NEWS
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In 2002/2003 a research-project about the Anthology of Art, supported by the Culture 2000 Programme of the European Union, was realised by the School of Fine Arts at Braunschweig/ Germany, the University of Rennes2/ France, and the University of Craft and Design at Budapest/ Hungary. The research results have been published under the title "Through the 'Net. Studies in Jochen Gerz' »Anthology of Art«" (ISBN 3-89770-197-9). The publication is available through Salon-Verlag Cologne ([email protected]).

From April through August 2004 the Anthology of Art exhibition will take place at the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin. In conjunction with this occasion all 312 contributions will be published in the Anthology of Art  book.

Before the exhibition opening in Berlin, the Neuhardenberg Foundation and the Akademie der Künste will organize the Manifest!Symposium.

Jochen Gerz is currently developing two public art projects for the Millennium Place in the city of Coventry/UK: The Future Monument and The Public Bench. Other public artworks to be produced in Germany during 2003 and 2004: The Competition (Sauerland), The Square of the Fundamental Law (Karlsruhe) and The Secret Street (Düsseldorf).

The personal exhibition Verkehrte Zeit (Time in reverse) at the Art Museum Liechtenstein focuses on Jochen Gerz' video works, documenting his public interventions and performances between 1969 and 1993. The exhibition runs through March 9th, 2003.

Recent publications include:
Wenn sie alleine waren, Foto / Text Arbeiten und Video 1969 -1982, MUSEUM FOLKWANG ESSEN, 2002, ISBN 3-88243-854-1.
L'Anti-Monument, Les Mots de Paris, Paris Musées / Actes Sud, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-7427-3904-1.
In case we meet, Editions du Centre Pompidou, Paris 2002 (english, français, deutsch), ISBN 2-84426-110-8.