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PAST SHOWS
Art Auction in Aid for Greenpeace
@ ASHDOWN GALLERY 08.10.2001; 6pm
8 NEWLANDS PLACE . HARTFIELD ROAD . FOREST ROW . RH18 5DQ
fundraising for new sailing boat Rainbow Warrior III
initiated by i. Leukefeld; supported by artist-run Ashdown Gallery, some local busnisess and friends
for details please look under: events www.ashdowngallery.co.uk
2 normalcy bias 04.June 2011 - 19.June 2011
Vernissage Samstag, 04.Juni 2011 - 16.00 Uhr
group show, curated by Leukefeld
Justine Blau / Katharina Blühm / Marsha Dunstan / Pippa Koszerek & Anna
Pharoah / ilka Leukefeld / Jera May / Linda Persson / Stephanie Serpick /
Grigoria Vryttia
Listros Galerie
Kurfürstenstaße 33; 10785 Berlin
www.listros.de10 internationale Künstlerinnen setzten sich mit dem psychologischen Phänomen Normalitäts Bias auseinander.
Normalitäts Bias beschreibt wie durch das Verdrängen der Realität angestrebt wird, das Gewohnte aufrecht
zu erhalten. Schlechte Nachrichten werden verdrängt, ignoriert, überspielt und in einigen Fällen sogar belächelt.
Bedauerlicherweise führt das Ignorieren, oder das Nicht-reagieren zur Verschlimmerung des Zustandes und oft zu einer Katastrophe.
Ten international artists have been invited to individually present artworks that explore the psychological phenomenon known as ‘normalcy bias’.
The exhibition is a reflection on how supression of reality is used to keep up the appearance of normality; how bad news is suppressed, ignored,
covered up and in some cases smiled upon. Unfortunately, this ignoring, not-reacting to and smiling upon will inadvertently lead to the the worsening of the condition
and often to disaster.
www.wikipedia.org
'...The normalcy bias refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of the government to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation
The normalcy bias may be caused in part by the way the brain processes new data. Research suggests that even when the brain is calm, it takes 8–10 seconds to process new information. Stress slows the process, and when the brain cannot find an acceptable response to a situation, it fixates on a single solution that may or may not be correct. An evolutionary reason for this response could be that paralysis gives an animal a better chance of surviving an attack; predators are less likely to eat prey that isn't struggling.
The normalcy bias often results in unnecessary deaths in disaster situations...'
another day in paradise – fare una bella figura
temporal sculptural intervention
Richmond Adult Community College
17. December 2010
beggars occasionally board trains - screening
XRAY - 48 hours non stop in Gothenburg, Sweden
Galleri 54; 01.- 02. October 2010
Camilla Bergqvist (SWE), Lee Cavaliere (UK), HAnna Clarke & Kit Merritt (UK),
James Alec Hardy (UK), Helena Öhman-McCArdle (UK), ilka Leukefeld (UK/D), Shelly Nadashi (UK), Jihoi Lee (UK/Korea), Ole HAgen (UK), Natasha Rees (UK)
www.galleri45.com
swan lake and no blood, brain or nervous system - screened documentation of temporal sculptural installation
Forest Row Film Festival, East Sussex
02.October 2010
'Green Beast' temporal sculptural intervention
Wednesday 22. September 2010 , 9pm
Wolf and Badger Design Concept Store Awards Ceremony
(taking place during London Fashion Week)
The Hospital Club; 24 Endell Place, Covent Garden; WC2H 9HQ
ACT ART 8 – CENSORED
another day in paradise – censored - screened documentation of temporal sculptural installation
Friday, 09. July 2010
8pm-4am
@ THE ISLINGTON METAL WORKS, 7 TORRENS STREET, ANGEL, ISLINGTON, LONDON, EC1V 1NQ (directly behind Angel tube)
100 Artists. 1 Venue. 1 Night. 9 Areas. 10 Live Spaces. Seated Cinema. Food
Live Art. Performance. Music PA's. Film. Video. Installation. Photography. Painting. DJ's
www.actart.co.uk
www.myspace.com/actartevents
Sueli Turner Gallery Birds of a Feather
01. July - 15. August 2010
Unit 14 20 Palmers Road
Thursday to Sunday 14:00 to 19:00 and by appointment during exhibitions
An all female group exhibition whereall is not as it seems...
Artists: Toni Batey, Kita Branson, Eva Labotkin, ilka Leukefeld, Jera May, Maggie Rose and SueliTurner
another day in paradise – fare una bella figura temporal sculptural installation during Private View, Thursday, 01.07.2010; 7-11pm
www.sueliturnergallery.comwww.artslant.com/lon/artists/show/164827-ilka-leukefeld
VERWERTUNG - Kunstfestival Berlin
Vom 25.06.2010 - 04.07.2010 werden über 40 Künstler aus dem Umfeld der Berliner Kultureinrichtungen DIENSTbar und Salon Bruit e.V. Audio- und Video-Installationen, Recyclingkunst, Performances, Workshops und Videoscreenings zum Thema „Verwertung“ im Stattbad Wedding zeigen und aufführen.
www.salonbruit.org/verwertung
Best of the UK; Class of 2009
SALON CONTEMPORARY | 82 WESTBOURNE GROVE | LONDON W2 5RT
21. April 2010; 7pm
www.saloncontemporary.com
normalcy bias
PERSEVERANCE pub in Hackney, London
Saturday the 06. March 2010; one-night event from 6pm
for details please view: www.xrayattheperseverance.com
The subject matter is loosely based around the psychological phenomena of someone who has never been in a fatal situation and consequently can't recognize or react to a developing catastrophe; people who pretend that everything is just fine...
Justine Blau, Chrisanthy Christoforou, Marsha Dunstan,Catalina Garces de los Rios, Pippa Kozorek,
ilka Leukefeld, David Notarius, Anna Pharoah
green beast temporal sculptural intervention
As the world turns
Live for one night only: Saturday 28. November 2009, 6pm till late
held at a secret location in Tooting Beck
(N)EVERLAND
Private View Thursday 03. December 2009, 6-9pm
THE NUNNERY, BOW ARTS TRUST, 183 BOW ROAD, LONDON E3 2SJ
www.n-everland.co.uk
www.bowarts.org/home.php
MA Show - Wimbledon College of Art September 2009
www.wca-mashow.comwww.arts.ac.uk/showtime/ilkaLeukefeld
www.wimbledon.arts.ac.uk
