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PHILIPPE QUESNE (FR)
TINO SEHGAL (GB/DE)
JIM TRAINOR (US)

For the sixth time in succession, the transdisciplinary symposium IMPACT invites artists, practitioners, theorists and advanced students in the fields of dance, theatre, visual arts, new media and film to take part in a critical discussion of artistic strategies and working methods presented by prominent guest artists. IMPACT encourages its participants to test the premises introduced by these artists in action and examine them in relation to their own backgrounds.

In Philippe Quesne (FR), Tino Sehgal (GB/DE) and Jim Trainor (US), IMPACT10 brings together three artists whose work present radical, subtle and humorous designs for operating in a world that is obsessed by things and by science. They place the audience, animals or cunning object-worlds into the centre of consciousness and then propose alternative spheres of activity. Quesne creates model worlds on stage which test by proxy ›real‹ life models: man as scientist, artist, entertainer. In his ›constructed situations‹ Sehgal addresses the relationships between man and object, between art and the market, and transforms actions instead of material. In his animated films, Trainor pursues the traces of evolution or human culture and gives voice to animals as well as people playing animals.

IMPACT10 offers a concentrated and motivating space for exchange, action and reflection beyond one’s own limitations and perspectives. The daily schedule is determined by the artists themselves and influenced by all participants together.

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PUBLIC PROGRAMME

Thursday, 11. November 2010, 19:00 h
Filmprogramme
JIM TRAINOR (US)
The Animals and their Limitations

Thursday, 11. November 2010, 20:30 h
Performance
Philippe Quesne / Vivarium Studio (FR)
L’Effet de Serge