Presentation 
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“Art in the Auditorium” is the title selected by Whitechapel, who invited eight international institutions to partake in this project. “The concept of auditorium referes to the place from where the viewer looks. In the contemporary world, any exhibition space can be transformed into an auditorium”, explains Adriana Rosenberg, president of Fundación PROA, the Argentine institution called on by Whitechapel.

Each one of the art centers was invited to participate in presenting videos of a local artist, resulting in a body of work that covers a broad spectrum of the present-day videos. Since mid- 2008, each institution has begun presenting the selected works. Each one was able to decide on the exhibition design, and thus uncovering the many interpretations of the concept auditorium.

The participating museums and art centers are: Whitechapel Gallery (London, United Kingdom), Fundación PROA (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art (Beijing, China), Ballroom Marfa (Texas, United States), Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, GAMeC (Bergamo, Italy), Henie Onstad Kunstsenter (Hovikodden, Norway), Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sweden), Kunsthaus Zürich (Zurich, Switzerland) and The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks, hosted by the Koç Foundation (Istambul, Turkey)

The selected artists are: Lene Berg (Norway), Nathalie Djurberg (Sweden), Leandro Erlich (Argentina), Wang Jianwei (China), Ömer Ali Kazma (Turkey), Shahryar Nashat (Switzerland), Cornelia Parker (United Kingdom), Diego Perrone (Italy) and Ryan Trecartin (United States)

For the presentation in Buenos Aires, the videos are shown simultaneously in the exhibition rooms. The objective is to incorporate a space for reflection and debate, and offer a panorama of the different options in which present-day artists can explore.

Fundación PROA selected Leandro Erlich’s El consultorio del Psicoanalista (2005), which documents the installation bearing the same name and the subsequent performative actions of the public inside it. In order to enrich local participation and to be able to reflect on the backstage of the video, the installation El consultorio del Psicoanalista will be presented for the first time in Argentina.

Fundación PROA invited Rodrigo Alonso, a graduate in the arts and a specialist in new media, so that he could recreate the history of the video, from its origins through the present times.

General coordinator
Debbie Grimberg

Invited curator by
Fundación PROA
Rodrigo Alonso

Exhibition design, graphic design and installation
Fundación PROA

Artists
Lene Berg (Noruega)
Nathalie Djurberg (Suecia)
Leandro Erlich (Argentina)
Wang Jianwei (China)
Ömer Ali Kazma (Turquía)
Shahryar Nashat (Suiza)
Cornelia Parker (Gran Bretaña)
Diego Perrone (Italia)
Ryan Trecartin (Estados Unidos)

Institutions and curators

Whitechapel Gallery
Anthony Spira

Ballroom Marfa
Alicia Ritson

Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, GAMeC
Alessandro Rabottini

Henie Onstad Kunstsenter
Caroline Ugelstad

Kunsthaus Zürich
Mirjam Varadinis

Moderna Museet
John Peter Nilsson

The Institute for the Readjustment of Clocks
hosted by the Koç Foundation
Emre Baykal

Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art
Anselm Franke

Sponsors

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