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Newtopia: The State of Human Rights is the first major comprehensive international contemporary art exhibition dedicated to the issue of human rights and its evolving discourse. The exhibition, which will be on view at a number of cultural institutions in Mechelen - a city whose roots go back to the humanistic tradition of Erasmus and Thomas Moore thus providing an appropriate context for the exhibition - and will contain work by over 60 acclaimed and emerging artists of different generations working in all media. The five cities where the events take place are geographically positioned in the region of Flanders, no more than an hour away from Brussels and at almost equal travelling distance from the exhibitions in Belgium’s neighbouring countries. Travelling to and from one of the five cities/areas is easy and fast by means of plane, high-speed train or car. The Visual Arts Flanders 2012 coordination centre is a joint initiative of the Flemish Institute for Visual, Audiovisual and Media Art (BAM), the Flemish Arts and Heritage Agency and the 5 participating institutions and organisations. It is the very first time that contemporary art organizations embrace the opportunity to use their international appeal and reach as leverage. The project not only sets out to reach specific communication goals and visitor figures per target group but strives to create know-how and best practices for the individual organizations as well as the arts sector in Flanders and beyond. Venue dates & admission • Beaufort04 – Belgian Coast 31.03 ›› 30.09.2012 free • TRACK – Ghent 12.05 ›› 16.09.2012 10 € • Middelheim Museum 2012 – Antwerp Opening on 26.05.2012 free • Manifesta 9 – Genk 02.06 ›› 30.09.2012 10 € • Newtopia: The State of Human Rights – Mechelen 01.09 ›› 10.12.2012 10 € International partners • FANTASTIC / lille3000 • MONO Travel partners • Brussels Airlines • Eurostar - 26 - <strong>Press</strong> conference ‘Cities like open-air museums’ Exhibition of scale models and film by Arne Quinze 8 June 2012
www.visualartsflanders2012.be The Visual Arts Flanders 2012 website contains all necessary information to make the most of your leisure trip or professional visit, including lodging and travel information concerning the cities and regions involved, with a specifically designed offering. For professional visitors accreditation will be available online as well as travel discounts from the above mentioned travel partners. EXTENDED VERSION OF THE PRESS RELEASE Beaufort04: Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea www.beaufort04.be Beaufort04 is the fourth edition of the Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea in 2012. The Triennial has become a reputed cultural event that is not to be missed. The Belgian coast and contemporary art have come together through monumental installations and intriguing works of art embedded in the unique biotope of the dynamic coastal municipalities. An artistic commission headed by Phillip Van den Bossche, curator for Beaufort04, and intendant Jan Moeyaert made a studied selection of European contemporary artists. The selected works of art are a reflection of what is happening in the contemporary European art scene. With new or existing works, the artists respond to the environment outside the museum and share an imaginative and imaginary world with the visitors of the coast. Again, the fourth edition of the Triennial of Contemporary Art will undoubtedly cause a summery sensation and give rise to artistic reflections along the Belgian coast. Beaufort04 is an initiative from vzw Ku(n)st and her partners under high patronage of Mr. Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. The artists of Beaufort04 are Norbert Francis Attard, Isaac Cordal, Michal Gabriel, Nedko Solakov, Les Frères Chapuisat, Hans Op de Beeck, Jaume Plensa, Claire Fontaine, Zilvinas Kempinas, Melita Couta, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Adrian Ghenie, Ivars Drulle, Jannis Kounellis, Arne Quinze, Flo Kasearu, Nick Ervinck, Paolo Grassino, Jeppe Hein, Marco Casagrande, Bernar Venet, Folkert De Jong, Dalila Gonçalves, Martine Feipel & Jean Bechameil, Erwin Wurm, Michael Johansson and Stefan Sous. Mu.ZEE, the museum of contemporary art of Ostend, contributes to Beaufort04 with the exhibition The kust en te keur. The Scottish artist Lucy McKenzie mounted an exhibition on the modernist façade of the Museum, in collaboration with Carolin Lerch, Caitlin Keogh, Lucile Desamory and Beca Lipscombe. Curator For the second time Phillip Van den Bossche (1969) is curator for Beaufort, the Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea. For Beaufort03 (2009) he made a selection of international artists who implemented the history and the patrimony of the Belgian coast in their art. Among those artists were John Baldessari, Daniel Buren, Krijn de Koning, Lili Dujourie, Guiseppe Gabbelone, Lothar Hempel, Evan Holloway, Thomas Houseago, Robert Kusmirowski, Matt Mullican and Leonor Antunes. In 2012, for Beaufort04 he chooses to work with artists from the European Union. Phillip Van den Bossche started his career at Stichting De Appel in Amsterdam, where he cocurated several exhibitions, such as the solo-exhibition of Mark Manders in 1997 and several film evenings in 1997 & 1998. He gave lectures at the Academy for Art and Design, AVANS at ‘s- Hertogenbosch, and worked repeatedly as editor for publications in prominent art magazines or for catalogues. From 1998 till 2001 he became the manager of Stichting Exedra, the centre for contemporary art, architecture and design in Hilversum. From 2001 until 2007 he worked as a - 27 - <strong>Press</strong> conference ‘Cities like open-air museums’ Exhibition of scale models and film by Arne Quinze 8 June 2012
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Page 3 and 4: Strangers’ in contemporary storie
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Page 9 and 10: Texts 1. Rock Strangers, Oostende,
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