Reassembly, curated by G Douglas Barrett and Petros Touloudi
Tinos, Greece
5 July 2017 to 31 October 2017
The free movement of bodies and objects once considered critical for the
smooth functioning of contemporary art has appeared, especially since 2017,
increasingly uncertain in this era marked by new forms of nationalism, xenophobia,
and economic isolationism. Indeed, many artists working in this
environment have found it difficult or impossible to cross once unquestionably
open borders, or to ship works to and from exhibitions held across a requisitely
international stage. As an attempt to respond to this crisis, I, along
with Petros Touloudis, curated Reassembly, an exhibition held in the summer
of 2017 on the island of Tinos, Greece. The exhibition came out of an annual
residency program organized by Touloudis’s Tinos Quarry Platform and was
held at the Cultural Foundation of Tinos. Overall, we wanted to ask if there is
a critical role for music can play in the field contemporary art, especially as its
plagued by new forms of border policing and geopolitical conflict.
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