STREETART EXHIBITION ZÜRICH

Expect Us!

"Expect us!" We are out there...streetart in Zürich

The brutal invasion of the common space, and with it the elimination of the last possibilities for free interaction, have created a couple of strong counter movements.

The streetartists want to reclaim the right to express themselves free in the common space, and they are questioning the commercially controlled reality and the possibilities and offers of the consumeristic society.

Artists are organizing illegal and unathorized communication all over the world, and it is clear that this movement expresses a fundamental unsatisfaction with the existing possibilities. "Expect us" attempts to explain this unsatisfaction, and to present alternatives by showing the works of artists who have chosen to spread their messages through unconventional channels and ask them to explain why.

The danish artist/curator Christian Falsnaes and the austrian artist/organizer Bella Angora are initiators of "Expect us!". Together with the swiss galerists Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth and Esther Eppstein, they have brought the first streetartexhibition in Switzerland to Zürich.

Program :

Saturday, 1. may 2004, 18.00 : Opening of "Expect us!" Exhibition and performances from Anne Bennike (DK), Akim & friends (D), Akay (S) Bella Angora (A), Freaks Gallery (DK) and Straight up (DK) Blauer Saal, Limmatstr. 270, 8005 Zürich

Sunday, 2. may 2004, 18.00 : Message Salon shows PAC opening of exhibition with Pac (CH) and Cosmin (F) message salon, Esther Eppstein, Universitätsstr. 115/117, 8006 Zürich

Monday 3. may, 2004, 18.00 : "the public space today - streetart's importances and chances" speeches and public discussion speakers : Faile (USA) and Freaks gallery (DK) moderators : Christian Falsnaes and Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth in the auditorium of the Museum für Gestaltung und Kunst Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8005 Zürich 21.0 0: movienight and bar in Blauer Saal, Limmatstr. 270, 8005 Zürich

Wednesday, 5. may, 2004 18.00 : "media, pirates and me" opening of exhibition with Aron Fleming Falk (S), Faile (USA) and Grrrr (CH) Les Complices*, Espace libre & Edition, Anwandstr. 9, 8004 Zürich

Friday, 7. may 2004, 18.00 : "another brick in the wall" opening of exhibition with CBS (D), Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth (CH), Mickry3 (CH) and Zaccheo Zilioli (CH) Kunsthof, Limmatstrasse (tramstop "Museum für Gestaltung"), 8005 Zürich 22.00 : Performancenight @ Migros Museum Performances from Bella Angora (A), Christian Falsnaes (DK), Geneviève Favre (CH), Mirana Belobrovaja (IL), So:ren Berner (NL), Zast & Ritsche (D) Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Limmatstrasse 270, 8005 Zürich

Sunday, 9. may 2004, 12.00 : "Artists brunch" End of festival Hof des Löwenbräu Areals, Limmatstr. 270, 8005 Zürich