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Close Watch
Pilvi Takala

June 10 – September 17, 2023

Pilvi Takala, Close Watch, 2022, Video Installation.
Fri, June 09, 18:00 – 21:00
Sat, June 10, 11:00 – 20:00
Sun, June 11, 11:00 – 18:00

The Finnish artist Pilvi Takala presents Close Watch, a new video installation that examines work cultures, communities and the presence of security in our everyday lives. For a period of six months, Takala worked as a security guard in a shopping mall in Finland. This multi-channel installation is based on her experiences and conversations, as well as those of the other security guards working in the mall. The work questions the complex roles security plays in society, providing protection, and at the same time maintaining control.


Access: Free

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Löwenbräukunst
Limmatstrasse 270
8005 Zürich

Acts of Friendship – Act 3
Rirkrit Tiravanija, Alicia Framis, Jan Peter Hammer, Lang/Baumann, Judith Bernstein, Annika Eriksson

June 10 – September 17, 2023

Rirkrit Tiravanija, untitled 1995 (bon voyage monsieur ackermann), 1995, Sammlung Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.
Photo: Stefan Altenburger, Zurich.
Fri, June 09, 18:00 – 21:00
Sat, June 10, 11:00 – 20:00
Sun, June 11, 11:00 – 18:00

These days, we often associate friendship with the notion of a bond based on mutual trust, which supports us, not least in times of crisis. Yet friendships are also complex, contradictory structures that may indeed be subversive in character.

Inspired by Ragnar Kjartanssons’ video installation The Visitors, which can be understood as a homage to friendship, the team of the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst has selected for the exhibition, Acts of Friendship works from the collection, that in their view represent a particular aspect of friendship. The selected works, around 30 in all, are shown in three theme-based groups of works.

With works from the collection by Judith Bernstein, Alighiero Boetti, Annika Eriksson, Alicia Framis, Gabriela Fridriksdóttir, Jan Peter Hammer, Lang/Baumann, Teresa Margolles, Bernhard Martin, Juan Muñoz and Rirkrit Tiravanija


Access: Free

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Löwenbräukunst
Limmatstrasse 270
8005 Zürich

Events

Vernissage of Pilvi Takala 'Close Watch'
Fri, June 09, 18:00 – 21:00 | EN/DE

Vernissage of 'Acts of Friendship – Act 3'
Fri, June 09, 18:00 – 21:00 | EN/DE

GodXchange – sound performance with caos clay
The performance is part of "Interventions on frequency" - a performance series with caos clay, Sicc Puppy, Lou Drago, Alexandra Shehrazade, Göksu Kunak and others.
Co-curated by Antoine Simeão Schalk & Danniel Tostes in partnership with Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

Project coordination: Tasnim Baghdadi (Head of Education & Programs) & Michael Birchall (Curator), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Fri, June 09, 20:00 – 20:45 | EN

Party & DJ Set with Sicc Puppy
The DJ Set is part of "Interventions on frequency" - a performance series with caos clay, Sicc Puppy, Lou Drago, Alexandra Shehrazade, Göksu Kunak and others.
Co-curated by Antoine Simeão Schalk & Danniel Tostes in partnership with Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst

Project coordination: Tasnim Baghdadi (Head of Education & Programs) & Michael Birchall (Curator), Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst
Fri, June 09, 21:00 – 23:00 | EN

Guided Tour in exhibitions 'Acts of Friendship' & 'Pilvi Takala – Close Watch'
The guided tour with curatorial assistant Joel Spiegelberg provides a multifaceted insight into the current exhibition Acts of Friendship / Pilvi Takala – Close Watch.

This event is free of charge, no registration required. Groups are not allowed to participate in public tours. Group bookings can be requested separately via kunstvermittlung@mgb.ch
Sat, June 10, 15:00 – 16:00 | EN

Artist's Talk with Pilvi Takala
Artist's Talk with Pilvi Takala at schwarzescafé, Luma Westbau
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst in partnership with frieze magazine, followed by an Apero.
Sat, June 10, 17:00 – 19:00 | EN

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