Kiki Josh Kogelnik Kline Fly Me to the Freedom Moon Free Activity guide for families and schools 22 August – 18 October 2015 Welcome to the Activity Guide to accompany the exhibitions. Fly Me to the Moon is the first solo exhibition in the UK of acclaimed Austrian artist Kiki Kogelnik (1935-1997). Kogelnik first came to prominence in the mid 1950s in Vienna where she showed paintings influenced by the abstract expressionism movement. Kogelnik moved to the United States in 1961 where she befriended many famous artists of the New York art scene including Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg. Throughout her career, Koglenik resisted describing her work as ‘pop’ art. She neither felt it to be entirely focused on commercial subject matter or to totally celebrate the capitalist dream and the rise of new technology. The buoyant energy of her early works is offset by the anxiety of the later paintings and sculptures. Her work speaks to our time of radical technological progress and serves as a timely reminder of the dangers of wholeheartedly embracing such change without first reflecting on the potentially destructive effects on the human psyche and body. Fly Me to the Moon, 1963. Oil and acrylic on canvas, 244 x 185cm. Inv#63PT1. Andrew Rinkhy/ Kogelnik Foundation Vienna/ New York Josh Kline is an American artist who works in a range of media, including sculpture, video and installations using 3D prints, animated graphics and gaming software. In his work, Kline delves into the social and political landscape of contemporary American culture, examining its impact on the world at large. Kline is part of an emerging generation of artists working with the visual language and technology of the internet age, his practice is informed by the aesthetic of the 24/7 news cycle, social media feeds and ever-present mobile technology. Can you see images of outer space in Kiki Kogel- nik’s paintings? She was making her artwork during the 1960’s and 1970’s when the first person landed on the moon. Images of outer space, science fiction and fears about the future became cultural themes during these decades. Kogelnik abstracted images of rockets, plan- ets into colourful blocks, shapes and pattens. She linked them back to our bodies and the tiny atoms that we are all made of. Activity: Fill in the background by copying the shapes and pattens you can see in her paintings. Activity 1: In the Gallery Kogelnik was find a spotlit area and draw Activity 2: interested in feminist round the shadow that is issues, such as how many cast by your hand or women there were in the art another shape on this page. world. She was also concerned Repeat this to fill up the that we are not aware enough of page and join the different the effect of technology on our parts of the painting. bodies. Find images from magazines that relate to how we think about these themes today and make them into a collage. For example the way woman are used to advertise certain products or the possible effects of genetically modified food. Breaking news... x Josh Kline : Freedom In 2009 President Obama gave a honesty and hard work, courage speech where he promised to and fair play, tolerance and introduce gun control, and curb curiosity, loyalty and patriotism corporate greed, Klines version -- these things are old. These of the speech contrasts with the things are true. They have scary guards in the space. been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. This is a Guy Fawkes Mask often What is demanded, then, is a re- worn by protestors the copyright turn to these truths. What is re- is owned by Time Warner. quired of us now is a new era of thiresponsibility -- a recognition on the parts of everypage American that we have duties to ourselves, our nation and the world; duties that we do not grudgingly accept, but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so de- fining of our character than giving our allh to aA difficult task. Map of Zuccotti Park. Google own this image. This is the price and thes prom- ise of citizenship. This is the source of our confidence -- the Zuccotti Park is a privately owned knowledge that God calls on us to park in the centre of New York; it shape an uncertain destiny. This used to be called Liberty Park. is the meaning of our liberty and It was occupied in 2011 for two our creed, why men and women months by peaceful protestors and children of every race and wanting to draw attention to every faith can join in celebrationn economic inequality, local bee across this magnificent mall; and businesses helped them, anti terror President Obama’s speech in 2009. why a man whose father less than police spied on them they even set The American Government 60 years ago might not have been up a library. Eventually police in riot owns this image. served in a local restaurant can gear forced the protestors out. now stand before you to take a Barack Obama’s Speech. most sacred oath. (Applause.) Josh Kline’s work focuses on the So let us mark this day with re- way the media, big business and And yet at this moment, a moment membrance of who we are and the police dealt with the protests. that will define a generation, it is how far we have traveled. In the precisely this spirit that must yearccupied of America’s birth, in inhabit us all. For as much as o the coldest of months, government can do, and must do, it a small band of is ultimately the faith and patriots hud- determination of the Ameri- dled by dying can people upon which this campfires on nation relies. It is the kind- the shores of ness to take in a stranger an icy river. when the levees break, the self- The capital lessness of workers who would was aban- rather cut their hours than see doned. The a friend lose their job which sees enemy was us through our darkest hours. It is advanc- the firefighter’s courage to storm a ing. The stairway filled with smoke, but also snow a parent’s was stained willingness to nurture a child that with blood. finally decides our fate. This image taken by Seema Krishnakumar Our challenges may be new. The has no ownership. instruments with which we meet What are they telling you? What are you replying? Use a phone to make a film about the objects you or your family are carrying in your pockets or bag. These could be keys, money, bank card or other everyday items. Now place those items onto the designated areas on this page and put your phone on the blank space on the guards stomach to create your own digital screen. Now play your film back. What do your objects and your film say about who you are? Empty your pockets! Empty your Personal ID Card Items Phone Use a phone to make a film about the objects you or your family are carrying in your pockets or bag. These could be keys, money, bank card or other everyday items. Now place those items onto the designated areas on this page and put your phone on the blank space on the guards stomach to create your own digital screen. Now play your film back. What do your objects and your film say about who you are? Credit Cards Money Draw a map of Josh Kline’s exhibition. Where are you? Write words that you hear in different you partsWrite words that of words are repeated? the gallery...what Where is the power in the room. Where is the control? Breaking out... x The Occupy movement involved protesters camping in public areas for long periods of time. Think about how you could occupy the gallery. What is your campaign about? Are you supporting something or are you protesting against something? What do you want to change? Occupy the Gallery: Sit in the centre of the gallery and make yourself comfortable. Create your own area and spread out your possessions around you. Make a tent with your coat or jumper. Are you with your family or friends? Can you get them to join you in your Occupy the gallery movement? Use the space on the back page of this guide to write a slogan for your campaign. How would you protest peacefully against scary police? How would you communicate with other protesters if the police were listening to your calls and reading your texts? The protestors in Zuccotti Park set up a library, what would you set up to pass the time and change the way we think about the world?...What about a revolutionary gallery? Instead of a slogan you could do a protest drawing on the back of the guide. Write words that you hear in different you partsWrite words that of words are repeated? the gallery...what Kiki Kogelnik: Activities for workshops. Using shadows to abstract objects. This activity is inspired by Kogelnik’s paintings in which she abstracted objects into colourful blocks and patterns mixed in with body parts. Instructions: Layout a large sheet of paper over the floor with some everyday objects positioned on it. Now create shadows by using a spotlights or torches in a darkened room. Trace the shadows onto the paper. The objects can be moved, lit and traced again. Ask the group to consider the piece as one whole artwork and make careful decisions about casting shadows over someone else’s or how the shadows may join together.