WHAT IS DEMOCRACY?

24 September - 30 October, 2010

Preview 24 September | 6 - 8pm | All Welcome

"What is democracy?” is not one question, but two. On the one hand, the question relates to conditions of the current, parliamentary representative democracies that are scrutinized critically in this project. On the other hand, the question traces different approaches to what a more democratic system might look like and which organisational forms it could take. The project by Oliver Ressler asked “What is democracy?” to activists and political analysts in 18 cities around the world, resulting in a multiplicity of different perspectives and viewpoints.

The project by Oliver Ressler received funds from ERSTE Foundation, Kulturamt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung, Kulturamt Stadt Graz, Otto-Mauer-Fonds, Biennale de Lyon 2009.

exhibition runs 25 September - 30 October

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPTS

• Foreign Policy in Focus.
  Transcript of Interview between Niels Van Tomme and Oliver Reesler, 2010.
• Where We Are Now.
  Transcript of interview between Berin Golonu and Oliver Reesler, 2010.

BIOGRAPHY

Oliver Ressler (born 1970 in Austria) produces exhibitions, projects in the public space and videos which blur the boundaries between art and activism. His projects have been exhibited in solo-exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum; Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul; Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade; Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Germany; Centro Cultural Conde Duque, Madrid and in Alexandria Contemporary Arts Forum in Egypt. He participated in the biennials in Prague, 2005; Seville, 2006; Moscow, 2007, Taipei, 2008 and Lyon, 2009.