[txt] Shortened excerpt from: East Coast Europe, edited by Markus Miessen, Sternberg Press 2008. Interview in corelation to the appoitment of Felix Vogel (21 years old) as curator of Bucharest Biennale 4.
Markus Miessen: What are the most important and exciting fields of investigation for you right now? Felix Vogel: I am very interested in the connection between the public and the aesthetic sphere: how is the public structured today and what can possible interventions in it look like? What does it mean to act and react on site? I understand this in the broader sense of the meaning of ‘site-specificity’ that is producing something not only through spatial parameters but also connecting it to the political, social, urban and audience related issues. Basically, everything centres around the question of living: in what way are we living together? And – even if this sounds a bit out-dated – can art play an active and emancipating role here? Bucharest really asks for something different, because the setting is distinct from other European cities and I see my role as curator to act within this special setting and try to behave in the least ‘colonial’ way possible.
[link] www.pavilionmagazine.org [img] Felix Vogel (born 1987) - BB4 curator
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