Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 3
Travels
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John Smith
Frozen War 2001 from the video series Hotel Diaries 2001–7 © courtesy the artist |
The third in the series of four Prologues leading up to the opening of the Tate Triennial exhibition in February 2009, explores the theme of travel and contemporary art.
For the first time in the history of mankind there are no terrae incognitae, no unknown lands. Satellite images have filled in the last voids on the world map. This situation challenges today's art. Artists organise expeditions to the Antartic or the Amazon, searching for the unseen or the unknown among the most hostile or remote lands on the globe. Geography and history have become intertwined and time appears to be the last territory to explore. In other words, travel is now a medium in itself. Furthermore, it brings into art practice some of its patterns: translation, displacements, diaries and the exoticization of familiar events.
The events and debate of Prologue 3: Travels include screenings, talks and discussions by artists Carsten Höller, John Smith and Zoran Naskovski.
Look out for details on Prologue 4: Borders happening in January 2009.
This series is related to the Altermodern exhibition
