Stephen Whitmarsh and Per Hüttner on "I am a Curator"

Following the 10-years anniversary event for I am a Curator (IAAC) at David Roberts Art Foundation, London in October 2013 the institution published texts by neuroscientist Stephen Whitmarsh and artist Per Hüttner that look at how the project can be a tool for a better understanding of art's potential in today's society.

The two texts reflect on how contemporary art, contemporary neuroscience and a dialogue between the two offer clues to develop our understanding of our perception of the world. Vision Forum is proud to present both texts on our website. You can read Per Hüttner's text here and Stephen Whitmarsh's text here.

For more info about the event at David Roberts Art Foundation click here. To read more about IAAC click here, here and here.

Vision Forum and Wooloo in Port-au-Prince

The artists from Wooloo and Vision Forum who work for the 3rd Ghetto Biennale have arrived in Port-au-Prince and have started working on Is Misunderstanding Misunderstood? The first interviews with local artists have been performed and a location, electricity and sound system is being negotiated for Le collier de voix. You will find more information about the project here.

Vision Forum in the Media

 Find out what has been written about Vision Forum and our events in the press, the media and in academia. Below you find a selection of what has been written. You can find out more about our history on Wikipedia. For more information about Vision Forum's own publications click here.

Fatos Üstek Guest Author on GAM Website

Vision Forum member and London-based writer and curator Fatos Üstek writes about the quickly expanding art scene in Istanbul. She starts:

Istanbul lies between Sao Paulo and Hong Kong, Moskow and Abu Dhabi. This reconfiguration of the geographical marking is significant in understanding and articulating the current strata of Istanbul’s artistic landscape. It is no longer the door to the East – as the East is reinitiating its own self, nor it is a bridge that commensurates two distinct positions and world-views such as East to West, and North to South. Istanbul operates along the streamlines of these newly introduced finance capitals; as recently gained strength of financial power in the aforementioned cities play a significant role in the repositioning of power dynamics in global scale. Naturally, poignant state of the labour force (in mass production) and new conditions of trade alongside the recent Western financial crisis shift the theocratic model of distribution of power towards a rhizomic model of organisation. Indeed, the new condition is not about production of a polarity, but a situation with refreshed set of parameters.

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About us

Vision Forum carries out research, meetings and production in contemporary visual art across borders. We also offer select educational modules in collaboration with KSM at Linköpings Universitet. We organisemeetings, seminars, exhibitions, performance events, create publications, run a residency and produce films.

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