YoHa
Harwood
Wright
Yokokoji
Herman Asselberghs | Fairuz
Julius von Bismarck
Benjamin Maus
Alexander Gutke
Simon Starling
Angela Bulloch
Miks Mitrevics
Kristine Kursisa
Gebhard Sengmuller
Dieter Kiessling
Robert Morris
Carla Arocha
Stephane Schraenen
Joelle Tuerlinckx
Morgan Fisher
Wim Janssen
Ludo Engels
Hans W. Koch
Julien Maire
Patricia Portela
Frederik Croene
Kris Verdonck
'The Emergence of Things' brings together some 20 artists who investigate the fundamental components or 'elementary particles' of media, technology and their production processes. These artists focus not on the content, but on the infrastructures and production standards of diverse media.
The Emergence of Things brings together some 20 artists who investigate the fundamental components or ‘elementary particles’ of media, technology and their production processes. Like anatomical surgeons or archaeologists, they dissect our everyday instruments and image production. Some artists approach the theme from the social or political implications of certain ‘tools’ and the power structures that are interwoven with them. Others have a more structural and conceptual working method. These artists focus not on the content, but on the infrastructures and production standards of diverse media. They reveal a strong engagement in fathoming the depths of these microstructures, material attributes and mechanisms.
‘Imploding’ technology and media are here separated from their original objectives. They fold, as it were, back onto themselves. By way of fragmented investigations they look for knowledge about how they work. Often, they involve a return to basics and a challenge to find alternative uses.
The word ‘emergence’ primarily refers to ‘the appearance’ of something or its ‘rising to the surface’. In the sciences and philosophy, however, it can also have a more profound meaning. It is a term for complex systems and patterns that originate from a multiplicity of small, relatively simple interactions and procedures. Characteristics come into being which are not visible or present in the underlying components or levels. The whole is more than the sum of the parts.
Artefact is initiated by provincie Vlaams-Brabant and STUK arts centre
expo | YoHa - Harwood, Wright, Yokokoji - Herman Asselberghs | Fairuz - Julius von Bismarck | Benjamin Maus - Alexander Gutke - Simon Starling - Angela Bulloch - Miks Mitrevics | Kristine Kursisa - Gebhard Sengmüller - Dieter Kiessling - Robert Morris - Carla Arocha | Stéphane Schraenen - Joëlle Tuerlinckx - Morgan Fisher - Wim Janssen - Ludo Engels | Stefaan Quix
performance | Hans W. Koch - Julien Maire - Patricia Portela - Frederik Croene - Kris Verdonck
opening: Tuesday 15 february 2010: 17h00-23h00
Stuk Kunstencentrum
Naamsestraat 96 - Leuven
opening hours
Tu 15 feb 2010: 17h00-23h00
We 16 > Su 20 feb: 14h00-23h00
Mo 21 > Th 24 feb: 14h00-21h00
free entry