Teens Day: Shall We Talk?

DESCRIPTION

This summer, pupils from Moscow schools took part in internships held at Garage.

Having contributed to the preparation of the public program accompanying the exhibition Thomas Demand. Mirror Without Memory and watched the installation process of the show, they want to share what they have learned. An exhibition can become a free space for dialogue if there is an interlocutor with an experience similar to yours nearby.

The internship participants invite everyone to visit the show and discuss Thomas Demand and his work. The teenagers will explain complex things in a simple way and share what worries or makes them happy.

The conversation takes place in the exhibition space and lasts 30 minutes. Participation requires advance registration and a ticket to the show. You can register for one or several sessions.

HOW TO TAKE PART

Participation requires advance registration and a ticket to the show. You can register for one or several sessions.

Meet by the information stand 10 minutes before the talk.

Schedule

Shall We Talk about Mirrors?

Liza Novikova suggests seeing the work of Thomas Demand as an excuse for reflecting on the information space: how we use it—and how it uses us.

REGISTRATION

Date
January 23
Time
14:30 – 15:00

Shall we talk about perception?

Sonya Gililova and Sasha Buglakova will discuss the effect that Thomas Demand's works have on viewers and explain why the artist chooses unobvious moments of famous events, and his photographs create the feeling that something has happened just now literally —but we didn’t have time to see it.

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Date
January 23
Time
15:00–15:30

Shall We Talk about Politics?

Tasya Dobrokhotova and Alisa Golovanova will focus on Thomas Demand’s works devoted to Edward Snowden and other important political stories he explores.

REGISTRATION

Date
January 23
Time
15:30–16:00