CONFLICTROOM ENG

2008-12-19T23:05:00.000-08:00

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(all images by Srdjan Stancic)

2008-12-18T03:28:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #42:
Space Shutdown : so 19.10
all day long from 12AM-12PM

ArturZmijewskiGertThierens
JonathanLeungHoiYatKimLien
DesaultKlaasDevosSaraManente
MarcosMartinsGableRoelofson
MichelYangElkeVanCampenhout
LiliaMestreLievenSegersMichèle
MatynPieterBoonsSrdjanStancic
TomVansantNicovandijckDeklup
TamaravanSanMarthevandessel
BolwerkRinusvandeveldeFong
PontoSimonGushJasper
RigoleBastiaanScheversTomas
BoiyRiaanvanJaarsveldtLea
LagasseMarieSnauwaertRuth
SacksMariarosaFortuny
FrédéricAlbersLivBuggeJohan
naKirschEmilyRoysdonIlkede
VriesBertGilletWendyMorris
SarahVanagt

in the:

!!!!!MEGASLIDESHOW!!!!!!

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performances!
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plamuursesssssion!
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music!
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CR-Redaction brainstorm!
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performances!
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food!
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CONFLICT(nomorenightshop)BAR!
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artistinterventions!
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and much more ..
(up to you)

2008-12-17T03:27:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #41:
Gynaika invites:
Sarah Vanagt/ Wendy Morris

Vernissage: vr 10.10 / 19u-23u
Finissage : za 11.10 / 20u-22u

Sarah Vanagt maakt video’s die het midden houden tussen objectieve registraties van feiten en een fijnzinnige regie. Ze tonen situaties en mensen in hun dagdagelijkse doen. Op de achtergrond sluimert een internationale wantoestand of conflict. De video’s van Sarah Vanagt zijn geen felle aanklacht, maar eerder een subtiel raken van een mondiale problematiek. Na Little Figures (2003) en de documentaire Begin Began Begun (2005), realiseerde Sarah Vanagt Les Mouchoirs de Kabila (2005). Grote delen van de Kongolese grensstad Goma liggen bedolven onder de lava sinds de uitbarsting van de Nyiragongo vulkaan in januari 2002. In de ruïnes op de lava wonen kinderen. Ze verkopen papieren zakdoeken aan de volwassenen in de stad en sorteren lavastenen die ze aan bouwvakkers verkopen. Ondertussen bouwen de kinderen een eigen stad, boven op de oude stad. Er zijn radio’s en tv’s, witte jeeps en blauwhelmen, presidenten en vice-presidenten, reclameclips en haatcampagnes, kerkhoven en verkiezingskoorts. Het is alsof de kinderen van onder de lava naar boven zijn gekropen en in hun mini-stad verslag uitbrengen van de wereld onder het puin.

(fragment uit een interview met Sarah Vanagt door Tom Rummens)

Wendy Morris is geboren in Namibië, opgegroeid in Johannesburg, en heeft gestudeerd in Durban. Sinds 1995 woont ze met haar man en kinderen in Deerlijk, waar ze vooral bezig is met het maken van animatiefilms. Momenteel werkt ze ook aan een doctoraat in de Kunsten; ze bestudeert Zuid-Afrikaanse kunst uit de periode voor, tijdens en na de oprichting van de Truth and Reconciliation Commission, of de waarheidscommissie.
Wendy maakte tot nu toe drie animatiefilms, waarin ze vooral kritiek geeft op de blik van de Westerse op de Derde Wereld, en dan vooral op Afrika. Ze wil tonen dat Afrika en de Derde Wereld dichterbij zijn dan we denken. “Het gewicht van Afrika in Europa, wil ik tonen. Want we verschillen echt niet zoveel van elkaar!”
Het filmen van houtskooltekeningen, nam ze over van William Kentridge, een Zuid-Afrikaanse filmmaker. Ze gebruikt die techniek echter op haar eigen manier. Ze creëert bv. de illusie van beweging door haar tekening voor de camera te verplaatsen, of door er iets aan toe te voegen, of iets weg te gommen.

(fragment uit het interview ‘Het gewicht van Afrika in Europa, dat wil ik tonen…’ met Wendy Morris, in ISEL 16.)

2008-12-16T23:27:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #40:
"Being Human"
Ilke De Vries

Vernissage: fr 03.10 / 8pm-12pm
Finissage : za 04.10 / 2pm-6pm

www.ilkedevries.com

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CR WEEK #40:
"(4/7)²"
Bert Gillet

Vernissage: do 02.10 / 21u-24u
Finissage : za 04.10 / 14u-18u

2008-12-15T03:26:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #39:
"BODY FLUIDS"
Liv Bugge, Johanna Kirsch, Emily Roysdon
Curated by Alan Quireyns

vernissage: fri 26/09, 19.00 - 23.00
finissage: sat 27/09, 14.00 - 18.00

www.schrik.info (Johanna Kirsch)
www.emilyroysdon.com
www.livbugge.com

2008-12-14T03:23:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #38:
Mariarosa Fortuny + Frédéric Albers

open on friday 19/09: 20.00 - 22.30

2008-12-13T03:22:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #37:False friends
Ruth Sacks + Lea Lagasse + Marie Snauwaert

Vernissage: fr 13.09 / 7pm-11pm
Finissage: sa 14.09 / 2pm-7pm

This exhibition takes its starting point from Luis Borges’ short story Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius from 1940. The piece of writing is somewhere between a detective novel and a lecture about the discovery of an imaginary world. Elements of reality are mixed with the intrigue of a fictional secret society that slowly disseminates clues about another world, using books and objects which are said to be from that place.

One of the characteristics of the invented world is the production of hrönir. These are original objects which have been systematically reproduced with the unavoidable alterations that occur in the process of duplication. The participants in this exhibition have each set out to produce their own ‘hrönir’, according to their individual interpretations of the text.

2008-12-12T12:00:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #36:

"an assortment of schematic analyses of conflict situations in various contexts, culled from the public domain, facilitated by the physical particularities of the ConflictRoom"

riaan van jaarsveldt

Vernissage only: sa 06.09/ 7PM-12PM

In doing research about the general dynamic of different types of conflict, I was struck by
the diverse schematic complexity for analysing various conflict situations. In taking a step
back, these diagrams distance themselves from any real conflict to present a distanced,
abstract and anonymous overview of simplicity, the essence of which is the intersecting
line. This idea of crossing lines or conflicting trajectories is a basic model for
indicating any kind of conflict scenario in its most basic elements. These diagrams then
form the basis of a humble attempt to extend the ConflictRoom to become a more appropriate
host for themselves.

2008-12-12T03:20:00.000-08:00

CR WEEK #35:
[Double Mine] / [雙重礦] Tomas Boiy
“The nature of conflict lies in it’s inversion.”

Vernissage: fr 29.08:
7pm-12pm
Finissage: sa 30.08:
5pm-7pm

2008-09-12T03:12:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #34:
I like Belgium and Belgium likes me.
Simon Gush + Jasper Rigole + Bastiaan Schevers

Vernissage: fr 22.08 /7pm.
Finissage : sa 23.08 /4pm.

2008-08-11T03:14:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #33:
M TAKING MATTERS IN MY OWN HANDS!

*performance* *installation* *bar* friday 15th of august from 9pm untill 12pm

*perfomance* *installation*
saturday and sunday from 2pm untill 5pm

Fong Ponto is being charged of:

Exhibiting, selling, or distributing of songs, pamflets or any printed text or images that are contrary to order public or morality. article: SWB 383 (Belgium)

REPORT OF THE HEARING AFTER BEING TAKEN IN CUSTODY

About the facts of which I am complained of I declare the following: I am an artist. I was invited by The Conflictroom to make a work for them in Antwerp. I chose to play off two clichés against each other, that is: masturbation and meditation. Hereby two images are being placed opposed to each other, by me. The intention of The Conflictroom is to incite a conflict in order to stimulate debate.

So i was actually meditating on the spot behind the display window of an empty shop. The display window leads to the pedestrian path. On a dvd one can see me masturbating. It is a recording of about two minutes which is looped all the time. I don not ejaculate. 

I realise that the images can be offensive to certain people. This also belongs to the idea behind this project. 

I wish to clarify that the televisionset was placed on some distance of the display window so that because of the reflection of the sun there was no direct visiblity. People have to stand still to get a look at it. Others can just walk and pass by it.

2008-07-29T02:26:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #32:
nico van dijck / de klup / tamara van san / marthe van dessel / bolwerK / rinus van de velde

mo 04.08 / 12am: kickoff
th 07.08 / 8pm: open meeting bolwerK /
design your own utopia
fr 08.08 /7pm tot 23u: opening
sa 09.08: clean up
so 10.08: clean up

http://www.ooooo.be/utopia/
http://rvandevelde.web-log.nl
http://www.myspace.com/deklup
http://www.hanstheys.be/artists/tamara_van_san/

2008-07-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #31:
LOGEMENT 9 / Tom Vansant

Logement 9 presents 'Commando', the première of a performance-video from Tom Vansant, Moscow 2002.

Vernissage only : fr 01.07 / 8pm-11pm

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призыв
commando
Screenplay
Video – DVD 06:04 min.

I.

Tom:

Спасибо -
Thank you -

...

Bart :

Вы ужасный -
You dreadful -

ax именно - эй -
ah that's - hey -

да! -
yes! -

...

Pambo! -
Rambo! -

...

ООП - теперь он преувеличивает немного.
oops - now he's a bit exaggerating.

Mattie :

Hикакая проблема.
No problem.

Steven :

Это серьезно.
This is serious.

II.

Irena :

c такими -
with this, ehm -
Tom :

Чистая леди?
Clean lady?

Irena :

нет - кое-что от леса -
no not that - something from the forest -

с этой вещью для очистки -
with this thing for cleaning -

из из сказки –
from from fairy tales -

с ведьма?
with witch?

ведьма - да ведьма.
witch - yes witch.

Маргарета была ведьмой -
This Margareta she was a witch -

Маргарета была ведьмой –
and the two violists ehm -

эти леди со скрипками -
the ladies with these violins -

которые развлекали нас через окна –
that entertained us through the windows -

они предположили, чтобы симулировать походить на этих ведьм.
they supposed to pretend to be like these witches.

Tom :

То есть колдовством.
Wow, it's really witchcraft.

Irena :

Да, и это является особенным.
Yes, and this is ehm especial.

III.

Tom :

Остановите это.
Stop it.

Irena :

Ах не останавливайтесь.
Ah don't stop it.

Tom :

Эй Матти –
Hey Mattie -

Я сделаю кое-что очень трудное теперь –
If i crash on the floor -

Вы виноваты –
you're to blame -

xорошо? -
ok? -

...

Irena :

Нет, это является сумасшедшим.
No, this is crazy.

Tom :

наблюдать –
watch out -

не останавливайте съемку теперь -
don't you stop shooting now -

...

Ждите!
Wait!

...

TV© Moscow/2002-Antwerp/2008

2008-07-24T06:57:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #30:
How curious, how bizar, what a coincidance !
PS: ...they lived happily ever after.
Pieter Boons / Srdjan Stancic

Vernissage only: fr 25.07 / 8pm-11pm

2008-07-14T16:12:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #29:
Cakehouse in a smurph holl
any collaboration is a conflict

Vernissage: fr 18.07 
Finissage: sa 19.07 

2008-07-09T16:13:00.001-07:00

CR WEEK #28 :
Conflictroom for improvement
(Gert Thierens & Jonathan Leung Hoi Yat)

Vernissage: fr 11.07
Finissage: sa 12.07

2008-06-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

CR WEEK #27
APT : "Interface Fictions"

Vernissage: fr 04.07
Finissage: sa 05.07

'INTERFACE' focusses on the transparent, but at the same time insistent boundary between a private space called "the inside", and a public space called "the outside". 7 performers from APT will occupy ConflictRoom for one week, and experiment on forms of (in)visibility, intimacy and (mis)communication between them and the outside world.

The daily commuters will be confronted with their practices, functioning at the same time as a disturbance and an invitation, and occasionally breaking out of their well-defined boundaries.

'Interface' aims to work on the exposure and the mapping of the relation between art practice, daily life and community while developping the rules and strategies of "art at work", "the gift", "doing and making" and "belonging".

Participants: Kim Lien Desault, Klaas Devos, Sara Manente, Marcos Martins, Gable Roelofson, Michel Yang, Elke Van Campenhout

Curator: Lilia Mestre

2008-06-15T06:00:00.001-07:00

detail out of a still from "Them" by Artur Zmijewski

CR/ KICKOFF:

Artur Zmijewski : "Them"

Vernissage: th 26.06
Finissage: fr 27.06

As a kickoff, the work ‘Them’ of the Polish artist Artur Zmijewski will be shown.

The artist organised a workshop in which people could express their different ideas and religious beliefs in a creative way. Zmijewski uses those painted expressions to start a discussion about ideals and convictions that quickly goes off the rails. The creative space consequently loses its innocence and becomes destructive.