[Nettime-nl] HOPES AND FEARS (a show by a group of Dutch artists)

[Geert Lovink <geert@xs4all.nl>]

> From: "Rael Artel Gallery" <moskva80@moskva80.com>
> Date: 7 August 2006 10:32:45 AM
> To: info@moskva80.com
> Subject: HOPES AND FEARS (a show by a group of Dutch artists)
>
>
> HOPES AND FEARS (a show by a group of Dutch artists)
>
> Rael Artel Gallery: Non-Profit Project Space
> Lõuna 20, Pärnu,  Estonia
> August 1st throughout 15th, 2006
> www.moskva80.com
>
> ARTISTS: Martijn Stellinga, Frank Koolen, Ola Vasiljeva, Ivo van
> Werkhoven, Anne Schiffer and Marcel van den Berg.
>
> Hopes and Fears is a group exhibition based on contemporary 
> ethnocentric
> West European societies where social structures seem to be more and 
> more
> simplified through the use of media-fueled maxims. 8 artists from the
> Netherlands want to investigate the question why modern societies are
> attracted to these simplifying methods that seem to be able to feed 
> such
> primal human emotions: feelings of hope and fear.
>
> Hopes and Fears will be an exhibition that tries to deal with a society
> where sometimes no gray areas seem to exist; where our fear and anger 
> are
> constantly juxtaposed against our desires, dreams and hopes. The 
> artists
> therefore want to propose to create two "seperated" and contrasting 
> theme
> rooms that deal with this current zeitgeist; one for "Hopes"; the other
> for "Fears"; a "dark" and a "white" room. The artists like to present a
> confrontation of differing contemporary artistic visions on both 
> subjects
> to the audience.
>
> Aims of the project and project activities
> With Hopes and Fears the artists would like to strive to create a
> intelligible show where one can find stylistic relations between the
> individual works of the artists involved. But these relations are not 
> the
> dominant concern. The main ingredients of the show will be content and 
> gut
> feeling. Hopes and Fears is not going to be only an exhibition of 
> works;
> short public performances, readings and other ephemeral events will 
> also
> play an important role in the project. The artists clearly seek to
> interact with the audience in Pärnu.
>
> The works for the exhibition Hopes and Fears will mostly be 
> site-specific;
> the artists want to take the location and its atmosphere (the Rael 
> Artel
> Gallery) into account while planning and creating their artworks and
> touch-up the details of the concept for the exhibition accordingly.
>
> The show is supported by ECF: Mobility Fund STEP Beyond and Royal
> Netherlands Embassy in Tallinn.
>
> Artists' site: www.hopesandfears-estonia.blogspot.com
> Exhibition views: www.moskva80.com
>
>
>
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> + 372 56 229 213
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