Art + Argument at Freymond-Guth & co fine arts

This house believes that art doesn’t need an audience

Vanessa Billy, Raphael Gygax, Sabine Schaschl and Christoph Schreiber debate the role of the viewer

25 November 2009


19h30

freymond-guth & co fine arts

Brauerstrasse 51, 8004 Zurich, Switzerland


Four cultural experts in two opposing teams debate a central art world issue. Teams must oppose or defend the motion, and each team member has five minutes to argue their case uninterrupted. After that speakers may challenge each other and the audience may in turn question the speakers. The event ends with a vote for the more persuasive team. 


This is a forum for discussing culture where the unspeakable may be said. Each speaker must play his or her assigned role, regardless of whether they agree or not. Speakers benefit from temporary immunity: what they say during the debate is not necessarily their opinion and they cannot be held to their word afterwards. 
 


Art & Argument is an itinerant event bringing together exciting minds from the Swiss art scene and beyond, created by Aoife Rosenmeyer. To know more, write to artandargument@gmail.com

Art & Argument for Bloomsday

Art & Argument for Bloomsday

On Saturday 13 June Vincent Landon, Etienne Lullin, Felicity Lunn and Fritz Senn debated the role of the emigrant author. The motion was: this house believes the artist is a prophet in his own land (finding inspiration and recognition only in exile)

Fritz and Vincent (the latter saving the day by stepping in at the last minute) proposed the motion; Felicity and Etienne opposed it with conviction, despite an audience comprising largely of expatriates whose sympathy lay with the opposite side! Many thanks to the fantastic speakers, the engaged audience, the James Joyce Foundation for their assistance and most of all the Irish Embassy in Bern who initiated the event.

For more information please contact artandargument@gmail.com

This house believes the artist is a prophet in his own land
(finding inspiration and recognition only in exile)

Rody Gorman, Etienne Lullin, Felicity Lunn and Fritz Senn debate the role of the emigrant author

13 June 2009, 6.30 pm
Liceo Artistico, Parkring 30
8027 Zürich (near Bahnhof Enge)

The debate is part of an evening's celebration of Bloomsday organised by the Irish Embassy, Berne, including readings by Hanspeter Müller-Drossaart followed by a light apéro

Four cultural experts in two opposing teams debate an issue prescient to Bloomsday celebrations in Zürich. Teams must oppose or defend the motion, and each team member has five minutes to argue their case uninterrupted. After that speakers may challenge each other and the audience – that has equally been given a position to defend - may in turn question the speakers. The event ends with a vote for the more persuasive team. 


This is a forum for discussing culture where the unspeakable may be said. Each speaker must play his or her assigned role, regardless of whether they agree or not. Speakers benefit from temporary immunity: what they say during the debate is not necessarily their opinion and they cannot be held to their word afterwards. 
 


Art & Argument is an itinerant event bringing together exciting minds from the Swiss art scene and beyond. To know more, write to aoiferosenmeyer@gmail.com or visit http://artandargument.blogspot.com.

Art + Argument hosted by BolteLang, 10 March 2009

This house believes public art is a contradiction in terms

Mirjam Varadinis and Kerim Seiler proposed the motion
Anna Helwing and Oliver Kielmayer opposed

Many thanks to all participants and the audience for a lively debate!

This house believes public art is a contradiction in terms

Anna Helwing, Oliver Kielmeyer, Kerim Seiler and Mirjam Varadinis debate art

7pm, 10 March 2009

Hosted by BolteLang 

Limmatstrasse 214, 8005 Zürich


Four art experts in two opposing teams debate a current art world issue. Teams are given a motion to defend or oppose, and each team member has five minutes to argue the case uninterrupted. After that speakers may challenge each other and the audience may in turn question the speakers. The event ends with a vote for the more persuasive team. 


This is a forum for discussing culture where the unspeakable may be said. Each speaker must play his or her assigned role, regardless of whether that speaker agrees or not. Speakers benefit from an evening’s immunity: what they say during the debate is not necessarily their opinion and they cannot be held to their word afterwards. 
 


The debate is a means to distance debaters from their usual roles, undermine common sense and bring about unexpected, off the wall and, hopefully, inspired discussions, free from traditional constraints. 
 


Art & Argument will be an itinerant event bringing together exciting minds from the Swiss art scene and beyond. To know more, write to art@argument@gmail.com