Dutch Installation Art
dal 19/5/2006 al 8/9/2006
Segnalato da
National Museum of Contemporary Art MNAC
Michiel van Bakel
Jasper van den Brink
Persijn Broersen
Margit Luka'cs
Rikkert Brok
eddie d
Nan Hoover
Jan Peter van der Wenden
Kirsten Geisler
Bernard Gigounon
Andreas Siefert
Bill Spinhoven
Eric Steensma
Martijn Veldhoen
Gerald van der Kaap
Annet Dekker
19/5/2006
Dutch Installation Art
MNAC - The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Bucharest
The Netherlands Media Art Institute has been invited by the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest to curate an exhibition
Curator Annet Dekker
National Museum of Contemporary Art, MNAC, Bucharest
and
The Netherlands Media Art Institute / Montevideo Time Based Arts
"Optical illusions have fascinated man as far back as the Middle Ages, and continue to do so. For some time now film has been the magical medium par excellence, but since the rise of video film no longer has the sole claim to this magic. With virtual reality and the computer the possibilities seem unlimited. In the exhibition Dutch Installation Art a desire for the extraordinary, which is at the core of any fantastic machine, travels through as an undercurrent - and is often transferred to the viewer as an experience for the senses.
The artists in the exhibition reveal the magic in media art. By playing with space, light and shadow, extreme close-ups or computer techniques the ‘art magique’ is brought to life. When you enter the darkened space of the video installation Dislocations by Martijn Veldhoen your eyes are immediately drawn towards a white cross on the floor, lit from above by a spotlight. And just as in the plaza in front of St. Peter's, this marks the spot where something happens, where the horizon shifts and opens up a different perspective. The single channel video Starship by Bernard Gigounon is a spectacle of scudding spaceships, or are they? The images in Starship form an impressive entity, in no way inferior to science fiction films like Star Wars. However, as you watch longer, it appears that the airships did not originate in the imagination of the artist. And laying down in the Chill Terminal, artist Gerald van der Kaap brings people in a state of ‘total hov erty’ - 'No other drugs required. All senses operative'. “ (Annet Dekker)
Artists: Michiel van Bakel, Jasper van den Brink, Persijn Broersen & Margit Luka'cs, Rikkert Brok, eddie d, Nan Hoover, Jan Peter van der Wenden, Kirsten Geisler, Bernard Gigounon, Andreas Siefert, Bill Spinhoven, Eric Steensma, Martijn Veldhoen, Gerald van der Kaap.
For more details a catalogue is available upon request.
An exhibition organized by MNAC in cooperation with The Netherlands Media Art Institute / Montevideo Time Based Arts.
With the support of The Royal Netherlands Embassy in Bucharest and Mondriaan Foundation.
Sponsors: HP, BRD, Paravion.ro / Millennium Tour, JW Marriott. Bucharest Grand Hotel, ATIPIC PLUS, Peroni
Media partners: 24 Fun, Re:PUBLIK, Igloo, Arhitectura, Rfi
The Netherlands Media Art Institute
Montevideo/Time Based Art
Heiner Holtappels, director
Keizersgracht 264, 1016 EV Amsterdam Tel. +31 20 6237101 - Fax +31 20 6244423
http://www.montevideo.nl - info@montevideo.nl
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