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Interstitches and a practise of openess and inclusion.modes of thought that are open and inclusive

Concept: Elke aus dem Moore & Carmen Mrsch

6 February 4 April 2004

In co-operation with the archives B + B (London), ArchiveKONTEXT/KUNST/VERMITTLUNG (CONTEXT/ART/EDUCATION) (Berlin),Knstlerhaus (Stuttgart)

The exhibition and event project SOFT LOGICS, set up in honour of the 25thanniversary of the Stuttgart Kuenstlerhaus, creates a framework that updatesconcepts originating from the time when the Knstlerhaus was founded, andwhich call for a cultural practice that is open and inclusive.

In the exhibition, three archives that deal with different approaches to artistic-cultural practice will be brought together. The Knstlerhaus Archive documentsthe productions and developments of the house in an exemplary manner, thusrepresenting a period of critical, self-determined practice. Part of the project dealswith the processing of collecting materials, interventions (Performing the

Archive) take place on a weekly basis.

The team of curators B+B from London will introduce their mobile collection ofparticipatory and socially engaged art projects. Sophie Hope and SarahCarrington will continue their practice with artists on location.

The Archive KONTEXT/KUNST/VERMITTLUNG (CONTEXT/ART/EDUCATION)contains a wide range of collaborative projects.

The accompanying programme of events will begin with an afternoon dedicated toexamining archivist practices in contemporary art (GUIDED LABYRINTHS). Aroundtable with cultural representatives from Stuttgart will question the presentday relevance of the self-organised forms of cultural work (SELF-MADEMICROUTOPIAS). The event STYLE POLITICS will be looking at expressions ofcultural identity. The programme of events will be rounded off by a workshop withinternational guests in April, who will be discussing how art and education can bebrought together.

The title SOFT LOGICS is based on the theories of the French philosopher MichelSerres, who counters the hard edges of thinking in categories or boxes with thesoft undulating forms of a sack. The folds of the sack are complex andunpredictable yet its shape suggests another kind of precision. SOFT LOGICSproposes an organic interplay of different thought-, action-, and communicationmodels, in which complex ideas can grow and take on new shapes.Interdisciplinary is increasingly regarded as essential critical practice, for adiscipline that builds walls around itself {...} is likely to stagnate. Here thePhilosopher Michel Serres offers a pertinent image: I believe that there is box-thought, the thought we call rigorous, like rigid, inflexible boxes, and sack-thought, like systems of fabric. Our philosophy lacks a good organum of fabrics.{Michel Serres: Rome. The Book of Foundations. Stanford 1991} {...} Serres alsoargues for soft logics modes of thought that are open and inclusive. {Barnett,Penina; Jeffries, Janis; Ross, Doran: Letters of the editors. In: Textile. The Journalof Cloth and Culture. Vol. I, Issue 1, London, Spring 2003}

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Soft Logics

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