The Morning Line has been invited to Istanbul as an official project of the city's art program as European Capital of Culture 2010, which is celebrating the city's history and rich cultural legacy while at the same time extending it into contemporary creative areas. Inaugurated at the 3rd International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville, The Morning Line is a public art / sound structure exploring the interdisciplinary interplays between art, architecture, music, mathematics, cosmology, and science. For Istanbul new compositions are commissioned.> >
DURATION: May 22 - September 30, 2010
LOCATION: Istanbul, Turkey
The exhibition Transitory Objects presents architectural objects together with works of art, many drawn from the collection of Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. Showing architectural objects alongside artworks or using techniques of presentation and mise-en-scène similar to those used for works of art is an established approach today, yet this exhibition also looks at some of the more complex issues raised by this phenomenon.> >
DURATION: July 3, 2009 - March 14, 2010
LOCATION: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary
Himmelpfortgasse 13, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Commissioned by T-B A21 for the 51st Venice Biennale (2005), the work is now a permanent loan to the Kartause Ittingen, whose patron is St. Lawrence. In Welcome to the Tears of St. Lawrence Olaf Nicolai proclaims a nature phenomenon as an exhibition contribution by inviting would-be observers through catalogs and posters to watch falling stars.> >
DURATION: September 18, 2009 - April 11, 2010
LOCATION: Kunstmuseum Thurgau / Kartause Ittingen