[Nettime-nl] The Classroom with Nina Fischer and Marouan el Sani

[Alexandra Landré <a.landre@rietveldacademie.nl>]

The Professorship for Art and Public Space is proud to present:

The Classroom with

Nina Fischer & Marouan el Sani

19 march 2007, 5 pm, Gerrit Rietveld Academy



The artist Nina Fischer ( Emden, 1965, Germany) and Marouan el Sani  
( Duisberg, 1966, Germany) have been working as an artist duo since  
1993.

In their work, they make use of different media such as film, video,  
photography and installations.

In 2001, Fischer/ El Sani started a series of projects and  
installations that focus on the former East German ‘Palast der  
Republik’ in Berlin.

The building has been deserted since 1990 and was subject to numerous  
political debates concerning its heritage and future function, either  
to be broken down or to be kept as a monument for the communist utopia.

While the political debate continued and extensive renovation was  
necessary, the building, partially striped down, was left in a state  
of ambiguity.

The artists  explored this undetermined condition and investigated  
the potential usage of the building, displaying the different utopian  
dreams

for the same architectural framework, creating parallel meanings. The  
architectural construction becomes a point of departure for the  
archaeological research on

the collective memory, questioning its psychological relation in  
moments of transition.



Fischer / El Sani recently finished their five-month residency at  
Virtual Museum Zuidas, producing the work ‘Rise’. It can be seen  
during the exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam from  
17 march until the 13th of may 2007.



Date:                     Monday 19 march 2007

Time:                     5pm

Location:              Room 105

                               Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Moderator:           Jennifer Steetskamp,

               Netherlands Media Art Institute Montevideo/Time Based  
Art



For further information, please contact Alexandra Landré:

a.landre@rietveldacademie.nl or visit our website http://www.lkpr.nl

For additional information on the artists please go to  
www.fischerelsani.net

The lecture is realized in collaboration with the audiovisual  
department.
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