Projects 2002

Fundamentalisms of the New Order includes new work and projects by over forty artists from the Middle East, Europe and the USA, with many new commissions produced especially for the show. The exhibition aims to 'turn things inside out' at Charlottenborg and activate the space with a multitude of artistic media. An integral part of the project is a busy schedule of performances, seminars, debates, workshops, film screenings, concerts and impromptu events.


Exhibition concept and construction - diversity, playfulness and critical engagement

Fundamentalisms of the New Order reflects on the diversity of fundamentalism, a phenomenon that is not confined to particular cultures or modes of thought, and its intention is to explore the concept in its many forms and multiple origins. Why have we, in recent years, seen such a resurgence of fundamentalisms - religious, political, cultural, economic? What are the fundamentalisms at work in our own culture?

The exhibition aims to show that contemporary art can engage productively with these questions, in opposition to a prevailing culture that tends to marginalise alternative or dissenting views. Plurality and playfulness are also central themes, presented in contrast to orthodoxy and austerity, and the exhibition will include oversized toys, political satire, frivolous performance, games that invite audience participation, as well as the creation of new artificial worlds.

Each participating artist deals with global networks of communication and production as well as the physical and conceptual space of the exhibition. As a whole, the exhibition seeks to create a space where each individual artist's voice can be heard and understood as a specific possibility for negotiation.


Curators: Charlotte Brandt, Lars Bang Larsen and Cristina Ricupero

Organised by Charlottenborg Udstillingsbygning and NIFCA

For more information, visit: www.charlottenborg-art.dk