Anthony McCall and Adam Pendleton at KW Institute for Contemporary Art

Credit: Anthony McCall, Line Describing a Cone (1973)
Installation view during the twenty-fourth minute, Musée de Rochechouart, 2007
© Anthony McCall, courtesy Sprüth Magers, Berlin London
Photo: Freddy Le Saux

Pause: Anthony McCall
April 27-30, 2017
Opening: April 26, 2017, 7-9pm
KW Institute for Contemporary Art

KW Institute for Contemporary Art is thrilled to announce the first iteration of its new series titled Pause during this year’s Gallery Weekend Berlin. Pause is envisioned as a platform to punctuate the program by presenting singular artworks for a short period of time in order to bridge relationships between the past, present and future.

In response to Ian Wilson’s circle and disk works from the late 1960’s, KW will present Line Describing a Cone (1973), an iconic light work from British artist and filmmaker Anthony McCall (born 1946, GB). For KW, McCall presents the original cinematic version using a 16 mm projector. Over the course of thirty minutes a thin line of light traces the circumference of a circle shaping a hollow cone through the vast hall on the ground floor. By using two smoking machines and filling up the entire space with mist the artist emphasizes a three dimensional form evoking a sculptural presence. In this installation the audience does not remain passive, instead the spectators are shaping their perception of the work by walking through the space. This very reduced and simple work reelects elegantly not only the alliances between minimalist sculpture, site-specific installation and expanded cinema, but also the very basic conditions of art production and its perception.

The installation starts from 12 pm every full hour during the regular opening hours of KW. During the opening on April 26, the film starts at 7, 8, and 9pm.

With generous support by the Julia Stoschek Collection and Sprüth Magers.

Book launch and reading with Adam Pendleton
April 30, 2017, 4pm
Courtyard KW
KW Institute for Contemporary Art

KW is pleased to announce the book launch of the Black Dada Reader with a reading by Adam Pendleton during Gallery Weekend 2017 on Sunday, April 30, at 4 pm.
The Black Dada Reader is a collection of texts and documents that elucidates “Black Dada,” a term the artist Adam Pendleton uses to define his artistic output. The Reader brings a diverse range of cultural figures into a shared cultural space, including Hugo Ball, W.E.B. Du Bois, Stokely Carmichael, and Gertrude Stein, as well as artists from different generations, such as Joan Jonas and William Pope. L. Originally intended to be an in-studio publication, the Black Dada Reader has expanded to include essays on the concept of Black Dada and its historical implications from curators and critics including Adrienne Edwards (Walker Arts Center Minneapolis, US), Laura Hoptman (Museum of Modern Art, New York, US), Tom McDonough (Binghamton University, US), Jenny Schlenzka (PS122, New York, US), and Susan Thompson (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, US).

Black Dada Reader is published at Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König.

Adam Pendleton’s solo exhibition shot him in the face is still on view until May 14, 2017.