FLACC

KATHRIN SONNTAG IN FLACC

In her work, Kathrin Sonntag (1981, Berlin) meticulously analyses everyday life. She is fascinated by slight shifts in the perception of familiar objects and situations creating ambiguity and wonder. Her installations are precisely constructed and consist of objects, drawings, photographs and films. She combines both abstract and concrete elements and strips accessories, such as glasses, tables and chairs of their domestic connotation. Her work is a study of the nature of things. It creates an ambiguous framework of the familiar and the unfamiliar. In the course of the year she travelled to Transylvania to gather footage for her film-essay "Dracula's Ghost" exploring the impact of the Dracula myth on today's Romania.

Sonntag graduated two years ago at the University of the Arts, Berlin. Recently she exhibited in White Light - Düsseldorf, Kunstverein Nürnberg and at Frieze Art Fair. The artist stayed for three month in FLACC, developing new works and editing "Dracula's Ghost" that will be screened on the 2 November 2008. During the day the visitors are invited to meet the artist in the studio, see other work and have some tea and cake.
Sunday 2 November 2008
Studio visit from 13.00 hours
Screening Dracula's Ghost (30'), 20.00 hours
FLACC, Casino Modern

PRESENTATION TOM VANSANT

All souls are invited to get acquainted with the archive 'M. Joors' by Jozef Moors* (the priest on the front page) on Sunday afternoon, 2 November 2008 in FLACC. Tom Vansant will install a darkroom in the theatre room for the creation of several square metres of contacts of 35 mm negatives. These prints form part of a collection of slides, negatives, films, sound recordings and manuscripts that will be archived. Pistolets (Belgian bread rolls)!

*Jozef Moors (1908-1980), een toegewijd priester en onderwijzer, is een grootoom van Vansant. Zijn persoonlijke verzameling kleinbeeld-fotografie, 8 mm films, geluidsbanden en geschriften dateren van einde jaren '20 tot begin jaren '70.
Sunday 2 November 2008
Presentation Tom Vansant, 13.00 - 18.00 hours
FLACC - Casino Modern

HOSTED ACTIVITIES

Jochem Vanden Ecker, Elisabeth Broekaert, Rachel Coolen en Ricardo Fontes worked in the digital studio. Romain Bailly continues to work on his sculptures in the woodworkshop. This month David Bergé and Kajsa Sandström are working on a performance for Weld, Stockholm. Kim Rikken printed for the exhibition “Glocal Affairs – where are you” in the Timmerfabriek in Maastricht.