[Nettime-ro] Micu/ Petrisor/ ART ROTTERDAM/ TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED

[Catalin Petrisor <catalinpetrisor@yahoo.com>]

Ana Maria Micu si Catalin Petrisor vor fi prezentati la Art Rotterdam de C-Space Beijing in colaborare cu MB Art Agency Amsterdam. De asemenea, Ana Maria Micu va face parte din expozitia "Tales of the Unexpected", organizata in cadrul evenimentelor paralele propuse de tirgul de arta.

ART ROTTERDAM 2010
C-Space Beijing in collaboration with MB Art Agency Amsterdam
Booth 24
4 - 7 February 2010
Cruise Terminal
Rotterdam
Wilheminakade 699
3072 AP, Rotterdam
www.artrotterdam.comÂÂ www.c-spacebeijing.comÂÂ www.mbagency.nl

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TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
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4 february- 6 march 2010
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Artists: Laurence AÃgerter, John Bock, Rossella Biscotti & Kevin van Braak, Josef Bolf, CÄlin Dan, Irina Dumitrascu, Liu Gang, Boukje Janssen, Jeroen Jongeleen, Jesper Just, Ana Maria Micu, Ciprian MureÅan, Sanja Medic, Navid Nuur, Ahmet ÃÄÃt, Onno Poiesz, Wilfriedo Prieto, Kathrin Schlegel & Hagen Betzwieser, Daniel de Roo, Ulay, Carine Weve.
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Curators: Maria Rus Bojan & Radek VÃÅa
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Produced by Dek 22 Rotterdam, Project Foundation, and MB Art Agency for Art Rotterdam
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Opening 4 February 2010, 18.30-20.30 hours
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Willem Buytewechstraat 22, 3024 BN Rotterdam 
To reach Dek22, by public transport: metro (station Coolhaven, change at station Beurs); tram 4 (a little walk south from the Nieuwe Binnenweg, stop Heemraadssingel); tram 8 (around the corner from stop Pieter de Hoochweg); bus 44 and 46 (around the corner from stop Erasmus MC). 
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www.projectfoundation.nlÂÂÂ www.dek22.comÂÂÂ www.artrotterdam.com

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
In a context that has been deeply saturated visually and rather exhausted conceptually, the restarting of all those dialectical engines that induce new tensions, produce new relations, and allow for surprising associations could be a useful, if not even a healthy exercise. 
It is not only that the need for the unpredictable is as strong as the need for love, but in a society like ours, which is more and more obsessed by control, one might be able to shake the existing orders and introduce new ones with improved qualities by merely stimulating unexpected frictions. 
Considering the evolution of knowledge, which encompasses all the levels of reality, the unexpected appears to be a fundamental issue: it creates the conditions for breaking away from the old modes of comprehension and practices of knowledge, and it creates a space of contradiction that can positively trigger different effects. From a philosophical perspective, the unexpected is a generator of innovation, and an eternal promise to discover unimagined aspects of our multidimensional reality.
This is why the title chosen for this exhibition â Tales of the Unexpected â is not arbitrary, or a simple metaphor. It represents a deliberate curatorial strategy, oriented to examine how the mechanisms of artistic innovation operate, and how the unexpected is visually translated and represented. 
The question âwhat forms of expression can the unexpected assume in art?â almost naturally implicates a second question: âhow can the unexpected expression be defined, and how can the unexpected as such be shown?â Instead of answering these questions, we should acknowledge that any category of surprise cannot in fact be quantified and explained, as that would automatically lead to tautology, loose intensity, and the elimination of all the effects that should always stay surprising. Besides the illumination moment that makes one realize something that was previously hidden or unthinkable, it is also an effect of opening doors to new possibilities, unexpected links, and the surprise itself, not to mention its effect on one's thinking; all of these are potentially subversive, since they lead to a substantial change in perception. 
The works presented in this exhibition should be perceived on the whole as riddles without immediate answers, or as contemporary conundrums that express precisely the paradoxical features of the complex and undecipherable world we live in.
In âTales of the Unexpectedâ both new works made especially for this exhibition as well as recent works from private Dutch collections will be presented. Several video works will be screened for the first time in the Netherlands. 
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Ana Maria Micu
www.anamariamicu.com
Catalin Petrisor
www.catalinpetrisor.com
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