Superstructure - Experimental Jetset

Superstructure The Constructivist City The Situationist City The Provotarian City The Post-Punk City. An installation by Experimental Jetset ExperimentalJetset →Superstructure InterneCorrespondentie1 >  Split/AtelierImpopulaire Superstructure March2018 YettobefiledClickimagestoenlargeSuperstructureTheConstructivistCityTheSituationistCityTheProvotarianCityThePost-PunkCity AninstallationbyExperimentalJetsetatRMITUniversity,incollaborationwiththeNationalGalleryofVictoria,Melbourne(AUS)March16–May5,2018RMITUniversityBuilding100,VictoriaStreetCarltonVIC3000,Australia“TherelationshipbetweenlanguageandthecityisoneofthemainthemesofSuperstructure–anexhibitionthatissimultaneouslyaretrospectiveontheworkoftheAmsterdam-basedgraphicdesignstudioExperimentalJetset(withapracticespanningover20years),andasite-specificinstallationaddressingtheverynotionofthecityasaplatformforlanguage.Byfocusingonfour(sub-)culturalmovementsthathavegreatlyinformedthepracticeofExperimentalJetset(Constructivism,theSituationistInternational,theProvomovement,andthePost-Punkcontinuum),severalgraphicstrategieswillbeexplored–variouswaysinwhichthelanguagesofthesemovementsmanifestedthemselvesinthecity,justasthecitymanifesteditselfinthelanguagesofthesemovements.Accordingly,theinstallationisconstructedasacityinitself–anabstractrepresentationofafragmentedmetropolis,inwhichthesedifferentmovementsexistatthesametime,notunlikeoverlappingdistrictsorzones.TheinstallationalsoincludesasoundtrackbymusicianIanSvenonius(operatingunderhismoniker,Escape-ism)–asequentialsuiteofloopedtracks,composedspecificallyfortheexhibition.Paralleltothisinstallation,asequenceofprintedtabloidnewspapershasbeenpublished,createdincollaborationwithlocalpractitioners–providingpossiblelinksbetweentheexhibitioningeneral,andthespecificcontextofMelbourne.SuperstructureopensatRMITUniversityonFriday16MarchandrunsuntilSaturday5May,2018.TheMelbourneArtBookFairtakesplacefromFriday16MarchtoSunday18MarchattheNationalGalleryofVictoria,withExperimentalJetsetpresentingafull-daysymposiumonThursday15March,thefirstdayofMelbourneDesignWeek.SuperstructureisconceivedanddesignedbyExperimentalJetsetCuratorium:MeganPatty(NationalGalleryofVictoria),BradHaylock,KateRhodes,FleurWatson(RMITUniversity)Technicalproductioncoordinator:ErikNorthTechnicalassistant:TimothyMcLeodExhibitionassistant:LaylaCluerTechnicalcrew:GavinBell,RobertJordan,SimonMaisch,JessicaWood”MoreinformationcanbefoundonthewebsitesofRMITandNGV(see1,2,3,4). Filedunder: Exhibitions,Installations,Newspapers/magazines next:Split/AtelierImpopulaire prev:InterneCorrespondentie1 ( c )1997–2022