EXTRA CITY, SEPTEMBER 2007
In autumn 2007, Extra City presents a rich program of independent projects, with a shared interest in the fate of radical past experiments. A newly launched film program (organized at and with Muhka_media) sets out to re-evaluate the heritage of underground and experimental film. A closing conference for the summer program questions the past and present of institutional architectures and revisits the work of a Belgian pioneer, and two solo exhibitions deal with the way the history of social and aesthetic experiments is being written, questioning their status in collective memory and future imaginaries.
public program / talks and discussions
20 september 20h – 23 h
Location: Extra City - Klamperstraat 40 – 2060 Antwerpen
Part 1: "Institutions and Invention", with Wouter Davidts (curator of "Beginners and Begetters", on view at Extra City until September 23rd), Anselm Franke (Artistic Director Extra City) and Ole Bouman (Director of the NAi Rotterdam).
Part 2: "Opinions and Manuals" a walk-through presentation through the monography of Belgian artist René Heyvaert (1924-1984), organised by lightmachine.info and Extra City, with statements, contributions and an open discussion with Bart De Baere (artistic director of MuHKA), Luc Derycke (graphic designer and editor), Corinne Diserens (director Museion Bolzano), Nico Dockx (artist, co-editor of the book), Lieve Laporte (art historian, co-editor of the book), Jan Mast (artist, co-editor and graphic designer of the book) and Franz W. Kaiser (director of exhibitions at the Gemeentemuseum Den Haag).
Part 3: opening of BARt, a lecture bar by Koenraad Dedobbeleer (artist), Nico Dockx and Kris Kimpe (architect) starring Jan Mast.
combined with the presentation of UP3 containing material by Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Nico Dockx, Kris Kimpe and Jan Mast about an architectural project by René Heyvaert.
combined with the presentation of LIGHTMACHINE001, the experimental dummy, by Jan Mast and Lieve Laporte, that served as the grahic foundation for the René Heyvaert monography.