GENERAL AGENDA SUNDAY Nov. 8 MONDAY Nov. 9 8:00 am 8:15 9:00 am 9:20 am auditorium 9:30 9:50 am 9:50 10:40 am arrival in Ciudad de México hotel check-in Hotel Habita Av. Presidente Masaryk, 201 Col. Polanco Tel: +52 (55) 52 82-3100 Hotel Condesa df Av. Veracruz, 102 Col. Condesa Tel. +52 (55) 52 41-2600 Hotel Camino Real Mariano Escobedo, 700 Col. Anzures Tel: +52 (55) 52 63-8888 CIMAM 2009 ANNUAL CONFERENCE Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Reforma y Gandhi Bosque de Chapultepec México, DF 11580 tel. +52 (55) 5286 6519 Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, director coach transfer departing from hotels registration desk opens - conference check-in galleries open for Inconquistable. Visiones críticas de Corea del Sur (Unconquerable. Critical views of South Korea) curated by Heejin Kim, showing works by Park Chan- Kyong, Minouk Lim, Beom Kim, Young Whan Bae and Kim Sangdon La linea del volcán (The line of the volcano) Pedro Cabrita Reis uses building materials and household objects to create a living space that expands throughout the halls of the museum Tierra espiritual (Espiritual earth) featuring paintings, sculptures and textiles from the collection of the Museo Tamayo that refer to primitivism and animism CONFERENCE OPENS: WELCOMING REMARKS Teresa Vicencio, director Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes (INBA), México Sealtiel Alatriste, head of Difusión Cultural UNAM, México Manuel J. Borja-Villel, president of CIMAM, director MNCARS, Madrid INTRODUCTION Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, director Museo Tamayo Graciela de la Torre, director MUAC KEYNOTE SPEECH Enrique Dussel, philosopher and founder with others of the movement referred to as the Philosophy of Liberation. Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Iztapalapa campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Autonomous Metropolitan University, UAM) and also teaches courses at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -1-
10:40 11:30 am 11:30 11:50 am 11:55 12:15 pm Autonomous University of México, UNAM) SESSION 1 Economic and artistic challenges of contemporary institutions Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg director LACMA, Los Angeles SESSION 1 - respondent François Piron, co-founder of Castillo Corrales, Paris break - coffee and pastries 12:15 1:05 pm 1:05 1:25 pm 1:35 2:35 pm 2:40 4:40 pm 2 hours SESSION 2 Museums in Mexico: change agents? Osvaldo Sánchez, director Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM), México SESSION 2 - respondent Dmitry Vilensky, artist and coordinator of Chto delat/what is to be done?, Saint Petersburg lunch WORKING GROUPS - a series of questions to be addressed in each working group will be prepared and handed to participants and speakers at least 2 weeks before the conference - participants will be divided into 6 working groups / 25 participants per group - each group will be led by one of the members of the Contents Committee - working groups will take place in the following rooms Group 1 exhibition space, Inconquistable moderator: Ana Paula Cohen, curator in residence, Bard co-moderator: Stijn Huijts, general and artistic director Schunck- Glass Palace Group 2 - exhibition space, La linea del volcán moderator: Inti Guerrero, independent curator co-moderator: Sheena Wagstaff, chief curator, Tate Modern Group 3 - exhibition space, La linea del volcán moderator: Sofia Hernandez, director Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo co-moderator: Robert Fleck, director Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany Group 4 - exhibition space, La linea del volcán moderator: Tobias Ostrander, director Museo Experimental El Eco co-moderator: Kian Chow Kwok, director The National Art Gallery, Singapore Group 5 - exhibition space, La linea del volcán moderator: Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, director Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros co-moderator: Sabine Breitwieser, curator Group 6 - exhibition space, La linea del volcán moderator: Patricia Sloane, curator MUAC co-moderator: Zdenka Badovinac, director Moderna galerija 4:30 pm end of working session 5:00 7:00 pm 2 hours s to Museo de Arte Moderno Osvaldo Sánchez, director La colección: disidencias compatibles (The collection: compatible dissidences) a reflection on the criteria of heritage value, and why a collection comprised of General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -2-
7:00 pm 7:45 10:15 pm 2 ½ hours 10:20 pm 10:00 12:00 am TUESDAY Nov. 10 8:15 am 9:00 9:45 am more than 2, 000 works is entitled merely by a group of works classified as "essential" La colección: las rutas de la abstracción (The collection: the routes of abstraction) a rereading of the collection by means of a multidisciplinary dialogue that puts into perspective the role of abstraction in catalysing the intellectual, vital and aesthetic positions in Mexico during those years Remedios Varo y la literatura. (Remedios Varo and literature) curated by writer Alberto Blanco Presuntos culpables (Alleged suspects) showing the work of Mexican artists exploring the complexities of the experience of prison Hecho en casa (Homemade) an approximation to objectual practices in contemporary Mexican art, the exhibition offers an overview of the evolution of the object as artistic medium or three-dimensional language Sala de Arte Publico Siqueiros (SAPS) Taiyana Pimentel, director Los de arriba y los de abajo (Those above and those below) curated by Javier Tellez, showing works by Kader Attia, Luis Buñuel, Gabriel Figueroa, Julio Cortazar, Eduardo Gil, Christopher Lehyt, Ferran Martin, Adrian Paci, Michael Rakowitz, Pedro Reyes, Judi Werthein, Lawrence Weiner and Artur Zmijewski No, No, No... façade project by Stefan Bruguemann drinks Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco Av. Ricardo Flores Magón, 1 Col. Nonoalco-Tlatelolco CP. 06995 Del. Cuauhtémoc tel. +52 (55) 55 83 09 60; 55 83 09 61; 55 83 09 83 Sergio Raúl Arroyo, director and reception dinner Memorial del 68. The Student Movement of 1968 and The Massacre of Tlatelolco have become defining moments in Mexican history. The Memorial consists of a multimedia installation whose content is supported by film, video, photographic and audio materials, as well as objects and documents, fully contextualizing the Movement at a historiographical horizon Colección Andrés Blaisten. Relevant collection of twentieth century Mexican art Josep Renau (1907-1982) Compromiso y Cultura (Commitment and Culture) reception dinner hosted by Fundación/Colección JUMEX hotels after party at Hotel Condesa df Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo - MUAC Centro Cultural Universitario Ciudad Universitaria Delegación Coyoacán México, D.F. 04510 tel. +52 (55) 56226972 Graciela de la Torre, director visual arts coaches departing from hotels galleries open for General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -3-
9:50 am 10:00 10:50 am 10:50 11:10 am 11:10 11:25 am auditorium Cildo Meireles Paso traspaso. Wolfganga Laib Una fábrica, una máquina, un cuerpo... Arqueología y memoria de los espacios industriales (A factory, a machine, a body... Archeology and memory of industrial spaces) SESSION 3 - TITLE Cuauhtémoc Medina, independent critic and curator, México SESSION 3 - respondent Galit Eilat, curator and founding director of the Digital Art Lab, Holon and coeditor in chief of Maarav. Teacher at Tel Aviv University in the Department of Film Studies, Tel Aviv ute break - coffee and pastries 11:30 back to auditorium 11:30 12:20 pm 12:20 12:40 pm 12:50 1:50 pm 2:00 3:10 pm 10 min 3:10 3:20 pm 10 min 3:20 4:20 pm SESSION 4 Where To Look: when there is no modern museum in sight Geeta Kapur, independent critic and curator, New Delhi SESSION 4 - respondent Natalia Majluf, director of Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Perú lunch WORKING GROUPS - a series of questions to be addressed in each working group will be prepared and handed to participants and speakers at least 2 weeks before the conference - participants will be divided into 6 working groups / 25 participants per group - each group will be led by one of the members of the Contents Committee - working groups will take place in the following rooms: Group 1 - Sala de conferencias Group 2 - Auditorio Group 3 - Sala Arkehia Group 4 - Agora Group 5 - Oficinas MUAC Group 6 - Sala vestíbulo de restaurante back to auditorium CONCLUSIONS AND CLOSING REMARKS conclusions will be presented in a round table format, moderated by a chair, with group leaders reflecting on the key points of the presentations and workshops. Working group leaders: Ana Paula Cohen, curator in residence, Bard Inti Guerrero, independent curator Sofia Hernandez, director Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo Tobias Ostrander, director Museo Experimental El Eco Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, director Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Patricia Sloane, curator MUAC 4:30 5:00 pm CIMAM GENERAL MEETING General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -4-
4:30 5:00 pm for those not attending the General Meeting walking to Centro del Espacio Escultórico MUAC galleries open 5:00 pm end of conference 5:15 6:00 pm 6:00 6:30 pm 6:30 7:30 pm 7:30 pm 8:15 pm 9:45 pm 1 ½ hour 10:00 pm 11:00 12:30 am Historical Campus UNAM Museo Dolores Olmedo Av. México 5843 La Noria, Xochimilco México, D.F. CP 16030 tel. + 55 55 12 21 / 08 91 and drinks permanent collection Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Angelina Beloff Pre-Hispanic art. Colonial art Dolores Olmedo s private rooms temporary exhibitions Antonio Ruiz El Corcito Las Ofrendas de Lola Olmedo Yohualhuacan. Tzompantli installation by Andrés Moctezuma Barragán drinks Xochimilco (floating gardens) embarcadero Nuevo Nativitas trajinera party, marimba and mariachis hosted by Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo and FEMAM hotels after party at Hotel Habita WEDNESDAY Nov. 11 TOUR 9:30 am meet at the hotels lobby 9:30 9:50 OMR gallery Plaza Río de Janeiro 54 Colonia Roma México 06700 DF tel. +52 (55) 5511 1179 / 5207 1080 9:50 10:20 OMR gallery Jaime Riestra, director Selección Natural (Natural selection) Sandra Gabarra Tres bibliotecas (Three libraries) Jorge Méndez Blake General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -5-
10:20 10:30 10 min 10:30 11:00 11:00 11:10 10 min 11:10 11:40 11:40 12:30 am 12:30 12:40 pm 10 min Garash gallery Álvaro Obregón #49 Col. Roma, 06700 Garash gallery Rodrigo Espinosa, director exhibition: El ciego guiando al ciego (The blind leading the blind) Silvia Gruner Nina Menocal gallery Zacatecas 93 Col. Roma, 06700 tel. (55) 5564.7209/5564.7443 Nina Menocal gallery Nina Menocal, director Proyecto autocensura (Self-censoring project) Carlos Ranc Contenidos en un plano (Contents in one plane) Galia Eibenschutz, Paco Guillén and Ante Timmermans break at Condesa df Muca Roma Tonalá, 51, esq. Colima Col. Roma, 06700 tel. (55) 5511.0925 12:40 1:10 pm Muca Roma Gonzalo Ortega, director Vine, vi y vencí. Renato Ornelas and Rodrigo Quiñones Modus vivendi. Erick R. Hernández, Alfadir Luna, Rubén Miranda, Brenda Orti 1:10 2:10 am 2:10 3.10 pm 3:10 4:10 pm Fundación/Colección JUMEX Morelos, 272 Santa María Tulpetlac. Ecatepec Fundación/Colección JUMEX Eugenio López, President exhibition: Les enfants terribles. The exhibition, curated by Michel Blancsubé, proposes a game of scales which invites the spectator to remember that before taking life seriously we were all children lunch hosted by Fundación/Colección JUMEX General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -6-
4:10 5:10 pm 5:10 5:40 pm 5:40 5:55 pm 5:55 6:25 pm 6:25 7:10 pm 7:10 10:00 pm 2:50 hours 10:00 pm 10:30 12:00 am THURSDAY Nov. 12 Galería Enrique Guerrero Horacio 1549-A Polanco C.P. 11540 tel. +52 (55) 5280 2941 / 52805183 Galería Enrique Guerrero Enrique Guerrero, director exhibition: Yui Kugimiya Micha House to Micha collection drinks Gabriela Garza and Ramiro Garza House and dinner Gabriela Garza and Ramiro Garza collection dinner hosted by Gabriela Garza and Ramiro Garza hotels after party at Hotel Distrito Capital TOUR 9:30 am meet at the hotels lobby 9:30 9:45 pm 9:45 10:30 am 10:30 10:45 am 10:45 11:15 am Museo Experimental El Eco, Mathias Goertz building Sullivan 43 Col. San Rafael 06470 Tel. (55) 5535 5186 Museo Experimental El Eco, Mathias Goertz building Tobias Ostrander, director exhibition Roberto Turnbull drinks GAM gallery Gobernador Rafael Rebollar No. 43 Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, 11850 Tel. (55) 5272 5529/5515 1636/5272 5583 GAM gallery (Mexican Art Gallery) Mariana Pérez Amor & Alejandra Yturbe, directors Alfredo Castañeda, Francisco Castro Leñero, Jan Hendrix, Abel Quezada, Irma Palacios, Francisco Toledo, Trini, Stefan Brüggemann, Alvaro Castillo, Fernando García Correa, Miguel Monroy, Edgar Orlaineta, Diego Pérez. General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -7-
11:15 11:30 am 11:30 12:00 pm 12:00 12:15 pm 12:15 13:00 pm 1:00 1:30 pm 1:30 5:00 pm 3 hours 5:00 5:45 pm 5:45 6:30 pm 6:30 7:00 pm Kurimanzutto gallery Gob. Rafael Rebollar, 94 Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, 11850 Tel. (55) 5256 2408 Kurimanzutto gallery Manola Samaniego, director exhibition: Obsidiana. Jimmie Durham Gilardi House General León 82 Col. San Miguel Chapultepec, 11850 Tel. (55) 5271.3575 Gilardi House Casa Luis Barragán General Francisco Ramírez 14 Col. Ampliación Daniel Garza tel. +52 (55) 5515-4908 and lunch Casa Luis Barragán Built in 1948, the House and Studio of architect Luis Barragán represents an outstanding example of the architect s creative work in the post-second World War, and a masterpiece of the new developments in the Modern Movement, integrating traditional, philosophical and artistic currents into a new synthesis. It was recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO in 2004. lunch Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil Av. Revolución 1608 Col. San Ángel 01000 tel. +52 (55) 5550 6260 / 5550 3983 Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil Itala Schmlz, director Colección MACG. De la Tierra a la Luna (From the earth to the moon) research and curatorship: Miguel Ángel Fernández, Angélica García, Alberto González Torres, Alfonso Morales, Héctor Orozco and Gerardo Sifuentes Yo uso perfume para ocupar más espacio (I use perfume to occupy more space) showing works by Gabriel Acevedo Velarde, Daniel Andujar & Rogelio López Cuenca, Julieta Aranda, Carles Congost, Ximena Cuevas, John Bock, Dustin Ericksen & Mike Rogers, Paul MacCarthy, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros Ventanilla única (Single window) curated by Roberto Barajas Casa Estudio Diego Rivera Calle Diego Rivera 2. esq. Altavista General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -8-
7:00 7:45 pm 7:45 8:15 pm 8:15 10:15 pm 2 hours 10:15 pm back to hotel Col. San Ángel Inn CP 01060, Álvaro Obregón, Distrito Federal Tels. (55) 5550 1518, 5550 1189 Casa Estudio Diego Rivera. The House-Studio of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo is an important cultural landmark of Mexico City, both for being the place of residence and studios of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century, as well as being one of the first constructions of the modern movement in the American continent. Soumaya Slim de Romero and Fernando Romero Soumaya Slim de Romero and Fernando Romero collection (End of tour) General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -9-
The following list includes individuals, institutions, foundations and corporations that have contributed to the success of 2009 CIMAM Annual Conference. The list also includes the patrons of CIMAM. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. UNAM Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. CONACULTA Coordinación de Difusión Cultural. UNAM Embajada de los Estados Unidos en México Federación Mexicana de Asociaciones de Amigos de los Museos. FEMAM Fundación BBVA Bancomer Fundación Cisneros/Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Fundación/Colección JUMEX Fundación Olga y Rufino Tamayo. FORT Grupo HABITA Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes. INBA Open Society Institute - Arts and Culture Network Program Casa Luis Barragán Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco Eun Young Choi Harald Falckenberg Fondation Louis Vuitton pour la Création Soichiro Fukutake Fundació La Caixa Gabriela Garza and Ramiro Garza Marc and Joseé Gensollen Agnes Gund Toshio Hara Anton and Annick Herbert Erika Hoffmann Ra Hee Hong Lee Museo Dolores Olmedo Marcos and Vicky Micha Museo Nacional de Arte. MUNAL Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Elías Sacal Hannelore Schulhof Soumaya Slim de Romero and Fernando Romero General Agenda 2009 Annual Conference -10-