Artist Fedora Akimova on loss of home, post-colonialism and war
by Daria KravchukSep 12, 2022
by Sukanya GargPublished on : Jul 16, 2019
On February 21, 2019, STUK - House for Dance, Image & Sound, was taken over by Artefact 2019, an exhibition and festival on the crossroads of contemporary visual arts, current events and societal challenges. The festival was organised in Leuven, Belgium, between February 21 and March 10, 2019.
‘Parallel Crossings’, the theme for this year’s Artefact expo, took the text by late Dutch artist Stanley Brouwn mentioned above as its starting and crossing point. Brouwn developed in his body of work a relation to the world, a relation which he constantly requalified by the act of walking and the use and reconsideration of measurements, distances and movements.
Human beings, nature, money, data, goods, all around us, nearby or far away, everything is continuously in flux. The artists in this exhibition did not position themselves in the focal points of current events. They moved quietly and unravelled the deeper nature of mankind as a species in constant motion. Through factual and imaginary movements in time and space, worlds find their ever-changing forms.
Curated by Pieter-Paul Mortier and Karen Verschooren, the exhibition featured works by 15 artists and collectives which revealed untold stories and offered new perspectives on familiar, yet complex arguments. The list of participating artists included Ismaïl Bahri, Jim Campbell, Lygia Clark, Dušica Dražić, Alia Syed, Jorge Macchi, Renata Lucas, Tony Cruz Pabón, Christoph Fink, Marjolijn Dijkman, Maria Thereza Alves, Migrant Journal, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Luke Fowler, and Sven Augustijnen.
In addition, the sound programme zoomed in on the musician as a travelling artist in an ever more connected world. The sound programme participants included Partners, Colin Self & Echo Collective, NKISI, Ellen Arkbro, Gamelan Voices, Maja Ratkje & Katarina Barruk, Ben Vince, Alabaster deplume, Moses Boyd Solo X, Charlotte Adigéry, DJ Marcelle, Bjeor, Musarc Choir & Greta Eacott, Rudy Trouvé & Gunter Nagels, Stefaan Quix & ChampdAction, Siona Houthuys & Berten Vanderbruggen, Het nieuwstedelijk, Klankverbond, Sint-Jan-de-Doperkerk.
A selection of lectures, workshops, films and performances further offered the possibility to continue exploration at this new edition of the festival, which also became a common ground for different movements that at some point touched or crossed each other.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 20, 2023
Modern Love (or Love in the Age of Cold Intimacies) at the National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens complicates the binaries of private and public with the onset of the digital world.
by Rahul Kumar, Samta Nadeem Mar 18, 2023
The reopened Manchester Museum's new South Asian Gallery, will mark the UK's first permanent space dedicated to the lived experience of the South Asian diaspora.
by Dilpreet Bhullar Mar 16, 2023
Düsseldorf-based photographer Andreas Gefeller's camera functions as a tool to visually narrate a story around the realities and deceptions of urban spaces.
by Rosalyn D`Mello Mar 11, 2023
Curator Emanuele Guidi’s final exhibition at ar/ge kunst pays homage to a little known yet pivotal African American art critic settled in South Tyrol.
get regular updates SIGN UP
Don't have an account?
Sign UpOr you can join with
Already signed up?
LoginOr you can join with
Please select your profession for an enhanced experience.
Tap on things that interests you.
Select the Conversation Category you would like to watch
Please enter your details and click submit.
What do you think?