Chipka
dal 12/2/2010 al 2/4/2010
Segnalato da
Stijn Ank
Justin Bennett
Lode Geens
Susanne Kriemann
Matthew Miller
noumenon en Pierre de Gelder
Rachel Reupke
Michael Van den Abeele
Arnaud Hendrickx
Yoann Van Parys
Tamara Van San
Adriaan Verwee
12/2/2010
Chipka
Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst
In the exhibition the artists play on such themes as chaos, innovation and utopia. The title is taken from the name of the industrial island next to the historic centre of Aalst, created by the straightening of the Dender, to accommodate the extensive industrialisation of the region. The exhibition is a part of the European project Interreg IVa '2 Mers Seas Zeeen' Cross-boarder cooperative programme 2007-2013.
Stijn Ank / Justin Bennett / Lode Geens / Susanne Kriemann / Matthew Miller / noumenon en Pierre de Gelder / Rachel Reupke / Michael Van den Abeele & Arnaud Hendrickx / Yoann Van Parys / Tamara Van San / Adriaan Verwée
In CHIPKA artists play on such themes as chaos, innovation and utopia. The title is taken from the name of the industrial island next to the historic centre of Aalst, created by the straightening of the Dender, to accommodate the extensive industrialisation of the region.
At that time, the late-nineteenth century, 'Chipka' was a model for a future that was mainly tinted with nightmarish visions of totalitarian angst. The name was borrowed from a treacherous Bulgarian mountain pass, where Tsarist Russia scored a victory over Ottoman forces in 1877-1878. In popular speech the battle was a symbol of resistance (against non-Christian invaders), but was also synonymous with chaos and destruction. These elements are now part of the exhibition: the opening of a city (past and present), the inclusion of an island, the hope of prosperity and resistance against capitalism, the nineteenth century industrial city layout versus the global reality of the twenty-first century...
The exhibition is a part of the European project Interreg IVa '2 Mers Seas Zeeën' Cross-boarder cooperative programme 2007-2013. This project is a cooperation between Aspex (Porthsmouth), Boem vzw (Kunst & Zwalm), Fabrica (Brighton), L'H du Siège (Valenciennes), La Malterie (Lille) and Netwerk (Aalst). United by the motto 'Investing in your future' sustainable strategies for audience paticipation are developed.
Saturday 13 March 2010 h 14:00
The CHIPKA exhibition forms an initiation an event that takes place mainly on location, overlooking to the island anno 2010.
The first part of the event is with guided tours trough the city of Aalst is a map-making activity on a small scale, in response to the infrastructural limbo caused today by major construction and renovation works within the central parts of Aalst. It is about changes from the nineteenth century to today, and about the remarkable influence that industry still occupies within the city centre. The guides for the tours are Christian Kieckens and Jan Louies, an introduction is given by a delegate from Syral Frabic, currently located on the Chipka island.
On the event the catalogue of the exhibition is presented.
The dominant architecture of Amylumville, the current Syral Fabric, is for the second part of the event, the ideal backdrop for performances by sound artists such as Justin Bennett, Mark Bain and William Fowler Collins & Claudia X. Valdes.
Press contact:
Niels Latomme phone +32 (0)53 709773 e-mail niels@netwerk-art.be
Preview Saturday 13 February 2010 h 20:30
Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art
Houtkaai z/n B-9300 - Aalst
Wed till Sat, 2 pm > 6 pm