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		<title>i am an angel with out air</title>
		<link>http://offoff.ch/blog/2010/06/11/i-am-an-angel-with-out-air/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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HEAD workmaster (genève) avec la participation de pauline guiffard, sandrine exhenry, pekka ruuska, jung-un jang, vianney fivel, angèle laissue, woong-yong kim, yuan-li, mauricio leon, mickael lianza, paola carbone, marks blond, neue galerie and guests<br />
• grand opening 17.06.2010&#160;[&#8230;]</p>]]></description>
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HEAD workmaster (genève) avec la participation de pauline guiffard, sandrine exhenry, pekka ruuska, jung-un jang, vianney fivel, angèle laissue, woong-yong kim, yuan-li, mauricio leon, mickael lianza, paola carbone, marks blond, neue galerie and guests<br />
• grand opening 17.06.2010 19h<br />
• festival 17.06. – 20.06.20210 openings chaque jour 19h</p>
<p>HEAD</p>
<p>animal city<br />
air conditioner<br />
aéro club<br />
after capitalism<br />
against control<br />
alternative condition<br />
artificial cloud<br />
auto clean<br />
appartement code<br />
add carbon<br />
a citizen<br />
american chalet<br />
a crash<br />
authority c<br />
a clown<br />
african clock<br />
a coffee</p>
<p>&#8230;Ce qui se dessine comme une mise en péril fait toutefois naître une nouvelle tâche pour l’art et l’artiste : en effet, l’art peut être le seul et unique domaine de l’existence où il est encore possible de transformer le monde et le réaménager à partir de son libre-arbitre individuel, pour motiver l’humain en tant que force agissante et, par là, donner, encore et toujours, un sens et stimuler les sens. Dès lors, il apparaît que l’art deviendra de plus en plus un préalable incontournable à la destinée humaine. Les alternatives à l’activité humaine se situent au niveau de la pensée entre programme et fantaisie, au niveau du ressenti entre vécu et intériorisation et au niveau de l’action entre l’automatisation et la création sans limites ni contraintes.</p>
<p>Si tel est le cas, alors l’art devrait peu à peu quitter sa place en marge de la société pour se positionner au cœur des sociétés: dans l’instruction comme dans la production ou dans les domaines sociaux, etc. Car s’il est vrai que, d’un côté, l’artiste se sent impuissant face au peu de cas qui est fait de son oeuvre, d’un autre côté, il apparaît toujours plus évident que la société ne parvient plus à résoudre sans l’aide de l’art les problèmes qu’elle auto-génère en science, en économie et en politique.</p>
<p>Alors qu’arriverait-il si les artistes se voyaient et s’engageaient à nouveau comme des &#8220;exemples&#8221; pour le monde de l’économie, de la politique et de l’instruction à l’égard du simple mortel? Ils n’auraient pas à dire ce qui a un sens ou pas, ils se contenteraient de montrer comment il est possible pour un simple individu d’activer ce qui a un sens à l’aide des sens.</p>
<p>Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2010 um 19:00</p>
<p>Marks Blond Project R.f.z.K.<br />
Bern</p>
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		<title>AHMED KAMEL (EG)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 18:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lokal.int</dc:creator>
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AHMED KAMEL (EG): «SPIRAL» at PROGR on Thursday, 20 May 2010, 18h «BY LAW» at MARKS BLOND R.F.Z.K. on Thursday, 20 May 2010, 19h<br />
Ahmed Kamel (EG) uses photography, video and drawing as ways to address social issues&#160;[&#8230;]</p>]]></description>
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AHMED KAMEL (EG): «SPIRAL» at PROGR on Thursday, 20 May 2010, 18h «BY LAW» at MARKS BLOND R.F.Z.K. on Thursday, 20 May 2010, 19h<br />
Ahmed Kamel (EG) uses photography, video and drawing as ways to address social issues and to express his interest in domestic and urban life. He was born in Cairo in 1981 and has studied painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Cairo, graduating with a BFA in 2003. He participated in a number of exhibitions, workshops and residencies locally and internationally. He is interested in how society constructs and idealizes identity through means of visual representation that can act as markers of people’s social and cultural background. Ahmed was invited for a three-month studio residency (March – May 2010) at PROGR by Pro Helvetia, Cairo.<br />
Web: <a href="http://www.ahmed-kamel.com">http://www.ahmed-kamel.com</a><br />
A spiral usually emerges from a small point; dramatically moving and growing like a snowball. It might get intertwined and spread like cancer, or it might appear agile and systematic. In any case it is a complex composite, and the conflict between its lines is not easy to solve, whether it is an inner or an external, multi-layered conflict. This fluent dynamic of the conflict constantly seeks its own escalation, leading to its core or to an undefined position within its endless possibilities.»</p>
<p>«Laws should follow basic principles: fairness and equality. When a law is passed, it makes clear what is legal and what is prohibited, and becomes justice by itself – but it might include discrimination against certain individuals, minorities or even society as a whole. Such unbalanced laws are designed, constructed and produced in dictatorships as well as democracies, in certain cases with the excuse of necessary self-protection and the defense against perceived threats posed by others.<br />
The text used in «By law» is a translated paragraph from the emergency law that has been in place in Egypt for almost 50 years. Recently it was extended for another two years.»</p>
<p>Location: Ausstellungszone PROGR, Speichergasse 4, Bern (CH) / Marks Blond R.f.z.K., Speichergasse 8, Bern<br />
Opening times: Friday / Saturday 16h-19h</p>
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		<title>Wir suchen den/die beste KünstlerIn mit Bernbezug!</title>
		<link>http://offoff.ch/blog/2010/05/12/wir-suchen-dendie-beste-kunstlerin-mit-bernbezug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 11:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lokal.int</dc:creator>
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Ein gemeinsames Projekt von Grand Palais, Marks Blond, Galerie Milieu und Neue Galerie. Unter: <a href="http://2ndgeneration.ch/">http://2ndgeneration.ch/</a> findest du alle relevanten Informationen zur Veranstaltung, die am 11. Juni 2010 in der Dampfzentrale Bern stattfinden wird. Über Deine Beteiligung freuen wir&#160;[&#8230;]</p>]]></description>
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Ein gemeinsames Projekt von Grand Palais, Marks Blond, Galerie Milieu und Neue Galerie. Unter: <a href="http://2ndgeneration.ch/">http://2ndgeneration.ch/</a> findest du alle relevanten Informationen zur Veranstaltung, die am 11. Juni 2010 in der Dampfzentrale Bern stattfinden wird. Über Deine Beteiligung freuen wir uns!</p>
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		<title>SINGLE SPEED FLOATING ACTION</title>
		<link>http://offoff.ch/blog/2010/01/26/single-speed-floating-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:49:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Adolescents from Roubaix are dancing on a frame filling big wall. The red brick is representing the past of the region, the typic stone used for the  housing of the workers of the coalmines and textile factories. But the&#160;[&#8230;]</p>]]></description>
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Adolescents from Roubaix are dancing on a frame filling big wall. The red brick is representing the past of the region, the typic stone used for the  housing of the workers of the coalmines and textile factories. But the wall is also representing the hard condition of life the kids are dealing with. Using just their body, the teens are fighting against the wall, are dancing on it, flying. A dream of freedom, success and recognition.</p>
<p>SINGLE SPEED FLOATING ACTION by anna katharina scheidegger<br />
Video 7 min (loop) © 2009<br />
Introduced by Marks Blond </p>
<p>30.01.2009 @ <a href="http://www.lokal-int.ch">www.lokal-int.ch</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.annakatharina.fr">www.annakatharina.fr</a><br />
<a href="http://www.marksblond.com">www.marksblond.com</a></p>
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		<title>Marks Blond R.f.z.K. Bern invites Stedefreund Berlin / Club 89</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 21:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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In Club 89 nimmt Stedefreund einen Rückblick vor, der dem politischen Hintergrund von 1989 die Perspektive einer jeweils persönlichen Geschichte gegenüberstellt. 1989 wird inzwischen als Wendepunkt globaler Zusammenhänge wahrgenommen, da sich weltweit nachhaltige Veränderungen ereigneten. Dazu gehörte ebenso der&#160;[&#8230;]</p>]]></description>
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In Club 89 nimmt Stedefreund einen Rückblick vor, der dem politischen Hintergrund von 1989 die Perspektive einer jeweils persönlichen Geschichte gegenüberstellt. 1989 wird inzwischen als Wendepunkt globaler Zusammenhänge wahrgenommen, da sich weltweit nachhaltige Veränderungen ereigneten. Dazu gehörte ebenso der Mauerfall in Deutschland, der eine Öffnung zwischen Osten und Westen schaffte.</p>
<p>Die KünstlerInnen Stefka Ammon, Anne Gathmann, Inken Reinert, Alexandra Schumacher und Julia Staszak gehen dem Lebensgefühl der 80er und dem eigenen Standpunkt vor 20 Jahren nach, der ein Teil dieser Geschichte verkörpert (da sie aus Ost- wie West-deutschen Kontexten stammen). Die Jugendzeit steht somit für eine erste Konfrontation mit gesellschaftlichen Realitäten. Sie taucht in den Arbeiten als geschichtliches oder soziales Setting auf, in dem man sich befindet, in dem man beginnt zu ahnen, dass es noch anderes geben könnte – oder ahnungslos im eigenen Radius verbleibt.</p>
<p>Die Verteilung der Arbeiten auf die Bereiche des Ausstellungsraumes folgen diesem Gedanken, aus dem Blickfeld der Nähe heraus werden übergeordnete Beobachtungen formuliert. Der Rückblick ist Ausgangspunkt für eine analytische Auseinandersetzung mit Identität, sozialen Perspektiven, Geschlechterrepräsentation sowie Phänomenen der Nachwende.</p>
<p>Marks Blond Project R.f.z.K. invites Stedefreund, Stedefreund invites Marks Blond Project R.f.z.K.<br />
Ein Austauschprojekt zwischen den beiden Kunsträumen in Bern und Berlin.<br />
Infos:  <a href="http://www. stedefreund-berlin.de">www. stedefreund-berlin.de</a></p>
<p>Stedefreund  Berlin</p>
<p>Club 89</p>
<p>Stefka Ammon, Anne Gathmann, Inken Reinert, Alexandra Schumacher, Julia Staszak</p>
<p>Eröffnung 29.10.2009 um 19 h<br />
Künstlergespräch 29.10.2009 um 17 h<br />
Ausstellung 30.10. &#8211; 14.11.2009</p>
<p>Marks Blond Project R.f.z.K.<br />
Speichergasse 8<br />
CH – 3000 Bern 8<br />
Tel. +41 (0) 78 851 89 08<br />
<a href="http://www.marksblond.com">www.marksblond.com</a></p>
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