NEWSLETTER July and August 2006
FLACC
workplace for visual artists
GEERT GOIRIS
Geert Goiris (1971, Bornem) is a regular
user of the digital studio and an artist whom FLACC has been fostering
for quite some time. That is why FLACC will be organising a closed workshop
in Genk, in consultation with Goiris. Vincent
Lamouroux (1974, Saint Germain-en-Laye, France), Jean
Bernard Koeman (1964, Antwerp) and HAP
(1999, Aalst): the group of artists Jens
De Schutter (1979, Aalst), Piet Mertens
(1978, Lokeren) and Wim Waelput (1979,
Gent) will reflect on their work together with the photographer, and investigate
different possibilities of form and presentation. The starting point is
a statement by the Scottish 'walking artist' Hamish Fulton: 'An object
cannot compete with an experience'. As a 'temporary
collective', their aim is to explore, starting from shared interests
and references, to what extent they can restore the image, today, to its
former autonomous status. Or, to rephrase it as a question: how does the
image actually create an experience, apart from the original message or
messenger? These six artists from France, Belgium and the Netherlands
share an avid interest in science fiction, utopian architectural projects,
minimal and land art, scenography and travel. For building the ultimate
holodeck of their dreams (a holodeck is
a virtual environment simulator in Star Trek), they can count on the know-how
and expertise of professional specialists in pure cinema magic (movie
matte-painting), special effects, dioramas and set design. In autumn,
the artists' collective will present the results of the workshop to the
public. A separate invitation will be sent out.
GEERT GOIRIS - EXHIBITION
Works by Geert Goiris that were created in FLACC are currently part of
the following shows: Free-state,
in the former Military Hospital in Ostend & ING, Wapenplein, Ostend -
Le
grand café, Centre d'art contemporain, Saint Nazaire, France - Urban
Gallery, Marseille, France.
GEERT GOIRIS -WORKSHOP & PUBLICATION
During the summer, Geert Goiris will also give two intensive workshops
in FLACC to a group of selected photography students of the Brussels Sint-Lukas
Hogeschool. The results of these working sessions will be incorporated
in Philosophy of Photography by Henri
Van Lier. This publication, in English, is an initiative of the
Lieven Gevaert Centrum and is due to appear in the course of 2007.
GREGG SMITH - EXHIBITION
On Friday 7 July, an exhibition opened at FRAC
'Le Plateau' in Paris, featuring
The End, a video installation that Gregg Smith
(b. 1970, Cape Town, South Africa) realised at FLACC in spring. The show
runs until 20 August at FRAC (Fonds régional d'art contemporain) d'Île
de France, Le Plateau.
KICK OFF
At the end of June 2006, FLACC selected six artists
newly graduated from Flemish art academies: Samira
El Khadraoui (Sint-Lukas, Brussels - Fine Arts), Fara
Haesevoets (MDA, Genk - Photography), Philip
Janssens (KASKA, Antwerp - In Situ³), Hilke
Muyldermans (Sint-Lukas, Brussels - Fine Arts), Joris
Perdieus (Sint-Lukas, Brussels - Fine Arts), Frederik
Van Sinaey (KASK, Ghent - Visual Arts & Installation). They are
offered a studio and a grant enabling them to work in Genk for a year,
starting in September 2006. In consultation with the artists, FLACC is
currently investigating how best to organise their individual support.
During the annual Open House of FLACC,
new work by the six selected artists will be shown from
19 to 21 January 2007.
FLACC'S RECEPTIVE ACTIVITIES
Yves Coussement (1978, Turnhout) is looking
for 25 extras for his video Outward Bound.
The video will be shot during the night of Tuesday 1 August 2006, on the
former mine site in Waterschei. The performance
will last for about four hours. Men and women aged between 20 and 40 who
would like to participate can sign up with Yves
Coussement.
FLACC
Casino Modern
André Dumontlaan 2, B-3600 Genk
T #32 (0)89 84 52 23
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