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Open Systems: Rethinking Art c. 1970 Symposium
 
Hans Haacke, Condensation Cube 1963
Hans Haacke
Condensation Cube 1963
Museu d'Art Contemporaini, Barcelona, Spain. Gift of the National Comittee and Board of Trustees Whitney Museum of American Art. © DACS 2005

Dates and Duration:
Friday 16 September 2005, 14.30-18.30
Friday 16 September 2005, 20.00-23.20
Saturday 17 September 2005, 11.00-18.30

Venue: Tate Modern

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This event focuses on ideas and practices represented in Tate Modern's show Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970. Leading artists, critics, historians and theorists discuss how experimental art in the 1960s and 70s responded to the social, political and technological conditions of the time. Speakers include Donna De Salvo (curator of Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970), Alexander Alberro, Sabeth Buchmann, Diederich Diederichsen, Braco Dimitrijevic, Briony Fer, Hans Haacke, Margaret Iversen, Peter Osborne and Anne Rorimer.

See full programme of speakers below - click on the speakers' name to see biographical details.

See also C0dE 0f practice online panel discussion and public forum. Open for public contributions in response to the Open Systems Symposium from 16 - 23 September.

C0dE 0f practice online panel discussion and public forum

The C0dE 0f practice forums were intially live from June 13 - July 18. The online panel discussion included contributions from Christiane Paul, Charlie Gere, Patrick Lichty, Trebor Scholz, Sarah Cook and Beryl Graham. The discussion focussed on the application of themes evident in the Open Systems exhibition in light of contemporary media arts practice. The forum also references the Curating, Immateriality, Systems conference held at Tate Modern at the start of the exhibition.

This online panel discussion and public forum was part of the C0dE 0f practice umbrella online season, which aimed to expand upon legacies and themes evident in the Open Systems Rethinking Art c 1970 exhibition at Tate Modern - bridging contemporary practices and modern histories.

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Friday 16 September 2005, 14.30-18.30
Time Session  
14.30 Introduction by Dominic Willsdon
Introduction Play
14.40 Donna De Salvo and Anne Rorimer, chaired by Alison Green
 
  Donna De Salvo presentation Play
  Anne Rorimer presentation Play
  Discussion Play
15.45 Braco Dimitrijevic
  Braco Dimitrijevic presentation Play
17.00 Peter Osborne and Alexander Alberro, chaired by Michael Corris
  Michael Corris introduction Play
  Peter Osborne presentation Play
  Alexander Alberro presentation Play

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Friday 16 September 2005, 20.00-23.20
Time Session  
20.00 Alvin Lucier: Open Sound Systems
 
  For this series of performances, Lucier presents work that has a strong connection to the artistic strategies represented in Open Systems: Rethinking Art c.1970. The programme features four compositions by Lucier; one piece by his former student, the late British composer, video artist and filmmaker Stuart Marshall; work by noted British composer John White; as well as new work in the spirit of Lucier's practice by emerging composers John Lely, Andrew Morgan, and Tim Parkinson. Follow the link above to download recordings of this evening's performances and compositional scores by Lucier.

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Saturday 17 September 2005, 11.00-18.30
Time Session  
11.00 Margaret Iversen and Briony Fer, chaired by Lucy Soutter  
  Lucy Soutter introduction Play
  Margaret Iversen presentation Play
  Briony Fer presentation Play
  Discussion Play
12.45 Alvin Lucier with Seth Kim-Cohen  
  Alvin Lucier presentation Play
14.30 Sabeth Buchmann and Matthias Michalka, chaired by Charlie Gere
  Charlie Gere introduction Play
  Sabeth Buchmann presentation Play
  Matthias Michalka presentation Play
  Discussion Play
16.45 Morgan Fisher with Stuart Comer  
  Morgan Fisher presentation Play
17.30 Plenary Discussion, chaired by Mark Godfrey  
  Discussion Play

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