Dec 30, 2021
Why Work?
[Project The Great Museum_Talk]
“Art is the history of doing nothing and a long tale of useful action. It is always a fetishization of decision and indecision with each mark, structure, and engagement. The challenge made within the context of this talks series to contemporary practitioners — or current artists — a term I will use as contemporary art no longer accounts for what is being made — is connected to what we have all become rather than what we might propose, represent or fail to achieve. The challenge made is that artists today, whether they like it or not have fallen into a trap that is pre-determined by their existence within a regime that is centered on a rampant capitalization of the mind.”_Liam Gillick
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Amsterdam-based artists Bin Ko and Aaron McLaughlin conducted discussions with artists about ‘why work’.
MusicianYurie Hu & Aaron McLaughlin
Yurie Hu is a Korean pianist, violinist, singer, and composer based in Rennes, France. She is part of the bands YachtClub and La Battue, as well as the interdisciplinary performance project Comme dans il fait beau. @yuriehu
Artist Seung Eun Lee & Bin Koh
Sung Eun Lee majored in mechanical engineering at Yonsei University and is currently a resident artist at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam, Netherlands. His work is about interactive installation using technologies such as virtual reality, robots, and artificial intelligence (AI).
Artist Yiannis Mouravas & Aaron McLaughlin
Yiannis Mouravas is an artist and father based in Utrecht. Along with Nicola Baratto, he works under the artist duo Baratto & Mouravas in Amsterdam while being a member of the nomadic project the Wandering School, initiated in Macao Milano. barattomouravas.com @willnotbetelevized
Artist Bin Koh & Aaron McLaughlin
Bin Koh is a Korean visual artist and graphic designer living and working in Amsterdam. With Sumin Lee she runs the gastronomic research project Comfort Ball. binkoh.site @b1nk0h
Danae Io is an artist living and working in Rotterdam and Athens. She is part of the research collective ‘System of Systems’ and co-organizes the research initiative ‘Schemas of Uncertainty’. Her writing has been published by Sternberg Press, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, and Contra Journal. Her work has been exhibited at Kunstverein Amsterdam; Sub Rosa Space, Athens; Grace, Athens; De School, Amsterdam; Stroom, The Hague; Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam; Rozenstraat, Amsterdam; Display, Prague; Sign, Groningen; SESI Gallery of Art, São Paulo; and Rich Mix, London among others. She has collaborated with Rosa Luxemburg-Stiftung; Arts Catalyst, London; Sandberg Instituut, Amsterdam; State of Concept, Athens; and San Serriffe, Amsterdam among others. She is a tutor at MA Critical Inquiry Lab, Design Academy Eindhoven. website
