FLACC
workplace for visual artistsHECTOR ZAMORA IN FLACC
In July, Hector Zamora (1974, Mexico City, Mexico) will reside in Genk. Unlike most projects FLACC sets up, this artist is selected to leave behind a permanent trace in the city. FLACC and the city of Genk have given Zamora the assignment to create a permanent feature at C-Mine. The former mine complex in Winterslag is currently in scaffolding, as it was recently decided to transform it into a site for culture, tourism and creative economy.
In earlier projects like Paracaidista at the ‘Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil’ (Mexico City) and Subtraction/Addition in the ‘Antioquia Museum of Art’, Medellín (Colombia), Zamora forges a social link between the institute and its immediate surroundings. The 'Paracaidista' is a monumental parasite attached to the outside wall of the museum, which was inhabited for three months. In Medellin Zamora occupies the administrative spaces of the museum, which is located in the city's red light district. Assisted by local prostitutes he creates the autonomous bar Las Divas. In Genk Zamora also intends to start a dialogue between the refurbished mine site and the multicoloured Vennestraat. The artist continually creates spatial experiences based on geometrical structures. The functionality of space and current economic considerations are guiding principles in his work. In 2006 work by Hector Zamora was presented at the Biennales of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Busan (South Korea) and Havana (Cuba). This autumn FLACC has planned a lecture by the Mexican artist on his project.
For background information about the artist, please go to link. The project is realised with the support of the Department of Culture and Department of Economy of the city of Genk, Stockmansblauw and Vlaams Bouwmeester.
ALIEN OOSTING IN FLACC
During the summer, Alien Oosting (1978, Meppel, the Netherlands) will work for a considerable length of time in FLACC, mainly on the Waterschei mine site. Similar to her previous interventions, the artist starts from a specific location. Traces in the vacant building, complemented by subtle interventions, form the starting point for a scrutiny of matter. With her camera Oosting documents elements of visual decay, colours and structure. She creates a visual story in which details of the existing situation and small actions are fused. In the end, the study crystallizes into a presentation on the transition from objective to subjective experience of space, distance and time. Simultaneousness is an important theme of her presentation, which will take place on Saturday 22 September in the mine building.
Alien Oosting studied at the University and the Academy of Visual Arts of Maastricht and earlier created spatial interventions in Sittard, Genk, Loppem, Maastricht, Heerlen, Brussels, Dalfsen and Berlin. More information can be found at www.alienoosting.com.
Presentation Alien Oosting
Saturday 22 September 2007, 16.00 hours
Mine building Waterschei, Andre Dumontlaan, Genk
COLLABORATION FRANS MASEREEL CENTRUM AND FLACC
Following the collaboration with the Jan van Eyck Academy (Maastricht), FLACC will also start a structural collaboration with the Frans Masereel Centrum Centrum (Kasterlee). The starting point for this collaboration will be the use of complementary facilities and the exchange of expertise in the field of analogue and digital graphical productions. Inventories will be drawn up and annual investment plans will be tuned to one another.
CONTOUR AND FLACC
Passage is a European platform for young artists. A selection of thirty students from ten Academies of Arts will exhibit in Mechelen and the Beursschouwburg in Brussels from 10 January to 23 February 2008. Ten students will be offered a temporary workplace in FLACC to prepare their work. This time the event focuses on the links between performance and the visual arts. Initiator of Passage is Contour vzw, Mechelen. The participating Academies of Arts are Sint-Lukas (Brussels), ZKM (Karlsruhe), Ecole Supérieure d’Art (Clermont-Ferrand), Academy of Fine Arts (Vilnius), Estonian Academy of Arts (Tallinn), University of Art and Industrial Design (Linz), Metropolitan University (Leeds ), Goldsmiths University (London), AKI (Enschede) and Sint-Lucas (Ghent).
HOSTED ACTIVITIES
Ives Maes is shooting the movie 'One week: Privacy'. This short movie evokes the life of people in a compostable refugee camp and will be shown in the MuKHA, Antwerp this autumn. Jan Vandromme and Marnik Neven are creating a test presentation in FLACC. Mathias Nouel, Evelien Gysen, Stefan Tavernier, Katrin Deconinck, Gert Jochems and Bie Flameng are working in the digital studio and the students Begga Martens, Saartje Bijnens, Silke Sarens, Maurice Loncke, Evelien Derraet en Liesbeth Driessen are realizing their final project in FLACC.