The Fun Palace: Making Things Public
with Private Initiative
Phillips de Pury & Co, London
The Fun Palace. Making Things Public with Private Initiative. Art Spaces of the 21st Century: Creative Production, Performance, Display and Industry in Iceland is a kick-off conversation for a new collaborative institution in Reykjavik. The new museum/schaulager initiative in Iceland masterminded by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, the Dieter Roth Estate, the Living Art Museum and a collective of the creative industries of Iceland is conceived as a collaborative “space in process”, where the main cultural axes of production, exhibition and participation can be stimulated.> >
DATE: February 12, 2009
LOCATION: Phillips de Pury & Company
Howick Place
London SW1
PARTICIPANTS:
Francesca von Habsburg (Chairman, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna)
Hans Ulrich Obrist (Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes
and Director of International Projects, Serpentine
Gallery, London) – virtual attendance
Nina Magnusdottir (Director, Living Art Museum, Reykjavik)
Gabriela Fridriksdottir (Artist, Reykjavik)
Erling Klingenberg (Artist, Director, Kling and Bang, Reykjavik)
Sigtryggur Baldursson (Musician, Reykjavik)
Moderated by Daniel Birnbaum (Rector of Städelschule Art Academy, Frankfurt, and Director of 53 Venice Biennale 2009)