Abandoned Positions
MON SEP 5 to FRI SEP 9 – BOOK 6 hrs IN ADVANCE
SAT SEP 10 – 11am to 3pm
SUN SEP 11 – 5pm to 7pm last chance to view exhibition.
9/11 at 7pm – artist talk and discussion with Iraq War interrogator, Cheryl Kopec
On occasion of the 21st anniversary of 9/11 and the resulting Global War on Terror, Pidgin Palace Arts presents an opportunity to talk to the exhibiting artists Sebastian Hirn and Lisa Hörstmann, and Cheryl Kopec, who deployed to Iraq in 2003 as an interrogator.
Between 2015 and 2018, Sebastian Hirn and Lisa Hörstmann interviewed Western peace activists who traveled from London to Baghdad in order to prevent the impending war on Iraq, Iraqi refugees, representatives of NGOs and journalists, as well as American veterans who were stationed in Iraq. With this material, they developed a multimedia installation that lends a voice to individuals who were immediately involved in the conflict but not awarded sufficient space in traditional news reporting. In addition, excerpts of select interviews are shown on TVs encased in repurposed lumber from Army surplus crates.
Free entrance and drinks.
Pidgin Palace Arts / 1110 S 6th Ave, Tucson, AZ 85701, USA
Funded and supported by:
IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
The City of Munich Department for Arts and Culture
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Santa Fe Art Institute
Erwin und Gisela von Steiner-Stiftung
Verein Ausstellungshaus für christliche Kunst
Berliner Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media and Bezirk Oberbayern
as well as many kind and helpful individuals
Sebastian Hirn & Lisa Hörstmann
Sebastian Hirn and Lisa Hörstmann have been working together on various projects since 2012.
Sebastian Hirn has realized a large number of art installations, stage and video designs, as well as projects as a director for theatre and opera in Germany and abroad. His method of working transcends established disciplines and moves within the space between fine art, theater/dance, and music. It is characterized by a great interest in experiments and openness that often results in collaborations with visual artists, musicians/composers, or scholars.
Lisa Hörstmann has been working for different art projects and institutions in Munich and Berlin for several years. She is currently doing a PhD on settler primitivism in South Africa with the Department for African Art at Freie Universität Berlin.
Sebastian Hirn & Lisa Hörstmann
Sebastian Hirn and Lisa Hörstmann have been working together on various projects since 2012.
Sebastian Hirn has realized a large number of art installations, stage and video designs, as well as projects as a director for theatre and opera in Germany and abroad. His method of working transcends established disciplines and moves within the space between fine art, theater/dance, and music. It is characterized by a great interest in experiments and openness that often results in collaborations with visual artists, musicians/composers, or scholars.
Lisa Hörstmann has been working for different art projects and institutions in Munich and Berlin for several years. She is currently doing a PhD on settler primitivism in South Africa with the Department for African Art at Freie Universität Berlin.