80+1: A Journey Around the World
Ars Electronica (AEC) www.aec.at, voestalpine www.voestalpine.com and Linz09 www.linz09.at have embarked on a round the-world journey from June 17 until September 5 titled: 80+1 – A Journey Around the World. This globe-spanning expedition won’t entail any physical travel; the mode of transportation will be satellite hook-up and fiber optic cable, [...]
Invited as part of the video documentation team with fellow Austrian collaborators Machfeld, this three day sound-scape experiment was captured for further artistic interpretation and reconfiguration of the content. A first manifestation of this was after the first day of the parade in a large three-screen projection.
PARADE made the cityscape resound with music. Music on [...]
This film project by Hobbs/Neustetter focused on life in Alexandra post-xenophobia. Hobbs/Neustetter were commissioned by the Austrian Embassy in South Africa to do an investigative work on Alex as an urban phenomenon. The artists, in collaboration with various community leaders, Leratong Creche and The Presbyterian Church, set out to capture conversations with people from the [...]
Public intervention project for Travesia at the CAAM, Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 17 October 2008 – 4 January 2009, curated by Joëlle Busca and Christian Perazzone and funded by Casa De Ã?frica – European Parliament.
Reflecting on the strategic position of the Island of Gran Canaria, for passage to Europe, the [...]
Jozi and the (M)other City is a project curated by Carine Zaayman. It features the work of eight artists and two writers. They are Ralph Borland, Nicola Grobler, Stephen Hobbs, Svea Josephy, Marcus Neustetter, Sean O’Toole, Nathaniel Stern, Johan Thom, James Webb, and Carine Zaayman. JAMC focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the cities [...]
Hobbs/Neustetter’s site specific installation for the new Metro Centre Visitors Building; comprises paint-treated columns and a suspended lazer cut and vinyl printed perspex installation. Informed by historic and contemporary maps of the city and the services provided within the building, the work is a reflection on the history of the city in the context of [...]
Hobbs/Neustetter – UrbaNET – Hillbrow/Dakar/Hillbrow University of Johannesburg Kuns Sentrum July 2007
Artists statement and description of installation:
During site research for an urban regeneration project on the border of Hillbrow, Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter were confronted by two francophone immigrants who warned them that entering Hillbrow with a camera was not safe. Drawing their [...]
Following the collaborative activities of Machfeld and Hobbs/Neustetter in South Africa, in march this year, the final outcome will be presented through public space interventions and exhibition at the Medienkunstlabor, Kunsthaus in Graz, from 19:00 on 6 December 2007 to 13 January 2008.
Machfeld (Austria) http://www.machfeld.net
UrbaNET – Hillbrow/Dakar/Hillbrow featured on THE COLOUR LINE opening 6 July Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Curated by Odili Donald Odita. Catalogue essay by N’Goné Fall
Tiong Ang / Radcliffe Bailey / Christiaan Bastiaans / Bili Bidjocka / Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons / Nick Cave / Jean-Ulrick Désert / Kira [...]
Hobbs/Neustetter: UrbaNET – Hillbrow/Dakar/Hillbrow at University of Johannesburg Art Gallery – Opening Friday 6 July 2007
During site research for an urban regeneration project on the Hillbrow boundary, Stephen Hobbs and Marcus Neustetter were confronted by two francophone immigrants who warned them that entering Hillbrow with a camera was not safe. Drawing their inspiration from this [...]