Below you find the three interviews and talks made in conjunction with the exhibition.
Hussein Tai, b 1966, Iraq
Visual Artist living in Copenhagen
Educated from The College of Fine Arts, Baghdad, Iraq, 1992
http://www.bazart.dk/
Meeting 13-02-2008 in Copenhagen
transcript of parts of our conversation
Nis: …In this project the level of international politics is cross-sectioned with the experience of the […]
By Nis Rømer
This Saturday from 10-13 I will be in the museum playing chess with Kufani, an artist from Iraq. You are welcome to come by, have a chat and discuss with us.
Read a description of the work in this post: www.taggingart.org/archives/138
How can art do more than just fill the empty space designated to it? This topic is discussed in a text by Dmitry Vilensky in which he ponders how the exhibition can be:
“a prototypical social model, capable of formulating and realizing its goals independently, taking on the function of an alternative power, an open system […]
By Nis Rømer
In “Hans Blix’s Glasses - A memorial to the Iraq war” a part of the Danish National Gallery will be somewhat domesticated. A carpet, a table and chairs suggest a homely setting rather than the public space of the museum.
On closer inspection the carpet and its virtual counterpart in Second Life tells a […]
Another art project is also unfolding in SL right now. It is curated by Jon Paludan and the two first works are made by Tommy Støckel and Hilarius Hofstede. The project will run over the next two years.
http://www.boompearls.com
