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From: "Anand Bhatt." <anand.bhatt@xxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 15:02:15 +0530
Lecture on New Institutionalism by Nina Montmann critic and author
Curator Nordic Institute of Contemporary Art, Helsink (NIFCA)
TIME: 4PM
VENUE: SCHOOL OF ARTS AND AESTHETICS GALLERY
DATE: 14TH NOVEMBER 2005
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY, NEW DELHI 110067
All are cordially invited
New Institutionalism
“Neo-Capitalism and the declining Western Welfare State are causing
major changes in the role of the art institution. A director of a museum
is supposed to act as a populist politician as well as a manager. For
most sponsors and politicians the visitors count is the only measurement
for the success of an institution. Therefore art institutions are
becoming a part of the event and entertainment industry. In this
scenario some smaller or mid sized and more flexible institutions tried
to analyze this situation and develop alternative strategies.
In my paper I will present the approach of a few institutions (such as
the Rooseum in Malmo with Charles Esche as director, the Kunstverein in
Munich with Maria Lind, The EA-Generali Foundation in Vienna), as well
as two research based exhibition projects I curated, which are dealing
with a variety of international institutional collaborations, and have a
(self-)reflective perspective on institutional processes as their very
topic: the relation of artists and institutions, the societal role of
institutions and the role of institutions for artistic productions.”
Nina Montmann