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EIN WELT IN DER STADT: ZOOLOGISCHE UND BOTANISCHE GARTEN 'A WORLD IN THE CITY: ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANIC GARDENS' CURATED BY KAIWAN MEHTA INSTITUT FUR AUSLANDSBEZIEHUNGEN INSTITUTE FOR FOREIGN CULTURAL RELATIONS, IFA STUTTGART, GERMANY 2017 |
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| ABOUT THE EXHIBITION | |
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| INVITED ARTISTS: JITISH KALLAT SONIA MEHRA CHAWLA SHELAGH KEELEY RUTH PADEL SAHEJ RAHAL In 'The World in the City: Zoological & Botanic Gardens' on view at the IFA Galerie in Stuttgart, curator Kaiwan Mehta explores the theme and expands it into a concept for the show in two ways- firstly the colonial history of institutions such as world expositions, gardens, zoos and museums where these become sites for knowledge production about the world at large as we see it even today, as well as the imagination of a 'public'- the idea of a modern viewing- consuming audience; secondly it explores our recent history of the hyper relationship with nature through issues such as Sustainability, Veganism, nature trails, wildlife television channels and so forth...The curator invited a set of seven works from four artists and a collection of poems and essays from a poet to present in a subtle and nuanced way, the relationship that we share as humans and as a civilization with nature, the world, and the cosmos. http://www.ifa.de/en/visual-arts/a-world-in-the-city.html |
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| INSTITUT FUR AUSLANDSBEZIEHUNGEN, GERMANY | |
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| IFA (Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen) is committed to peaceful and enriching coexistence between people and cultures worldwide. IFA promotes art and cultural exchange in exhibitions, dialogue and conference programs. As a competence centre for international cultural relations, IFA connects civil societies, cultural practices, art, media and science. IFA initiates, moderates and documents discussions on international cultural relations. The IFA has a global network and counts on long-term cooperation. IFA is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and its capital Stuttgart. http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/yinchuan-biennale-2016/ | |