Paradoxes of Participation

9. November 2010, 14.00 Uhr Interface Cultures, Kollegiumgasse 2, 3.OG, 4010 Linz

Gastvortrag von Dr. Matthias Michalka vom MUMOK Wien zum Thema "Paradoxes of Participation".

Abstract
Long before the term „interactivity“ became a common catchword in the media-art discourse, artists tried to establish a dynamic relationship between the work of art and its recipients. Particularly in the context of the late 1960ies notions of participation and feedback became a central element of the artistic production. This talk will discuss the utopian aspects and the critical aspects of artistic participation since the 1960ies in relation to concrete works and theoretical references.

Biography
Dr. Matthias Michalka is art historian and curator at the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien.
He has curated “X-Screen. Film Installations and Actions in the 1960s and 1970s” (2003) and “Changing Channels. Art and Television 1963 – 1987” (2010), as well as exhibitions by Mathias Poledna, Matthew Buckingham, Dorit Margreiter, Katya Sander, Harun Farocki, Omer Fast, Runa Islam, Zoe Leonard and others.
He has edited several publications (most recently “The Artist as…” Nürnberg 2006, “Omer Fast. The Casting”, Cologne 2007, “Kamen Stoyanov, At Arm’s Length”, Nurnberg 2008, “Runa Islam. Empty the pond to get the fish”, Cologne 2008 and “Changing Channels. Art and Television 1963 – 1987”, Cologne 2010.
Matthias Michalka is teaching at the Akademie der bildenden Künste Vienna and at the departement of the History of Art at Vienna University.