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The Best Surprise is No Surprise
Saturday, January 27, 2007, from 2 pm.
The book presentation for The Best Surprise Is No Surprise was a day-long event comprised of presentations, discussions and screenings which revisited and explored in depth some key recent cultural events included in the book published by e-flux, ranging from the RAF exhibition at KW, the East Art Map project and book, the passing of Collin de Land, Leon Golub, Harald Szeeman and Igor Zabel, the amazing CAC television program, a mobile exhibition that took place aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, an edible installation by Pierre Huyghe and Rirkrit Tiravanija at Portikus, workshops in Tehran, the ephemeral exhibition at the Holiday Inn hotel in Chinatown which led to the founding of e-flux and many other unusual events.
The book presentation for The Best Surprise Is No Surprise was a day-long event comprised of presentations, discussions and screenings which revisited and explored in depth some key recent cultural events included in the book published by e-flux, ranging from the RAF exhibition at KW, the East Art Map project and book, the passing of Collin de Land, Leon Golub, Harald Szeeman and Igor Zabel, the amazing CAC television program, a mobile exhibition that took place aboard the Trans-Siberian Express, an edible installation by Pierre Huyghe and Rirkrit Tiravanija at Portikus, workshops in Tehran, the ephemeral exhibition at the Holiday Inn hotel in Chinatown which led to the founding of e-flux and many other unusual events.
- Regine Basha and Anton Vidokle remember "The Best Surprise is No Surprise"
- Daniel Birnbaum and Hans Ulrich Obrist in conversation with Julieta Aranda and Anton Vidokle
- Gabriele Horn: the making of the RAF exhibition at Kunstwerke
- Inke Arns: the EAST ART MAP project
- Adam Carr: EN ROUTE VIA ANOTHER ROUTE: an exhibition aboard the Trans-Siberian Express
- Tirdad Zolghadr: Ethnic Marketing workshop and exhibition
- Daniel Birnbaum: In the Belly of Anarchitect: a project by Pierre Huyghe and Rirkrit Tiravanija'a at Portikus
- Christian Jankowski remembers Harald Szeeman
- Christian Nagel remembers Colin De Land
- Hans Ulrich Obrist rembers Leon Golub
- Natasa Petresin remembers Igor Zabel
Anton Vidokle, Julieta Aranda, Regine Basha, Daniel Birnbaum, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Gabriele Horn, Inke Arns, Adam Carr, Tirdad Zolghadr, Christian Jankowski, Christian Nagel and Natasa Petresin