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NEWTOPIA: The State of Human Rights Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Mechelen and Brussels 01.09. – 10.12.2012 ARTISTS AT LAMOT YAEL BARTANA (ISRAEL, 1970) STELIOS FAITAKIS (GREECE, 1976) KENDELL GEERS (SOUTH AFRICA, 1968) WAFA HOURANI (PALESTINE, 1979) ALFREDO JAAR (CHILE, 1956) KHALED JARRAR (PALESTINE, 1976) THOMAS KILPPER (GERMANY, 1956) BASIM MAGDY (EGYPT, 1977) GIANNI MOTTI (ITALY, 1958) SEAMUS NOLAN (IRELAND, 1978) FERNANDO SÁNCHEZ CASTILLO (SPAIN, 1970) 16
NEWTOPIA: The State of Human Rights Contemporary Arts Exhibition in Mechelen and Brussels 01.09. – 10.12.2012 4. New Commissions, Solo Presentations and Special Projects Apart from the main exhibition and its four chapters NEWTOPIA features four solo presentations, including two new commissions for public space and a satellite solo exhibition in Brussels of the internationally acclaimed Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar, whose thirty year career has been committed to human rights issues. 1. THE NEW MECHLINIANS (2012) NEW PUBLIC VIDEO PROJECTION BY KRZYSZTOF WODICZKO (POLAND, 1943) MECHELEN TOWN HALL, GROTE MARKT Krzysztof Wodiczko is internationally known for his large-scale video projections on architectural façades and monuments in public space. War, conflict, trauma, memory and communication are some of the major themes of an oeuvre that responds to the needs of urban society’s marginal citizens who frequently survive outside the usual boundaries of juridical and social resources. For NEWTOPIA, Wodiczko was commissioned to create a new public projection for the city of Mechelen. This work, entitled The New Mechlinians, is on view on the façade of Mechelen Town Hall in the Grote Markt, after nightfall, daily, until the end of the exhibition on December 10 th , 2012. The work temporarily transforms the façade of Mechelen’s City Hall into a communication vehicle, both visually and auditory, for immigrant newcomers in Mechelen. With the support of Werkgroep Integratie Vluchtelingen (Refugee Integration Working Group) in Mechelen, the artist conducted several interviews during the summer of 2012 with individuals that had arrived in the city, both recently and years ago. A specially designed interface made it possible to film the speakers’ eyes only. Through this work, these new immigrants and refugees have the opportunity to share their lived experiences and to transmit stories of their traumatic experience of displacement and everyday lives. The projection will be inaugurated at 11 pm on the 31 st August, during the opening of NEWTOPIA. 2. ANARELIC (2012) NEW MURAL BY GANZEER (EGYPT, 1982) HOF VAN BUSLEYDEN Ganzeer (also known as Mohammed Fahmy) is a street artist, graphic designer, illustrator, visual artist, blogger and activist although he would probably refuse all of these labels. He has become known for his murals depicting the martyrs of the Egyptian revolution; for his graphics stencils 17 International Media Relations: Goldmann Public Relations Daniela Goldmann Anna Bernhardt Zimmerstraße 11 10969 Berlin Deutschland T: +49 (0) 30 259 357 0 F: +49 (0) 30 259 357 29 servicebln@goldmannpr.de Press contact Belgium / The Netherlands Gerrie Soetart Populierstraat 9 Rue du Peuplier 1000 Brussels T: +32 (0) 475 47 98 69 F: +32 (0) 2 219 30 27 gerrie.soetaert@skynet.be
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