Cabinet of Imagination
dal 26/4/2008 al 6/6/2008
Segnalato da
Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art
Gert Robijns
Mark Bain
Rossella Biscotti
Jean-Baptiste Ganne
A ejla Kameria
PH.ON
Ursula Mayer
Kelly Schacht
Clemens von Wedemeyer
Maya Schweizer
Lorenzo Benedetti
26/4/2008
Cabinet of Imagination
Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst
An exhibition has become a concentrated space, where concepts such as time and space are more intense. Different situations, intertwining fictional and social elements, are put together, which gives an incredible potential to combine unlimited perspectives in the same space. Curated by Lorenzo Benedetti.
curated by Lorenzo Benedetti
Mark Bain (1966, lives and works in Amsterdam), Rossella Biscotti (1978, lives
and works in Rotterdam), Jean-Baptiste Ganne (1972, lives and works in Nice),
ejla Kameri (1976, lives and works in Sarajevo and Berlin), PH.ON (Dario
D'Aronco (1980) & Roberto Grammone (1979) - live and work in Rome), Ursula
Mayer (1970, lives and works in Londn en Vienna), Gert Robijns (1972, lives and
works in Brusselsl), Kelly Schacht (1983, lives and works in Ghent), Clemens von
Wedemeyer (1974, lives and works in Berlin) & Maya Schweizer (1976, lives and
works in Berlijn).
Lorenzo Benedetti (°1972) developed activities as project curator of Volume!, a non
profit contemporary art foundation, and as co-curator of the Sound Art Museum in
Rome. Since 2007 he is the exhibition curator of the MARTa-museum in Herford,
Germany (artistic director: Jan Hoet).
Recently, he curated the survey exhibition Der eigene Weg. Perspektiven der
Belgischen Kunst in Kuppersmuhle, Duisburg.
An exhibition has become a concentrated space, where concepts such as time and space
are more intense. Different situations, intertwining fictional and social
(‘real’) elements, are put together, which gives an incredible potential to
combine unlimited perspectives in the same space. By the same token, an exhibition
can create a special moment in which the visitor is able to cross over and face
different situations happening in other contexts and other moments. Historical,
political and social elements are fused together with everyday life and the
imaginary.
The title Cabinet of Imagination refers to a particular space that, even if small,
has the potential to integrate different elements to create meaningful situations.
The artists are making a space within the space, a reality inside another reality;
like a game of Chinese boxes, where observation is the only compass.
Image: Gert Robijns, New Balance, 2008
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