8/9/2005
Super!
Various locations, Hasselt
The first Triennial for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design is a real city project, with the old prison functioning as central location, exhibitions in the main art centres and in the so-called 'Catwalks' or routes throughout the town. Furthermore, there are links to other cities in the Euregion through collaborations with the Academy of Fine Arts and the Jan Van Eyck Academy in Maastricht as well as the Ludwig Forum in Aachen.
First Triennial for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design
With the old prison functioning as central location, exhibitions in the main art
centres and the so-called "Catwalks" or routes throughout Hasselt, Super! is a real
city project. Furthermore, there are links to other cities in the Euregion through
collaborations with the Academy of Fine Arts and the Jan Van Eyck Academy in
Maastricht as well as the Ludwig Forum in Aachen.
Super! focuses on the cross-over between contemporary art, fashion - design.
Super!Centraal
The old prison, a weird example of panoptical architecture, is the central location
with a ticket shop, an Illy Coffee Lounge, workshops, an exhibition and the opening
party.
Selected artists:
Steven Brouns, Geoffrey Brusatto, Glamorisundead, Bart Lens, Pieter Geenen, Bren
Heymans, Hectica, Tevona, Pieter Vermeersch, Koen Vanmechelen...
'Interior Design', Cultural Centre
An exhibition which brings interior design into our personal/private living
environment. The typical architecture of the cultural centre is seen as a machine
with different flows of people and moments of movement which influence our personal
system.
Selected artists:
Gabriela Fridriksdottir, Peter Hulsmans, Haraldur Jonson, Erki De Vries, Charles van
Otterdijk, Michael Verheyden
'For crying out loud', Fashion Museum
The subject of this exhibition is clothing as a messenger by means of text, logos or
specific designs, focusing on the attention that artists pay to fashion.
Selected artists:
Elke Boon, Alicia Framis, Lucy Orta, Krist Gruijthuijsen, Roberta Miss/Nurse,
Designers against Aids, Cora Roorda van Eijsinga, Andrea Schneemeier, Kimiko Yoshida
'Alchemy', Jenever Museum
The exhibition revolves around a concept that comes up within the permanent
exhibition and forms one of the basic mysteries around jenever: alchemy. The secret
aura which surrounds alchemy, which brings together and mixes opposites, is the
basis of a project that winds its way throughout the museum.
Selected artists:
Koen Vanmechelen, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven
On People and Things, Z33, curators Jan Boelen and Koos Flinterman
As part of Super!, Z33 organises an exhibition tour in the small houses of its
Beguinage around the relationship between free and applied arts. Industrial
activities provided a considerable contribution to the living costs of the Beguines.
Their closed courtyards are also true examples of installation art avant-la-lettre.
The show consists of a broad selection of loaned pieces and two works that have been
commissioned from Krijn de Koning and Lucy Orta.
Other artists in the show:
Giovanni Amandini, Karin Arink, Aldo Bakker, Douwe Jan Bakker, Jurgen Bey, Merijn
Bolink, Andrea Branzi, William Cobbing, Christophe Coppens, Catharina van Eetvelde,
Tracey Emin, Mark van der Gronden, Voebe De Gruyter, Cecile van der Heiden, Rini
Hurkmans, Richard Hutten, Hella Jongerius, Anne-Mie van Kerckhoven, Fransje
Killaars, Joris Laarman, Suska Mackert, Cathalijne Montens, Ravage, Guy Rombouts,
Maria Roosen, Marc Ruygrok, Han Schuil, Raf Simons, Kate Street, Studio Job, Jeroen
Verhoeven, Andre Verroken, Carel Visser, Martin Visser, Luc Vleugels, Marina
Yee
Catwalks:
Beauty Without Irony – several artists show their work in shops: Christophe Coppens,
Jimi Dams, Dino Dinco, Valery Grancher, Ellen Harvey, Bert Houbrechts/Serkan Sarier,
Hannelore Knuts, Alistair Morrisson, Roma Pas, Daniel Riera, Gabrielle Strijewski,
Pascale Martine Tayou, Sissel Tolaas, Thierry Van Biesen, Teun Voeten, Andy Wauman,
Bernard Wilhelm, Jean Claude Wouters Marc Claes/Skaters – project of this artist with the skaters of Hasselt PeggieWho? – graphic design project of the Labo collective with the city's bollards
City projects:
Herman Asselberghs – Olga Boldyreff - Geoffrey Brusatto – Mike Carremans Frederic
Geurts - Marti Guixe - Nathalie Hunter - Dominique Leroy – Xavier Lust
Ives Maes – Els Opsomer – Libia Perez/Olafur Olafsson
Further:
IDEM – workshop for international students of design
Collaborations with PHLimburg and Media - Design Academy
Super! Artistic director: Edith Doove
Super! Financial - communication director: Inge Vanluyd
Super! Collaborators: Aneleen Praets, Eva Peeters
Opening events: September 9-11, 2005