eva International 2012

Opening: Friday 18 May, from 18h

Starting point: Limerick City Gallery of Art Carnegie Building Pery Square Limerick City, Ireland and continuing to various locations across the city.

Participating artists Yael Bartana, Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler, Marcel Broodthaers, Anibal Catalan, Fergus Daly & Katherine Waugh, Kate Davis, Luc Deleu, Priscila Fernandes, Soren Thilo Funder, Aoibheann Greenan, Emma Houlihan, Greg Howie, Sanja Ivekovic, Sam Keogh, Barbara Knezevic, KwieKulik, Hyewon Kwon, Art Links Limerick, Jose Carlos Martinat, Gavin Murphy, Ailbhe Ni Bhriain, Doireann Ni Ghrioghair, Adrian O'Connell, Sara O'Gorman, Mark O'Kelly, Niamh O'Malley, Sarah Pierce, Deirdre A Power & Jacki Hehir, Alice Rekab, Laura Smith, Faber Studios, Pilvi Takala, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor

"We will sing to the infinity of the present and abandon the illusion of a future." *

eva International is pleased to present the opening of After the Future curated by Annie Fletcher. Founded in 1977 this year's eva International will open throughout Limerick City on Friday 18 May for its 35th iteration. This three month project consists of multiple exhibitions, events, and performance platforms which bring together a series of artists, organizers, and institutions from throughout Ireland and beyond.

After the Future takes as its point of departure media theorist and activist Franco "Bifo" Berardi's important proposal that we refuse current economic dictats and obsession with the future. Instead we should explore how artistic practice evokes the complexity of the present and considers the conditions in which we find ourselves. This project develops new commissions from a broad range of Irish and international artists, but also vitally rejoices in the possibility of re-reading the archive of artists' practice from the recent past. For eva International this is realised through the remaking of Luc Deleu's "Construction X" (originally exhibited in ev+a 1994) but also through the inclusion of internationally resonant works by artists such as KwieKulik, Marcel Broodthaers, and Sanja Ivekovic, all originally conceived in previous decades but continuing to pose questions more present and urgent than ever.

After the Future – Projects

Making a Scene – Raising the Ink Flag Curated by Kate Strain 19 May–10 June Opening: Friday 18 May from 18h Belltable, 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick City Artists: Yossi Atia & Itamar Rose, Yael Bartana, Guy Ben Ner, Dana Levy, Public Movement, Nira Pereg, Rona Perry & Mor Arkadir, Tom Pnini

Exit Limerick 2012 Facilitated by Static Gallery, Liverpool Friday 15 June from 16h LIT, Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street, Limerick City

All Ireland Get Together Facilitated by Visual Artists Ireland Friday 15 June, 11–19.30 LIT, Limerick School of Art and Design, Clare Street, Limerick City

Lines of Sight Curated by Megs Morley 16 June–8 July Opening: Friday 15 June from 20h Belltable, 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick City Artists: Yael Bartana, Filipa Cesar, Dor Guez, Israeli Digital Art Center Public Event, Roy Menachem Markovich, Avi Mograbi, Adrian Paci, Nurit Sharett, Amir Yaziv, Artur Zmijewski

Marcus Coates Curated by Padraic E. Moore 14 July–12 August Opening: Friday 13 July from 18h Belltable, 69 O'Connell Street, Limerick City

Gracelands – Circling the Square Curated by Vaari Claffey Thursday 2 August The Milk Market, Cornmarket Row, Limerick City

After the Future – Fringe Including: Askeaton Contemporary Arts; Bourn Vincent Gallery, UL; Limerick Printmakers Studio & Gallery; LIT, Limerick School of Art & Design; Occupy Space; Ormston House; Raggle Taggle; School of Architecture, UL; The Hunt Museum

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eva International 2012
35th Biennial of Visual Art
"After the Future"
Kuratorin: Annie Fletcher

Künstler: Yael Bartana, Zanny Begg & Oliver Ressler, Marcel Broodthaers, Anibal Catalan, Fergus Daly & Katherine Waugh, Kate Davis, Luc Deleu, Priscila Fernandes, Soren Thilo Funder, Aoibheann Greenan, Emma Houlihan, Greg Howie, Sanja Ivekovic, Sam Keogh, Barbara Knezevic, KwieKulik, Hyewon Kwon, Art Links Limerick, Jose Carlos Martinat, Gavin Murphy, Ailbhe Ni Bhriain, Doireann Ni Ghrioghair, Adrian O´Connell, Sara O´Gorman, Mark O´Kelly, Niamh O´Malley, Sarah Pierce, Deirdre A Power & Jacki Hehir, Alice Rekab, Laura Smith, Faber Studios, Pilvi Takala, Mona Vatamanu & Florin Tudor