27.08.2010
Belgium INC* in Tehran
'Belgium INC*'
Mohsen Art Gallery, Tehran (IR)
August 28, 7 pm
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009).
Other works by Jasper Rigole, Nel Aerts, Kelly Schacht, Bram De Jonghe, Rozemarijn Spilliaert, Daniel Dewaele.
www.parkingallery.com
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
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28.06.2010
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
'The War Will Not Take Place'
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
June 29 - July 4
Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) on July 4
www.art-action.org
Mèdit Festival, Menorca (ES)
'Mèdit Art'
Mèdit Festival de cinema mediterrani de ciutadella de Menorca
July 7 - 25
Group exhibition with Mounira Al Sohl, Zineb Sedira, Març Rabal, Mihai Grecu, Rogelio López, Valeriano López
Curated by Alexandra Laudo + HAMACA media & video art distribution from Spain
Presentation of 'nocturne' (2006)
www.medit.es
Distribution & preservation of 'nostalgia' (2009) and 'atlantis' (2008)
Both videos are now selected for distribution and archival by ARGOS centre for art and media (Brussels)
www.argosarts.org
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19.05.2010
All Art Now 2nd International New Media Art Fesival, Damascus (SY)
'Living Spaces'
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009)
May 25 - 30
www.allartnow.com
Crosstalk Video Art Festival, Budapest (HU)
'Cross-talks'
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009)
June 1 - 6
www.crosstalk.hu
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
www.souvenirsfromearth.tv
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09.04.2010
Madrid (ES), Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid
'Between You And Me'
Group exhibition including 'atlantis' (2008)
April 12 - 21
Tabacalera (future National Centre for Visual Arts)
Patrick Bernatchez / Tony Cokes / Eric Convents & Roger Steylaerts / Diego Del Pozo Barriuso / Peter Downsbrough / Pieter Geenen / Chia-wei Hsu / Ryoji Ikeda / Joan Leandre / Anthony McCall / Francis Naranjo / Natacha Nisic / Hans Op de Beeck / RYBN / Manuel Saiz / Alexander Schellow / Antoine Schmitt
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'The War Will Not Take Place'
Screening of 'atlantis' (2008)
April 14, 17h30
Museo Nacional de Arte Reina Sofía
www.art-action.org
April Meetings Festival, Belgrade (RS)
'Camera Eye Essence'
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009)
April 13 - 15
www.skc.org.rs/aprilski-susreti.html
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21.02.2010
BIP 2010 - 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liège (BE)
Group exhibition including 'nocturne' (2006)
February 28 - April 25
www.bip-liege.org
'Europe's Antivirus-System - In/Visibilities of Border and Migration in Film', arttransponder, Berlin (DE)
Screening of 'nocturne' (2006)
March 2 - 3
www.arttransponder.net
Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE)
Screening of 'nostalgia' (2009) as part of the National Competition Selection.
Audio performance of 'nightscape (3)' (2005) during the Night Vision programme on March 18.
March 17 - 21
www.courtisane.be
'Digikunst', cc De Schakel, Waregem (BE)
Group exhibition including 'nocturne' (2006).
This exhibition presents a selection of video works from the collection of Kunst In Huis.
March 1 - 21
www.ccdeschakel.be
www.kunstinhuis.be
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22.01.2010
'Land Ahead', Annie Gentils Gallery
Solo exhibition at Annie Gentils Gallery in Antwerp (BE), with video and photographic works from the 'gaze' series, 'ansicht' series and others.
January 31 - March 20
opening Saturday January 30, 15h - 18h
nocturne Thursday March 11, 18h - 21h
www.anniegentilsgallery.com
'Blind Date II - Sound and Vision in Private', Sportimonium, Hofstade (BE)
After its first edition in 2008 at Actionfields Gallery in Brussels, this group exhibition is now on show at Sportimonium in Hofstade. Pieter Geenen presents two works from the 'nightscape' series.
with: Sarah Bomans, Frederik De Wilde, Pieter Geenen, Nathalie Hunter, Ben Kruisdijk & Conny Kuilboer, Kristin Rogghe, Arno Roncado, Weyers & Borms
January 29 - March 26
opening Thursday January 28, 19h
curated by Pieter Vermeulen & Vincent Verbist (Actionfields)
www.sportimonium.be
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Les Rencontres Internationales, Paris (FR)
Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) at Centre Pompidou in Paris as part of the programme of Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid.
The video is available at the video library and will be screened on Saturday December 5 at 16h00.
November 30 - December 9
www.art-action.org
'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)
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08.11.2009
Northern Film Festival, Leeuwarden (NL)
Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) at the Northern Film Festival as part of the Frisian Media Art Competition (FIMAC).
November 11 - 15.
www.mediaartfriesland.nl
www.noordelijkfilmfestival.nl
'Time is a Book' - Time Festival, Ghent (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.
booklaunch: November 13, 2009 at 8:00 pm
www.timefestival.be
Streaming Festival, The Hague (NL)
Online screening of 'atlantis' (2008) at the 4th International Festival for Audio Visual Art..
November 25 - 30.
www.streamingfestival.com
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04.09.2009
'Shot by Both Sides' - bkSM #8, duo exhibition with Johan Grimonprez
In the new bkSM (beeldende kunsten Strombeek Mechelen) exhibition entitled 'Shot by Both Sides' 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).
Opening Strombeek: Fri, October 16, 19h
Opening Mechelen: Sun, October 18, 13h (together with the finissage of 4th Contour Biennial of Moving Image)
Exhibition from October 18 - December 10
Curators Luk Lambrecht & Koen Leemans
www.ccstrombeek.be
www.cultuurcentrummechelen.be
VAD International Video and Digital Arts Festival, Girona (ES)
Screening of 'atlantis' (2008) at the VAD Festival in Girona.
October 15 - 25.
www.vadfestival.net
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18.06.2009
'An evening with Auguste Orts #6': an evening on landscape
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.
Saturday June 27, 20h30 at Beursschouwburg, Brussels (BE), free entrance
www.augusteorts.be
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05.06.2009
'De jongens werden vrouwen en mannen' at De Velinx, Tongeren (BE)
Curator Dan Holsbeek selected eight artists from the previous editions of 'De jongens van de buurt': Pieter Geenen, Bart Slangen, Ellen Visschers, Lucas Pellens & Stefan Custers, Christophe Meul, Caroline Coolen, Kristof Vrancken and Sara Bomans.
'De jongens werden vrouwen en mannen' can be considered as a retrospective, a 'best of' or a state of affairs.
Exhibition from June 14 - August 28
Opening Friday June 12, De Velinx, Tongeren
www.develinx.be
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27.05.2009
'Last Day of Magic' - 53rd Venice Biennial satellite project 'Détournement Venise'
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
www.detournement-venise.org
www.scalamata.com
festival selections: Synoptic (HU), Onion City (US) & Crosstalk (HU)
The video 'atlantis' (2008) has been selected for a series of festivals in June: Synoptic Visionaudial Art Meeting in Pécs (HU), Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival in Chicago (US) and Crosstalk Video Art Festival in Budapest (HU).
www.sosemart.hu
www.chicagofilmmakers.org
www.crosstalk.hu
group
exhibition 'Urbania I: Cityminds' at Apollo Arthotel, Bruges
(BE)
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.
Works by Randall C., Monique Voz, Tinka Pittoors, Conrad Willems, Pieter Geenen and Saar De Buysere.
Pieter Geenen will present his latest video 'gaze (7)'
(2009) from the 'gaze' series, and three earlier sound pieces
from the 'nightscape' series.
From June 12 - November 20
Opening Thursday June 11, 19h - Apollo Arthotel, Bruges
www.apollohotelsresorts.com/brugge/
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31.03.2009
selection Media City, Windsor (CA)
Screening of 'atlantis' as part of the International Program of the Media City International Festival of Film & Video Art in Windsor, Canada.
May 20 - 23
www.houseoftoast.ca
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19.03.2009
selection
Courtisane Festival, Ghent (BE) & EMAF, Osnabrück (DE)
Screening of 'atlantis' at Courtisane Festival, Ghent
(national competition) and the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück.
Both festivals run from 22-26 April.
www.courtisane.be
www.emaf.de
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02.02.2009
AIR Antwerp, Artist Talk with Lukas Hoffmann (CH)
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 in Filmhuis Klappei (Antwerp) on February 5, 19h30.
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.
www.airantwerpen.be
'atlantis' and 'nocturne' at All Art Now Video Festival, Damascus (SY)
Screening of 'atlantis' and 'nocturne' at 'All Art Now' 1st International Video Art Festival in Damascus, Syria.
February 3 - 14
www.allartnow.com
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08.01.2009
'Atlantis'
solo in Bruges
Solo screening of 'Atlantis' at
the Bogardenkapel in Bruges.
This exhibition is a coproduction between Cultuurcentrum Brugge and the city of Bruges, and is part of the Input/Output award he won in 2007.
January 10 - February 9, from Friday to Monday between 13h - 18h
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07.10.2008
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
New video
'atlantis' premieres at 'Glocal Affairs', Maastricht
(NL)
Pieter Geenen's new video 'atlantis', shot on the Three Gorges
Reservoir of the Yangtze River between Sandouping and the city of
Chongqing, China will premiere at the exhibition 'Glocal Affairs'
in Maastricht (NL). On display from November 2 - 30 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.
www.glocalaffairs.eu
('atlantis', 2008, 11', video 16:9, color, stereo, mini DV: video still)
'Blind
Date. Sound & Vision in Private', Actionfields Temporary Art
Gallery, Brussels (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.
November 14 - December 7
www.actionfields.be
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23.06.2008
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
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20.04.2008
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.
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26.02.2008
Pieter Geenen nominee 'Parkstad Limburgprijs 2008', Heerlen (NL)
'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
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15.02.2008
Images Festival, Toronto (CA)
Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' as part of the international competition of the 21st Images Festival in Toronto.
April 3-12
www.imagesfestival.com
'No
Place - Like Home. Perspectives on Migration in Europe', Argos,
Brussels (BE)
'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.
Miguel Abad, An Architektur, Xavier Arenos, Herman Asselberghs, Cuomo
+ Iorio, Pieter Geenen, Pravodoliub Ivanov, Takuji Kogo & Federico
Baronnello, Thomas Locher, Yves Mettler, Hans Op de Beeck, Erzen Shkololli
a.o.
April 12 - June 21, Argos Centre for art & media
Curator Paul Willemsen
www.argosarts.org
'An
evening with Auguste Orts #1', Beursschouwburg, Brussels (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.
February 21, 20h30
www.augusteorts.be
www.beursschouwburg.be
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21.01.2008
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
'Project(OR)', Art Rotterdam (NL)
'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
and Carla Zaccagnini.
February 6-10
www.errorone.be
www.showroommama.nl
www.artrotterdam.nl
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21.12.2007
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."
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17.12.2007
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.
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27.11.2007
selection
'Input/Output', Bruges (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.
Selected Artists: Nel Aerts, Hallveig Ágústsdóttir, Steven Baelen, Tjörven Bruyneel, Peter Depelchin, Christophe Engels, Pieter Geenen, 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.
From December 14 - January 20
www.brugge.be
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13.11.2007
'New Collection' in Lier (BE)
'New Collection' is an exhibition in Stedelijk Museum Wuyts-Van Campen & Baron Caroly in Lier (Be). It 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.
Pieter Geenen presents his videos 'gaze (1)' and 'gaze (6)'.
From December 1, 2007 - March 2, 2008
www.voorkamer.be
Visualantics, Antwerp (BE)
'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.
After sunset (from 20h00 - 22h00) you can watch projections by Lee
griggs (November 14 -20), Thomas Thys (November 28 - December 4),
Katelijn Smissaert (December 5 -11) and Brecht Debackere (December
12 - 18). 'nocturne' by Pieter Geenen will be visible from November 21 -
27.
www.visualantics.net
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29.10.2007
laureate
'Fortis Young Ones Award', Lineart, Flanders Expo, Ghent
(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 the 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.
From November 30 - December 4
www.lineart.be
'Stilte' in Beek (NL) and 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).
WIth Pieter Geenen (BE), Ado Hamelryck (BE), Marco Juriën (NL), Marnik Neven (BE), Juul Sadée (NL), Kristof Vrancken (BE) and Sandrien Wansink (NL).
From November 17 - 25 in Beek, November 30 - December 16 in Zutendaal.
Opening performance by sound artist Paul Devens (NL) on November 16.
www.gemeentebeek.nl
www.zutendaal.be
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12.07.2007
selections
Stadsgalerij, Heerlen (NL), errorOne, Antwerp (BE) & Argos, Brussels
(BE)
Stadsgalerij Heerlen presents the exhibition 'Encounters II'. '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.
Works by Reza Abedini (IR) & Hans Wolbers (NL), Azra Aksamija (AT), Luis Berríos-Negrón (PR), Banu Cennetoglu (TR) & Huib van der Werf (NL), Nele Decock (B), Pieter Geenen (BE), Mariam Ghani (US), Maximilian Goldfarb (US), G.R.A.M. (AT), Eytan Heller (IL), Rob Hornstra (NL), Stani Michiels (B), Anoek Steketee (NL), Niels Stomps (NL) and The Institute of Infinitely Small Things (US).
From August 24 to November 11
curator Femke Lutgerink
www.stadsgalerijheerlen.nl
www.femkelutgerink.nl
Presentation of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' during
'Error #7: Just a movie for godsake', an exhibition by Error
One, Antwerp (BE). This project deals with video and the projected
image.
Selected artists: Lauri Astala (FI), Liv Bugge (NO), Lisa Jeannin (SE), Pieter Geenen (BE), Reiko Kanazawa (JP), Job Koelewijn (NL), Xavier Lukomski (FR/BE), Vincent Meessen (US/BE), Jurgen Ots (BE), Ria Pacquée (BE), Dimitri Riemis (BE), Elina Saloranta (FI), Claudia Sola (IT), Max Sudhues (DE), Sarah Vanagt (BE).
From September 7 - 16, Haantjeslei 68, 2018 Antwerp
'Error #7' is a collaboration between Isabel Devriendt (HISK), Dirk Engelen (B-architects),
Wilfried Huet (GAGARIN), Stella Lohaus (Stella Lohaus Gallery) and Ria Van Landeghem (errorOne).
www.errorone.be
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.
From September 29 to November 10
'nocturne' will also be preserved and distributed by Argos.
www.argosarts.org
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02.07.2007
'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/
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18.06.2007
'Picture Industries', ACU, Utrecht (NL)
Screening of nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)'
June 24, ACU Utrecht.
www.picture-industries.com
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03.04.2007
'Kino
Eye #7: Evacuation', MuHKA_media, Antwerp (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, Pieter Geenen, 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 and Claude Wampler.
The programme includes Pieter Geenen's video 'nocturne (lampedusa
- fort europa)' and the soundpieces 'nightscape (2)' and 'nightscape (3)'.
From April 26 - 29, MuHKA_media, Antwerp
Curators Herman Asselberghs and Edwin Carels
www.muhka.be
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23.03.2007
selection
Courtisane festival for short film, video and new media, Ghent (BE)
Screening of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' during
Courtisane Festival (Ghent) as part of the national competition.
From May 3-6
www.courtisane.be
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07.02.2007
selection Videoformes, Manifestation Internationale Art Vidéo et Nouveaux Médias, Clermont-Ferrand (FR)
Screening of 'gaze (1)' and 'gaze (6)' as part of the Vidéothèque Ephémère programme of the international
video and new media festival Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
From March 13-17
www.videoformes.com
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11.12.2006
'nocturne'
at International Film Festival Rotterdam (NL)
Presentation of 'nocturne (lampedusa - fort europa)' during 'Eclipse', a group exhibition at RAM, Rotterdam as part of the
Exploding Cinema programme of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR).
With Carla Arocha, Dirk Braeckman, Pieter Geenen, Anri Sala and Mika Taanila.
From January 25 - February 18
Curator Edwin Carels
www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com
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30.08.2006
solo
exhibition 'Gaze' at fst forward>>, Antwerp (BE)
Presentation of 'gaze
(1)', 'gaze (3)' and 'gaze (6)' at fst forward
>>, an exhibition space for video and new media in Antwerp.
From March 15 - April 14, 2007
Opened on Fridays and Saturdays from 14-18h.
www.fstforward.be
'Wild vlees',
CIAP, Hasselt (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 and Loreta Visic.
Pieter Geenen presents 'gaze (6)'.
From Saturday September 9 - November 12, Cultuurcentrum Hasselt.
Opening hours: Tue-Fri 10-17h, Sat-Sun 13-17h.
www.ciap.be
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21.05.2006
'Sehnsucht
inc.' - Bilzen (BE)
'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 and Ellen Visschers.
From October 7 - December 10, Alden Biesen, Bilzen
Curators Heiko Daxl and Peter Pollers
www.alden-biesen.be
www.koloniewedding.de
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18.04.2006
Z33 & Platform
Limburg Present 'nightscape (1)-(7)' at 'Power Plays - Interior
Desires, Exterior Spaces'
Presentation of 'nightscape (1)' to '(7)' in the yard of Z33 Art Centre during 'Power Plays - Interior
Desires, Exterior Spaces'.
Opening act by Mark Bain.
From May 13 - June 18
Curator Ive Stevenheydens
www.powerplays.org
www.Z33.be
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10.04.2006
'Verschijningen'
in Hasselt (BE)
Exhibition with a.o. Zjuul Devens, Liliane Vertessen, Willo Gonissen, Marnik Neven.
Pieter Geenen presents 'ansicht: Setúbal' and 'ansicht:
Cabo de Gata''.
Cultureel Centrum Hasselt, April 23 until June 25
Curator Stef Van Bellingen
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30.01.2006
'Monopolis', PHL Hasselt (BE)
Presentation of 'nightscape (2)' and 'nightscape (4)'.
'Monopolis', PHL Hasselt
Ferbuary 6 - 13
Exhibition concept by Forwart.
www.forwart.org
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13.12.2005
'Erfgoeddag', Bree (BE)
Presentation of 'ansicht: Bree', made on the occasion of Erfgoeddag 2006, a day in order of cultural heritage in
Brussels and Flanders.
April 23, Pensionaat Bree.
With Marnik Neven & Sara Bomans.
www.erfgoeddag.be
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16.09.2005
'gaze'
- Beursschouwburg, Brussesl (BE)
Solo-presentation of 'gaze (1)' and 'gaze (6)'.
Beursschouwburg, Brussels
November 24, 25 and 26
www.beursschouwburg.be
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02.05.2005
'nightscape
(5)' - 'Super!', Hasselt (BE)
Presentation of 'nightscape 5'.
'Super!', 1st triennial for contemporary arts, fashion and design, Hasselt.
Curator Edith Doove
September 9 - November 13
www.superhasselt.be