*This Serpentine event might be pretty good. Among a host of other usual-suspects, I've got a "map" in this thing. I'm not showing up in London or anything, but what the heck; I do hang out on edge.org, so I threw in a map. And there will be maps a-plenty.
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2010/10/map_marathon_maps_for_the_21st_2.html
Map Marathon
Saturday and Sunday
16 – 17 October
Saturday 16 October, 12–10pm
Sunday 17 October, 12–10pm
Major names gather for two-day live event at Royal Geographical Society
The Serpentine Gallery presents the fifth event in its acclaimed Marathon series on 16 and 17 October. The multi-dimensional Map Marathon will feature non-stop live presentations by over 50 artists, poets, writers, philosophers, scholars, musicians, architects, designers and scientists. This ambitious two-day event takes place in London during Frieze Art Fair week.
Participations include performances and presentations from: Marina Abramović, David Adjaye, Etel Adnan, John Akomfrah, Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri, Julieta Aranda, Kader Attia, Nanni Balestrini and Morgan Bennett Balestrini, Artur Barrio, Peter Barber, Rosi Braidotti, Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, John Brockman, Mariana Castillo Deball and Amalia Pica, Adam Chodzko, Céline Condorelli, Michael Craig-Martin, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Fujiwara, Gilbert & George, Goldin+Senneby, Joost Grootens, Pancho Guedes, Richard Hamilton and Eyal Weizman, Mona Hatoum, Susan Hiller, Russell Hoban with Eleanor Bron, Claire Hooper, Marine Hugonnier, Amar Kanwar, Anish Kapoor, Janice Kerbel, Scott King, Aaron Koblin, Suzanne Lacy, Klara Lidén, Luigi Ontani, Claude Parent and Nathanael Dorent, Katie Paterson, Adriano Pedrosa, Julia Peyton-Jones, C. E. B. Reas, Marwan Rechmaoui, Pedro Reyes, Alex Rich, Tim Robinson and Simon Cutts, Jacques Roubaud, David Rowan, Anri Sala, Dimitar Sasselov, Annemarie Sauzeau, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Timothy Taylor/Krysztina Tautendorfer with Tom Frankland, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Oraib Toukan, Adrián Villar Rojas, Ai Weiwei, Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa and Cerith Wyn Evans. With a special presentation from DLD, (dld-conference.com). Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist.
View the Serpentine Gallery's previous marathons, including the Manifesto Marathon, the Poetry Marathon and the Experiment Marathon
The Serpentine Gallery Map Marathon will bring together an unprecedented group from diverse fields to showcase possible maps for the coming decade. The Map Marathon will explore all forms of mapping, of data, space and time, multiple dimensions, language and the body. The event will uncover the influence and possibilities of mapping in our world today.
The Internet has brought maps of every kind into our daily lives. Maps have become easier to create, change, develop collaboratively and share. Depicting geographical areas, mindscapes and digital realms alike, these multidimensional maps express endlessly interconnected ideas and issues.
This is the fifth in the annual series of Serpentine Gallery Marathons. Conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery Marathons are a unique and innovative series of events that challenge notions of art, culture, science, technology, and methods of public discourse and debate. The first Marathon, Interview Marathon, 2006, featured interviews with leading figures in contemporary culture over 24 hours. This was followed by Experiment Marathon, 2007, Manifesto Marathon, 2008, and Poetry Marathon, 2009.
Many of the maps presented in this year’s Marathon and the discussion they provoke will be included in a forthcoming book to be published by Thames & Hudson in 2011.
Venue
Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London. SW7 2RA
Tickets
£25/£20 (two day)
£15/£10 (one day)
Available at the Gallery Lobby Desk
or Ticketweb: 08444 771 000
www.ticketweb.co.uk
Programme so far
Note: schedule is subject to change. Please check regularly for latest updates
Saturday 16 October
12pm – 5pm
Julia Peyton-Jones From A to B
Luigi Ontani AuroboruSerpentine
Richard Hamilton and Eyal Weizman Political Plastic
Peter Barber in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Ai Weiwei
Tim Robinson/Folding Landscapes A Distressed Map of the Aran Islands
Eric Rodenbeck
Aaron Koblin Re-Embodied Data: Mapping the Unseeable
Mariana Castillo Deball and Amalia Pica Figures don’t lie, but liars can figure
Janice Kerbel with Colin Stinton Ballgame
Emma Wolukau-Wanambwa A Conversation with Dr. Stephanie Lawler
Rosi Braidotti Cartographies of the Present
Jacques Roubaud Main mnémonique (Mnemonic Hand)
Claude Parent and Nathanael Dorent Impérative migration
Annemarie Sauzeau Alighiero Boetti’s Mapping of the World over 25 Years
5pm – 10pm
Russell Hoban The Lion of Boaz-Jachin and Jachin-Boaz, read by Eleanor Bron, followed by a conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian in conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Etel Adnan Reading from The Arab Apocalypse
Gilbert & George Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Adriano Pedrosa Seção de Mapas, Coleção Paulo A. W. Vieira, Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo
Tania Kovats
Marina Abramović Body Maps (((Marina Abramovic A-OK for global art scene in 2010)))
