{"id":2582,"title":"INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 2: 1983-1984","date_begin":"2016-07-15T00:00:00.000+02:00","date_end":"2016-08-07T00:00:00.000+02:00","location":{"readable":"Antwerpen","latitude":null,"longitude":null},"assets":{"poster":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/mhka_ensembles_production/assets/public/000/032/122/large/Luc_Deleu__Schaal_en_Perspectief__1981.jpg?1464791938","poster_credits":"(c)Photo: Benny Urban"},"translations":[{"locale":"en","name":"INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 2: 1983-1984","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemories of Montevideo: the Antwerp Avant-Garde Scene in the Early \u0026lsquo;80s\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003ePart 1 (16.6\u0026ndash;10.7) / \u003cstrong\u003ePart 2 (14.7\u0026ndash;7.8)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026lsquo;A meeting point for the national and international avant-garde\u0026rsquo;\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; this is how Annie Gentils describes the non-profit contemporary art exhibition space she founded in Antwerp in 1981, along with Hugo Roelandt and soon thereafter Stan Peers.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1981 and 1984, Gentils and Peers transformed Antwerp\u0026rsquo;s vast and unheated Montevideo dry dock into a hub for ambitious exhibitions and performances. These included some of the most prominent artists of the time, such as Guillaume Bijl, Kate Blacker, Luc Deleu, Shirazeh Houshiary, Ivo Van Hove, Ann Veronica Janssens, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Mario Merz, Ria Pacqu\u0026eacute;e, Guy Rombouts and Luc Steels.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eBenefitting from privileged access to Montevideo\u0026rsquo;s archives, a group of University of Antwerp Master students from the Film Studies and Visual Culture programme have put together a two-part exhibition for INBOX at M HKA retracing Montevideo\u0026rsquo;s radical yet underappreciated history. Through archival material, artworks, films and newly-produced video interviews, the exhibition seeks not only to draw attention to a remarkable episode of Antwerp\u0026rsquo;s artistic heritage, but also to raise the ever-pressing question of how best to nurture a cultural ecology that allows alternative spaces such as Montevideo to thrive.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eCurated by Gina Hoeks, Tirsa van der Kleij, Shana Peulinckx, Emma Priem, Jasper van Quekelberghe, Marko Truyen and Bram Vroonland, with Antony Hudek.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemories of Montevideo \u003c/em\u003eis a collaboration between M HKA, Annie Gentils Gallery, Objectif Exhibitions and University of Antwerp, Master of Film Studies and Visual Culture.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eClick \u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.org/events/inbox-herinneringen-aan-montevideo-de-antwerpse-avant-garde-in-de-vroeger-jaren-80-deel-1-1981-1982?locale=nl\"\u003ehere\u003c/a\u003e for more info about Part I.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"nl","name":"INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. Deel 2: 1983-1984","short_description":"","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerinneringen aan Montevideo: de Antwerpse Avant-Garde Scene in de vroege jaren \u0026lsquo;80\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eDeel 1 (16.6\u0026ndash;10.7) / \u003cstrong\u003eDeel 2 (14.7\u0026ndash;7.8)\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u0026lsquo;Een ontmoetingsplek voor de nationale en de internationale Avant-Garde\u0026rsquo;\u003c/em\u003e \u0026ndash; zo beschrijft Annie Gentils de tentoonstellingsruimte zonder winstoogmerk die ze tezamen met Hugo Roelandt en kort daarna Stan Peers in Antwerpen oprichtte.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eTussen 1981 en 1984, transformeerden Gentils en Peers het immense en onverwarmde Antwerpse Montevideo droogdok in een epicentrum voor ambitieuze tentoonstellingen en performances. Sommige van deze bevatte enkele van de meest prominente kunstenaars van deze tijd, zoals Guillaume Bijl, Kate Blacker, Luc Deleu, Shirazeh Houshiary, Ivo Van Hove, Ann Veronica Janssens, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Mario Merz, Ria Pacqu\u0026eacute;e, Guy Rombouts en Luc Steels.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eProfiterende van de geprivilegieerde toegang tot Montevideo\u0026rsquo;s archief, stelde een groep Master studenten in Film Studies en Visuele Cultuur aan de universiteit van Antwerpen een tweedelige tentoonstelling samen voor INBOX in M HKA waarin ze het radicale doch ondergewaardeerde verleden van Montevideo nagaan. Aan de hand van archief materiaal, kunstwerken, films en nieuw geproduceerde interviews probeert de tentoonstelling niet enkel de aandacht te vestigen op een markante periode in het artistieke erfgoed van Antwerpen, maar ook om de steeds aanwezige vraag te stellen hoe een culturele omgeving te cre\u0026euml;ren die het gedijen van alternatieve instellingen zoals Montevideo mogelijk maakt.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eGecureerd door Gina Hoeks, Tirsa van der Kleij, Shana Peulinckx, Emma Priem, Jasper van Quekelberghe, Marko Truyen en Bram Vroonland, met Antony Hudek.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerinneringen aan Montevideo \u003c/em\u003eis een samenwerking tussen M HKA, Annie Gentils Galerij, Objectif Exhibitions en Universiteit Antwerpen, Master in Film Studies en Visuele Cultuur.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eKlik \u003ca href=\"http://ensembles.org/events/inbox-herinneringen-aan-montevideo-de-antwerpse-avant-garde-in-de-vroeger-jaren-80-deel-1-1981-1982?locale=nl\"\u003ehier\u003c/a\u003e voor meer info over Deel I.\u003c/p\u003e\r\n"},{"locale":"fr","name":"INBOX: Herinneringen aan Montevideo: De Antwerpse Avant-Garde in de vroeger jaren '80. 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