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PUBLIC SCHOOL & PECHA KUCHA
The artistic parallel programme includes five fully organised Saturdays when the subjects and guests are distinctly national and international. This is an extensive series of activities that revolve around encounter, networking and sharing knowledge: an informal summer academy that gathers artists, curators, art-lovers and the curious together simply by enrolment through the ‘Public School and Pecha Kucha’ package. Participation only by enrolment, at €8 pp. (exhibition, programme, buffet); pay on the spot. All enrolments/reservations by mail, partizan@west-vlaanderen.be, or via http://brussels.thepublicschool.org or http://crosstalks.vub.ac.be
PUBLIC SCHOOL I in association with Komplot - Saturday 9 July (2 – 6 pm)
On ‘identity’ from the artists’ perspective.
Debate, statement, talk, discussion
PUBLIC SCHOOL II in association with Komplot - Saturday 16 July (2 – 6 pm)
On ‘identity’ from the curators’ and art critics’ perspective.
Debate, statement, talk, discussion
PUBLIC SCHOOL III: ‘Art and Economics’ in association with BAM - Saturday 20 August, from 2 pm
Debate, statement, talk and discussion on self-organisation for artists (collectives, cooperatives), the art market and collecting, the parallel economy and eco-trends among artists, plus the ‘creative industry’.
PUBLIC SCHOOL IV: ‘Art performance today’ in association with Laurence Dujardyn - Saturday 3 September (2 – 6 pm)
With a talk and a workshop, and a performance programme compiled by the curator Laurence Dujardyn (live art acts by artists from the selection + wild cards) .
PECHA KUCHA ART AND SCIENCE in association with Crosstalks VUB
Saturday 10 September 8.20 – 10 pm
From the angle of art and science, 12 guest speakers from the worlds of art, economics and sales, research and philosophy tell their story in the context of a special set-up (6 minutes to speak, plus slide show, per guest, in continuous succession). This gives rise to interesting cross-connections; rounded off with a session for encounter and networking.
This series was made possible by the support of the West Flanders Provincial Authorities, the Partizan platform for contemporary art and the Flemish minister responsible for Brussels.
FREESTATE CLOSING EVENT on Sunday 11 september from 3 pm
Closing debate & presentation of catalogue
A look back at the second Freestate and a debate on the notion of ‘identity’, with Brussels as the new epicentre of visual art.
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GUIDED TOURS
GUIDES AND EVENING VISITS TO THE EXHIBITION
You can book a guide/art historian (Dutch, French or English) who will give a guided tour of the circuit that takes about 1 hour 40 mins. The maximum number in a group is 25. The price for the guide is €60, excl. admission at €6 each (group price).There are also packages for groups with a guide and ticketing combined with a reception, small-scale catering or a walking dinner. Tailor-made combinations can be arranged in association with Fort Napoleon.
For bookings and questions contact info@vrijstaat-o.be or 0497/54 51 67
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FREESTATE OFF
MATCHBOX ON TOUR 27/08 – 11/09
Freestate is the last stop for Matchbox on Tour. This mobile exhibition space has been motoring around the country since April. You can follow its complete route at www.matchboxontour2011.blogspot.com. In each province, KUNSTWERK[t] and the curator Pieter Vermeulen have brought together two artists. One half of each pair has Western roots and the other grew up in a non-Western culture. In Ostend they will be the Congolese film-maker Guy Kabeya Muya (+ artist to be confirmed). What are their artistic views on diversity, hospitality, and the tensions between art and society? How does the location influence the work they are creating exclusively for this Matchbox?
Matchbox on Tour is organised by KUNSTWERK[t], ZebrArt, Centrum voor Beeldexpressie en Creatief Schrijven, and receives support from Vrijstaat O.
It will be at Freestate from Saturday 27/8 until Sunday 11/9 during the normal opening times.
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