Internal Necessity

4^th – 13^th August 2009

Internal Necessity is the working maxim and conceptual jingle for the Sommerakademie 2009 addressing professional needs that are specific to the contemporary art field. Along with many a philosophical, historical and economic consideration, the notion of Internal Necessity evokes the idea of retreat and recuperation, and is thus all the more poignant in a context of ferocious market pressures and creeping ideological exhaustion. With the implosion of the investigatory promise of biennials, artist-run spaces and other traditional oases, settings such as our Sommerakademie are becoming important venues for examining one’s working criteria with more rigor than the standard venue allows. >>

The Sommerakademie 2009 is directed by:

Tirdad Zolghadr

Installation in the Forum/ZPK and in the LOGE/Stadtgalerie: