a lecture-performance by Jan-Philipp Possmann and Davdi Weber-Krebs
Wunder der Prairie - Mannheim
14.09 - 16:00

Enjoying art can be an ambivalent experience. Often we get carried away by works of art by whose influence we fear or reject. This experience arises from the politics of communication. Artistic practice should not stop to question our political and aesthetic convictions. Art is created by the encounter with already existing works of art and artistic practices. As observers and objects of their lecture, the speakers explore their own uncertainty when encountering works of art history.

The theatre-makers Weber-Krebs and Possmann create art from the encounter with already existing works of art. At present they work together in the lecture-performance-series „Real Life Encyclopedia of World Art“.

Supported by Gasthuis-Frascati and Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten and LISA.
“erschauern/bergreifen” is the pilot performance of encyclopedia of world art a project that is due to start in 2009.