POLEMIC AFTER THE OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRE POMPIDOU

UNE OEUVRE " IMMATERIELLE " DE TINO SEHGAL ! ! !
Read explanations and protest in freench on the

http://www.webnetmuseum.org/php/fr/php-news_fr/show_newsfr.php

POLEMIC AFTER THE OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CENTRE POMPIDOU

An open letter by French artist Fred Forest to the Centre Pompidou, addressing the acquisition of “This Situation” by Tino Sehgal from the Marian Goodman Gallery, has open a virulent polemic concerning its purchase.

Forest contests this purchase as a new manipulation by the art market, arguing that Sehgal’s conditions have not been fully respected during the acquisition process; according to him, this deprives the piece of its symbolic value of “immateriality” and, as a consequence, of its commercial value as well… Forest also blames the Centre Pompidou, a public institution, for its refusal to disclose the acquisition price of the piece; he had already engaged a lawsuit against the Centre Pompidou for similar reasons, estimating that practicing the secret of transaction was an insult to French citizens and democracy.

http://www.fredforest.org/proces

A week before the sociologist, Nathalie Heinich had published an article in the national daily newspaper Libération asking five questions of a similar nature to the Minister of Culture concerning the function of the State in the acquisitions.

http://www.liberation.fr/cultur/01012312138-l-etat-face-au-marche-de-l-artcinq-questions-au-ministre

Forest pretends to defend Sehgal’s integrity and the purity of his intentions that he supports regarding “immateriality,” with the condition that it would not be itself victim of the market and institution’s manipulations.
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THE TRADERS'BALL, FRED FOREST, THE LAB GALLERY NEW YORK AND SECOND LIFE


THE TRADERS'S BALL, FRED FOREST, THE LAB GALLERY NEW YORK AND SECOND LIFE

THE LAB GALLERY
LEXINGTON AT 47TH STREET
THE ROGER SMITH HOTEL, NY

First there was An American in Paris, now comes … A Frenchman in New York!

As if nothing ever happened, the big dance goes on like before—so let’s get in on the fun!


The French media artist FRED FOREST cordially invites you to join him in Second Life, in the shadow of Wall Street, for The Traders’ Ball, a grand and joyous public celebration he has planned in honor of the global financial crisis. Come get your freak on with us! Party like there’s no tomorrow!



The event will be webcast live from Manhattan starting at 6:00 p.m. E.S.T. on Friday, June 11th, the date of the opening

at The Lab Gallery, located at the corner of 501 Lexington Avenue, at the corner of Lexington and 47th Street, where you can join us dressed in the costume of your choice (e.g. a bailed-out banker, an undertaker …); or join us in Second Life, where you can attend the ball from anywhere in world without having to deal with the hassles of public transportation. Don’t miss out on the party of the year!

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The music will be in the hands of the legendary New York rapper JAMALSKI, who will orchestrate the feverish movements of the dancers to a syncopated beat based directly on the real-time fluctuation of the financial markets—the can’t-miss smash hit of the summer of 2010.

Almost everybody knows by now that the global financial and ECONOMIC CRISIS is not merely the effect of “natural” causes, a normal part of the workings of the free market, but the inevitable result of calculated FINANCIAL OPERATIONS on a massive scale, undertaken by powerful banks and investment houses, which out of a pure spirit of philanthropy and generosity, have brought entire nations to the brink of bankruptcy, in pursuit of the wellbeing of the people the world.
Come join us in large numbers in Second Life or on the sidewalk outside the Lab Gallery for this special dance marathon. The more the merrier! The Traders’ Ball will continue daily through July2nd, 2010. The success of this event depends as much on your mass participation as it does on the unfailing generosity of the world’s bankers, pension funds, and the dedicated public servants responsible for the regulation of the financial markets.


The Trader’s Ball is a ferdinand(corte)™ co-production,
Information: FERDINAND CORTE
energy@ferdinandcorte.com
Telephone: +33 6 87 45 60 94

with the gracious participation of :
Robert C. Morgan,
Matt Semler,
Nathalie Angles,
Michael F. Leruth,
capucine.net

Trailer
http://www.thetraders'ball.com