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New Ways of Doing Nothing

27.6.–12.10.2014
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Stephan Wyckoff: Etienne Chambaud, Disclaimer, 2007 (2014), Courtesy der Künstler; Gardar Eide Einarsson, In Taxis, On the Phone, In Clubs and Bars, At Football Matches, At Home With Friends, 2013, Courtesy der Künstler und Yvon Lambert, Paris; Alejandro Cesarco, Why work?, 2008, Courtesy Galerie Tanya Leighton, Berlin und Murray Guy, New York

Location

Kunsthalle Wien
Museumsquartier

Productivity and growth are the philosophical premises of the present day. Working processes are being optimized to increase efficiency, working hours are being deregulated until the distinction between work and leisure time disappears. Artistic work seems to follow other criteria, but in this field too professionalization and self-optimization are on the rise. But what would happen if ‘doing nothing’ or ‘inaction’ were to become a source of inspiration for a refusal to produce?

New Ways of Doing Nothing devotes itself to a form of artistic production that opposes activity, doing and manufacturing and instead gives an affirmative slant to forms of doing nothing, of refraining or a tautology. Here, refraining from something not only leads to a critical moment but also a creative one.

Robert Breer, Alejandro Cesarco, Etienne Chambaud, Natalie Czech, Oskar Dawicki, Edith Dekyndt, Mathias Delplanque, Heinrich Dunst, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Marina Faust, Claire Fontaine, Ryan Gander, Lasse Schmidt Hansen, Julia Hohenwarter, Karl Holmqvist, Sofia Hultén, Jiri Kovanda, Rivane Neuenschwander, George Perec/Bernard Queysanne, Superflex, Mario Garcia Torres a. o.

Vanessa Joan Müller, Cristina Ricupero

Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Stephan Wyckoff: Etienne Chambaud, Disclaimer, 2007 (2014), Courtesy der Künstler; Gardar Eide Einarsson, In Taxis, On the Phone, In Clubs and Bars, At Football Matches, At Home With Friends, 2013, Courtesy der Künstler und Yvon Lambert, Paris; Alejandro Cesarco, Why work?, 2008, Courtesy Galerie Tanya Leighton, Berlin und Murray Guy, New York
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Stephan Wyckoff: Karl Holmqvist, Untitled (Posenenske Dreieck), 2014, Courtesy der Künstler und Galerie Neu, Berlin; Natalie Czech, Today I wrote nothing / Daniil Charms, 2009, Courtesy Capitain Petzel, Berlin und Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf; Claire Fontaine, (This neon sign was made by…), 2009, Courtesy die Künstler und Galerie Neu, Berlin; Julia Hohenwarter, o. T. (Ausstellungsdisplay Neue Wege nichts zu tun), 2014, Courtesy die Künstlerin
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Andrea Fichtel: Natalie Czech, Today I wrote nothing / Daniil Charms, 2009, Courtesy Capitain Petzel, Berlin und Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Stephan Wyckoff: Ryan Gander, You had the time, but I didn’t have the money, 2011, Courtesy gb agency, Paris; Marina Faust, Travelling Chairs, 2003–2010, Courtesy die Künstlerin
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Andrea Fichtel: Marina Faust, Travelling Chairs, 2003–2010, Courtesy die Künstlerin; Natalie Czech, Today I wrote nothing / Daniil Charms, 2009, Courtesy Capitain Petzel, Berlin und Kadel Willborn, Düsseldorf
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Jorit Aust
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Jorit Aust
Ausstellungsansicht: Neue Wege nichts zu tun, Kunsthalle Wien 2014, Foto: Stephan Wyckoff: Gardar Eide Einarsson, In Taxis, On the Phone, In Clubs and Bars, At Football Matches, At Home With Friends, 2013, Courtesy Privatsammlung, Oslo und Yvon Lambert, Paris