An epilogue is the final chapter at the end of a story. It can occur a significant period of time after the main plot has ended, and may offer scenes only tangentially related to the subject of the story. An epilogue can continue in the same narrative style and perspective as the preceding story, although form can occasionally be drastically different from the overall story.
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else is a group exhibition presented as part of Moderation(s). This long-term program, which started in January 2013, exists as an immaterial temporary institute that perches on two international art institutions, namely Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art in Rotterdam and Spring Workshop in Hong Kong.
The Part In The Story deals with the transmissive qualities of objects, situations, and storytelling, where one is soluble into the others. Including works by over forty artists, the formal relations between these three vehicles of mediation are rendered visible in the exhibition.
Each project installment of Moderation(s) questions or redefines the conditions of creating and producing objects, situations, and stories. As such, the dynamic triangulation between these three points is the central topic in The Part In The Story. Reminiscent of choreographer Steve Paxton’s Contact Improvisation, the transference between the presented artworks is guided by physical notions such as tension, gravity, and momentum.
Moderation(s) has been unfolding over the span of seventeen months through different projects including three residencies, a series of performances, a book of short stories, and a conference. These projects developed independently from one another, yet often naturally informed and shaped each other. This open-endedness is also tangible in the absence of a pre-established master plan dictating the course of the Moderation(s) program. Allowing for chance encounters and improvisation to often take the lead, the program reveals itself through its participants more than anything else. Driven by the desire to return to the specific nature of creative processes of production, doing preceded defining.
Artists: A Constructed World, Nadim Abbas, Bik Van der Pol, Pierre Bismuth,
Kwan Sheung Chi, Ahmet Ögüt & Cevdet Erek, Ceal Floyer, Aurélien Froment,
Douglas Gordon, Minja Gu, Sharon Hayes, Tim Etchells & Vlatka Horvat, Patrick Killoran,
Lee Kit, Nicolás Lamas, Michael Lee, Lucas Lenglet, Gabriel Lester, Charles Lim,
Marysia Lewandowska, Katarina Löfström, MAP Office, Anthony Marcellini,
Ang Song Ming, João Vasco Paiva, Patricia Reed, Willem de Rooij, Praneet Soi,
Nasrin Tabatabai & Babak Afrassiabi, Koki Tanaka, Narcisse Tordoir, Ho Sin Tung,
Leung Chi Wo + Sara Wong, Magdalen Wong, Adrian Wong, Haegue Yang,
Trevor Yeung, Chu Yun, Johan Zetterquist, Chen Zhen, and others.
Co-curated by Heman Chong (Visual Artist, Writer and Moderator to the Moderation(s) project) and Samuel Saelemakers (Associate Curator, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art).
Moderation(s) is initiated by Witte de With’s Director Defne Ayas in collaboration with Spring Workshop Founder and Director Mimi Brown.
Moderation(s) is made possible with support from AMMODO.
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Photo courtesy of Anne Schwalbe
