Radikaler Zufall/Radical Chance

In the organizer's words:

"Radical Chance/ Radical Chance"
August 30 - September 29, 2024

▪️ Opening as part of the DC OPEN
on Friday, August 30, 2024, from 4 to 9 pm

▫️ 4 pm: Welcome by Dr. Barbara Könches (ZERO foundation Managing Director), Lene ter Haar (Cultural Officer of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) and Annosh Urbanke (Curator)

▫️ 5 pm: Annosh Urbanke (curator) and Joppe Venema (artist) in conversation (in English)

in the ZERO House
Hüttenstraße 104
40215 Düsseldorf

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The exhibition "Radical Chance" looks back on the exhibition series "New Tendencies (Nove Tendencjie)", which took place from 1961 to 1973 in the former Yugoslavian city of Zagreb. The ZERO artists also took part in this international network, which set itself the task of combining art, technology and the first experiments in computer art.

Amsterdam-based artist Joppe Venema draws a parallel to the current state of artificial intelligence with a new site-specific installation. Venema's work is accompanied by video installations as well as selected archive material and works from the ZERO foundation collection.

"Radical Chance" is the final project of guest curator Annosh Urbanke's residency at the ZERO foundation, financed by the Mondriaan Fund.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Friends of the ZERO foundation, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Mondriaan Fund.

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▪️ "Radical Chance" can be visited during the DC OPEN on Saturday, August 31 and Sunday, September 1 from 1 to 5 pm.

▫️ Further opening hours in September: Sundays 08, 15, 22 and 29.09, each from 1 to 5 p.m.

▫️ Public guided tours of the exhibition and the parallel exhibition "Silence" take place on these Sundays at 2 pm.