Starts:
Dec
28
2012
Talk/Lecture:

Bringing Things to a Standstill

POSTED BY: Alexander Hahn | Sat Dec 29th, 2012 2:37 a.m.
LOCATION: Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art

Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art (FICA) and Pro Helvetia - Swiss Arts Council invite you to

Bringing Things to a Standstill
A presentation by electronic media artist Alexander Hahn

Date: Friday, 28th December 2012
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: FICA Reading Room, D-42 Defence Colony, New Delhi 110024

Zurich- and New York-based Alexander Hahn is a pioneering electronic media artist, whose works have been exhibited worldwide, most recently at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, United States of America; Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland; Museum der Moderne, Austria; Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Italy; etc. He is a recipient of the New York State Council on the Arts Grant, DAAD Berlin Fellow, Zurich Work Award, Cultural Prize of St. Gallen and the Swiss Federal Grant. Hahn is currently in New Delhi on a residency sponsored by Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council.

Link:
https://vimeo.com/55765176

Address:
Foundation for Indian Contemporary Art
FICA Reading Room, D-42 Defence Colony
India

The electronic media art of Alexander Hahn explores the evolution of moments from event to memory, to forgetting, and to fiction. Recorded on a variety of openly wielded and concealed cameras, the works reflect a deeply personal look at a society obsessed with recording and archiving everything. Born in Rapperswil/Switzerland in 1954 | lives and works in New York, author of videos, installations + computer prints | subject of many solo exhibitions, e.g: Harvestworks, New York (2012), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2008), Kunstmuseum Solothurn/Switzerland (2007), Museum der Moderne, Salzburg/Austria (2007), Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Ferrara/Italy (2007), Musee Jenisch, Vevey/Switzerland (2002), Kunstmuseum Bern/Switzerland (1997), International Center of Photography, New York (1996), Kunsthaus Zurich/Switzerland (1995), Galeria Foksal, Warsaw/Poland (1996), DAAD Galerie, Berlin/Germany (1994) | Select awards: New York State Council on the Arts Grant (2008), Zurich Work Award (2007), Swiss Federal Grant (1993), World Wide Video Festival Installation Award, The Hague/The Netherlands (1992), Festival International du Jeune Video Grand Prix, Montreal/Canada (1992), DAAD Berlin Fellow (1992), Work of Excellence, Tokyo Video Festival (1990)