Planners & Searchers: Taslima Ahmed & John Skog
Curated show at Koh-I-Noor, CopenhagenIn the discussion about foreign aid, the terms planners and searchers are used to denote two ways of determining the needs of the developing countries. A planner assesses the need at a distance – based on good intentions and fiscal limits. A searcher assembles knowledge in the local environment without any predetermined agenda. The searcher is often more successful in meeting the people’s needs due to his presence and openness to new experiences.
At the exhibition Planners & Searchers, the two terms have found their way into the art world – as driving forces that can shape and move artist as well as artwork. Are all artists curious and intuitive searchers? Or is it possible to establish an interesting discussion between planning and searching? And finally: can the exhibition concept function so flexibly that it gives room to navigation as well as unexpected behaviour?
Søren Assenholt has given this challenge to the two artists John Skog (S) and Taslima Ahmed (GB), who relate to the dialogue between the terms with works as different as a fish tank installation and a performance show. The keyword is artistic negotiation between planners and searchers.
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