Isolation Room / Gallery Kit Presentations
12 Mar - 04 Apr 15
Port Baku Shopping Mall, 153 Neftchiler Ave., First Floor
YARAT is delighted to announce a one-month collaborative project with Isolation Room / Gallery Kit which will take place in Baku in March 2015. The project is scheduled to coincide with American Week, organised by the US Embassy in Baku.
Isolation Room / Gallery Kit is an evolving project which consists of a ‘gallery kit’ or 7’ x 7’ x 9’ box which can be readily constructed in any interior space Isolation Room / Gallery Kit then forms a modular viewing space or gallery, complete with lighting rig, in which an individual art work can be shown.
It was originally conceived by Daniel McGrath and Dana Turkovic in St. Louis, America, in July 2010. Isolation Room / Gallery Kit allows the artists to place a work of art into a state of quarantine, removed from any pre-existing themes or contextualisations. Forcing both the viewer and the artwork into a confined space, the project encourages spectators to engage with the work on a purely aesthetic level and re-establishes the relationship between artists, curator and audience.
Participating Artists:
12 March, 7pm / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Presentation day beginning
13 March, 11am-5pm / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Isak Berbic (Bosnia / based in New York)
Slater Bradley (San Francisco / based in Berlin)
Juliet Chadwick (London / based in Stroud)
Juan William Chavez (Lima / based in St. Louis)
Marcel Dzama (Winnipeg / based in New York)
Thomas Harris (Bristol / based in Los Angeles)
Pablo Helguera (Mexico City / based in New York)
Jay Lizo (Chicago / based in Los Angeles)
Ross McDonnell (Dublin / based in New York)
Lisa Sanditz (St. Louis / based in New York)
Ryan Thayer (St. Louis / based in Berlin)
14 – 19 March / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Emin Azizbeyli (Azerbaijan)
20 – 25 March / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Lana Sokolova (Azerbaijan)
26 - 31 March / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Zamir Suleymanov (Azerbaijan)
01 - 04 March / Port Baku Shopping Mall
Ayten Abdullayeva (Azerbaijan)
To accompany the work, YARAT have organised additional lectures and discussions by Daniel McGrath and Dana Turkovic.
11 Mar, 19:30 / YARAT Main Office / Port Baku
The Matroyshka Model and Other Curatorial Projects, a lecture by Dana Turkovic
13 Mar, 19:00 / YARAT Main Office / Port Baku
Revenge 101, a lecture by Daniel McGrath
For more information: info@yarat.az / +994125051414
