Two attempts of definition of  the notation of "KonsumReaIismus"

LISA CIESLIK

• 1955  born in Cologne, Germany

• 1979  visit to Art Schools in Cologne and Düsseldorf
• 1980  action-painting, visiting the class of Daniel Spoerie, Excursion with students to France
• 1982 Paperworks and sculpture journey to Vienna with Maria Zerres: Art Academy. Peter Weibel Documenta Kassel: Dirndl und Fernrohr, happening in Kassel
• 1983 Action and installation with Minus Delta T, Institute of Modern Art (BKK Bangkok, Thailand)
• 1983 establishing PAAPAE (Projekt Archiv Asia und Projekt Archiv Europe audience with tbe princess of Thailand at the Institute of Modem Art, Bangkok
• 1983 "Wandblau": happening at the NL-conter, Amsterdam, Netherlands concert with Paidelt Noidelt at Markthallen Hamburg, Germany
• 1984 Yoko Onc piano-trop: performance with Al Hansen, Stollwerck Cologne
• 1985 Three hundred faces: room installation"yellow" exhibition‘ Stollwerck Cologne Journey to USA
• 1986   Mask wall at gallery Gracie Manson, N.Y., USA with Al Hansen exbibition mit Stephan Runge. Grafenhalle‘ Düsseldorf
• 1986  2 x 12 x 7 mask, installation at perfomiance museum Rosanna Chiessi Reggio Emilia
• 1987 tourist‘, happening Biennale Venice Gallery Hundertmark, Gologne: Who killed Andy Warhol, happening with Al Hansen
• 1987 exhibition "masque & artistes", salon de la Malmaison, Cannes, France foundation of the Art School Ultimate Academy with Al Hansen
• 1987 How to see "Neo Geo" at die exhibition Medienmafia, Düsseldorf
• 1988 "Business" installation and performanee, Jeune Peinture 39e, Salon Grande Palais, Paris. Franco
• 1988"documerta banana" installation and performance, Ultimate Academy, Cologne
• 1988  varius exihbitions at the "Ultimate Academy", Cologne
• 1989  Interart, group exbibition Moskau, Rlussia
• 17.06.1998 birth of my son Jean Louis
• 1990   "Versammlung Ludwig: performance at Museum Ludwig Cologne "continent". performance at Totentanz Basel. Switzerland
• 1990  ..ismus.Komsumisms, installation and happening, Frauenmuseum Bonn
• 1991  Konsumrealismus, installation and happening. this is the world of Frauenmuseum, Bonn
• 1992  Konsumrealismus, happening at the Artothek Bonner Kunstverein
• 1993  Konsumrealismus .‚. js Lisa Cieslik is Cieslikismus ... is ... konsumrealismus... is to think about, Quantenpool Cologne in cooperation Piazza Virtuale, TV-project, dokumenta IX, Moltkerei Cologne
• 1993 ‘Postmoderne, stamp edition five years Ultimate Academy Cologne
• 1994  connexion, exhibition with Al Hansen the intergalactic world brain‘, Gallery 68 Elf, Cologne,
• 1994 Blue Fighter, exhibition at the Ministery of Traffic Bonn
• 1995  celebration war, pertormance and happening with A1 Hansen
• 1996  hommage to Al Hansen  installation at Stadtmuseum Cologne pertormance a la carte‘ with Ben Patterson
• 1996  Cologne performance at Akt 1 (international artists trom 15 different countries), happening at Deutzer Werft, Cologne
• 1997 Ten Years Ultimate Academy: Marks&Spencers - lndian take away‘, performance al Chaos Gallery, Oologne

Dr. Johannes Stahl

Artothek, Bonner Kunstverein 27.10.1992

One could say the meaning of a notation results in its usage, has been said by Ludwig von Wittgenstein. Such a sentence is very rarely to contradict, but seen in connection to "KonsumRealismus" some questions are provoked.

As a good reason therefore something is missing, which is commonly looked upon as a signification: The notation allows definitions of all kind, and open is as well if any definition is possible and fit should be determined at all. Attention in cases of consumption of relevant determined meanings anyway seerrs tobe necessary in arts, because as one knows, a picture teils us more tban a thousands words.

The entanglement of actions, proceedings ard visual arrangements with one word mutiplies this truism. Briefly spoken KonsumRealismus can propagate as a notation as weil as "school" in sense of art history as a artistical technique(necessarily embracing the observer) as weil as a personally engraved open sketch, projekt.

Lisa Cieslik / Boris Nieslony

ASA Service, Moltkereiwerkstatt Köln,1992

Consumption in its first sight is not meant to be the wear (and tear) of an article or a product, but die concious reflected use ard usege (or renunciation, dose) of foundation of existence. This covers from food to love and quarrel to social contacts all kind of human desires.

Form of representing are various kinds of performance,action,installation,conversation, and pictures of all kind, as well as forms which have not yet been found, which develop through consumption.( Description ard practise of reality )

The notation "KonsumRealismus" brought into movement by various ways of interpretation by different human beings, becomes flowing.Because the starting point ob the notation is meant to be synthetic it contains a connceptual proceedure.By this means the flowing movement receives moments of reflexion, the EVENTS.

Relaesers of these events are all spheres ob consumption articles, services, situations, as well as these particular situations,fields in arts ard econorny.Reflexion about consumption is allready consumption. During the process the shapeless reality is moulded in matters ob consumption by the meeting ob various definitions and interpretations.