Playground 2012
Inging
Jeanine Durning’s work takes as its starting point the body as a necessary bridge between thought and language. Inging refers to the present progressive suffix ‘-ing’ in English which indicates continuing action, like singing, jumping, etc. and the on-going development process.
Obliterating an image
There comes a point when you put a photograph aside and distance yourself from it. This act espouses a great deal: the gesture of placing an ephemeral image of us in the world. What does it mean to take an image out of the darkness and place it in the light?
Practical training in thinking. In dialoog met Gertjan Van Gennip
Practical Training in Thinking whisks us away into a realm of thought centred on the friction between abstract and concrete and possible and real. Can we get to grips with abstract thoughts if we imagine that they take place in a person, in his head or soul?
Out of Grace, In dialogue with the permanent collection of M-Museum Leuven
Choreographer Lynda Gaudreau’s work was shown at Klapstuk in Leuven in 1993, 1995 and 1997. M has invited her to adapt her most recent project Out of Grace - a light-hearted and dynamic cross between dance, choreography and exhibition - to the museum’s historic collection.
Helvet Underground
The central point of Helvet Underground is an old-fashioned clock in typical Black Forest style. When activated, two traditional folklore figures appear from the monumental clock. Wearing a costume made of tulle, they silently perform set dance steps, as if they were dolls. French duo Clédat & Petitpierre's oeuvre is situated between live performance and visual arts.
Bete & Deise
Wendelien Van Oldenborgh takes historic events with a view to examining social conditions. Set in Rio de Janeiro, her new film stages an encounter between actor and politician Bete Mendes (1949) and musician Deise Tigrona (1979). The women talk about their experience of performing and their role as public figures.
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