1. Introduction
      2. Trajectory
      3. Texts
      4. Documentation
      How We Behave – Grant Watson

      Documentation

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      1. Watson G., How We Behave, If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, Amsterdam, 2014
      1. 'How We Behave'; installation views, Grant Watson, Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham, 16 January 2015. Photography: courtesy Nottingham Contemporary.
      1. 'How We Behave'; installation views, Grant Watson, Performance Days, Ruysdaelkade 2, Amsterdam, 27 November 2014. Photography: Kyle Tryhorn.
      1. Still images from 'How We Behave', (from left to right: Michelle Dizon, Sylvère Lotringer, David Dibosa, Yael Davids, Mauricio Ianes, Suely Rolnik), curated by Grant Watson, Director of Photography Kate McDonough.
      1. 'How We Behave'; rehearsals, The Kitchen, New York, 8 May 2012.
    1. Grant Watson is commissioned by If I Can’t Dance to undertake one of four Performance in Residence research projects as part of Edition V – Appropriation and Dedication (2013–2014).

      How We Behave is a research project undertaken by curator Grant Watson, as part of the Performance in Residence programme. The project centres upon an interview with Michel Foucault published in Vanity Fair in 1983, in which Foucault discusses his ideas around subjectivity and aesthetics. Foucault’s provocation that ‘bios could be the material for a work of art,’ is taken as the departure point for an extensive interview project traversing a number of cities around the world including New York, São Paulo, Los Angeles, San Francisco, London and Mumbai. The resulting interview archive forms the basis of a presentation series relating individual testimony to broader narratives of contemporary subjectivity.

      1. EXHIBITION

        9 September – 10 December 2017

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson
        Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp
      2. Presentation

        3 December 2016

        Chroma Lives

        Erin Alexa Freedman and Lili Huston-Herterich with Grant Watson
        Plantage Dok, Amsterdam
      3. EXHIBITION

        5 February – 2 April 2016

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson
        State of Concept, Athens
      4. RESEARCH

        12 – 15 November 2015

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson
        State of Concept, Athens
      5. Exhibition

        1–18 July 2015, opening 30 June 2015

        How We Behave

        A project by Grant Watson
        The Showroom, London
      6. EXHIBITION

        10 January–17 January 2015, opening 9 January, from 6pm

        How We Behave

        Curated by Grant Watson
        Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
      7. LAUNCH NEW PUBLICATIONS

        27 November 2014

        Publications Commissions and Performance in Residence

        Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken, Grant Watson
      8. performance days

        27 November–3 December 2014

        Performance Days

        Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Snejanka Mihaylova, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Sven Lütticken, Grant Watson, and other guests to be announced
        If I Can't Dance at Ruysdaelkade 2, Amsterdam
      9. RADIO

        27 November–3 December 2014

        Radio Emma

        Gerry Bibby, Sara van der Heide, Emily Roysdon, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, Grant Watson
      10. workshop

        25 – 26 June 2013

        Curating Academy #8

        Grant Watson and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      11. Workshop

        24 April – 25 May 2013

        Curating Academy #6

        Grant Watson and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      12. RESEARCH

        15 – 22 February 2013

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson, MPA and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Roski School of Fine Arts (UCLA) & other venues in Los Angeles and San Francisco
      13. radio

        21 January 2013

        Radio Dedication

        Gerry Bibby, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, a work by Louise Lawler, Sven Lütticken, Helen Molesworth, Grant Watson
      14. seminar

        20 January 2013

        Appropriation and Dedication Seminar

        Gerry Bibby, Gregg Bordowitz, Jacob Korczynski, a work by Louise Lawler, Sven Lütticken, Helen Molesworth, Grant Watson
        Goethe Institut, Amsterdam
      15. RESEARCH

        18 – 22 January 2013

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson, Adva Zakai and Frédérique Bergholtz
        If I Can't Dance, Amsterdam
      16. RESEARCH

        16 – 22 November 2012

        How We Behave

        Grant Watson, Veridiana Zurita and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Nucelus for Subjectivity (PUC-SP) & other locations, São Paulo
      17. Workshop

        30 September – 1 October 2012

        Curating Academy #1

        Frédérique Bergholtz and Grant Watson
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      18. performance

        8 May 2012

        How We Behave (rehearsals)

        Grant Watson, in collaboration with Frederique Bergholtz, Adva Zakai, and Veridiana Zurita
        The Kitchen, New York
    Editions
      If I Can't Dance,
      I Don't Want to Be Part of
      Your Revolution
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