Systemics #3: Against the idea of growth, towards poetry (or, how to build a universe that doesn’t fall apart two days later), Kunsthal Aarhus, Denmark
Borrowing its title from the writings of Philip K. Dick and Franco ‘Bifo’ Berardi, this exhibition explores the relationships between art, technology and everyday life and reflects on the complex processes that shape our current economic, cultural and social realities. Artists in the show present different models of value, informed by the renewed interest in alternative economics, de-growth, and ideas related to common-wealth. Featured artists are Song Dong (China), Fran Gallardo (Spain), Mogens Jacobsen (Denmark), Jakob Kolding (Denmark), Lise Skou (Denmark), and Mika Taanila (Finland).
16 January–30 March, www.kunsthalaarhus.dk
Remembering is not enough, MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Rome’s MAXXI explores its own collections through over 200 works of art and architecture in an exhibition that involves the entire museum. The works invite reflection and participation from visitors and address themes such as the city and environment, joy and pain, politics and ideology, physicality and intimacy, theatre and performance. For the duration of the exhibition there will be a series of workshops, meetings and performances that will further explore the ideas addressed in the work.
Until 28 September, www.fondazionemaxxi.it
No Country: Contemporary Art For South and Southeast Asia, Asia Society Hong Kong Center, Hong Kong
Two one-day symposiums that relate to the current No Country… exhibition (until 16 February). Continuous Horizons: Contemporary Art for Asia (11 January) brings together scholars, curators and artists to address the region’s complex historical, political and social entanglements through the medium of contemporary art. Grain of Rice: Food and Culture for South and Southeast Asia (12 January) uses rice as a starting point, gathering scholars, artists, writers and culinary experts to take a sociocultural look at food as a medium that connects all of Asia.
11 and 12 January, asiasociety.org/hong-kong / guggenheim.org/MAP
Goshka Macuga: Non-Consensual Act (in progress), Index – The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden
Stemming from work with the Afghan Film Archive for the artist’s dOCUMENTA(13) project, London-based Polish artist Goshka Macuga presents re-edited and recontextualised film footage, derived from 19 separate film rolls containing only censored, sexually explicit scenes from foreign and Afghan films. Included in the exhibition are excerpts of correspondence uncovering the obstacles, contradictions and opportunities that arose in approaching the material under scrutiny.
Until 12 April, www.indexfoundation.se
Art Stage Singapore, Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, Singapore
Art Stage Singapore returns for its fourth edition with a new fair-style format, with gallery-represented artists presented in eight country and regional ‘Platforms’ – Australia, Central Asia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, the latter being by far the largest with 31 works presented. Showcasing 70 projects, work is displayed in a museum-like exhibition layout and the fair includes both emerging and established artists from across the region.
16–19 January, www.artstagesingapore.com
