FLACC
workplace for visual artistsANNE WENZEL IN FLACC
In the beginning of September Anne Wenzel (1972, Schüttorf, Germany) will start to work on a new installation in FLACC. Having created a series of characteristic landscapes, she now focuses on the construction of an apocalyptic interior scene. Wenzel's work evokes the atmosphere of German Romanticism. Disaster scenes with fractured trees, car wrecks torn apart and underwater ruins are searching for a field of tension between aesthetics and drama. From a technical point of view the artist purposefully chooses a subversive application of traditional techniques. In the past Wenzel used materials like clay and porcelain, but also synthetic resin and polyester. In FLACC the artist will begin to explore the possibilities of metal and plastic.
The result of her work in FLACC will be shown in Kunstvereniging Diepenheim at the end of this year and in Stedelijk Museum SM'S in 's Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands) in 2008. Anne Wenzel has shown her work in Sammlung Essl (Austria), Buro Leewarden (the Netherlands), The Agency (London), OneTwenty Gallery (Belgium) and in Witte de With (Rotterdam), as she had been nominated for the Prix de Rome 2007. On Saturday 29 September Anne Wenzel will talk about the results of her work in FLACC. Background information can be found at www.annewenzel.nl
Presentation Anne Wenzel
Saturday 29 September 2007, 20.00 hours in FLACC
PRESENTATION ALIEN OOSTING
Alien Oosting (1978, Meppel, the Netherlands) spends the time she is working with FLACC in the abandoned mine building in Waterschei. She documents elements of structure and decay, creating a visual story in which details of the existing situation are transformed by small interventions. Her study takes the shape of a presentation on the transition between the real space, filmed space and material additions. Experiencing simultaneousness and experiencing distance are important motives in her work. During Oosting's visual moment the works is redirected, assigning an important role to the visitors' movements. More information can be found at www.flacc.info and at www.alienoosting.com
Presentation Alien Oosting
Saturday 22 September 2007, 16.00 hours
Mine building Waterschei, Andre Dumontlaan, Genk
KICK OFF
2007 Every year, starting in 2006, FLACC selects a limited number of graduates from the Flemish Academies of Arts and offers them a one year scholarship and workshop. This year also the neighbouring Academy for Visual Arts of Maastricht was visited. For the year 2007 Mike Carremans (PHL, Hasselt), Kim Rikken (Academie Beeldende Kunsten Maastricht), Caroline Van Looveren (Sint-Lucas Antwerp) and Leen Van Severen (Sint-Lukas, Brussels) were selected. In consultation with the artists, FLACC explores what is the best possible way to support them individually. During the next Open House, from 26 January to 24 February 2008, work of the selected artists will be shown.
HOSTED ACTIVITIES
Reg Carremans , Caroline Coolen, Niko Dockx, Roel Jacobs, Sarah Michielsen, Mo Ramakers, Mira Sanders, Helena Sidiropoulos and Bart Van Dijck are using the FLACC-workshops.
EXTRA MUROS
From 8 September to 20 October, Sue de Beer will show 'Permanent Revolutions' - the film she made earlier this year in FLACC - in Arndt & Partner Berlin. Frederik Van Simaey will exhibit in CIAP, Hasselt until 22 September. The exposition 'Two for the Show' was realized in collaboration with FLACC. Van Simaey's work 'Current Project' was placed on the roof of the Transit art gallery in Mechelen. Philippe Janssens shows his work at Small Stuff Three (Meeting Lohaus) in the Herman Teirlinck huis in Beersel. Samira El Khadraoui participates in Zonevreemd in Aarschot and Hilke Muyldermans presents her work at Mobile Institute.