CONTOUR 2009
15 August – 18 October 2009
Thu - Sun: 13.00 - 20.00
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen
Minderbroedersgang 5
Mechelen
www.contour2009.be
Film, video, and installations in unique venues in the historical city-centre of Mechelen (BEL)
Contour, the Biennial for Moving Image, was established in 2003 as a platform for presenting cutting edge developments and the best in art of the moving image. The biennial presents artists working with film, video and installation in special locations in the historical inner city of Mechelen; unexpected or unusual venues within walking distance from one another. Since the first edition in 2003, a different curator is invited to provide the biennial with a new framework, vision and dynamic. The fourth edition bears the mark of the Brussels-based curator Katerina Gregos (GRC). Under the title Hidden in Remembrance Is the Silent Memory of Our Future, the exhibition probes history, advocates its importance and revolves around questions of historical representation and historiography.
Gregos invited 18 artists from 12 countries who investigate the complex and often persisting entanglements between past, present and future. The exhibition features Belgian and international artists, established as well as up-coming. Highlights include the Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila, arguably one of the best artists currently working in video, and the internationally acclaimed Belgian artist Michaël Borremans.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
Eija-Liisa Ahtila (FIN) | Herman Asselberghs (BEL) | Yael Bartana (ISR)Ulla von Brandenburg (DEU) | Andreas Bunte (DEU) | Lene Berg (NOR) | Michaël Borremans (BEL)Matthew Buckingham (USA) | Chto Delat (RUS) | Maryam Jafri (PAK) | David Maljkovic (HRV)Vincent Meessen (BEL) | Nathaniel Mellors (GBR) | Wendelien van Oldenborgh (NLD) | Julian Rosefeldt (DEU) Mira Sanders (BEL) | Yorgos Sapountzis (GRC) | T.J. Wilcox (USA)
CURATOR
Katerina Gregos (GRC)
Contour opens on Saturday, August 15th at 6 pm. All the artists will be present for the occasion. For preview invitation, contact :
info@contourmechelen.be.
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