{"id":8820,"date":"2010-08-30T15:11:25","date_gmt":"2010-08-30T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=8820"},"modified":"2010-08-30T19:41:48","modified_gmt":"2010-08-30T18:41:48","slug":"the-body-event-language-is-a-flawed-medium-pro-qm-3-18092010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mottodistribution.com\/site\/?p=8820","title":{"rendered":"The Body Event: Language is a Flawed Medium @ Pro qm. 3-18.09.2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Body Event: Language is a Flawed Medium
\nDavid Toop and John Latham
\nSeptember 3 – 18, 2010<\/p>\n

September 5, 8pm: “John Latham Films 1960 – 1971”, film presentation with an
\nintroduction by Antony Hudek<\/p>\n

Pro qm<\/a>, Almstadtstr. 48-50, 10119 Berlin
\nFri. \/ Sat. 11- 8 pm
\nSunday 5.9 2-10 pm<\/p>\n

In the context of “Unter dem Motto 2010”, Pro qm presents an exhibition and
\nevent about the work of the British artist John Latham. “The Body Event:
\nLanguage is a Flawed Medium” is the third iteration of David Toop’s sound
\nwork for computer and voice made with John Latham in 2004, two years before
\nthe artist’s death. The sound work will be presented together with a
\nselection of documents and books. <\/p>\n

On Sunday, September 5th, 8pm, a program of films by John Latham will be
\nscreened and introduced by Antony Hudek (co-editor with Athanasios Velios of
\n“The Portable John Latham”). The films are part of a newly-issued DVD of
\nJohn Latham’s films co-published by LUX and Lisson Gallery, which
\nincludes\u00a0all the artist’s completed films as well as previously un-seen
\nperformance documentations. The exhibition and event is co-organized with
\nOccasional Papers, London.<\/p>\n

“The Body Event”\u00a0was first presented at John Latham’s exhibition “God is
\nGreat” at Lisson Gallery, London, in 2005. In 2009, the composition was
\nre-configured at Flat Time House, the artist’s former home in Peckham, South
\nLondon. Musician, writer and curator David Toop has followed John Latham’s
\npractice closely, from his first encounter with the artist’s work in 1968 to
\nbecoming a member of Artist Placement Group in the 1970s and a privileged
\ninterlocutor in Latham’s later years. Toop recently curated with Tony
\nHerrington an exhibition at Flat Time House entitled “Blow Up: Exploding
\nSound and Noise (London to Brighton 1959-1969)”, and will be performing the
\npremiere of his score\u00a0based on Latham’s theories,\u00a0“FLAT TIME\/sounding”,\u00a0at
\nWhitechapel Gallery, London, on 5 September 2010.<\/p>\n

John Latham (1921-2006) was one of the most significant British artists of
\nthe second half of the twentieth-century – a pioneer in the fields of
\nexperimental film, painting, sculpture, and performance. Most importantly in
\nhis own eyes was the concept of Event Structures and Flat Time Theory, which
\nhe saw as revolutionizing not merely art but science, philosophy and
\ngovernance.<\/p>\n

photo: Walia; courtesy ‘Contemporary British Artists’, Bergstrom+Boyle Books
\nLondon, 1979<\/p>\n

Occasional Papers<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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