re/act on Tour in Santiago de Chile
Presentation
18th January 2008, 6:30 pm, Goethe-Institute Santiago de Chile

Marco Spies, co-curator of re/act is going to present the international student festival for digital media art. The festival takes place for the fourth time in April 2008 in Heidelberg, Germany. The claim of the festival is “Showing tomorrow´s art today”. Unique is the combination of award show and exhibition, symposium, a platform for art schools and an on-tour program that presents selected student works in places all over world.

Spanish announcement here.
German announcement here.

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Marco Spies: 3
Solo exhibition

12th November - 24th November 2007
Tue - Wed 1800 - 2000 hrs, Thu - Fr 1300 - 1900 hrs

Opening: 10th November 2007, 1900 hrs, with an introduction by Carmen Beckenbach.

Marco Spies’ new works are about a three-way relationship between the artist, the audience and an unknown third party. With each work the artist changes position, becomes a spectator, director or actor. The contents of the letters exhibited in 50 Days, written to him personally, are just as unknown to him as they are to the audience. The photography in Playlist is shot according to his stage direction, but without his presence. And while he takes the role of a man mired in an aimless love relationship in All The Words We Said, he steps next to him as a compassionate observer in the video Self Portrait (Recalling all the words we said). More playful and humane as in last years’ debut exhibition, Marco Spies continues to investigate the (im-)possibility of cognition, knowledge and memento.

Kindly supported by the City of Frankfurt, Amt für Wissenschaft und Kunst.

Galerie heimspiel, Wittelsbacherallee 59-61, 60385 Frankfurt am Main
http://www.heimspiel-ffm.de

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studio contraire: SABI. Installations.
Solo exhibition

30th September - 6th October 2006
Opening: 30th September 2006, 19 hrs

The debut exhibition of intermedia artist Marco Spies unites different installation works to a journey from desire to recognition. Five works can be experienced at the three stations desire - quest - recognition.

Galerie Wildwechel, Frankfurt am Main
www.galerie-wildwechsel.de