Author Archives: ReMote

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RW.13 Warehouse, Aachen

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Location: Warehouse, Aachen/Germany
Author: REMOTEWORDS
Roof size: 800 square meters

As a contribution to the world climate summit, REMOTEWORDS — parallel to switching on a 30.000 W photovoltaic system — will write “2761 OAKS” on the roof of a warehouse in Aachen. The message refers to Joseph Beuys’ action of “7000 Oaks” and cites the precise number of trees that correspond to the potential amount of carbon dioxide that the photovoltaic system will not emit.

 

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RW.12 UDK, Berlin

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Location: Universität der Künste Berlin (UDK), Berlin/Germany
Author: Prof. Dr. Siegfried Zielinski
Roof size: 996 square meters

REMOTEWORDS has marked the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) with a statement by Siegfried Zielinski. „KUNST MUSS NICHT“ (ART MUSTN’T MUST) takes a stand against the omnipotent force of necessity and instrumental rationality and the increasing utilization of the arts – which begins already at educational 

 

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District named after RW.8

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The district around Main and Berea Streets in the Johannesburg district “Doornfountain” was given a new name after a message by REMOTEWORDS and Niq Mhlongo. In February 2009, REMOTESWORDS—in collaboration with the South African writer Niq Mhlongo and Jozi art:lab (Johannesburg)—wrote on the roof of “Arts on Main”, then under construction, the message: Maboneng. “Arts on Main” meanwhile, along with galleries, offers known artists such as William Kentridge a studio and for several weeks has provided an off-space for Goethe Institute: GoetheonMain.

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Maboneng means “place of light” and is a quotation from Niq Mhlongo’s novel “Aftertears”. Mhlongo, who grew up in Soweto during the apartheid era, has made a name for himself with his descriptions of present-day life in the former ghetto. Thus Maboneng not only thematizes an aspiring district in Johannesburg that is to be given a shot in the arm by a colony of art, but is above all a reminder of those who for a very long time were prevented from standing tall in the light.

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Artes Visuais ECA-USP

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Lecture: Depot des Artes Visuais ECA-USP

Escola de Comunicacões e Artes, São Paulo/Brazil

Remotewords presented the projekt “PORQUE DUVIDO” (Why do I doubt?) on Escola de Comunicacoes e Artes Universidade de São Paulo. “PORQUE DUVIDO” is taken from Flusser’s book On Doubt (Da Duvida) that was written in Brazil in Portuguese and published in German in 2006 by European Photography. The essay already contains several ideas and thoughts on his later media theory that he developed, among other writings, in “Towards a Philosophy of Photography” and “Ins Universum der technischen Bilder”.

 

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RW.11 Sao Paulo

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Location: Universidade de São Paulo , Escola de Comunicacões e Artes, São Paulo/Brazil
Author: Vilém Flusser /Selected by Mario Ramiro
Roof size: 1860 square meters

REMOTEWORDS is writing on the University of São Paulo (Escola de Comunicacoes e Artes Universidade de São Paulo ) a quotation from Vilém Flusser, who held his first professorship there. The project is being carried out on the initiative and the collaboration of the media artist Professor Mario Ramiro and his students.

 

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RW.10 Zeche Lohberg

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Location: Zeche Lohberg, Dinslaken /Germany
Author: Tanja Dückers
Roof size: 1350 square meters

Remotewords has printed a quotation from the Berlin author Tanja Dückers on the abandoned Lohberg mine in Dinslaken, inactive since 2005: “What remains is the future.” The statement thematizes the structural transformation of the Ruhr from an industrial to a cultural site. In 2018 the last hard-coal mine in Germany will be closed down.

 

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RW.9 Mauermann

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Location: Mauermann Exhibition Space, Essen/Germany
Author: REMOTEWORDS
Roof size: 75 square meters

Remotewords writes on the Mauermann Exhibition Space in Essen.
In conjunction with the exhibition “Wir werden es schon getan haben – Raum, Zeit und Subversion” (we will have already done so – space, time and subversion), Remotewords – with CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE – remembers Henry David Thoreau, who in his writings justifies the right of the individual to resist state injustice.

 

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RW.8 Arts on main

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Location: Arts on main, Doornfontein, Johannesburg/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 272 square meters

MABONENG literally means “place of light“. The city attracted migrant workers from all over the world, who tried to find their fortune. Doornfontein was one of the few culturally mixed areas until 1934, when the people were forcefully moved. Read the interview with Niq Mhlongo about place of light and darkness in Jo’burg.

 

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RW.7 jozi art:lab

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Location: jozi art:lab, Melville, Johannesburg/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 69 square meters

Curated by Indra Wussow

The roof of the jozi art:lab which enables the collaboration with Johannesburg was marked ARTMIGRATION. Migration seems to be the key factor of Johannesburg’s history – anytime since the foundation in 1886 people deliberately moved and were moved, constant change seems to be the motor of the city and its people.

http://jozi-artlab.co.za/en/index.php

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RW.6 Soweto

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Location: Private home of Niq Mhlongo, Soweto/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 56 square meters

Curated by Indra Wussow

The home of South African writer Niq Mhlongo in Soweto was marked with the endearment of Soweto used and understood only be Sowetans: MSAWAWA. 
MSAWAWA – a message of self concsiousness – is indicating Soweto from the air.