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Squatters #2
dal 9/10/2001 al 2/12/2001
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Valentijn Byvanck



 
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9/10/2001

Squatters #2

Witte de With, Rotterdam

As part of the Cultural Capital programs of Rotterdam and Porto, Witte de With, Museu Serralves, and Porto 2001 have invited a group of international artists to make new work which explores the city and urban space. The resulting exhibition Squatters consists of two parts. Squatters #1 focused on the creative use and re-use of 'occupied space'. Squatters #2 features works which explore the city's morphology and the experience of architectural space.


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As part of the Cultural Capital programs of Rotterdam and Porto, Witte de With, Museu Serralves, and Porto 2001 have invited a group of international artists to make new work which explores the city and urban space. The resulting exhibition Squatters consists of two parts. Squatters #1 focused on the creative use and re-use of 'occupied space'. Squatters #2 features works which explore the city's morphology and the experience of architectural space.
By describing, outlining and altering various spaces, the works visualize a series of special relations between sensory perception and the physical environment.
A collage by Jeanne van Heeswijk, Rolf Engelen, Frans Vermeer and Siebe Thissen explores the Rotterdam squatters culture. William Speakman designs a small church after Le Corbusiers Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp. Inside the church, he grows tomatoes under artificial light. Massimo Bartolini emphasizes a spatial outline with the help of two thousand feet long pearl necklaces. Rita Magalhães portrays her sister as a spectator at small urban gatherings. Gert Robijns employs intricate technological means to stimulate a sense of space. Each work explores spatial forms and the ways these forms can be perceived.

The exhibition catalogue, which covers both Squatters #1 and #2, will appear in November, 2001.

Support for this exhibition stems from: The British Council; Fonds BKVB, Amsterdam; Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon; Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; Istituto Italiano per i Paesi Bassi, Amsterdam; Rotterdam 2001; Rotterdam Festivals.

Guided tours through the exhibition upon request: minimum ten persons, Dfl. 50

More information: Valentijn Byvanck 010-4110144. For more information about Squatters in Porto see the Serralves website and the website of Porto 2001.

Artists:
Massimo Bartolini (Italy); Alexandre Estrela (Portugal/USA); Jeanne van Heeswijk/Rolf Engelen/Siebe Thissen/Frans Vermeer (Netherlands); José Antonio Hernández-Díez (Venezuela/Spain); Rita Magalhães (Portugal); Honoré d'O (Belgium); Gert Robijns (Belgium); William Speakman (Netherlands); Simon Starling (UK).

opening hours
Tuesday through Sunday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. closed on Mondays and during installation periods

Witte de With Center for Contemportary Art, Witte de Withstraat 50, 3012 BR Rotterdam

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