Two exhibitions
dal 31/1/2014 al 29/3/2014
Segnalato da
31/1/2014
Two exhibitions
Argos - Centre for Art and Media, Bruxelles
Erik Bunger presents an exhibition of objects that feature in the films, makes the issues the films refer to even more tangible. Whereas Joelle de la Casiniere often creates audio-visual works, this exhibition highlights works on paper.
Erik Bünger
Written on Tablets of Flesh
The first solo exhibition in Belgium by the Swedish artist Erik Bünger (who lives in Berlin) is also the world premiere of his recent film trilogy. Together the three films are a compelling study of the use of the human voice in the mass media and (Hollywood) cinema, and how it can be used in a way that conflicts with the “body” it belongs to (i.e. the actor, the speaker, the politician, etc.). In an intelligent and often humorous way Bünger illustrates how the manipulation techniques used by the media can undermine our common sense of abstract concepts, such as identity, freedom, time, space, life and death. The trilogy comprises the films 'A Lecture on Schizophonia' (2008), 'The Third Man' (2010) and the new film 'The Girl Who Never Was' (2013); the complete trilogy is part of the Argos collection and is also distributed by Argos. The current screening takes place in an installation context that refers to cinema. An accompanying exhibition of objects that feature in the films, makes the issues the films refer to even more tangible.
Erik Bünger performs 'The Girl Who Never Was' at Beursschouwburg 7 and 8 February at 20:30.
Theorist, artist and musician Joe Banks (Disinformation) presents 13 February 'Rorschach Audio', a lecture on sound as an imaginary element.
Project Partners Erik Bünger – 'Written on Tablets of Flesh' - Impakt, Iaspis, Marabouparken, Hartware Medienkunstverein Dortmund.
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Joëlle de la Casinière
50 Tablotins musiqués
The work of the Belgian video pioneer Joëlle de la Casinière has been part of the Argos collection for years. After earlier short-term collaborations (screenings and presentations at Argos and at other venues), Argos presents a solo exhibition with fifty 'Tablotins' that are set to music. Whereas the artist often creates audio-visual works, this exhibition highlights an aspect of her oeuvre that is less familiar to the public: works on paper.
Since the 1970s, de la Casinière has regularly created small paintings-poems, in the secrecy of her workroom, which she calls tablotins. In the course of the years she has created hundreds of these visual poems in which she combines image and writing in a very personal style, using various drawing and collage techniques. Now for the first time Argos presents a highly imaginative approach by the artist to these tablotins. The original works are hung on an immense white wall, framed behind glass; in the same room on a large screen the same works are projected, one after the other, tenfold, in an digital format. The images are accompanied by an original soundtrack composed by Jacques Lederlin, de la Casinière’s long-standing artistic and musical partner.
Image: Erik Bünger, The Girl Who Never Was
For further inquieries, please contact Ive Stevenheydens via communication@argosarts.org or +32 (0)2 2290003
Opening: Saturday 01.02.2014 – 18:00 – 21:00
Argos
Werfstraat 13 rue du Chantier 1000 Brussels
Opening hours:
Wednesday to Sunday, 11:00 to 18:00
Entrance Fee: 5 / 3 euros