{"id":10369,"date":"2019-02-27T17:56:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T16:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/?post_type=program_item&p=10369"},"modified":"2019-03-06T15:46:07","modified_gmt":"2019-03-06T14:46:07","slug":"allegoric-postcard-union","status":"publish","type":"program_item","link":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/program-item\/allegoric-postcard-union\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegoric Postcard Union"},"content":{"rendered":"

Allegoric Postcard Union<\/em>\u00a0is a temporary alliance of artists\u00a0Francis Al\u00ffs,\u00a0J\u00falius Koller,\u00a0Roman Signer, and curator\u00a0Binna Choi. In its current constellation,\u00a0Allegoric Postcard Union<\/em>\u00a0is an interventionist contribution to the exhibition Collective Creativity<\/em> on view at the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel from 1 May till 17 July 2005, which investigates collaborative undertakings in contemporary art.\u00a0Allegoric Postcard Union<\/em>\u00a0introduces subtle, unobtrusive manners of working together by means of producing a set of three postcards depicting images by the involved artists and other collaborators, through which they propose their interpretation of the notion of “we,” of “collectivity,” or “being together.”<\/p>\n

The three participating artists belong to different generations and work within various cultural contexts. However, to a great extent they share common sensibilities and concerns in their artistic practice and working methods. It could be said that Al\u00ffs, Koller, and Signer engage in creating situations of empowerment in their work, in which an individual could activate the possibilities of liberating him- or herself from a given socio-political formation in order to imagine another construction of collectivity embodied in preserving the singular in heterogenous coexistence. In Jean-Luc Nancy’s terms, this would establish the possibility of being “singular plural.”<\/p>\n

The selected images are extracts of the artists’ performative works in collaboration, and as such function as an aesthetic and political abstraction of the moment. Each depicted scene is carefully directed by the respective artists and performed by a group of people in different political topographies: Al\u00ffs’ in Lima, Peru of 2002; Koller’s in Cicmany, Slovakia (former Czechoslovakia) in 1978; and Signer’s in Kassel, Germany in 1987. Despite the fact that a lot could be deciphered about the actual political climate in which these performances took place, the selected images are situated in a natural landscape or on a background seemingly remote from the direct impact of the contexts by which they are informed. In this respect, Al\u00ffs’ ephemerality and subtlety, Koller’s witty and minimalistic humor, and Signer’s abrupt absurdity might be perceived as effective “tools” for dialogue with the audience. They function as a poetic and political condensation of the moment, suggesting multiple associative narratives or “allegories” as an opportunity to deepen the imaginary (or real) potentials of the collectively shared experience and participation.<\/p>\n

Allegoric Postcard Union<\/em>\u00a0is a temporary alliance and does not predetermine the duration of its existence. Yet the promise of its sustainability resides in the way that the members constantly find possible contexts and practical grounds to produce new postcards.<\/p>\n

Binna Choi,
\nMember of Allegoric Postcard Union\/Curator, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst<\/p>\n

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Francis Al\u00ffs,\u00a0When Faith Moves Mountains<\/em>, 2002<\/p>\n

Op 11 april 2002 heeft\u00a0Francis Al\u00ffs\u00a0samen met Cuauht\u00e9moc Medina en Rafael Ortega in Lima, Peru, 500 vrijwilligers gevraagd om met een schep in de hand \u00e9\u00e9n lange rij te vormen zodat een 500 meter lange duin 10 cm van zijn oorspronkelijke plek kon worden verplaatst.<\/p>\n

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J\u00falius Koller,\u00a0Universal Futurological Question Mark<\/em>\u00a0(U.F.O.), 1978<\/p>\n

Op 13 augustus 1978 in Li\u010dmany, Slowakije, zaten\u00a0J\u00falius Koller\u00a0en ongeveer 30 kinderen samen in de vorm van een vraagteken op een met gras begroeide heuvel. *U.F.O. staat voor Universal-Cultural Futurological Operations. Foto: Kveta Fulier-Ov\u00e1.<\/p>\n

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Roman Signer,\u00a0Action for Orangerie<\/em>, 1987<\/p>\n

Op 20 september 1987 in Kassel, Duitsland (de laatste dag van Documenta 8), blies\u00a0Roman Signer\u00a0duizenden papiertjes de lucht in waardoor hij een ‘muur’ van witte regen cre\u00eberde. Honderden mensen die deelnamen en het publiek vormden, hebben eensgezind de ‘regen’ zien vallen. Film still: Peter Liechti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Allegoric Postcard Union\u00a0is a temporary alliance of artists\u00a0Francis Al\u00ffs,\u00a0J\u00falius Koller,\u00a0Roman Signer, and curator\u00a0Binna Choi. In its current constellation,\u00a0Allegoric Postcard Union\u00a0is an interventionist contribution to the exhibition Collective Creativity on view at the Kunsthalle Fridericianum in Kassel from 1 May till 17 July 2005, which investigates collaborative undertakings in contemporary art.\u00a0Allegoric Postcard Union\u00a0introduces subtle, unobtrusive manners […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10367,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10369","program_item","type-program_item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_item\/10369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program_item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_item\/10369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15759,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program_item\/10369\/revisions\/15759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.bakonline.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}