Upgrade! Munich: Andrea Faciu and Tim Wolff: transreport :: April 20, 2008; 8:00 pm :: i-camp / Neues Theater, Entenbachstrasse 37, 81541 Munich [MVV: U-Bahn: U1, U2, U7 or U8, Kolumbusplatz]

“The first main focus of the project is framed by the contextual emergence of diverse positions in multimedia works, and consequently, by the intended positioning of each artistic point of view within the aimed grain of characters, attitudes and statements. On this note, there is no topical preset or a certain thematic field to be outlined. It is much more about the confrontation of the participating artists with the self-chosen issues and fields of activity, the dialogue among them, and the intensive preoccupation with the different venues, contexts and working processes.

A second main focus is, on a realistic and mental scale, the reflection of each environment, where the project is to be done in the course of time. The first two places of interest are Sibiu (Hermannstadt) and Munich. In Sibiu, the exhibition will take place in October 2008 in ArtLabs and in the former slaughterhouse, a place which differs completely from the first station, the Rathausgalerie in Munich. From April to June 2008, four to six of the Romanian participants will be invited for a three month residence in the Villa Waldberta near Munich, the exhibition will follow at the end of July and last until September. In both cases, we want to trace the in-situ emerging and at the same time the changing ‘anatomy‘ of cohabitance, starting from little stories hidden behind the facades and buried in the socio-cultural memory of both cities.”

“transreport” will open in July in Munich’s Rathausgalerie (City Hall Gallery.) Participating artists from Romania have however already arrived! They are in residency at Munich’s Villa Waldberta and we are especially delighted that they will be present this evening at the Upgrade! Munich.