Park Nights:
Manifesto Marathon
Saturday 18 October - Sunday 19 October
Manifesto Marathon Day 1:
Saturday 18 October, 12 noon – 10 pm
Manifesto Marathon Day 2:
Sunday 19 October, 10 am – 7 pm
Click here to see the full schedule of participants
Click here to download A Pamphlet for the Serpentine Gallery Manifesto Marathon 2008
Two day ticket £35
One day ticket £20 full price £15 concessions
Tickets available from: Ticket Web 08700 600100
www.ticketweb.co.uk or the Gallery lobby desk.
Please note that the Manifesto Marathon takes place inside the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion so access to the interior of the Pavilion will be restricted for visitors not attending the event.
Manifesto Marathon, the third in the Serpentine Gallery’s acclaimed series of Marathon events, takes place in the closing weekend of the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2008, designed by Frank Gehry. Manifesto Marathon comes at a time when artists are working less in formal groups and defined artistic movements. The Marathon showcases a new generation of artists alongside practitioners from the worlds of literature, design, science, philosophy, music and film who are returning to the historical notion of the manifesto. The Manifesto Marathon draws on the Serpentine Gallery’s close proximity to Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, which has been used as a platform by Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, George Orwell and William Morris, among many others.
Avant-garde pioneer Yoko Ono, Gilbert & George, who famously proclaimed ‘Art for All’, Ben Vautier, key protagonist of the Fluxus movement, and legendary artist Elaine Sturtevant will join a new generation of artists such as Terence Koh, Hilary Koob-Sassen and Fritz Haeg to present their manifestos for the 21st century in this two-day ‘futurological congress’ in the park. The Marathon will also feature architects, including Andrea Branzi, Peter Cook, Charles Jencks, Claude Parent and Rem Koolhaas; scientists, writers and historians including the eminent Eric Hobsbawm; film directors including the legendary Agnès Varda; and philosophers, designers, and musicians including musical revolutionary Brian Eno. Vivienne Westwood’s manifesto Active Resistance to Propaganda will be presented by 26 performers and Marina Abramović will be accompanied by 14 performers.
This year’s Manifesto Marathon is the third in a series of Marathon events conceived by Hans Ulrich Obrist, Serpentine Gallery Co-director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director of International Projects and follows the 2006 24-Hour Interview Marathon, created with Rem Koolhaas, and the 2007 Experiment Marathon, created with Olafur Eliasson. For more information about past Marathons click here.
Tickets available from: Ticket Web 08700 600100
www.ticketweb.co.uk or the Gallery lobby desk.
Please note:
– The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion is an open structure, so please dress accordingly.
– Due to the unique architecture some tickets may have a restricted sightline.
– The Manifesto Marathon takes place inside the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion so access to the interior of the Pavilion will be restricted for visitors not attending the Manifesto Marathon.
SATURDAY 18 OCTOBER
From 12 noon:
Vivienne Westwood
Pier Vittorio Aureli
Hilary Koob-Sassen
Ingo Niermann and Zak Kyes
Elaine Sturtevant
Rasheed Araeen
Peter Cook
Taryn Simon
Richard Wentworth
Gilbert & George
Ben Vautier
Jonas Mekas
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Tom McCarthy
Mark Wallinger
Yoko Ono
Barbara Steveni
Ekaterina Degot
Raqs Media Collective
Nathaniel Mellors
Lee Scrivner
Andrea Branzi
Henry Flynt
Marina Abramović
Agnès Varda
Raqs media collective
Gilbert & George
Ben Vautier
Jean-Jacques Lebel
Tom McCarthy
Mark Wallinger
Yoko Ono
10 pm:
End
Remote Participants
Christian Boltanski
Paul Chan
Yona Friedman
John Giorno
David Hockney
John Latham
Gustav Metzger
Yvonne Rainer
Jalal Toufic
SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER
From 10 am:
Manifesto Club
Susan Hefuna
Stephen Willats
Falke Pisano
Adam Pendleton
Claude Parent
Jimmie Durham
Nicolas Bourriaud
PLATFORM
The Otolith Group
Tino Sehgal and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Karl Holmqvist
Nick Laessing
Terence Koh
Stewart Home
Mark Titchner
K8 Hardy
Rem Koolhaas
Fritz Haeg
Charles Jencks
Eric Hobsbawm and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Athanasios Argianas
Silvia Kolbowski
SpRoUt
Brian Eno
Mark Aerial Waller and Giles Round
Table
Luca Molinari
Mathieu Copeland
Pablo Leon De La Barra
Mathew Stone
Ben Trott + Turbulence Editors
Andrei Monastyrsky
7 pm:
End
Marina Abramović
Cleaning the House 2007
Serpentine Gallery Experiment Marathon,
13 – 14 October 2007
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2007, designed
by Olafur Elíasson and Kjetil Thorsen
Photograph: Alastair Fyfe
Rem Koolhaas
Serpentine Gallery Interview Marathon,
28 – 29 July 2006
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006, designed
by Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, with Arup
Photograph: Declan O'Neill
Gilbert & George
Serpentine Gallery Interview Marathon,
28 – 29 July 2006
Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2006, designed
by Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond, with Arup
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