In Conversation with Maja Hoffmann and Hans Ulrich Obrist

London (GB), 
May 15th 2020

In the recent unfamiliar circumstances of total lock down due to the health crisis, Maja Hoffmann and Hans Ulrich Obrist look back on the starting point of the It’s Urgent! exhibition. When time stops and the world is at a standstill, what could the concerns be? How have artists reacted to this issue? In what world are we living now? 

The It’s Urgent! project began in 2019 in Denmark and gathered over 115 artists around the question "What is urgent in our time?".

Themes such as ecology, inequality, common future, solidarity, anti-racism and social justice were addressed, among many others.

Participants in the It’s Urgent! project: 
Ai Weiwei, Alexander Kluge, Amar Kanwar, Andrea Browers, Andrés Jaque, Anna Bella, Annette Messager, Anohni, Anri Sala, Antonio Caro, Aria Dean, Avital Geva, Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Barthélémy Toguo, Beatriz González, Brian Eno, Bruno Serralongue, Catherine Malabou, Cao Fei, Carsten Höller, Cauleen Smith, Clément Cogitore, Chino Amobi, David Adjaye, David Lynch, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Coupland, Eileen Myles, Etel Adnan, Eugenio Dittborn, Fabien Giraud & Raphaël Siboni, Faith Ringgold, Fernando García-Dory, Fernando Palma Rodríguez, Formafantasma, Françoise Sémiramoth & Maryse Condé, Francis Alÿs, Friederike Mayröcker, Günther Uecker, Hans Haacke, Ho Tzu Nyen, Huang Yong Ping, Ian Cheng, Jacques Villeglé, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Jan Vorisek, Jenny Holzer, Jimmie Durham, John Waters, Joseph Grigley, Josh Kline, Judy Chicago, Julien Creuzet, Kahlil Joseph, Kasper Bosmans, Koo Jeong A, Lauren Halsey, Lawrence Weiner, Liam Gillick, Liu Chuang, Liz Johnson Artur, Lorraine O’Grady, Luchita Hurtado, Madelon Vriesendorp, Marianna Simnett, Mark Bradford, Martine Syms, Mathis Altmann, Maxwell Alexandre, Maya Lin, Mel Chin, Meriem Bennani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Newton Harrison,  Nicole Gravier, Nora Turato, Norman Foster, Olafur Eliasson, Oscar Murillo, Patrick Staff, Paul B. Preciado, Pedro Reyes, Peter Fischli, Peter Saville,  Philippe Parreno, Pierre Huyghe, Precious Okoyomon, Rachel Rose, Raqs Media Collective, Raymond Pettibon, Renée Green, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Samson Young, Sarah Morris, Sara Sadik, Simone Fattal, Sky Hopinka, Sophia Al-Maria, Sophie Calle, Stanley Whitney, Stephen Shore, Suzanne Lacy, Swoon, Tabita Rezaire, Tania Bruguera, Thao Nguyen Phan, Theaster Gates, Thomas Hirschhorn, Tomás Saraceno, Tony Cokes, Trevor Paglen, Vaclav Pozarek, Wolfgang Tillmans, Yoko Ono, Zanele Muholi.