Geschichte in Geschichten
Time to Meet at Helmhaus Zürich

THU 26. Feb at 6.30 pm
Ohad Ben Shimon
Paulien Oltheten
Ryan Rivadeneyra

Initiated by
Goran Galić / Gian-Reto Gredig

For the occasion of the exhibition «hiStories –
Geschichte in Geschichten» at Helmhaus Zürich,
artist duo Gian-Reto Gredig and Goran Galić
set up an evening with performances by
Ohad Ben Shimon (IL/FR), Paulien Oltheten (NL)
and Ryan Rivadeneyra (US).

With their ongoing video series «Guided Tours», artists Goran Galić/Gian-Reto Gredig collect the oral histories that are being told on guided tours through cities all over Europe. The duo invites three international artists now, to tell their very own oral histories in the context of the exhibition «hiStories – Geschichte in Geschichten» at Helmhaus Zürich: For his contribution, Ohad Ben Shimon (IL/FR) spends a number of days in Zurich and will present his «Zurich Memoir», a new chapter in his ongoing «Diary» series: The artist for example tells the story of his attempts to open a Swiss bank account. In «The Artist Speaks» we look over Dutch artist Paulien Oltheten’s shoulders while she is working with her image archive – telling her own stories connected to individual photographs. In «E-Mails Concerning Happenings Considering Photography» Ryan Rivadeneyra (US) concerns himself with the relationship between performance and photography – and with the issue of historicising live moments.