d documenta - a conference towards dOCUMENTA (13)

September 18th and 19th, 2009 at Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea in Turin

Online-Documentation of all lectures and discussions

Friday, September 18th

Opening statements

[14:44min]

Opening statements by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director dOCUMENTA (13) and Cesare Annibaldi, President of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Greetings by Franco Dessì, Major of the City of Rivoli, Fiorenzo Alfieri, Cultural Councilor of the City of Turin, Bernd Leifeld, CEO documenta and Museum Fridericianum Veranstaltungs-GmbH and Jessica Kraatz-Magri, director Goethe-Institut Turin

The Magic of the Beginning. About Arnold Bode (1900–1977) and his documenta exhibitions

[44:41min]

Lecture by Heiner Georgsdorf , Chairman of the Curatorium of the Arnold-Bode-Foundation of the city of Kassel

Discussion with Heiner Georgsdorf

[18:05min]

The Birth of a Periodic Exhibition with reference to documenta, 1955; II. documenta, 1959; documenta III, 1964; 4. documenta, 1968

[39:08min]

Lecture by Walter Grasskamp, art critic and professor of art history at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

Discussion with Walter Grasskamp

[10:45min]

Thoughts on documenta 5, 1972

[29:11min]

Lecture by Jean-Christophe Ammann, participant in the curatorial work-group for documenta 5, 1972

Discussion with Jean-Christophe Ammann

moderated by Marianna Vecellio [17:34min]

documenta 6+8, Idea, Process and What Came Out with reference to documenta 6, 1977 and documenta 8, 1987

[40:41min]

Lecture by Manfred Schneckenburger, Artistic Director of documenta 6, 1977 and documenta 8, 1987

Discussion with Manfred Schneckenburger

moderated by Marianna Vecellio [3:38min]

Anna Butticci in representation of Emilio Prini

[2:21min]

Anna Butticci in representation of Emilio Prini, participating artist in documenta X

Notes on documenta 7, 1982

[38:20min]

Lecture by Rudi Fuchs, Artistic Director of documenta 7, 1982

Discussion with Rudi Fuchs

moderated by Marcella Beccaria [17:13min]

Michelangelo Pistoletto in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

[26:04min]

Michelangelo Pistoletto, participating artist in 4. documenta, 1968; documenta 7, 1982; documenta IX, 1992 and documenta X, 1997, in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

Final panel discussion

[57:02min]

with speakers, participating audience, and with Nedko Solakov, participating artist in documenta 12, 2007

Saturday, September 19th

Introduction

[2:29min]

documenta IX: confronting the artist with physical and mental choices such as Jazz, Boxing and Baseball

[53:07min]

Lecture by Jan Hoet Artistic Director of documenta IX, 1992

Discussion with Jan Hoet

moderated by Marcella Beccaria [5:55min]

The Specific Position of documenta Within Visual Cultural Events with reference to documenta X, 1997

[29:33min]

Lecture by Catherine David, Artistic Director of documenta X, 1997

Discussion with Catherine David

moderated by Marianna Vecellio [15:03min]

Revisiting documenta 11, 2002

[29:33min]

Lecture by Okwui Enwezor, Artistic Director of documenta 11, 2002

Discussion with Okwui Enwezor

moderated by Marcella Beccaria [15:27min]

Associative Control

[14:44min]

Lecture by Roger M. Buergel, Artistic Director of documenta 12, 2007

Discussion with Roger M. Buergel

moderated by Marianna Vecellio [11:12min]

Notes towards dOCUMENTA(13), 2012

[34:21min]

Lecture by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Artistic Director of dOCUMENTA(13), 2012

Discussion with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

[7:54min]

Giulio Paolini in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

[9:34min]

Giulio Paolini, participating artist in documenta 5, 1972; documenta 6, 1977; documenta 7, 1982 and documenta IX, 1992, in conversation with Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

Conclusions

[57:52min]

Conclusions with the speakers, participating audience and Liliana Moro, artist participating in documenta IX, 1992