Now, the time has come for the launch of Karriere #02, which addresses art as a scene for transgressions – of social norms, of modesty, and of the limits of art itself. With contributions from Danish author Helle Helle and the internationally renowned Iranian art critic and curator Tirdad Zolghadr; articles about Lilibeth Cuenca, the philosopher of transgression Georges Bataille; and fresh interviews with the world-famous Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija and one of the USA’s leading art historians and queer theorist, Douglas Crimp, Karriere #2 raises the bar for printed communication about contemporary art.

At a bar with George Bataille – Karriere revisited
Taking the French philosopher Georges Bataille as the point of departure, the article explores transgressive experiences for better and worse – art, intoxication, and ecstasy are both furthered and countered by the art at Karriere. Read how in the newspaper.

Gordon Matta-Clark and FOOD
Each issue of Karriere takes a look at a project which can be seen as precursor for or in other ways relevant to Karriere as a combination of bar, restaurant, and art project. In the first issue we told the story of Victor B. Andersens Maskinfabrik and the cafés it spawned: Sommersko, Dan Turèll, and Victor. In this issue, we turn our attention to FOOD: a restaurant-cum-art project run by a group of artists headed by Gordon Matta-Clark. In the early 1970s, the venue became a favourite haunt for the concept and performance artists of New York, pre-eminent examples being Yvonne Rainer, Robert Rauschenberg, Trisha Brown, and Bob Wilson.

Art and liberation – an interview with Douglas Crimp
The story of Food prompted Karriere to take a critical view of fundamental, yet often overlooked or hushed-up transgressions between different agendas of the early 1970s. These concern the transgressions between the overall liberation, artistic liberation, and sexual liberations – quite simply, the boundaries between criticism and sex. An area which is just now the subject of revolutionary new research conducted by the internationally renowned art historian and long-standing editor of the journal October, Douglas Crimp. Karriere asked Crimp a number of critical questions and received an evasive answer – which might, however, not be as evasive as all that…

Dirty modernism: SpongeBob, Sex, and Chrome
The Thai artist Rirkrit Tiravanija is best known for turning cooking into art, but his contribution to Karriere was a dancefloor complete with a chrome pole. We have talked to the artist, crossing blades with him concerning his relationship with sex. The conversation sparks off all-new thoughts in the busy Thai artist, who is clearly interested in all social facets of life.

Softcore
We also bring you an excerpt from the internationally acclaimed Iranian art critic and curator Tirdad Zolghadr’s highly entertaining pulp novel Softcore (2007), which deals with a young curator determined to convert the site of a former, famous cocktail bar in Teheran into an elegant exhibition and project venue for art, fashion, and company functions. The similarities to Karriere are striking, offering a satirical view of how art functions as a social binding agent and lubricant in an international lounge culture.

Helle Helle is a Voyeur, too
In what could be described as a local equivalent or companion piece to Softcore, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s piece I’m a voyeur baby offers a fantastic opportunity to listen in on conversations, finding out what people are really interested in on the city’s social scenes today. Danish writer Helle Helle accepted our invitation to click her way to I’m a voyeur baby ( HYPERLINK “http://www.karrierebar.com/im-a-voyeur-baby” www.karrierebar.com/im-a-voyeur-baby), listening with due guilty pleasure to the living, vibrant texts unfolding online.

Karriere #02 is available in Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Roskilde from Friday 25 April and in Århus, Odense, Ålborg, Herning, Horsens, Silkeborg over the course of week 18. The newspaper is available at cafés, museums, art venues, galleries, cinemas, libraries, and institutes of education.
In Germany and the UK Karriere is distributed to museums and art venue through the Walther Koenig Bookstores, who also make it available at all major international art fairs.

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Download it here as a pdf. Karriere #01

For more information, contact:
Editor Peter Kirkhoff Eriksen
+45 2936 2486
pe@karrierebar.com
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Facts
Udgiver/Publisher:
Karriere A/S
Flæsketorvet 57 – 67
DK - 1711 Copenhagen
+45 2936 2486
www.karrierebar.com” www.karrierebar.com

Editors:
Peter Kirkhoff Eriksen / pe@karrierebar.com
Maria Kjær Themsen
Niels Henriksen

Layout/Graphic Design: All the way to paris www.allthewaytoparis.com

Karriere #2 has a print run of 14,000 copies
The newspaper is free