HARD-CORE: Ultimate Harmony

16 November – 25 November 2012

Opening: 16th November 2012 at 19.00h

Upominki is proud to present final results of ‘Ultimate Harmony’, a project by HARD-CORE conducted over last two weeks in our space.

On 16th November at 16h, you are cordially invited for a joint round table discussion between HARD-CORE group, and three teams of ‘Ultimate Harmony’ curators.
In this conversation HARD-CORE and nine curators will exchange their reflections about this particular exhibition-making system.

Starting from 19h the exhibition will open to the public.

Program:
15:30 door open
16:00 discussion
18:00 walk-in dinner
19:00 exhibition opening

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Ultimate Harmony (title)

Curatorial System #4 – Upominki | 9-16.11 (building up) & 16-25.11 (exhibition open to public)

Curators Team 1 (I)
Curators Team 2 (II)
Curators Team 3 (III)

The curatorial system starts during the week of building up:

* We start in an empty space
* We bring all the pieces along in a finished state (First team does not get to see them.)

* First team comes in.
* Introduction of works to (I)* (I) discusses for 3-4 hours work and installment
* Entire process is being recorded.

After the visit
* Building up
* Works placed according to requirements of (I)
* Documentation is made
* Rendering and transferring documentation

* Team two comes in
* Works standing in the space
* Small introduction of the works and placement

* (II) has 3-4 hours to reassemble and discuss the positioning of the exhibition
* Rebuilding the exhibition

* Works are placed according (II) requirements
* Rendering and transferring documentation

* Last team comes in
* No introduction is being made

* (III) has 3-4 hours to reassemble and discuss the positioning of the exhibition

* Definite building up according to (III)
* Entire documentation included in the space
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‘HARD-CORE’ is an Amsterdam based artists’ gathering that operates as a non-hierarchical and non-authoritarian organization. The group develops curatorial methods which objectify preferential aspects of exhibition-making. Since its establishment in 2011 hard-core has worked and exhibited in The Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden and Iceland. The group meets on a regular basis to have a ‘hardcore-session‘; a discussion format where a minimum of 2 hours is spent on discussing intensively each participants work and intentions.

http://www.the-hard-core.eu/

Members: Ada Avetist, Anne de Boer, Daniel Dressel, Eloïse Bonneviot, Hrafnhildur Helgadóttir, Sæmundur Þór Helgason