Thinking inside out: Post-Readymade

In the organizer's words:

On a sunny day in February 2023, a large iron ball washed up on Enshu Beach (Japan). The object in the sand attracted a large contingent of local police and made waves in the international press for a few days. Headlines such as "Spy balloon, UFO or Dragon Ball?" (The Guardian), images and video clips circulated of men in protective suits approaching the ball with X-ray machines while helicopters circled in the sky.

"Post-Readymade" deals with artistically appropriated objects that are surrounded by a complex frame of reference consisting of infrastructures, places of discovery, reports of experience and stories of origin. With works by Luke Willis Thompson, Hito Steyerl and Lindsay Lawson in mind, Katharina Weinstock parallels the reception histories of Duchamp's 'Readymade' and Breton's 'Objet Trouvé' in order to develop the new term 'Post-Readymade' from their interplay.

In the joint lecture series thinking inside out by ZKM and HfG, we invite guests from the fields of philosophy, literature and art to an open exchange with members of the university, ZKM staff and the people of Karlsruhe.