The group UNOACTU, in cooperation with the Patio Art Centre Lodz, has been working on planning and realizing the exhibition CAMOUFLASH – DISAPPEARING IN ART since November 2007.  From the 30th of August until the 14th of September 2008, more than 50 positions of modern contemporary art will be exhibited in the building „Prager Spitze“ (across from Dresden's central train station).

CAMOUFLASH began as a artists' conference by the same name that was led by the polish artist and curator Marius Soltysik, in Lodz. The aim of the conference was for the artists create their art according to a given topic. The topic was schizophrenia of modern humanity: the dichotomy of being camouflaged yet also standing out within society.
Soltysiks approach was adopted by UNOACTU and was conceptually as well as thematically broadened with the subtitle DISAPPEARING IN ART.  The concept is based on Baudrillard's theories and was compared with the works of other philsophers who shared similar ideas. In order to create an exhibition based on these philosophical findings, the curators looked specifically for artists whose work dealt with these topics. The location of the exhibition was likewise a consious decision: right next to the shopping mall, the location instantly underscores the themes of the exhibition. It's relevence is shown in the extreme.

The curator team was able to garner the interest of artists from around the world: Japan, the USA, Australia, India and several european countries. They were also able to set up an intensive exhchange between German and Polish artists. Indeed many of these artists will be present for the opening of the exhibition on the 29th of August 2008. A special event of the evening will be the performance from the American artist Katherine Behar, on the Prager Strasse. This will begin an hour before the official opening at 8 pm.

A selection of the artworks - roughly half of the exhibition - will be presented at the MEDIATIONS Biennale in Poznan (www.mediations.pl).

The project was supported by the Kulturstiftung Sachsen, The Institute of Foreign Relations and the Department of Cultural and Monument Conservation in Dresden. We thank them all.

Without the help of numerous friends, external colleagues and partners, the realization of th exhibition would not have been possible. We also thank them for their generous support.

Further information is attached or can be found under: www.unoactu.com/camouflash.html.

Admission:
Adult: 5 Euro
Concession (Students, Unemployed): 3 Euro
Admission is free for children and teenagers under the age of 16.
A ticket for the entire duration of the exhibition: 10 Euro, Concession 6 Euro.