Tala Madani will have works included in the 2013 Göteborg Biennial PLAY! Recapturing the Radical Imagination. The thematic approach for the biennial starts with a desire to investigate and critically reflect on the notions of play and radical imagination, as two important ingredients of the artistic and political discourse. While playfulness seems to have permeated artistic strategies during the last century, radical imagination has provided a space for encounter and a frame for thought and action in today’s political struggles. However, the role and understanding of either notion and of the seamless relation between them has undergone many changes, reflecting the new condi- tions of our time and giving rise to a number of questions, such as: What is the transformative power of play? How do forms of playfulness affect or help manifestations of radical imagination? What does indeed constitute radical imagination? Does democracy still have a meaning? Do we dare to challenge the very way we live and imagine a different world?
Reflecting on the above, Play! Recapturing the Radical Imagination is explored through the individual contributions of four curators: Katerina Gregos, Claire Tancons, Joanna Warsza and Ragnar Kjartansson in collaboration with Andjeas Ejiksson.
Tala’s work is included in the section The Politics of Play
, curated by Katerina Gregos at the Röda Sten Konsthall. Other artists in this section include: Nabil Boutros (Egypt/France) / Ninar Esber (Lebanon/France) / Parastou Fourouhar (Iran/Germany) / Jorge Galindo & Santiago Sierra (Spain) / Guerilla Girls (USA) / Nevan Lahart (Ireland) / Tala Madani (Iran/USA) / Otobong Nkanga (Nigeria/Belgium) / Roberto Paci Dalò (Italy) / Pavel Pepperstein (Russia) / Qiu Zhijie (China) / Fernando Sanchez Castillo (Spain) / Marinella Senatore (Italy) / Olav Westphalen (Germany/Sweden) / Wooloo (Martin Rosengaard & Sixten Kai Nielsen) (Denmark) / Liv Strömquist (Sweden) / Luc Deleu T. O. P Office (Belguim)
PLAY! Recapturing the Radical Imagination
7 September – 17 November 2013
Göteborg Biennial 2013
The Politics of Play
Röda Sten Konsthall
Röda Sten 1
414 51 Göteborg, Sweden
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