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»Tow dangers threaten the world
constantly, order and disorder«
Paul Valéry
The world, as the traditional science had defined it, was a world
of almost platonic purity. The equations and theories which describe
the course of the world and of history, and the structure of human
life contain a regularity and order like the reliability of a clockwork.
The world outside the scientific laboratory is rarely reduced to fixed
rules and principles though. The idea that the principle of order
grasps everything and exists in more and more refined hierarchies,
is alone not sufficient as a model for explanation. Turbulences, the
Irregular and the Unexpected are to be found everywhere and obey their
own laws and rules. The smallest changes of certain variables can
trigger unforeseen chain reactions and modifications.
The chaos theory shows that the world cannot be looked at from the
point of order alone. The high degree of network, interaction and
feedback of the numerous elements results in a incomprehensibility
and unpredictability of both, the natural and the social development
processes. The complex system world seems to be explainable only within
the field of tension between order and chaos.
At present, we live in a social state of uncertainty. Everything is
possible, everything is open, everything can be done and- nothing
is clearly defined. With the apparently permanent expansion of the
individual room for action different modes of behaviour develop in
dealing with the existing social and cultural structures.
Pragmatism on one side, purposeful acting, reduced to the necessary
and practically useful, a striving for order and security. Inability
to act on the other side, resulting from a growing feeling of blurredness,
of insecurity and disorientation.
Social vacuum? Malfunction of the system? »…instability
as the normal state?« Trial and Error as the future strategy?
Insecurity as a creative force, accident as a generative mechanism.
What is normality, what is defined as normal?
garage 03 is searching for artists’
positions and strategies on the topic. Disturbances and errors are
part of transitional periods and can be used as a source for new ideas,
new working methods and new content. Which artistic concepts and visions
are brought up in a time of unlimited possibilities?
garage will present exhibitions, installations,
concerts/performances, papers, film screenings and workshops. The
main emphasis of the festival is not only the presentation of already
existing artistic work but above all to enable exchange and cooperation
between artists.
garage is a platform for contemporary art and culture. The festival
is a field for experimentation for new concepts in production, presentation
and discussion of cultural content. Every year artists, musicians
and theorists from Germany and abroad are invited to develop and realise
innovative projects. The focus lies on the search for possibilities
of art and culture to contribute to a social and cultural developing
process.
Within its six-year-existence the festival has become a unique part
of the cultural landscape of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and attracts an
international audience. The networking and cooperation with similarly
working institutions in the European and international context has
been an important factor for the development of the festival in the
last years. Beside co-productions and artist exchange with such renowned
institutions as Staalplaat Amsterdam, Public Netbase Vienna, Time’s
Up Linz, transmediale Berlin, Mikro.org Berlin and the International
Short Film Festival interfilm Berlin, the Bundeskulturstiftung, the
Cultural Ministry of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Royal Dutch Embassy
and the Canadian Embassy belong to our supporters and partners.
With the strength and quality of the festival to discuss a relevant
topic on a high level in terms of content and form, the festival garage
has gained a serious reputation within the discussion of art and new
media.
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