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PURSUIT: FAILURE
\nSYMPOSIUM<\/strong><\/p>\n

5-7 November 2010
\nSchererstrasse 9 \/ 11
\n@ Institut f\u00fcr Alles M\u00f6glich<\/a>e & secondhome projects <\/a>
\n13347 Berlin-Wedding<\/p>\n

ALL WELCOME.
\nFriday performance free \/\/ Sat & Sun: 1 day \u20ac5 \/ 2 days \u20ac7
\nFree for Speakers & OPEN SLOT Participants<\/p>\n

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FAILURE is essential to all greatness, not merely in providing its contrast but as an essential part of the processes of growing, experimenting, learning and living. We cherish the ever failing C. Chaplin or Homer S. for their Sisyphusian predicaments, we quote Beckett, film in obsolete media and yet at the same time few artists dare to embrace the option of artistic practice as failure itself.<\/p>\n

The FAILURE symposium was a weekend of talks, presentations, experiments and cups of tea with artists, writers, performers and other folk from Berlin and abroad about their encounters with failure, both in their own practice as well as within the wider realm of the artistic profession and its modes of presenting itself. The symposium was intended as an informal platform for exchange and debate. We therefore wanted to welcome artists, writers, walkers, talkers, makers and other curious people to listen and speak.<\/p>\n

An Open Slot had been reserved for those who decided to present at short notice. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Symposium was the third stage of SEVERAL PURSUITS debut pursuit \u2018FAILURE\u2019 for which we gathered positions and reflections to explore meaning and possible potential of failure in contemporary visual arts. In times of omnipresent crisis such as a failing economy and a collapsing art market (and potentially fading self-esteem of those involved making art) we wrote a CALL FOR REJECTS when launching the project in 2009. Many artists have thereafter submitted images and accounts of works of art that they have themselves rejected yet hung onto. A full archive of these REJECTS can be found online here<\/a> or in the publication for the symposium which is available as a download below. Following this another CALL was spread online in 2010 – inviting more thinkers to submit texts and other written documents that deal with the concept of failure and its reflection in creative practice. The FAILURE symposium has emerged out of these submissions and the further pursuit of topics raised in them.<\/p>\n

The FAILURE symposium was kindly hosted at Institut f\u00fcr Alles M\u00f6gliche http:\/\/www.i-a-m.tk<\/a> & secondhome projects http:\/\/www.oursecondhome.de\/projects\/<\/a> in Berlin-Wedding and was supported by Quartiersmanagement Pankstrasse (which in turn is being supported by the European Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the Federal State of Berlin as part of the program \u00bbZukunftsinitiative Stadtteil\u00ab section \u00bbSoziale Stadt\u00bb).<\/p>\n

Thursday\/Donnerstag, 4 November \/ 20h <\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio Broadcast
\nPURSUIT: FAILURE (IN THE WORKS)
\nA radio play by \/ Ein H\u00f6rspiel von KitSum Chengis, Vancouver, CA
\nPi-Radio: UKW88,4 MHz
\nwww.piradio.de<\/a> for online stream<\/p>\n

Friday\/Freitag, 5 November 19 h <\/strong><\/p>\n

INSTRUCTED PERFORMANCE
\nAndrew Lampert, NYC, USA & William Rose, Leeds, GB<\/p>\n

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Refreshments available \/ Barbetrieb<\/p>\n

Saturday\/Samstag 6 November<\/strong> (11 – 19 h)<\/p>\n

Welcome & Introduction \/ Begr\u00fc\u00dfung & Einleitung
\nV B\u00fchrer \/ P Hanson, SEVERAL PURSUITS, Berlin<\/p>\n

QUESTION TIME<\/a>
\nConversation & Discussion \/ Gemeinsamer Vortrag und Diskussionsrunde
\nAlex Eisenberg, David Berridge and Mary Paterson, London, GB<\/p>\n

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RAUMSPURENSUCHE im Wedding – ein Spaziergang mit Gelegenheiten zum Lunch
\nSPACES & TRACES (Wedding) – a walk with lunch opportunities
\nPauline Hanson, Berlin<\/p>\n

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PURSUIT: FAILURE (IN THE WORKS)
\nA radio play as listening station with set up kit by \/ Ein H\u00f6rspiel als H\u00f6rstation mit Aufbauplan von KitSum Chengis, Vancouver, CA<\/p>\n

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OPEN SLOT: Snippets from here and there \/ versch. Beitr\u00e4ge aus Berlin und anderswo<\/p>\n

1. Kerstin Karge \/ arttransponder, Berlin spoke about CHANCES OF CRISIS <\/a>\u2013 a Berlin networking project for independent art spaces which initiates a.o. round table discussions & workshops \/ sprach \u00fcber CHANCES OF CRISIS \u2013 BEWEGUNGEN AUS EINEM INSTABILEN FELD<\/a> einem Netzwerkprojekt f\u00fcr unabh\u00e4ngige Kunstr\u00e4ume in Berlin das u.a. Round Tables Diskussionen und Workshops sowie einen Blog initiiert und koordiniert<\/p>\n

2. Moritz Wiedemann, Berlin read from his book \/ las aus seinem Buch SELBSTPORTRAIT<\/a><\/p>\n

3. Lothar Gr\u00f6schel, Berlin introduced the ideas behind the neighbourhood guided tour program of \/ stellte die Ideen hinter den Stadtteilf\u00fchrungen von N\u00c4CHSTE AUSFAHRT WEDDING<\/a> vor<\/p>\n

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GLITCH STUDIES MANIFESTO \/\/ COLLAPSE OF PAL<\/a>
\nPresentation & Performance \/ Vortrag mit anschliessender Performance
\nRosa Menkman, Amsterdam, NL<\/p>\n

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Bar open \/ Getr\u00e4nke erh\u00e4ltlich<\/p>\n

Sunday\/Sonntag 7 November<\/strong> (11 – ca. 17 h)<\/p>\n

PROJECT POETICS<\/a>
\nPresentation & Workshop \/ Vortrag & Workshop
\nDavid Berridge, London, GB<\/a><\/p>\n

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BOOM CITY
\nProject Presentation \/ Projektpr\u00e4sentation
\nMariana Madeira, Faro, Portugal<\/p>\n

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MISS B’S SALON<\/a>
\nDiscussion Event \/ Thematische Gespr\u00e4chsrunde
\nRuth Beale, London, GB & Guests<\/p>\n

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Other Contributions \/ Weitere Beitr\u00e4ge<\/strong><\/p>\n

STRATEGIES OF AVOIDANCE <\/a>
\nStefan Riebel, Berlin \/ Leipzig, Germany<\/p>\n

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FAILURE PUBLICATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

A publication with contributions by the participants and others is available as a pdf here \/
\nHeft mit Beitr\u00e4gen der Teilnehmer und anderen ist hier erh\u00e4ltlich<\/p>\n

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Photo credits: Stefan Riebel, Rosa Menkman<\/p>\n

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