Tracing the Future
Martin Le Chevallier | Münster (2016)
This film tells of a commune which wrote history in the northern-German city of Munster in 1533. Their kingdom combined a revolutionary faith with a Communist regime until the city was besieged and defeated. In Martin Le Chevallier’s film, two attackers observe the city. Münster is a Tracing the Future coproduction and world première.
Adrien Tirtiaux | Boven de muur
What if a wooden installation connects the park with private gardens on Vlamingenstraat? Can this take the individual closer to the community? This is what Adrien Tirtiaux investigates for Tracing the Future. Where, exactly, can we locate the tension between individualism and collectivism? The residents actively collaborated in the realization of this artwork, from brainstorming to the final design. It is possible for visitors to walk through parts of the work by using its stairs, bridges, and platforms.
Ursula Biemann & Paulo Tavares | Forest Law
Ursula and Paulo Tavares take us off to the Amazon forest in the south of Ecuador, one of the most biodiverse regions in the world. Because it is so rich in natural resources like oil and ores, pressure has been brought to bear on the region and it has become the subject of conflicting interests. The artists document several important lawsuits. Thanks in part to these efforts, the forest of the Ecuadorian Amazon has now been granted fundamental rights.
The Otolith Group | Medium Earth (2013)
Earthquakes regularly send shockwaves through the south of California. This video installation takes that historical phenomenon as its starting point. To this end the artists’ collective combines powerful images with the beseeching voice of a medium. It listens to the ‘voice’ of the desert, translates what the stones write, decodes the calligraphy of the earth’s crevices and brings to life the pent-up tension in its crust.
Allan Sekula | Mining Section (Bureau des Mines)
Allan Sekula (1951-2013, USA) was fascinated by Constantin Meunier’s realism. Like that nineteenth-century artist, Sekula explores the world of miners and dockers. For Tracing the Future, we take Sekula’s dialogue with Meunier a step further. A presentation of objects, engravings, graphics, postcards and photographic archive material reveals Sekula’s vision of the world of the mineworker.
