Gao Brothers

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Organizer: Marcel Hager - unwahr büro berlin
in co-operation with The House of World Cultures

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Gao Zhen (1956) and Gao Qiang (1962) are among China´s most significant contemporary artists and have presented internationally acclaimed exhibitions of their photography and performance work in New York, Paris and Moscow.

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PERFORMANCE

The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace

TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2007, STARTING PROMPTLY AT 15:00 HOURS

In front of the Brandenburg Gate (City map)

The Gao Brothers and Stephan Hausmeister orchestrate a mass embrace of strangers with thousands expected to participate at the Brandenburg Gate. A video of the event can be viewed 3 hours later on this web page.
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LECTURE, ARTISTS' TALK & DISCUSSION

Global Embrace
& The Theatre of Belonging

TUESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 2007 16:00 HOURS

Akademie der Künste at the Brandenburg Gate, Pariser Platz 4
(City map)

An introductory lecture by Malcolm Ferris ((University of Hertfordshire and Plymouth College of Art & Design /UK) is followed by a talk by the Gao Brothers about their artistic work and discussion with the audience. The event will be held in English.
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EXHIBITION

The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace
& Gao Brothers' Urban Theatre

Photographs

OPENING: 11 SEPTEMBER 2007 18:00 HOURS

Exhibition 11 - 23 September
Opening times: Tue - Sun 15:00 -19:00 hours

Pavillon in den Park Kolonnaden am Potsdamer Platz,
Gabriele - Tergit Promenade (City map)

Unwahr Gallery is proud to present the first solo-exhibition of the Gao Brother’s work in Germany, showing photographs of interaction between staged and actual reality in today’s China.
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