Popposition
dal 19/4/2012 al 21/4/2012
Segnalato da
19/4/2012
Popposition
Bruxelles Congres Stations, Bruxelles
A new off-fair taking place during Art Brussels, showcasing emerging artists and galleries working with site-specific exhibitions. A selection of artworks will be presented in deliberate interaction with a unique architectural setting, the railway station of Bruxelles Congres.
“Art fairs are for art what porn is for erotica”
Frank Vande Veire (on the work of Guillaume Bijl)
POPPOSITIONS is a new off-fair taking place during Art Brussels, showcasing emerging artists and galleries working with site-specific exhibitions. A selection of artworks will be presented in deliberate interaction with a unique architectural setting, the railway station of Bruxelles Congrès.
Fairs are currently among the primary opportunities of exchange and interaction in contemporary art, playing a fundamental role in the process of establishing and administering the value and direction of art. POPPOSITIONS will occupy Bruxelles Congrès with the aim of establishing a critical and edgy alternative to the prevailing format while nurturing high artistic standard and international appeal.
Furthermore, POPPOSITIONS wants to apply the notion of site-specificity – an inherent part of the art tradition – to the art fair, hereby providing a context for showing and viewing the art works.
Aiming to counter a visual overload, POPPOSITIONS will host maximum six galleries presenting at most two artists each.
POPPOSITIONS is happy to announce
the participation of:
- Nicolas Bourthoumieux, Dougie Eynon – Abilene Gallery
- Jan Kempenaers, Sarah Van Marcke – Outlandish
- Karen Vermeren – Ponyhof Gallery
- Stéphanie Lagarde, Cyril Verde – thankyouforcoming
- The Ister
- Document
- Or Nothing (tbc)
Bruxelles Congrès is a still-functioning commuter station, turned into a cultural centre at nights and weekends. This peculiar building, nowadays national monument protected, was built in 1952 by modernist architect Maxime Brunfaut. The station, now infrequently used by commuters, was taken over by young people that under the
auspices of a cultural organisation host an array of quality films, parties and exhibitions in partnership with Jeunesse et Arts Plastiques.
Press contact:
Aleksandra Eriksson +32 488 262 242 press@poppositions.com
Friday 20 April
12:00 – 14:00: Guided press tours in presence of the curator and conceptual lunch by Villa Léopolda.
12:00 – 21:00: Friday matinée with bar and music.
Get a first glance of the fair while the station is still open to commuters with dj sets by The Michael (Pleasure), Jeny Cox, True Chain$, Ben Marzys (installation by Document)
21:00 – late: Opening with invited artists and deejays.
dj/live sets by Carwash, I Feel Like Going On, Azaryx (54kolaktiv), Final Destination 2 on ice (KNBL)
22:00 – 22:30: Performance by Different Fools (with Siet Raeymaekers)
A spic-and-span initiative by one dancer and various music artists who love to challenge themselves as much as to challenge their audience, preferably both at once. They work with the performativity of music and the musicality of performance. In each of the many environments in which they play, DF take into account the architecture and all the inherent idiosyncrasies, adapting or working towards a specific performance situation. Their sets are simultaneously peculiar and pop.
Bruxelles Congrès railway station Boulevard Pachéco 38 - 1000 Bruxelles
Hours 12.00 - 21.00
Free entry
Metro 2, 6 – Botanique Tramway 92, 94 – Congrès