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24/8/2006

ZOO Logical Garden

Family park Harry Malter, Heusden (Ghent)

A project which combines an exhibition, a catalog, weblog, videoscreening and discussions

Curated by Angelique Campens

...The zoo is a fascinating subject. Throughout many years, it has inspired artists and appealed to their imagination. It is a place where the city reveals its true self: trying to deny its urban character and pretending to be a jungle. To no avail, really, because there is always a glimpse of the city through the carefully staged bushes, the seemingly random winding tracks and the quasi-authentic buildings.

Indirectly, the zoo culture shows strong resemblances with certain tendencies in our society. The artificiality (the cages, the articifial ice floes, the signposts), tourism and child entertainment are recurring features in our society. The economic structures of the animal park are based upon tourist norms and focus on entertaining the visitors. Nevertheless, entertainment is always part of reporting and informing about research, which offers visitors the chance to visualize cultivation techniques, behaviour patterns, conservation and ecology.....

Invited artists:
Stefano Cagol (Italy)
Vaast Colson (Belgium)
Stefaan Dheedene (Belgium)
Johan Grimonprez (Belgium)
Shih Chieh Huang (Taiwan)
Gert Robijns (Belgium)
David Shrigley (Scotland)
Superflex (Denmark)

Opening: Friday, August, 25, 2006, at 6 pm

7 pm: DJ performance by DJ Grazzhoppas Bigband:
4 DJs will use Superflex / Animal scratch record in their bigband performance

Family park Harry Malter
Bosheidestraat 15 - 9070 Heusden (Ghent) - Belgium v

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