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Turn, Turtle! Reenacting the Institute
Performing Urgency #2
Turn, turtle!
Reenacting the institute
Edited by Elke Van Campenhout & Lilia Mestre
The renewed interest in artistic practices as well as in institutional collaborations with artists seems to be driven by a positive vibe, by an interest in changing the governing structures from within rather than critically denouncing their power structures from the outside. The move towards ‘reclaiming the institute’ is less an act of de-masking than an attempt to re-politicise the institutional field, an attempt to make the institute matter again as a centre for intensification to address common concerns.
This new spirit of the institute manifests itself at a time when Europe is suffering from multiple institutional crises. Confidence in the political and economic structures is at an all-time low, and the public funding of social, educational, scientific, and cultural institutions is under pressure due to state cuts and privatisations. Some institutional entities wield power without the necessary authority; others possess a residual form of authority, but not enough power to be able to set things in motion.
Turn, Turtle! Reenacting the Institute is comprised of six essays, three interviews, and six case studies of performance makers, institution directors, and thinkers. They propose diverse strategies of implication and engagement, opening up possible futures and alternative exchanges between parties that are too often still seen as adversaries.
Authors: Livia Andrea Piazza, Ana Bigotte Vieira, Daniel Blanga-Gubbay, Valentina Desideri, Kattrin Deufert & Thomas Plischke, Juan Dominguez, Nicolas Galeazzi, Jan Goossens, Valeria Graziano, Sébastien Hendrickx, Herbordt/Mohren, Vladimir Miller, Vera Sofia Mota, Ahmet Öğüt, Victoria Perez Royo, Gerald Raunig, Jan Ritsema, Elke Van Campenhout, and Various Artists.
a book by: House on Fire
editor and publisher: Alexander Verlag Berlin
co-publisher: Live Art Development Agency
graphic design: R2
book: 10€ (until the end of the 2017-2018 season) on sale at the Teatro Maria Matos Ticket Office
ebooks: 9,99 € • www.alexander-verlag.com
House on Fire has the support of the Culture Program of the European Union