Cash and the Canon – During, After and Beyond Artistic Production

What is the interplay of money and value in the art system? Over three evenings, artists, curators, gallerists, archivists, and art scholars will discuss the relationship between production and the creation of value. Contemporary art history is characterized by the paradox that art should be discussed, valued, and conserved from the moment of its creation, or at the very least when it is first presented. The key question is: when does a work begin to accrue value by way of documentation, archiving, valuation, and intermediation? Is it during production, directly afterwards, or in twenty or one hundred years?

During Artistic Production

Talk with Monica Studer/Christoph van den Berg (Artists), Sabine Himmelsbach (Director Haus der elektronischen Künste HeK, Basel), Tabea Lurk (Head media center, FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel)

Moderation: Katharina Dunst (SIK-ISEA, editor SIKART).

Venue: Künstlergasse 12, Senatszimmer (KOL-E-13)

After Artistic Production

Talk with Michael Günzburger (Artist), James Koch (Executive Director, Hauser &Wirth), Michael Schmid (SIK-ISEA, Head Swiss Art Archives), Franz Schultheis (School of Humanities and Social Sciences, HSG)

Moderation: Katharina Ammann (SIK-ISEA, Head art history).

Venue: Künstlergasse 12, Senatszimmer (KOL-E-13)

Beyond Artistic Production

Talk with Lionel Baier (Responsable du département cinéma de lʼECAL, Lausanne) Mayté Garcia (assistante conservatrice, Pôle Beaux-Arts, Musée d’art et d’histoire de Genève)

Moderation: Sarah Burkhalter (SIK-ISEA, Responsable de lʼAntenne romande).

Venue: Künstlergasse 12, Senatszimmer (KOL-E-13)