100 Days - 100 Guests

	In »100 Days - 100 Guests«, thinkers and doers from all over the world will step into action together with filmmakers, writers and artists alongside philosophers, economists and architects. Each will present either a lecture, a discussion or an artistic offering. Here the focus will be on film, theatre, music and literature. One objective will be to reflect the multiplicity of contemporary cultures - including non-European cultures in particular - and to present them as fully, vividly and flexibly as possible. documenta-press release, early 1997 Press Information on »100 Days - 100 Guests«, June 1997 The Torture of Enlightenment Critical commentary by Sabine Vogel		documenta-Halle, Wallpaper by Peter Kogler (photo above) Auditorium 100 Days - 100 Guests

	Even the design of the chairs by Franz West make one think that the »non-Western« world is one of the central points of the series of events. Unbelievable, when one recalls the aversion that C. David has to every form of folklore. Or would it only be considered folklore if it had been done by an African artist, and not by a well-known »Westerner«?

Guests and Themes Participants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America, as well as contributions which have something directly to do with this part of the world. 21.6. Edward Saïd, Philosopher, USA Opening night 22.6. Rem Koolhaas, architect, Netherlands New Urbanism: Pearl River Delta (China), 1996 28.6. Raoul Peck, filmmaker, Haïti 29.6. Cabelo, Tunga, Lilian Zaremba. Künstler, Brazil Crab Nebula Project, 1997. Live broadcast by Hessischen Rundfunks 30.6. Valentin Yves Mudimbe, writer, Zaire/USA »Reprendre«: Enunciations and Strategies in Contemporary African Arts 03.7. Okwui Enwezor, artistic director Johannesburg-Biennale 1997, Nigeria/USA Biennials Reconsidered: The 2nd Johannesburg Biennale 05.7. Fethi Benslama, psychoanalyst, Tunisia/France The Identity Crisis in Islam 06.7. Suely Rolnik, psychoanalyst, Brazil Addicts of Identity: Subjectivity in Times of Globalization 07.7. Suely Rolnik, psychoanalyst, Brazil The Hybrid of Lygia Clark 10.7. Abderrahmane Sissako, filmmaker, Mauritania/Mali/France. Discussion with him. 18.7. Ackbar Abbas, culture critic, Hong Kong/China Hong Kong: Urban Space and Disappearance 20.7. Etienne Balibar, philosopher, France Is There Such a Thing as a »World Culture«? 21.7. Ariella Azoulay, art critic, Israel Stories of hands: Becoming »Neturalized« in Jerusalem. Speaks about the artists Aya & Gal Middle East. 22.7. Carlos Basualdo, art critic, Argentina/USA Models of Identity: The works of Dan Graham and Hélio Oiticica 24.7. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, culture critic, India/USA Culture and / as »Culture« 30.7. Geeta Kapur, art historian, India. Crackle in the Code: How to interrupt the clean course of critical transcendence. See our interview with Geeta Kapur. 01.8. Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Sophia Telles Silva, architect/archit. historian, Brazil Contemporary forms of urbanism in Brazil, popular culture and sense of community spirit (architecture as a narrative art) 04.8. Yang Lian, Dichter, China/Great Britain Concentric circles - to rediscover the Chinese cultural tradition by oneself 05.8. Paulo Herckenhoff, director Biennial of São Paulo, Brazil Biennials recosidered: The 23rd São Paulo Biennial 06.8. Catherine David and Yang Lian, Dichter, China/Great Britain Conversation about the video-works of the Chinese artist Wang Jianwei 08.8. Michael Oppitz, anthropologist, Germany/Switzerland The Impact of globalization on oral traditions 11.8. Johan Grimonprez, artist, born in Trinidad, USA/Belgium Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, 1995-1997 17.8. Ery Camara, art critic, Senegal/Mexico The museum: A Still Life? 18.8. Colette Braeckman, journalist, Belgium The genocide in Ruanda, the evolution of the problems of the refugees and the analysis of their return 20.8. Masao Miyoshi, culture critic, Japan/USA The sites of culture 11.9. Tierno Monénembo, writer, Guinea/France The World of Exile. 18.9. Ea Sola, choreographer, Vietnam/France Double Memories. 22.9. Sarat Maharaj, art historian, South Africa/Great Britain A strife of tongues. 23.9. Matthew Ngui, artist, Singapore/Australia 28.9. Wole Soyinka, writer, Nigeria Art and the ethnocentric vision

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