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	'Blijven Kijken / Ce qui nous regarde / Dropouts' M - Museum Leuven, Leuven (BE) Curator Pieter Van Bogaert February 14 - May 12, 2013 Opening February 13, 19h www.mleuven.be Group exhibition with Herman Asselberghs, Anouk De Clerq & Jerry Galle, Mekhitar Garabedian, Pieter Geenen, Elias Heuninck, Wim Janssen, David Larcher, Gorik Lindemans, Renzo Martens, Els Opsomer, Stefaan Quix, Femke Snelting, Els Viaene & Duncan Speakman Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006), 'nightscape (3)' (2005) and première of 'nightscape (8)' (2013) 'La condition narrative' Art Souterrain, Montréal (CA) Curator Alexandra Laudo March 2 - 17, 2013 www.artsouterrain.com Group exhibition with Pieter Geenen, Karlos Gil, Marla Jacarilla, Kaia Hugin, Tamara Kuselman, Julia Mariscal, Ryan Rivadeneyra, Pedro Torres Presentation of 'relocation' (2011) 'Spring 2013: New Acquisitions in the Black Box - W1: Unconventional Gaze' ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (BE) March 3 - 10, 2013 Opening March 2, 18-21h www.argosarts.org Group exhibition with Pieter Geenen, Karlos Gil, Marla Jacarilla, Kaia Hugin, Tamara Kuselman, Julia Mariscal, Ryan Rivadeneyra, Pedro Torres Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012), with other works by Krassimir Terziev, Shelly Silver & Frances Richard 'Blijven Kijken / Ce qui nous regarde / Dropouts' M - Museum Leuven, Leuven (BE)  March 28, 20h www.mleuven.be Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012), 'Swan Song' by Anouk De Clerq & Jerry Galle, and Emiliano Battista on 'After Empire', the book by Herman Asselberghs & Dieter Lesage  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Green' International Streaming Festival, The Hague (NL) December 1 - 9, 2012 www.streamingfestival.com Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012) '21. dokumentART on Tour' Koeppenhaus, Greifswald (DE) December 8, 2012 www.koeppenhaus.de Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012) 'La condició narrativa (The Narrative Condition)' La Capella, Barcelona (ES) December 18, 2012 - January 27, 2013 Curator Alexandra Laudo lacapella.bcn.cat Group exhibition with Pieter Geenen, Karlos Gil, Marla Jacarilla, Kaia Hugin, Tamara Kuselman, Julia Mariscal, Ryan Rivadeneyra, Pedro Torres Presentation of 'relocation' (2011) + parallel programme of actions in the public sphere 'Siemens award for best short film of the International Competition - Special Mention' Doclisboa International Film Festival 2012, Lisbon (PT) www.doclisboa.org/2012/en/edicao/premiados/ Awarded to 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'International Competition - Short Films' Doclisboa International Film Festival, Lisbon (PT) October 18 - 28, 2012 www.doclisboa.org Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'Artist's Films' Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York (UK) November 8 - 11, 2012 www.asff.co.uk Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012) 'Impact' Kunstencentrum BELGIE, Hasselt (BE) November 16 & 17, 2012, 20h www.kunstencentrumbelgie.com Dance performance by Lies Serdons & Pieter Geenen Direction & Choreography: Lies Serdons Video & Sound: Pieter Geenen Dance: Sophy Ribrault, Irina Yakousheva, Inés López Carrasco Dramaturgy: Beatrice Henckaerts Coaching: Franck Chartier (Peeping Tom) With the support of: STROOM Limburg, Kunstencentrum BELGIE, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt, TAKT Dommelhof, Villa Basta 'Competition Bloc 7' dokumentART European Film Festival for Documentaries, Neubrandenburg (DE) & Szczecin (PL) November 16 - 20, 2012 www.dokumentart.org Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Gaza International Festival for Video Art' Bethlehem/Gaza City/Jerusalem (PS/IL) June 19 - 26, 2012 www.gfvart.ps Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Seeking the Monkey King' Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago (US) June 21 - 24, 2012 www.chicagofilmmakers.org/onion_fest/ Screening of 'nocturne #2' (2012) - international première 'Venice Art Night' Telecom Future Center, Venice (IT) June 23, 2012 www.virgo.unive.it/artnightvenezia/ Screening of 'pulsation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'ambient / socio-climate' Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest (HU) June 7 - 10, 2012 www.crosstalk.hu Screening of 'pulsation' (2011) 'Cinema without border' One Shot International Short Film Festival, Yerevan (AM) May 24 - 31, 2012 www.accea.info Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Les Confessions' Eglise Saint-Loup, Lieux-Communs, Namur (BE) May 17 - June 3, 2012 Opening May 17, 19h30 www.lieuxcommunsnamur.com Group exhibition with Pieter Geenen, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Mireille Liénard, Tinka Pittoors, Stéphanie Roland, Aurore Vandember, Koen Vanmechelen Presentation of 'relocation' (2011) 'Parallel Worlds' Manifesta 9 Parallel Events, CIAP, Hasselt (BE) June 2 - September 30, 2012 Opening June 2, 15h www.ciap.be Group exhibition with Elise Berkvens, Fia Cielen, Caroline Coolen, Pieter Geenen, Frederic Geurts, Peter Hulsmans, Karl Philips, Arno Roncada, Filip Van Dingenen, Koen Vanmechelen Presentation of 'nocturne #2' (2012) 'Re/Theorisation of Heritage - Memory and the Moving Image' Association of Critical Heritage Studies, Inaugural Conference, Faculty of Science, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg (SE) June 5 - 8, 2012 www.science.gu.se Screening of 'relocation' (2011) + lecture on the alternative narrative and formal strategies of 'relocation', in relation to heritage, memory and the passage of time 'RE:Converse #01 - Carbon Prints' Manifesta 9 Parallel Events, be-Mine, Beringen (BE) curators Liesje Reyskens & Kristof Vrancken June 9 - September 30, 2012 Opening June 9, 11h www.reconverse.be Group exhibition with Patrick Ceyssens, Pieter Geenen, Joris Perdieus, Liesje Reyskens, Remco Roes, Jonny Vekemans, Kristof Vrancken Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Paysages Occupés #2' Saison Vidéo, Lille (FR) June 11 - 30, 2012 www.saisonvideo.com Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Experiment 6' Experiments in Cinema v7.9, Albuquerque (US) April 16 - 21, 2012 www.experimentsincinema.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'Ghost Town #1' Saison Vidéo, Lille (FR) April 16 - May 1, 2012 www.saisonvideo.com Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'From the Other Side' European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (DE) April 18 - 22, 2012 www.emaf.de Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'Art'Contest' Media Lane, Art Brussels, Brussels (BE) April 18 - 22, 2012 www.artbrussels.be Presentation of two pictures from the 'scènes troublées' (2009) series at the booth of Art'Contest. 'Pieter Geenen - Winner Art'Contest 2011' Museum of Ixelles, Brussels (BE) April 20 - May 20, 2012 Opening April 19, 17-20h www.museumvanelsene.irisnet.be Solo exhibition featuring the works 'ansicht' (2005), 'nocturne' (2006), 'relocation' (2011) and 'pulsation' (2011). 'Horizon 3: F.E.A.K. - Between Memory and Representation' De Bond, Bruges (BE) curators Bizhan Mouradipour, Pawel Jankowsky, Michel Dewilde April 21 - May 20, 2012 Opening April 21, 19h www.ccbrugge.be Group exhibition with Daniël Dewaele, Pieter Geenen, Wesley Meuris, Jasper Rigole, Els Vanden Meersch. Première of 'nocturne #2' (2012), recorded in Tehran in the spring of 2011. 'Market Screening: ARGOS' International Short Film Festival, Oberhausen (DE) April 26 - May 1, 2012 www.kurzfilmtage.de Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'SALVO' Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (BE) March 16 - May 5, 2012 Opening March 15, 18h www.anniegentilsgallery.com Group exhibition featuring the work 'Gun Shot' by Kris Vleeschouwer. With Danny Devos (DDV), Filip Francis, Andrea Galiazzo, Pieter Geenen, Ruben Kindermans, Charlotte Schleiffert, Keiko Sato, Marc Vanderleenen, Lore Van Elslande, Filip Vervaet, Herman Van Ingelgem, Andrew Webb, Stephen Willats, Dirk Zoete. Presentation of 'nightscape (3)' (2005) '6th Arte Laguna International Art Prize' Nappe of Arsenale, Venice (IT) March 17 - April 1, 2012 Opening and Award Ceremony March 17, 18h www.artelagunaprize.com Group exhibition and selection for the Arte Laguna International Art Prize, section Video Art. Presentation of 'pulsation' (2011) 'Unconventional Gazes - An ARGOS Carte Blanche' Vidéographies[21] Festival des images expérimentales et numériques, Liège (BE) March 21, 2012, 20-22h www.videographies.be www.argosarts.org Screening program with recent work from the ARGOS collection by Pieter Geenen, Sarah Vanagt, Krassimir Terziev, Shelly Silver & Frances Richard, Nicolas Provost. Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Now You See It' Experimental Film Festival, Bangkok (TH) January 24 - February 5, 2012 www.beffbeff.com Screening of 'pulsation' (2011) 'DINAMO Press & Industry Screenings 4' Spectrum Shorts, International Film Festival, Rotterdam (NL) January 25 - February 5, 2012 www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Isfth Outlines' Streaming Festival, The Hague (NL) December 1 - 18, 2011 www.streamingfestival.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) and 'pulsation' (2011) 'European Competition' dokumentART European Film Festival for Documentaries, Neubrandenburg (DE) / Szczecin (PL) www.dokumentart.org Honourable mention for 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Art/Experimental' Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York (UK) November 3 - 6, 2011 www.asff.co.uk Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'European Competition' dokumentART European Film Festival for Documentaries, Neubrandenburg (DE) / Szczecin (PL) November 4 - 9, 2011 www.dokumentart.org Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'International Selection - Independent Category' Bandits-Mages Festival, Bourges (FR) November 16 - 20, 2011 www.bandits-mages.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'First Laureate Art'Contest 2011' Art'Contest, Brussels (BE) www.artcontest.be Winner of Prix Fondation Henri Servais (¤ 6.000), solo exhibition at Museum of Ixelles, Brussels in 2012 and a trip to Frieze Art Fair, London ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'EX-Now 4' EXiS Experimental Film and Video Festival, Seoul (KR) September 1 - 7, 2011 www.ex-is.org Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'Art'Contest 2011' Espace Black Box, Brussels (BE) September 2 - 9, 2011 www.artcontest.be Group exhibition and art contest with Gert De Clerq, Marco di Carlo, Marion Fabien, Pieter Geenen, Hamza Halloubi, Katrin Kamrau, Lea Mayer, Mikhail Porollo, Antoine Vanoverschelde, Cédriec Van Turtelboom Presentation of 'relocation' (2011) and 'pulsation' (2011) 'Soundspace' CIAP, Hasselt (BE) September 9 - October 9, 2011 www.ciap.be Group exhibition with Paul Devens, Frederik De Wilde, Pieter Geenen, Erwin Stache Presentation of 'pulsation' (2011) 'Looking Outward, Looking Inward. New audiovisual essays from Belgium' KASKcinema, Ghent (BE) September 28, 2011 www.kaskcinema.be Screening of 'pulsation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Shorts Program 6' Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago (US) June 23 - 26, 2011 www.chicagofilmmakers.org/onion_fest Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'FLUXUS' FLUXUS International Film Festival on the Internet, São Paulo (BR) June 28 - November 31, 2011 www.fluxusonline.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'Expositions' FIDMArseille International Documentary Film Festival, Marseille (FR) June 30 - July 11, 2011 www.fidmarseille.org Group exhibition at Galerie Montgrand, Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Marseille. Presentation of 'relocation' (2011) 'Memory' International Documentary and Anthropology Film Festival, Pärnu (EE) July 4 - 24, 2011 www.chaplin.ee Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Guest City Bruxelles / Brussel: Politics of Perception' VIDEOEX Festival, Zürich (CH) curators Stoffel Debuysere & Maria Palacios Cruz May 21 - 29, 2011 www.videoex.ch Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'International Program 1' Media City Film Festival, Windsor (Ontario, CA) May 24 - 28, 2011 www.mediacityfilmfestival.com Screening of 'relocation' (2011) 'FREESTATE - Splendid Isolation (Young Belgian Art)' Oosteroever, Oostende (BE) curated by Stoffel Debuysere & Maria Palacios Cruz, Komplot, Christophe De Jaeger, Tanguy Eeckhout, Laurence Dujardyn June 25 - September 11, 2011 www.free-state.be Group exhibition with Collectif Jessica Baxter, Astrid Bossuyt, Delphine Deguislage, Nick Ervinck, Patrice Gaillard & Claude, Mekhitar Garabedian, Pieter Geenen, Filip Gilissen, Kati Heck, Jimmy Kets, Jasper Rigole, Matthieu Ronsse, Sarah & Charles, Ief Spincemaille, Ante Timmermans, Dennis Tyfus, Philippe Van Wolputte, Vadim Vosters, Leon Vranken, Freek Wambacq, Sung-A Yoon Presentation of 'nightscape (3)' (2005), 'nocturne' (2006) and 'pulsation' (2011) Première of 'pulsation', which (after 'nostalgia' in 2009) is a second work about the experience of the Cypriot landscape. Since its division, the landmark of a Turkish Cypriot flag identifies the landscape. It is acting as a provocation to the Greek Cypriots across the UN buffer zone, day and night. In 'pulsation' the sound this flag generates, resonates like a strong heartbeat over the landscape. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Avant Garde Programme II' 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong (HK) March 20 - April 5, 2011 www.hkiff.org.hk Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'The Other Side' Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) March 30 - April 3, 2011 www.courtisane.be Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Distant Montage' Ecole régionale des beaux-arts (ERBA), Valence (FR) February 25 - March 11, 2011 Curator VIncent Meessen www.erba-valence.fr www.normal.be exhibition with Mekhitar Garabedian, Nora Martirosyan, Slavs & Tatars workshop with new work by Sarkis Paradjanian, Uriel Orlow, Pieter Geenen Screening of 'relocation' (2011) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Paysages / Films et Vidéos' FRAC Basse-Normandie, Caen (FR) January 31 - February 6, 2011 Video programme compiled by Transat Vidéo (Caen) and Argos Centre for Art & Media (Brussels) www.frac-bn.org www.transatvideo.org www.argosarts.org Pieter Geenen, Bernard Gigounon, Hans Op de Beeck, Vincent Meessen Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) 'Video Hall' Art Rotterdam, Gallery Annie Gentils, NAi Pavilion, Rotterdam (NL) February 10 - 13, 2011 www.artrotterdam.nl Screening of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Mekhitar Garabedian - Pieter Geenen - Slavs and Tatars: Le Mont Analogue' Be-Part Platform for Contemporary Art, Waregem (BE) February 20 - April 4, 2011 opening February 19, 17h curator Bram Van Damme www.bepartlive.org Exhibition with work by Mekhitar Garabedian, Pieter Geenen and Slavs and Tatars. Première of 'relocation (objects in the mirror are further than they appear)' (2011), a new video reflecting on the iconologic value of Mount Ararat, the most important national symbol of Armenia, and on how it determines Armenian identity. Since 1915 Mount Ararat is located just across the other side of the closed border with Turkey.   Produced as artist in residence at ACOSS, Yerevan With the support of Be-Part Platform for Contemporary Art, Spes Foundation, European Cultural Foundation/Step Beyond, Open Society Institute, Flemish Authorities ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Open Archives #2 - Reflections on Contemporary Art, Media Culture and Archiving' Argos Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE) October 30 - December 11, 2010 www.argosarts.org 'Black Outs - The Eclipse of the Image as a Strategy for Visibility' 12h00 - 19h00, November 3, 2010 Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) With work by Herman Asselberghs, Mekhitar Garabedian, Annik Leroy, Angel Vergara, Laurent Van Lancker & Florence Aigner 'Buffer Zones - Reflections on Transitional Areas' 12h00 - 19h00, November 17, 2010 Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) With work by Ursula Biemann, Herman Asselberghs, Raphaël Cuomo & Maria Iorio 'Open Archives, Active Archives? - #2: Writing with Video. An Evening with Pieter Geenen. Discussions, Screenings and Presentations' 20h30 - 22h30, December 10, 2010 Constant started the Active Archives project in 2006 with the observation that most online archives fall into the traditional model of ’we’ (the institution) transmitting information to ’you’ (the visitor). They recreate the physical archivists’ box, prioritising preservation and integrity of the single object over the link-ability and potential for multiplication through sharing that digital collections could thrive on. They are certainly not presented as a means for creating derivative works. If we understand the web not simply as a means of distribution, but a space for (collaborative) writing, prototyping, and developing ideas, how can archives take part in this net-nature? How can archives be active beyond preservation and access? What would it take to give material away and receive it transformed? How would files be enriched by different connections, contexts and contradictions? In dialogue with artists represented in the Argos collection, Constant interrogates the active potential of the online media archive. Mixing screenings, live-interviews and presentations, we will discuss moral and legal ownership, contracts and licenses, annotation and access. 'IN OUT Festival' Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk (PL) October 21 - 22, 2010 www.dokumentart.info Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) and 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Views from the Avant-Garde: Sea Scrolls' New York Film Festival, Lincoln Center, New York (US) September 30 - October 3, 2010 Curated by Mark McElhatten & Gavin Smith www.filmlinc.com/nyff/2010 Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'For Real - 28 Utopian Projections in Public Space' Maastricht (NL) & Hasselt (BE) October 1 - 31, 2010 Curated by Bart van den Boom www.for-real.eu Group exhibition with Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács / Thomas Bürke / Brody Condon / Chris Cornish / Erwin Driessens & Maria Verstappen / Stephen Honegger / Harald Hund & Paul Horn / Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer / Clare Langan / Michael Najjar / Jan van Neunen / David O’Reilly / Saskia Olde Wolbers / Jacco Olivier / Hans Op de Beeck / Joris Perdieus / Nicolas Provost / Christine Rebet / Hiraki Sawa / Monica Studer & Christoph van den Berg / Mungo Thomson / Markus Vater Presentation of 'gaze (6)' (2005) 'Manières Noires/Black Outs' BAM (Beaux-Arts Mons), Mons (BE) October 2, 2010 - February 13, 2011 Video programme compiled by Paul Willemsen/Argos Centre for Art and Media www.bam.mons.be With Mekhitar Garabedian / Annik Leroy / Sebastian Diaz Morales / Angel Vergara / Laurent Van Lancker & Florence Aigner / Aldo Tambellini Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) 'videoArt' dokumentArt European Documentary Film Festival, Neubrandenburg (DE) & Szczecin (PL) October 8 - 13, 2010 Curated by Antoni Karwowski www.dokumentart.info Group exhibition with Paulo Abreu / Michal Brzezinski / Vesna Bukovec / Zlatko Cosic / Alec Crichton / Rainer Gamsjäger / Takahiro Hirata / Joanna Polak / Noah Klersfeld / Lenka Klimesová / Ulf Kristiansen / Wai Kit Lam / Johann Lurf / Kai Lossgott / Paulína Macáková / Gillian McIver / Charlotte Merino / Matias Montarce / Stina Pehrsdotter / Mikey Peterson / Janna Riabowa & Tatjana de Luxe / Avi Rosen / Peter Rosvik / Sam Smith / Maja stefancíková / Simone Stoll / Arthur Tuoto / Robbert Weide Presentation of 'gaze (6)' (2005) and 'gaze (7)' (2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Belgium INC*' Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR) August 28, 2010 Curated by Michel Dewilde www.parkingallery.com With Jasper Rigole / Nel Aerts / Kelly Schacht / Bram De Jonghe / Rozemarijn Spilliaert / Daniel Dewaele Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) Artist In Residence in Yerevan, Armenia During the month of September Pieter Geenen will stay in Yerevan (Armenia) as artist in residence at ACOSS cultural ngo. He will be working there on a new project concerning Mount Ararat. This mountain is an important national symbol of Armenia, but since the Armenian genocide it is located just across the border in Turkey. During his stay he will do further research on its iconologic value and its determination of Armenian identity. The outcome of this residency will premiere at BE-PART art centre in Waregem (BE), spring 2011, in an exhibition with Mekhitar Garabedian and Slavs and Tatars. www.acoss.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'The War Will Not Take Place' Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE) June 29 - July 4, 2010 www.art-action.org Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Mèdit Art' Mèdit Festival de Cinema Mediterrani de Ciutadella de Menorca, Menorca (ES) July 7 - 25, 2010 Curated by Alexandra Laudo + HAMACA media & video art distribution www.medit.es Group exhibition with Mounira Al Sohl / Zineb Sedira / Març Rabal / Mihai Grecu / Rogelio López / Valeriano López Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) Distribution of new titles The videos 'atlantis' (2008) and 'nostalgia' (2009) are now selected for distribution and preservation by ARGOS centre for art and media (Brussels) www.argosarts.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Living Spaces' All Art Now 2nd International New Media Art Fesival, Damascus (SY) May 25 - 30, 2010 www.allartnow.com Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) 'Cross-talks' Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest (HU) June 1 - 6, 2010 www.crosstalk.hu Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) Souvenirs from Earth Cable TV Station broadcasting Film and Video Art in France and Germany Weekly TV broadcasting of 'atlantis' (2008) and 'gaze (7)' (2009) Starting May 20, 2010 www.souvenirsfromearth.tv ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Between You and Me Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Tabacalera (future National Centre for Visual Arts), Madrid (ES) April 12 - 21, 2010 www.art-action.org Group exhibition with Patrick Bernatchez / Tony Cokes / Eric Convents & Roger Steylaerts / Diego Del Pozo Barriuso / Peter Downsbrough / Chia-wei Hsu / Ryoji Ikeda / Joan Leandre / Anthony McCall / Francis Naranjo / Natacha Nisic / Hans Op de Beeck / RYBN / Manuel Saiz / Alexander Schellow / Antoine Schmitt Presentation of 'atlantis' (2008) 'The War Will Not Take Place' Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (ES) April 14, 2010 - 17h30 www.art-action.org Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Camera Eye Essence' April Meetings Festival, Belgrade (RS) April 13 - 15, 2010 www.skc.org.rs/aprilski-susreti.html Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Out of Control: Le Théâtre de l'autorité' BIP 2010, 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège (BE) February 28 - April 25, 2010 www.bip-liege.org Group exhibition with Alphonse Bertillon / Nico Bick / Cable 88 / Nicolas Clement / Anne Daems / Lucinda Devlin / Exposition A Bomb / Harun Farocki / Claudio Hils / Jürgen Klauke / Ange Leccia / Jacques Lizene / Philippe Meste / Anne Michaux / Olivier Mirguet / Simon Norfolk / Trevor Paglen / Mathieu Pernot / Willem Popelier / Paul Seawright / Katja Stuke / Els Vanden Meersch / Marc Wilwert Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Europe's Antivirus-System - In/Visibilities of Border and Migration in Film' arttransponder, Berlin (DE) March 2 - 3, 2010 www.arttransponder.net Screening of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Beyond the Border' Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) March 17 - 21, 2010 www.courtisane.be Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) as part of the National Competition Selection 'Night Vision - An evening on... illuminating darkness' Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) March 18, 2010 www.courtisane.be Audio performance of 'nightscape (3)' (2005) 'Digikunst' cc De Schakel, Waregem (BE) March 1 - 21, 2010 www.ccdeschakel.be www.kunstinhuis.be This group exhibition presents a selection of video works from the collection of Kunst In Huis. Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Land Ahead' Annie Gentils Gallery, Antwerp (BE) January 31 - March 20, 2010 opening Saturday January 30, 15h - 18h nocturne Thursday March 11, 18h - 21h www.anniegentilsgallery.com Solo exhibition with video and photographic works from the 'gaze' series, 'ansicht' series and others. 'Blind Date II - Sound and Vision in Private' Sportimonium, Hofstade (BE) January  29 - March 26, 2010 opening Thursday January 28, 19h curated by Pieter Vermeulen & Vincent Verbist (Actionfields) www.sportimonium.be Group exhibition with Sarah Bomans / Frederik De Wilde / Pieter Geenen / Nathalie Hunter / Ben Kruisdijk & Conny Kuilboer / Kristin Rogghe / Arno Roncado / Weyers & Borms Presentation of 'nightscape (2)' and 'nightscape (3)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'La guerre n'aura pas lieu' Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR) November 30 - December 9, 2009 www.art-action.org Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'The Moving Land' A publication on the work of Pieter Geenen Published by bkSM, Strombeek/Mechelen ISBN 9789077193259 Texts: Herman Asselberghs & Luk Lambrecht Images: Pieter Geenen Design: Studio Luc Derycke 'The Moving Land' is published on the occasion of the exhibition 'Shot by Both Sides', a bkSM project with work by Johan Grimonprez & Pieter Geenen. Book presentation December 2, 20h30 Cultuurcentrum Mechelen (BE) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Kino Pravda' Northern Film Festival, Leeuwarden (NL) November 11 - 15, 2009 www.mediaartfriesland.nl www.noordelijkfilmfestival.nl Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) as part of the Frisian Media Art Competition (FIMAC). 'Time is a Book' Time Festival, Ghent (BE) Booklaunch: November 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm Curators Dirk Braeckman & Els Dietvorst www.timefestival.be Time 2009 is the ninth and last edition of Time Festival and above all, a statement by the curators Dirk Braeckman and Els Dietvorst. Time 2009 is a book. A place to think rather than an event. In the rat race of life, this edition of the festival wants to give more time rather than taking it. 'Time is a Book' wants to create a temporary vacuum. A vacuum based on the 'condition' of someone who picks up a book, takes time and reads and looks. This vacuum, the locus of meandering thought, is the solitary place where people can engage intimately with their worries and anxieties, the place where people can gather, consider and try things out. The place where inspiration can be found, but where things and ideas, even if incomplete, can be experimented with. An important keynote for 'Time is a Book' is the disquiet and concern that both curators share. Disquiet about the future of the arts and, above all, concern about the future of the world. With 'Time is a Book', Dirk Braeckman en Els Dietvorst want to seek out the way other artists deal with this disquiet. They invited about 50 artists to come up with a personal response on specific questions, which can take any one of many different forms: "What acts as the catalyst for your work (the frame of reference, the circumstances, the 'sources of inspiration')? What do you want to show through your work? What does commitment (artistic and other) mean to you? Do you want to be 'radical' and, if so, is that actually feasible?" This question is presented not as a survey, but as an open invitation to come up with a personal response, which can take any one of many different forms, such as a reflection on one aspect, an excerpt from a diary, a conversation, an interview or a visual contribution. The result is a surprising, experimental space on paper, a sketchbook of virtual ideas and real dreams. The authors: ACM & Els Dietvorst - Robert Adams - Philip Aguirre y Otegui - Chantal Akerman - Herman Asselberghs - Orla Barry - John Berger - Yves Berger & Daniel Michiels - Wang Bing - Bitter/Weber - Dirk Braeckman & Peter Verhelst - Bureau d'Etude - Boris Charmatz - Wim Cuyvers - Carl De Keyzer - Clayton Eshleman - Belu Simion Fainaru - Jasmina Fekovic - Nikolaus Gansterer - Mekhitar Garabedian - Pieter Geenen - Elias Grootaers - Jitka Hanzlova - Stefan Hertmans - Suchan Kinoshita - Mark Klett - Franciska Lambrechts - Marije Langelaar - Dirk Lauwaert - Lynne Cohen & Andrew Lugg - Mark Manders - Susan Meiselas - Jean-Luc Moulène - Simon Norfolk - Honoré d'O - Ben Okri - Rimini Protokoll Produktionsburo - Martha Rosler - Gerry Smith - Guy Tillum - Moniek Toebosch - Ana Torfs - Marc Trivier - Jens Ullrich - An van. Dienderen - Sarah Vanagt - Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Eliot Weinberger - Lawrence Weiner - Katarina Zdjelar - Howard Zinn 'Time is a Book' is not an end but a starting point and wants to stimulate debate and reflection. Time Circles is an initiative in which a number of like-minded Flemish and Brussels organizations use the book as a source of inspiration to mount a project within the framework of their own activities and Time Out consists of a series of six debates, at six Ghent organizations between15th and 26th of November. 'Experimental Base' Streaming Festival, 4th International Festival for Audio Visual Art, The Hague (NL) November 25 - 30, 2009 www.streamingfestival.com Online screening of 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'bkSM #8: Shot by Both Sides - Pieter Geenen & Johan Grimonprez' October 18 - December 10, 2009 Opening Cultuurcentrum, Strombeek: Fri, October 16, 19h Opening De Garage, Mechelen: Sun, October 18, 13h Curators Luk Lambrecht & Koen Leemans www.ccstrombeek.be www.cultuurcentrummechelen.be The new bkSM (beeldende kunsten Strombeek Mechelen) exhibition is a duo-exhibition with works by Pieter Geenen and Johan Grimonprez. In this exhibition Pieter Geenen will present two new works, 'scènes troublées' and 'nostalgia', together with 'nocturne' (2006). 'scènes troublées' is a slide installation made of found photographs showing landscapes in the region of eastern Congo and Rwanda. These black & white images were taken by Belgian colonials in the early fourties of the 20th century. 'nostalgia' on the other hand is a single channel video work about the divided country of Cyprus. In all these works Geenen focuses on the 'innocence' of landscapes in different social political situations. For this occasion 'The Moving Land', a publication on the work of Pieter Geenen with texts by Luk Lambrecht & Herman Asselberghs is being published and will be available on both exhibition locations (Cultuurcentrum Strombeek & De Garage Mechelen). 'Imagine an (Im)Possible Future' VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona (ES) October 15 - 25, 2009 www.vadfestival.net Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'An evening with Auguste Orts #6: an evening on landscape' Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE) June 27, 2009 www.augusteorts.be Looking at a landscape is not necessarily an invitation to look at that mountain or this building in a landscape. A beautiful panorama or a breathtaking vista rather invites us to look at nothing in particular, to loose oneself in looking itself. For this sixth instalment of An evening with Auguste Orts at Beursschouwburg, Auguste Orts presents a full evening program on audiovisual landscape art in which mountains, buildings and similar hard objects (and maybe the image itself?) ask for attention and do block our view. Consider this an invitation to look at (and listen to) some particular things. With work by Aglaia Konrad / Sophie Nys / Robbrecht Desmet / Paul Casaer / Pieter Geenen / Inger Lise Hansen / Donia Dabbas / Martiens Go Home. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'De jongens werden vrouwen en mannen' De Velinx, Tongeren (BE) June 14 - August 28, 2009 Curator Dan Holsbeek www.develinx.be Group exhibition with Bart Slangen / Ellen Visschers / Lucas Pellens & Stefan Custers / Christophe Meul / Caroline Coolen / Kristof Vrancken / Sara Bomans. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Last Day of Magic' ScalaMata Gallery, Détournement Venise, 53rd Venice Biennial, Venice (IT) June 4 - 26, 2009 Curator Jan Van Woensel www.detournement-venise.org www.scalamata.com As part of the 53rd Venice Biennial's official satellite project 'Détournement Venise 2009' Pieter Geenen's video 'atlantis' will be screened during 'Last Day of Magic' at the ScalaMata Gallery in Venice, Italy. This video screening project is curated by Jan Van Woensel and started as an art and theory workshop at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. On June 4th the program wil open at 5 pm and screenings run until 8 pm. After this day all videos will remain available for screening in the gallery until June 26. 'Last Day of Magic' is an examination of illusion as well as disillusion that magic provides in culture: the search for the intangible; the revealing of deception, the removal of what's obscuring. Magic changes the perception of reality. Last day of Magic video is a curated film screening about secrets, lies, false beliefs, melancholy, disappearance, tragedy and transgression. Other works by Vanessa Albury / Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock / Armelle Aulestia / Stephan Balleux / blackmoth / Bosko Blagojevic / Sara Blaylock / Rudi Bogaerts / Dolores Bouckaert & Benny Vandendriessche / Monika Bravo / Fia Cielen / Pierre Clemens / Aoife Collins / Marthe Fortun / Anthony Fuller / Matthew Green / Mark Gubb / Bettina Hutschek / Swati Khurana / Melanie Lafille / Lauren Lavitt / Michael Mallis / Jenny Marketou / David Matorin / Yvette Mattern / Jillian McDonald / Martin Murphy / Rebecca Najdowski / Alexandra Navratil / Ruth Oppenheim / Deniz Ozuygur / Jenny Perlin / Lee Ranaldo / Steve Schepens / Tim Segers / Joaquin Segura / Sigga Björg Sigurdardóttir / Eric Van Hove / Ana Wolovick / Frank Zadlo 'Instabil' Synoptic Visionaudial Art Meeting, Pécs (HU) June 15 - 20, 2009 Curators Péter Lovas and Szolga Hajnal www.sosemart.hu Group exhibition with Masha Godovannaya / Kimberly Clark / Eiko Grimberg / Vasarhelyi Zsolt / Németh Hajnal / Esterhazy Marcell / Uglar Csaba / Marc Bijl / Nemes Csaba / Sugar Janos / Larissa Sansour / Szacsva & Pal / Ulu Braun & Alexej Tchernyi / Ninon Liotet & Olivier Schulbaum / Stanislav Veselovsky Presentation of 'atlantis' (2008) 'The Spirit That Guides Us' Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago (US) June 16 - 20, 2009 www.chicagofilmmakers.org Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Cross- talks 1' Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest (HU) June 25 - 30, 2009 www.crosstalk.hu Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Urbania I: Cityminds' Apollo Arthotel, Bruges (BE) From June 12 - November 20, 2009 Opening Thursday June 11, 19h - Apollo Arthotel, Bruges www.apollohotelsresorts.com/brugge/ The urge for growth can be seen at all societal levels; our changing world with increased mobility, faster communication techniques, larger cities and ever-growing populations all results in, as yet, inestimable proportions. During this exhibition we see how different artists translate their image of ‘the city’ in their work. Some pieces of work depict an optimistic view of the future, whilst others show how city dwellers currently experience and interpret cities. Pieter Geenen will present his latest video 'gaze (7)' (2009) from the 'gaze' series, and three earlier sound pieces from the 'nightscape' series. Other works by Randall C. / Monique Voz / Tinka Pittoors / Conrad Willems / Saar De Buysere ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'International Program II' Media City International Festival of Film & Video Art, Windsor (CA) May 20 - 23, 2009 www.houseoftoast.ca Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'How to Look at Things' Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) April 22 - 26, 2009 www.courtisane.be Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) 'Biotopia' European Media Art Festival ,Osnabrück (DE) April 22 - 26, 2009 www.emaf.de Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Pieter Geenen & Lukas Hoffman: Artist Talk' Filmhuis Klappei / AIR Antwerp (BE) February 5, 19h30 www.airantwerpen.be Pieter Geenen (BE, ° 1979, lives and works in Brussels) and Lukas Hoffmann (CH, ° 1981, lives and works in Paris) met last fall while staying at AIR, the international artist-in-residency program in Antwerp. As a conclusion to their residency they’re presenting their work together during an 'artist talk'. In his photographs, Lukas questions the term of landscape by considering trees, wires or concrete walls as elements which, in the final composition, can result in tension, harmony, sometimes chaos. But: never an effect, never an anecdote. Nothing but the things the way they are. Pieter, on the other hand, is interested in the landscape as a bearer of meaning, how landscape and man can relate to each other. In his videos and audiovisual installations listening and watching becomes intense, alienating, contemplating and almost tangible in an undisturbed stillness. During this artist talk Pieter will give a preview of the video 'gaze - 7' which he produced during his residency. 'All Art Now' All Art Now 1st International Video Art Festival, Damascus (SY) February 3 - 14, 2009 www.allartnow.com Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) and 'nocturne' (2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Atlantis' Bogardenkapel, Bruges (BE) January 10 - February 9, 2009 This exhibition is a coproduction between Cultuurcentrum Brugge and the city of Bruges, and is part of the Input/Output award won by Pieter Geenen in 2007. Solo screening of 'Atlantis' (2008) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AIR Antwerp, artist in residence From October to December Pieter Geenen is artist in residence at AIR, Antwerp. Because of AIR's unique location between the city and the immense port of Antwerp he will create new work inspired by the sights and sounds and the spatial experience of the vast area this world port is. During this residency he will have an 'artist talk' in which he'll present his work. More information on this soon. www.airantwerpen.be 'Glocal Affairs. Where Are You' Maastricht (NL) November 2 - 30, 2008 Curator Jean Boumans www.glocalaffairs.eu At a variety of locations in Dutch Limburg and the Meuse-Rhine Euregion, 'Glocal Affairs' brings together works by more than eighty visual artists, combining them into an exhibition presenting a reflection on the global-local interface in contemporary art and showcasing the present state of contemporary art in the region. 'Glocal Affairs' is an initiative as an impetus towards making Maastricht and the surrounding region European Capital of Culture in 2018. Première of 'atlantis' (2008) ('atlantis', 2008, 11', video 16:9, color, stereo, mini DV: video still) 'Blind Date. Sound & Vision in Private' Actionfields Temporary Art Gallery, Brussels (BE) November 14 - December 7, 2008 www.actionfields.be In contemporary art, sensuous experiences depend mostly on eyes and ears. But what remains if these precious senses refuse to work? Is it possible to translate art to people with a visual or auditory handicap? How different will their experience be? And what about the tactile sense in art? Ten artists are prepared to take this interesting challenge. They will invite the visitor to a blind date, an unforeseen or unheard confrontation with the 'other'. With widely divergent works they are willing to risk a leap in the dark, taking the public into the margin of art. Selected artists: Sara Bomans / Michael Bonne / Frederik De Wilde / Pieter Geenen / Nathalie Hunter / Ben Kruisdijk / Conny Kuilboer / Kristin Rogghe / Arno Roncada / Weyers & Borms ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- nominee Rodenbach Fonds Award In January the Rodenbach Fonds presented the first Art Award for Professional Talent. President of the jury Jan Hoet recently announced the 20 nominees for this award, which he selected out of 175 applicants together with jury member Luc Huysman: Ada Van Hoorebeke - Andreas Stoffels - Anton Cotteleer - Charlotte Lybeer - Clemence De Limburg - Fabian Luyten - Frederik De Wilde - Gregory & Nicolas Leroy - Hans Demeulenaere - Jonas Vansteenkiste - Judit Hettema - Koen Van Den Broek - Marie Rosen - Nick Ervinck - Pieter Geenen - Steve Schepens - Sven Overheul - Tessy Bauer - Tim M.C. Volckaert - Wesley Meuris In October the complete jury (Jan Hoet, Luc Huysman, Stephan Vanfleteren, Stany Crets, Luc Zeebroek, Willem Elias & Kris van 't Hof) will select three artists to win the first price of 15 000 euro, a second price of 3000 euro and a third price of 2000 euro. The winners will be announced on October 21 at the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) in Ghent where they will exhibit their work until November 2. www.rodenbach.be ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Work in progress: 'scènes génocidaires' (working title) Pieter Geenen is currently working on his next project 'scènes génocidaires' (working title), a modulatable installation of black & white, single- and multi-slide projections. All slides are the result of the restauration and manipulation of found photographs originated in the early 40's in Eastern Congo and Rwanda (African Great Lakes region), made by Belgian colonials living in this region at that time. A selection of about 30 images shows broad and desolate landscapes, generally without any human presence. But these timeless and seemingly trivial landscapes bear the cruel and violent history of the colonial era, the Rwanda genocide and different civil wars. This project is a further research on the landscape as a bearer of meaning. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pieter Geenen nominee 'Parkstad Limburgprijs 2008', Heerlen (NL) The 'Parkstad Limburgprijs' is an award given every four years to a young artist originated in Dutch or Belgian Limburg. The winner receives a money prize of 10 000 euro. Previous winners were Paul Devens (1996, NL), Hadassah Emmerich (2000, NL) and Bas De Wit (2004, NL). This year's nominees are: Jowan Van Barneveld (NL), Jeroen Van Bergen (NL), Caroline Coolen (BE), Birgitta Van Drie (NL), Pieter Geenen (BE), Sidi El Karchi (NL), Robert Lambermont (NL) and Mirjam Van Tilburg (NL). A group show with work of all nominees will open on April 17 at Stadsgalerij, Heerlen. During this opening the winner will also be announced. www.parkstadlimburgprijs.nl www.stadsgalerijheerlen.nl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Blurring the Terrain or Landscape as a Verb' Images Festival, Toronto (CA) April 3-12, 2008 www.imagesfestival.com Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) as part of the international competition. 'No Place - Like Home. Perspectives on Migration in Europe' Argos Centre for Art and Media, Brussels (BE) April 12 - June 21, 2008 Curator Paul Willemsen www.argosarts.org 'No Place - Like Home' is an international group exhibition on the topic of borders, economic immigration, refugees and asylum seekers, with contributions by contemporary visual artists, film and video makers. The exhibition takes a closer look at what lies concealed beneath the surface of the immigration issue: the inequality between North and South, tendencies in a globalized economy, political-social processes in Europe. Simultaneous to this exhibition screenings will be held of film and video works, as well as lectures. With regards to promotion and the parallel programme this project will be organized together with the broader social midfield of organisations which is socially active surrounding the topic of immigration. Works by Miguel Abad / An Architektur / Xavier Arenós / Herman Asselberghs / Federico Baronnello / Ursula Biemann / Raphaël Cuomo / Pieter Geenen / Maria Iorio / Provdoliub Ivanov / Takuji Kogo / Armin Linke / Bénédicte Liénard / Thomas Locher / Hans Op de Beeck / Yves Mettler / Migreurop / Erzen Shkololli 'An evening with Auguste Orts #1' Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE) February 21, 20h30 www.augusteorts.be 'An evening with Auguste Orts' adresses eye and ear with sound and image, including: the Brussels premiere of 'Pixelspleen' by Anouk De Clercq and Jerry Galle, with exclusive live reading by Pieter De Buysser; 'nightscape (3)' by Pieter Geenen; John Cage performed by Stefaan Quix; and screen works by Paul Sharits and Nam June Paik. Plus: On Kawara. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- selection Prix Médiatine, Brussels (BE) Together with 19 artists, Pieter Geenen has been selected for the Prix Médiatine, an art prize and exhibition at La Médiatine, Brussels. Four artists will be awarded with a prize: the Prix Médiatine (3500 euro), the Prix du Gouvernement de la Communauté française (2000 euro), the Prix de la Commission Communautaire française (2000 euro) and the Prix du Public (500 euro). February 13 - March 9 'Error#8: Project(OR)' Art Rotterdam (NL) February 6-10, 2008 www.errorone.be 'Project(OR)' is a project by MAMA: showroom for media and moving art and Art Rotterdam. During 5 days, 28 progressive art spaces will present art, performances and art fair presentations by over 100 artists. Participants like Fette's Gallery from Los Angeles, Artists Anonymous from Berlin, Liquidacion Total from Madrid, The Centre of Attention from London, errorOne from Antwerp,... will present themselves in their own way, from performance to an extravagant art fair presentation. Error One (Antwerp, BE) will present work from the following artists: Nicole Bauwens / Liure Briz / Liv Bugge / Marc De Blieck / Filip De Roeck / Pieter Geenen / Lisa Jeannin / Johanna Kirsch / Reiko Kanazawa / Katie Lagast / Joris Martens / Jurgen Ots / Jan Rymenants / Joachim Schmid / Max Sudhues / Elina Saloranta / Claudia Sola / Joris Van De Moortel / Riaan Van Jaarsveldt / Marilou Van Lierop / Frederik Van Simaey / Sarah Vanagt / Katleen Vinck / Carla Zaccagnini. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Trajectsubsidie Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie Brussels 2008-2009 For the period of 2008-2009 the Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie in Brussels assigned Pieter Geenen a 5000 euro subsidy to invest in the production and presentation of his work. "The committee is impressed by the curriculum of Pieter Geenen, and praises his artistic qualities even as the social inspiration of his work. Despite the broad content of his work there is a strong and clear relation to Brussel. With this support the committee hopes to offer the artist the possibility and space to realise his ideas with sense of experiment and renewal." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1st prize 'Input/Output', Bruges (BE) ! Pieter Geenen won the 'Input/Output' art prize in Bruges! A honorable mention was given to Peter Depelchin. The jury, consisting of Michel Dewilde (Cultuurcentrum Brugge), Mieke Renders (Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent) and Patrick Ronse (Be-Part, Waregem) selected 17 artists out of 113 candidates to exhibit their work in De Bond in Brugge, and finally awarded 1 winner. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Input/Output' De Bond, Bruges (BE) December 14, 2007 - January 20, 2008 www.brugge.be 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' made the final selection of 'Input/Output', an art prize for artists under 30 organised by the city of Bruges. The selected artists will exhibit their work in De Bond in Bruges. One winner receives a money prize of 2500 euro and a solo exhibition in 2008. Other selected Artists: Nel Aerts / Hallveig Ágústsdóttir / Steven Baelen / Tjörven Bruyneel / Peter Depelchin / Christophe Engels / Manor Grunewald / Charlotte Lybeer / Tinka Pittoors / Dries Renglé / Lien Sergeant / Jeremy Swinnen / Nele Tas / Stijn Van Acker / Rinus Van de Velde / Preben Van Der Straete ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'New Collection' Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly, Lier (BE) December 1, 2007 - March 2, 2008 www.voorkamer.be This exhibition unites a selection of the museum's collection and the work of contemporary artists selected by Voorkamer. Works by Rubens, Brueghel the Younger, David I Teniers or Edgard Tytgat are put into relation with works by Dirk Braeckman, Michaël Borremans and Hans Op De Beeck. Presentation of 'gaze (1)' (2003) and 'gaze (6)' (2005) 'Videovenster' Visualantics, Antwerp (BE) November 21 - 27, 2007 www.visualantics.net 'Videovenster' is a project by Visualantics, Antwerp (BE) in which they present silent video art, experimental animation and generative work in the display window of their office. Solo presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Fortis Young Ones Award' Lineart, Flanders Expo, Ghent (BE) November 30 - December 4, 2007 www.lineart.be Pieter Geenen has been selected for the 'Fortis Young Ones Award' during the Lineart art fair at Flanders Expo, Ghent (BE). Eight artists under the age of 30 were nominated for this prize. Four of them made the final selection and exhibit their work at Lineart. The art fair visitors can vote for the 5000 euro prize winner. Laureates: Yves Coussement / Pieter Geenen / Charlotte Lybeer / Renato Nicolodi 'Stilte' Beek (NL) and Zutendaal (BE) November 17 - 25, 2007 in Beek November 30 - December 16, 2007 in Zutendaal. Opening performance by sound artist Paul Devens (NL) on November 16. www.gemeentebeek.nl www.zutendaal.be Seven Dutch and Belgian artists will present work relating to the theme of silence (stilte) in a former convent in Beek (NL) and the cultural centre of Zutendaal (BE). Group exhibition with Ado Hamelryck / Marco Juriën / Marnik Neven / Juul Sadée / Kristof Vrancken / Sandrien Wansink Presentation of 'gaze (1)' (2003) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Encounters II' Stadsgalerij, Heerlen (NL) August 24 - November 11, 2007 Curator Femke Lutgerink www.stadsgalerijheerlen.nl 'Encounters' examines the tension between the dominant visual culture, often confirmed by the ‘official’ media, and possible alternative visions. 'Encounters exhibits a variety of projects that are intended to break through the ‘stereotype’ images in order to tell another, personal story. The exhibition can be interpreted as an open space in which visitors can become conscious of their own ‘preconceived’ images and the choices that lay at the foundation of accepting or rejecting encounters that may or may not be uncomfortable for them. The participating artists each show how fertile it can be to choose to do so. The works function as a starting point for people to ask questions about themes such as democratisation, emancipation, and globalisation. Encounters I' was exhibited at the Mills Gallery in Boston (US) at the beginning of 2007. This initial version primarily emphasised the ‘design’ of daily public life in countries with (former) totalitarian regimes. 'Encounters II' broadens and expands on this theme. The exhibition is organised in co-operation with the Glaspaleis and the multidisciplinary summer festival Cultura Nova. Group exhibition with by Reza Abedini & Hans Wolbers / Azra Aksamija / Luis Berríos-Negrón / Banu Cennetoglu & Huib van der Werf / Nele Decock / Mariam Ghani / Maximilian Goldfarb / G.R.A.M. / Eytan Heller / Rob Hornstra / Stani Michiels / Anoek Steketee / Niels Stomps / The Institute of Infinitely Small Things Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Error #7: Just a movie for godsake' errorOne, Antwerp (BE) September 7 - 16, 2007 www.errorone.be Group exhibition with Lauri Astala / Liv Bugge / Lisa Jeannin / Reiko Kanazawa / Job Koelewijn /  Xavier Lukomski / Vincent Meessen / Jurgen Ots / Ria Pacquée / Dimitri Riemis / Elina Saloranta / Claudia Sola / Max Sudhues / Sarah Vanagt Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006) 'Open Archive #1: Re:collections: Acquisitions 2005-2007' Argos Cnetre for Art and Media, Brussels (BE) September 29 - November 10, 2007 www.argosarts.org Argos Centre for Art and Media in Brussels (BE) presents 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' during 'Open Archive #1'. A jury consisting of Brent Klinkum (Director, Transat Video, Caen) , Berta Sichel (Director, Dept. of Audio Visual Art, Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid) Marc Glöde (Assistant Professor & Research Fellow in the Department of Film Studies at the Freie Universität, Berlin), Paul Willemsen (Director, Argos Collections) and Katerina Gregos (Artistic Director, Argos) has selected this video for 'Re:collections: Acquisitions 2005-2007', showing recent Belgian video productions. At Argos the selected works will be presented in the form of a media library and screened in their Black Box. Lectures, performances, artist’s talks and screenings will complete this event. The full programme will be released at the beginning of August. 'nocturne' will also be preserved and distributed by Argos. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'La più bella isola del mondo' online The webproject commissioned by Platform Limburg Beeldende Kunsten extensively documents the video 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)'. The purpose is to give an impression of the area of and around the Italian island of Lampedusa, generally an unfamiliar European far corner. Entitled 'La più bella isola del mondo' it will sketch a broader context using photographs, video excerpts, texts and other research material. www.platformlimburg.be/bk/extra/bella_isola/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Picture Industries' ACU, Utrecht (NL) June 24, 2007 www.picture-industries.com Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Kino Eye #7: Evacuation' MuHKA_media, Antwerp (BE) APril 26 - 29, 2007 Curators Herman Asselberghs and Edwin Carels www.muhka.be This 4-day event includes film, installation, performance, theatre, dance, talks and music. It focuses on almost nothing, and the empty image as a means of countering the excessive presence of the human face in contemporary visual culture. Including screenings by a.o. Dave Martin / Martin Arnold / Al + Al / Chantal Akerman / Annik Leroy / Thomas Köner / Christophe Girardet / Dominique Somers / Elina Saloranta / Guy Debord / Dave Allen / Rose Lowder / Sharon Lockhart / Ariane Michel / Willem Oorebeek / Michael Snow / Andy Warhol / Claire Croizé / Jean-Luc Ducourt / Dominique Petitgand / Ivone Marguliez / Stefaan Quix / Claude Wampler Presentation of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) and the soundpieces 'nightscape (2)' and 'nightscape (3)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Black Box' Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) May 3-6, 2007 www.courtisane.be Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) as part of the national competition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Vidéothèque Ephémère Videoformes, Manifestation Internationale Art Vidéo et Nouveaux Médias, Clermont-Ferrand (FR) March 13-17, 2007 www.videoformes.com Screening of 'gaze (1)' (2003) and 'gaze (6)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Eclipse - Exploding Cinema' International Film Festival, Rotterdam (NL) January 25 - February 18, 2007 Curator Edwin Carels www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com Group exhibition with Carla Arocha / Dirk Braeckman / Anri Sala / Mika Taanila Presentation of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' (2006) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Gaze' fst forward>>, Antwerp (BE) March 15 - April 14, 2007 www.fstforward.be Solo exhibition. Presentation of 'gaze (1)', 'gaze (3)' and 'gaze (6)' 'Wild vlees' CIAP/Cultuurcentrum, Hasselt (BE) September 9 - November 12, 2006. www.ciap.be Group exhibition organised by CIAP vzw, with Virginie Bailly / Steven Brouns / Ralph Groenen / Peter Hulsmans / Ives Maes / Ben Meewis / Steve Reggers / Herman Van Ingelgem / Charlotte Vandenberghe / Filip Van Dingenen / Saartje Vereecke / Michaël Verheyden / Loreta Visic / Kristof Vrancken Presentation of 'gaze (6)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Sehnsucht inc.' Lancommandery Alden Biesen, Bilzen (BE) October 7 - December 10, 2006 Curators Heiko Daxl and Peter Pollers www.alden-biesen.be www.koloniewedding.de 'Sehnsucht inc.' is an exhibition project by the Landcommandery Alden Biesen in Bilzen, Belgium and Kolonie Wedding in Berlin, Germany with a selection of Belgian, German, Polish and Russian artists. The Belgian selection: Hugo Duchateau / Willo Gonnissen / Pieter Geenen / Frederic Geurts / Liliane Vertessen / André Bertels / Mo Ramakers / Ellen Visschers. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Power Plays - Interior Desires, Exterior Spaces' Z33 & Platform Limburg Beeldende Kunsten May 13 - June 18, 2006 Curator Ive Stevenheydens www.powerplays.org Presentation of 'nightscape (1)' to '(7)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Verschijningen' Cultuurcentrum Hasselt (BE) April 23 - June 25, 2006 Curator Stef Van Bellingen Group exhibition with a.o. Zjuul Devens / Liliane Vertessen / Willo Gonissen / Marnik Neven Presentation of 'ansicht: Setúbal' and 'ansicht: Cabo de Gata''. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Monopolis' Provincial Hogeschool Limburg, Hasselt (BE) February 6 - 13, 2006 Exhibition concept by Forwart www.forwart.org Presentation of 'nightscape (2)' and 'nightscape (4)' ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Erfgoeddag' Pensionaat, Bree (BE) April 23, 2006 www.erfgoeddag.be Group exhibition with Marnik Neven and Sara Bomans Presentation of 'ansicht: Bree', made on the occasion of Erfgoeddag 2006, a day in order of cultural heritage in ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'gaze' Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE) November 24 - 26, 2005 www.beursschouwburg.be Solo-presentation of 'gaze (1)' (2003) and 'gaze (6)' (2005) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 'Super!' 1st triennial for contemporary arts, fashion and design, Hasselt (BE) September 9 - November 13, 2005 Curator Edith Doove www.superhasselt.be Presentation of 'nightscape 5' (2005)