The Dignity of Man, Brno House of Arts, 2014, exhibition view
More Opportunities For her exhibition at Plymouth Arts Centre (2007/ 2008) Barbara Holub staged a demonstration addressing the process of regeneration in Plymouth and the search for a new identity that comes along with this. The demonstration took place in front of the Plymouth Arts Centre which was also looking for a new location. The performance refers to the first demonstration of the dockyard workers in 1969 - the first one after 300 years since the coexistence between the dockyard/ naval base as major employee of the city and the city was always considered beneficial to both sides. During the last years the dockyard has been privatized by HML as a result of economical decline after the end of the cold war and the company starts to give back part of their property to the city. The changes due to the privatization culminate in the development of tours through the dockyard where the navy officers function as tour guides. After a sample tour the participants were asked to fill in a questionnaire in order to optimize the quality of the tour according to the expectations of the visitors. The demonstration was filmed and then included in the exhibition. The plackards and banner for the demonstration are painted in reflective white - devoid of a message but with a visionary aspect between innocence and the glooming of science fiction appearances. They were presented in the show even before the demonstration. “more opportunities” oscillates between the general promise any politician would make and the hopes of the individual. staging a demonstration to this topic lays open the meaningless format of demonstrations in the globalised economy today, and transgresses it by placing it explicitly as fiction. |
The Dignity of Man
31. März 2014 - 31. Mai 2014, MUSA, Vienna 28. Juni 2014 - 2. August 2014, Art Gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo 3. September 2014 - 11. November 2014, House of Arts, Brno curated by: Maja Abdomerović, Berthold Ecker, Roland Fink, Terezie Petišková, Jana Vránová More Opportunities Plymouth Art Centre curated by: Paul Orrell 2007/ 2008 London Festival of Architecture / Austrian Cultural Forum London 2008 Film Screenings of "Make News Instead of" screenings: London Festival of Architecture, Austrian Cultural Forum London, 2008 Rencontres Internationales (film festival), Centre Pompidou/ Paris-La Vilette, Paris, 2008 Attitude, Video Festival, Bitola, Macedonia, 2009 Rencontres Internationales (film festival), Reina Sofia/ CA2M, Madrid, 2009 Rencontres Internationales (film festival), Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2009 |
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Make News Instead of
(Videostills of the First Dockyard Strike, 1969)
c-prints on Kodak Endura Metallic, mounted on aluminum, 30 x 45 cm, 2007/2014
(Videostills of the First Dockyard Strike, 1969)
c-prints on Kodak Endura Metallic, mounted on aluminum, 30 x 45 cm, 2007/2014
(View from Marlborough)
Lambda-Print, 50 x 70 cm, 2007/ 2014
Lambda-Print, 50 x 70 cm, 2007/ 2014
Testphase Naval Base
Lambda-Print, 50 x 70 cm, 2007/ 2014
Lambda-Print, 50 x 70 cm, 2007/ 2014
Taking the matter into your hands
3D-silkscreen on glass, 52 x 100 cm, 2007, edition of 5
3D-silkscreen on glass, 52 x 100 cm, 2007, edition of 5
The Dignity of Man, Brno House of Arts, 2014, exhibition view