(subject to rearrangement)
Note: Prior to June 1, ideally read/watch/listen_to everything labeled "read, watch, listen," but at least read/watch/listen_to the things in red linked from this page. You will eventually have to read/watch/listen_to the non-red material as well, but that can happen after the trip. (Anything labeled "bonus" is extra/optional.)
JUNE 1, saturday (London):
{arrive}
bonus performance: Annely Juda Fine Art [Nakajima performance (3pm)]
listen: At The Chime of a City Clock ([Nick] Drake)
read: Acquainted with the Night (Frost)
* Day 1 Discussion Questions
JUNE 2, sunday (London):
Wellcome Collection [Wilsher-Mills, Being Human]
Annka Kultys Gallery [Peschek, Pierce]
IMT Gallery [Hayes]
read: A Mover's Guide to Standing Still (Manning)
* Day 2 Discussion Questions
JUNE 3, monday (London):
Tate Modern [Ono, Mierles, Sze, Young-Hae Chang, Rist, Katayama, {TANKS: Gale, Maheke, Gonzalez-Torres, Daucikova}]
read: Sentences on Conceptual Art (Lewitt)
* Day 3 Discussion Questions
JUNE 4, tuesday (London):
Camden Art Centre [Future Archaeologies]
Somerset House [Enore, Dear, Essi]
read: Funes, the Memorious (Borges)
* Day 4 Discussion Questions
JUNE 5, wednesday (London):
Annely Juda Fine Art [Nakajima]
Gagosian Open [Goldin]
Copperfield Gallery [Intension]
read: Ordinary Affects [excerpts] (Stewart)
* Day 5 Discussion Questions
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JUNE 6, thursday (Paris):
{travel/rest}
read: The Other Paris: "Ghosts" (Sante)
read: excerpt from The Practice of Everyday Life: "Walking in the City" (de Certeau)
bonus watch: A Cat in Paris (Felicioli/Gagnol)
bonus watch: Chats Perchés [The Case of The Grinning Cat] (Marker)
bonus listen: Interface (Heldon)
* Day 6 -- no discussion questions [travel day]
JUNE 7, friday (Paris):
Galerie Natalie Seroussi [dragclown affairs]
Galerie crevecoeur [Reaves]
New Galerie [Netflix and Chill]
read: The Thousand Dreams of
Stellavista (Ballard)
* Day 7 Discussion Questions
JUNE 8, saturday (Paris):
Galerie 22,48 m² [Scheffknecht]
Galerie Maubert [Devant]
psychogeographic dérive
read: Theory of the Dérive (Debord)
read: excerpts from Psychogeographic Destination Kit (Randolph)
watch: Mon Oncle opening sequence (Tati)
* Day 8 Discussion Questions
JUNE 9, sunday (Paris):
Museum of Hunting and Nature [Kostianovsky and Plonk & Replonk-Bebert interventions]
Institut des Cultures d'Islam [Zahedi]
flâneur dérive
read: excerpt from "The Painter of Modern Life" (Baudelaire)
read: excerpts from The Arcades Project: "The Flâneur" (Benjamin)
bonus read: The Man of the Crowd (Poe)
* Day 9 Discussion Questions
JUNE 10, monday (Paris):
Louvre [Salon Denon (aka Mona Lisa gift shop)]
read: The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction (Benjamin)
* Day 10 Discussion Questions
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JUNE 11, tuesday (Berlin):
{travel/rest}
watch: Der Himmel über Berlin trailer (Wenders) [bonus: watch the entire film]
watch/listen: Warszawa (Bowie)
* Day 11 -- no discussion questions [travel day]
JUNE 12, wednesday (Berlin):
Alma Alloro [ 1 * 2 ] studio visit
read: Work with Material (Anni Albers)
Berghain [Gelbhart performance]
read: Venus Smiles (Ballard)
* Day 12 Discussion Questions
JUNE 13, thursday (Berlin):
Hamburger Bahnhof [Pirici, Simnett]
KVOST [Auto-Perforations Artisen]
Galerie Nordenhake [Orupabo]
watch: what is performance art? (abramovic)
watch: the body as medium (abramovic)
watch: introduction to documentation of selected works [00:20-04:55] (burden)
* Day 13 Discussion Questions
JUNE 14, friday (Berlin):
Fluentum [Live Stream]
St. Matthäus Foundation [Fischer]
Nome Gallery [Rasheed]
watch: Sans Soleil opening sequence (Marker) [bonus: watch the entire film]
read: Static Trapped in Mouths (Cloninger)
* Day 14 Discussion Questions (that we never discussed)
JUNE 15, saturday (Berlin):
{begin departures}
bonus exhibition: Julia Stoschek Foundation [Unbound]
listen: "Map Ref. 41ºN 93ºW": Wire version * My Bloody Valentine version * lyrics
* Day 15 -- no discussion questions [travel day]
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