.a.

Stationen:
23.04.05 - 03.07.05 Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe
22.07.05 - 16.10.05 Künstlerhaus Wien
23.02.06 - 28.05.06 Mucsarnok - Kunsthalle Budapest

www.coolhunters.net.at