fascinating world map

reproduction of a world map designed by R. Buckminster Fuller

I'm absolutely fascinated by maps of all kinds, I could spend hours and hours looking at them. This one is pretty fascinating because of the unusual view. Where usually you could point out where you live quite easily, it takes some effort to work it out now (in Europe anyway). It is a Dymaxion-map which shows less distortion of relative size of areas. Use the link to have a look at more ways to look at the world.

at the Brussels Biennial : http://www.brusselsbiennial.org/

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

something to read at Brussels Biennial - extras

Part of the exhibition at the Brussels Biennial suffers from technical problems. But at the ticket counter no-one said that part of it is closed. Tickets are only valid the day of purchase.

Another part that is not working. We asked for the second stamp at the reception where the person did not know what was happening. We were not able to return to the exhibition, but I would like to check if we can get in again to view the - hopefully repaired - works.




So, with this as a start I thought I post a few more pictures I took at the exhibition with more stuff to read. Interesting or not, I just like to take pictures of it. Some of the works have been posted previously with other photos.

title of part of the exhibition


detail of two panels by Christine Meisnerher work is about colonial and precolonial history

I used two previous pictures in a previous post, but they actually fit better here.

Gert Robijns


Sister Corita

This part of the Biennial is in a former Post Sorting Center. Labels and stickers of previous employees are still present on windows.

the yellow paper says : I thank you for yesterday, I am happy with you today, with you I hope for tomorrow
translation of the white paper : keep smiling

I guess it was someone with a positive nature that worked here

Mounir Fatmi

Karla Black

You used to be part of something
Vaast Colson

Luc Deleu

more info on the Brussels Biennial : UPDATE : I removed the link as it seemed to be broken and showed something completely different and not related.

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Alexandra Bircken - installation at Brussels Biennial

knitting and sewing scraps in a completely different way

Alexandra Bircken


this is very inspirational and will eventually help to clear my sewing room a bit faster

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Once is nothing - Brussels Biennial

Once is nothing
BAK

This exhibition is based on a previous one. The artworks are absent but the titles of the works and names of the artists are displayed. The room is empty but full of memories and history.

the list of the absent artists participating at 'once is nothing' : HERE

But somewhere in the large empty space I spot this 'installation', I suspect Kermit.

piles of perforated boards, 4 versions + different perforations = 4 different languages

pick up a board and move towards the next table with this on it :

only the chosen language will be visible and a coherent text appears

info on Once is Nothing by BAK : HERE

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Brussels Biennial - COLOUR

Work in Progress V - Pieter Vermeersch

Art & Beauty - 1969 - Sister Corita

it's only when I saw the picture that I could actually read the words in this work

Sister Corita's art was particularly popular in the sixties and seventies. Corita Kent created serigraph designs for posters, book covers and murals.

Pieter Vermeersch : http://www.pietervermeersch.be/

more info on Sister Corita : www.corita.org/coritadb/

info on the Brussels Biennial : http://www.brusselsbiennial.org/  UPDATE : this link does not function anymore

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Brussels Biennial - Silke Wagner

Project sidewalk

Silke Wagner

At the beginning of 2001 Silke Wagner purchased a VW-van. During the project the van was used in different cities in Germany by local socio-political groups. Silke Wagner put her exhibition budget to the disposal of these groups. In cooperation with Silke Wagner various projects in public were planned and implemented. The project “nobody is illegal" took place in Frankfurt/Main. The van was repainted to resemble a Lufthansa van marked with the words “Deportation Class”. Later different events were carried out in the bus, focusing on the deportation of refugees by the German airline Lufthansa. The board radio announces a list of victims, some of them died during transportation back to the home country.

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

 

Brussels Biennial - Olaf Metzel

the art in the front is not from Olaf Metzel

 

Turkish Delight

Olaf Metzel (Germany)

A vulnerable looking figure stands exposed in a cold and hostile looking environment.


She faces photographs taken by Danijela Micanovic (Russia)


The confrontation with the bold and provocative women on the photos make her look very fragile. Culture clash.

until the 4th of January 2009

more info on the Brussels Biennial :

http://www.brusselsbiennial.org/

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Brussels Biennial - Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen

Carla Arocha & Stéphane Schraenen (Venezuela/Belgium)

Large mirror sculptures divide, multiply, reflect, break and confuse the space and light.

at the Brussels Biennial

until the 4th of January 2009

The picture above is taken at the Brussels Art Fair in spring.

www.arocha-schraenen.com

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE

Brussels Biennial - Mounir Fatmi

Mounir Fatmi - France/Morocco

"Mounir Fatmi constructs visual spaces and linguistic games that aim to free the viewer from their preconceptions of politics and religion, and allows them to contemplate these and other subjects in new ways"

Skyline

the Monuments

Underneath

www.mounirfatmi.com

Brussels Biennial until the 4th of January 2009

all posts on the Brussels Biennial : HERE