19 Apr 2010

The Association Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, Cully, Switzerland, presents:

In August 1946 Marcel Duchamp spent a few days at the Bellevue Hotel near Chexbres (today, Le Baron Tavernier). During his stay he discovered the Forestay waterfall. There was never a research, why the artist chose this waterfall and not another one to become the starting point and eventually the landscape of his famous final masterpiece: 'Etant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau, 2° le gaz d'éclairage' (Given: 1. The Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas). We will answer this question with a multidisciplinary event. We hope you will join us on this unique occasion.

Opening Reception: Thursday, 6 May 2010
18:00 Andreas Glauser plays «Musical Erratum» by Marcel Duchamp
→ Salle Davel Vernissage → Galerie Davel 14, Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp

Symposium: 7–9 May
Stanislaus von Moos – Philip Ursprung – Michael Taylor – Dominique Radrizzani – Molly Nesbit – Mark Nelson – Francis M. Naumann – James W. McManus – Herbert Molderings – Bernard Marcadé – Michael Lüthy – Dalia Judovitz – Kornelia Imesch – Antje von Graevenitz – Paul B. Franklin – Hans Maria
de Wolf – Luc Debraine – Lars Blunck – Etienne Barilier – Stefan Banz
→ Salle Davel, daily 9:00 – 17:00

Exhibitions: 7 May – 13 June Ecke Bonk → Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, open every day, 24 hours

'I want to grasp things with the mind the way the penis is grasped by the vagina'

Works and documents by John Zorn – Tadanori Yokoo – Stephan Wittmer – Rolf Winnewisser – Martin Widmer – Wang Xingwei – Aldo Walker – Harald Szeemann – Denis Savary – Jukka Rusanen – Sam Rosenthal – Peter Roesch – Jason Rhoades – Jean-Michel Rabaté – Céline Peruzzo – Mimosa Pale – Mark Nelson & Sarah Hudson Bayliss – Olivier Mosset – Charles Moser – Gudrun Meier – Line Marquis – Le Forestay – Konrad Klapheck – Frederick Kiesler – Pierre Keller – Jing Wei – Richard Jackson – Fabrice Hyber – Erwin Hofstetter – Herzog/deMeuron – Goldfrapp – Jean-Claude Forest – Marcel Duchamp – Anke Doberauer – Jacques Derrida – Rosemary Cel – Monica Bonvicini – Rudolf Blättler – Georg Baselitz – Fritz Balthaus – Francis Bacon – Caroline Bachmann & Stefan Banz – Ai Weiwei
→ Galerie Davel 14, during the Symposium: 9:00 – 17:00;
after the Symposium: Tuesday - Friday 15:00 – 18:00; Saturday 14:00 – 17:00

Special Opening Reception: Friday, 7 May, 18:00 Roman Signer
→ The Forestay Waterfall, 7 – 9 May, to be seen at daylight

Publication
After the events a book will be published in collaboration with JRP|Ringier, Zurich.

Contact and Venues:
www.bxb.ch/kunsthalle/ Kunsthalle Marcel Duchamp, rue de l'Indépendance 2, ch–1096 Cully, kmd@bxb.ch, +41 79 736 36 76; Galerie Davel 14, rue Davel 14, Cully, info@davel14.ch, +41 21 799 33 37; Salle Davel, place d'Armes, Cully; The Forestay Waterfall, route de la corniche/chemin du moulin, ch–1071 Bellevue/Chexbres

Organized and curated by
Stefan Banz & Caroline Bachmann

Supported by
Swiss Federal Office of Culture Berne – Department of Art History, University of Lausanne – Academy of Arts Sierre – Loterie Romande – Fondation Leenards – Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation – Swiss National Fonds – Canton du Valais – Ville de Lausanne – Etat de Vaud – Ernst and Olga Gubler-Hablützel-Foundation – Migros Kulturprozent – Coop Switzerland – Galerie Bischofberger Zurich – Likeyou.com – Zap-Design Cully – Kanton Luzern – Stadt Luzern – Commune de Cully – Private Sponsors