a lecture-performance by Jan-Philipp Possmann and David Weber-Krebs

Enjoying art can be an ambivalent experience. Often we get carried away by works of art by whose influence we fear or reject. This experience arises from the politics of communication. Artistic practice should not stop to question our political and aesthetic convictions. Art is created by the encounter with already existing works of art and artistic practices. As observers and objects of their lecture, the speakers explore their own uncertainty when encountering works of art history.

The theatre-makers Weber-Krebs and Possmann create art from the encounter with already existing works of art. At present they work together in the lecture-performance-series Catalog of Situations.

“erschauern/bergreifen” is part of Catalog of Situations a research project started at the resaerch group Art practice and Development at the Amsterdam School of the Arts.

performance dates

2008
14 september - Wunder der Prairie - Mannheim (D)

2009
20 january - Frascati - Amsterdam
4 february - Rietveld academie -  Amsterdam