History Will Repeat Itself. Strategies of re-enactment in contemporary (media) art and performance

In contemporary (media) art there has been an almost ‘uncanny’ longing for the performative repetition or re-creation of historical situations and events. The exhibition History Will Repeat Itself focuses on current strategies of re-enactment in contemporary (media) art and performance, and presents the positions and strategies of 30 international artists. It is a cooperation between Hartware MedienKunstVerein in Dortmund, and KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, and is the first comprehensive exhibition in Germany dealing with the topic, or strategy, of re-enactment.

The Wonderful World of irational.org: Tools, Techniques and Events 1996-2006

UBERMORGEN.COM: ART FID [F]originals - Authenticity as consensual hallucination

Solar Radio Station

In this (live) installation one can listen to the sounds of the universe originating from various sources. They have been collected by the artists’ group radioqualia (Honor Hager, Adam Hyde) in cooperation with the Riga media culture center RIXC. The recordings are coming from various radio telescopes.

Face the unexpected: Media art from Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

The exhibition at the Museum am Ostwall and the PHOENIX Halle Dortmund presents 29 installations, videos, and photo series by 23 artists form Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

Fanshop of Globalization: Soccer, Space and Economy

Glamour and Globalisation: Football, Media and Art

Rosa Barba: Printed Cinema

In 2005 the Cologne-based artist Rosa Barba (*1972) received the Grant of the State of NRW for a Media Artist working in NRW (7.660 Euro) which is organised by the Hartware MedienKunstVerein. In her works, Rosa Barba deals with the intersections between music video, experimental film and installation.

On Disappearance. Loss of World; Escaping the World

Opening: August 26, 2005, 7 p.m. Either human beings are affected by losses, or their own disappearance affects others. In the first case, sorrow and desperation reign. Elements of human culture become lost. While the moment of disappearing and the grief experienced can turn into a media spectacle tuned into by millions, the histories and their consequences, the daily dramas and subtle disappearances are given little attention by the media.

Verstreute Momente der Konzentration. Urbane und digitale Räume

Expanded Cinema: Film as spectacle, event and performance