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The Modern Institute Biography

Ferdinand Kriwet — The Modern Institute, Glasgow, May 17–June 14, 2008

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Mai-Thu Perret — The Modern Institute, Glasgow, November–December 2002

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Jack Goldstein — The Modern Institute, Glasgow, February 5–February 22 2002

Showing a selection of ten short 16mm films plus painting ...more

My Head is on Fire but my Heart is Full of Love — Charlottenburg Museum, Copenhagen, April 2002

The show begins with the concept of psychedelic minimalism — an idea taken from the early experiments of Robert Smithson. From this starting point a collection is created that is organised by psychological association rather than historical category.

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Pyramids of Mars — The Barbican, London and Trapholt Museum, Denmark, Feb/Mar 2001

Initiated by The Fruitmarket Gallery and curated by the Modern Institute and Lars Bang Larsen, 'Pyramids of Mars' features a series of projects by Superflex, Aleksandra Mir, Jens Haaning, Dan Peterman, Henrik Håkansson and Jeremy Deller, plus 1960s posters by Sture Johannesson and images from Palle Nielsen's 1968 show 'Model for a qualitative society' at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm. ...more

Rirkrit Tiravanija — Community cinema for a quiet intersection (against Oldenburg), Glasgow, September 1999

Rirkrit Tiravanija set up a temporary four-screen cinema and Thai barbecue cafe which took over a crossroads in a residential area of Glasgow and showed films selected by the local community. ...more

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CAN 303s HEAL? — Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, February 2000

New art work by Martin Boyce, Mary Redmond and Toby Paterson, video by Mark Leckey, Dave Allen and Jonathan Horowitz, plus free recording studio for Helsinki bands, sessions by DJ Vilunki 3000 and Autocade; and Radio Tuesday in Helsinki on 95.2FM, a pirate radio station broadcasting home-made programs, live sessions and experimental audio, run by Glasgow artists Duncan Campbell, Alex Frost and Mark Vernon.

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Electric City — Glasgow, November 2000–February 2001

The Modern Institute will research and run a 4 month show covering the Glasgow music scene, with a live venue/club lounge at night. The Modern Channel will run for 4 Months broadcasting live events and commissioned filmed interviews. There will also be a comprehensive film archive.