SHORT CIRCUIT – TERMINAL 2
+ Exhibition opening – 09.02.2017, 7pm
+ Exhibition continues – 10.02.2017 – 09.03.2017, Tuesdays to Saturdays, 12 – 6pm
A plus A Project Space, Palazzo Malipiero, San Marco 3079, 30124 Venice, Italy​

ARTISTS
Emily Mulenga, Juneau Projects and Antonio Roberts (Birmingham, UK)
The Cool Couple, Kensuke Koike and Ryts Monet (Venice, IT)
Honey Biba Beckerlee, Johan Knattrup Jensen/MAKROPOL and David Stjernholm (Copenhagen, DK)

Short Circuit is an ambitious international touring group show devised by British independent curator, Aly Grimes, and consists of nine new media artists and collectives in an attempt to re-assess the archetypal framework of a travelling exhibition. It proposes a new experimental model of display realised in three different locations across Europe to include Birmingham, Venice and Copenhagen. The project’s structure aims to investigate new ways that exhibition spaces can present touring shows in the Digital Age and will manifest as a highly experimental research project susceptible to failure. It might glitch, trip, malfunction or ‘short circuit’.

A touring exhibition or ‘travelling exhibit’ is a type of exhibition that is available for circulation to one or more venues in addition to the premises of the organiser. Its structure typically comprises a grouping of works that tour together, arriving as a complete set at each participating venue. This method enables the sharing of new ideas, draws connections between artists across geographical boundaries, attracts new audiences, allows for the diffusion of knowledge and local cultures, provides fresh interpretations of artists’ work and brings opportunities to share production costs.