Thomas Hirschhorn, *Eye to Eye Subjecter* (2010), Exhibition view Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 2011
© Neuer Berliner Kunstverein/Jens Ziehe

Marcellvs L., *Toga* (2011), Exhibition view Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 2011 © Neuer Berliner Kunstverein/Jens Ziehe

Left: Haegue Yang, *Schnur im Nebel (Introtourismus) – erneut eingeschlossen* (2011), Right: Christian Schwarzwald, *Vol. 2: METANOIA* (2011), Exhibition view Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, 2011 © Neuer Berliner Kunstverein/Jens Ziehe

Kunst und Philosophie

Sep 3, 2011 – Oct 30, 2011

Ground Floor

Artists: João Maria Gusmão & Pedro Paiva, Swantje Hielscher, Thomas Hirschhorn, Bethan Huws, Kitty Kraus, Marcellvs L., Christian Schwarzwald, Richard Wright, Haegue Yang

Philosophers: Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Ray Brassier, Simon Critchley, François Jullien, Catherine Malabou, Boyan Manchev, Chantal Mouffe, Nina Power, Marcus Steinweg

Curator: Marcus Steinweg

Apparently, there is a friendship between art and philosophy. As with every friendship, articulating a certain difference is part of it. Art and philosophy are not the same. But the difference already passes through the concept of art and philosophy itself. Perhaps art and philosophy are connected by the fact that art generates a singular concept of art, and philosophy its own conception of philosophy. The exhibition invites artists to define for themselves a relation to philosophy: from the perspective and with the means of artistic articulation.

Publication

The exhibition is accompanied by a book published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Cologne.

Series of lectures and workshops

The series of lectures Kunst und Philosophie (art and philosophy) examines the philosophy of the 21st Century and explores the relationship between Art and Philosophy. The question posed by the guest speakers is of the simplest kind: What is philosophy? For a period of eight weeks, nine philosophical lectures will be held in the premises of Neuer Berliner Kunstverein as part of the exhibition, accompanied by workshops with students of the Berlin Weissensee School of Art, as part of an art education project.

Thursday, 8.9.2011, 7 pm

Symbolic vs Biological Life: the End

Catherine Malabou (prof. for philosophy, Kingston University, London)

Thursday, 15.09.2011, 7 pm

Preclusion, Void, and Evil

Mehdi Belhaj Kacem (free philosopher, actor, writer, Paris)

Thursday, 22.9.2011, 7 pm

Philosophy's Emptiness

Nina Power (senior lecturer for philosophy, Roehampton University, London)

Thursday, 29.9.2011, 7 pm

Tragedy's Philosophy: Philosophy’s Tragedy

Simon Critchley (prof. for philosophy, New School for Social Research, New York)