Katleen Vermeir
Parallel to the inaugural presentation of the video installation in Argos Vermeir & Heiremans present Reading Room, a discursive platform set up in close collaboration with Extra City, Antwerp. The project is conceived as a format for knowledge production, consisting of a number of public moments and a series of reading groups (for a limited number of participants). Reading Room takes place in a display feature that is developed as a performative space for reading and browsing materials, for meeting people, talking and having a drink. It presents itself as an evolving cabinet of curiosities that contains a collection of visual and textual materials from the research the artists have conducted in preparation of their video project.
Reading Room is designed in collaboration with the Chinese architect Ma Wen. The output of the presentations and reading groups will be integrated in an upcoming publication.
The speakers program consists of Carol Yinghua Lu & Liu Ding, Bert De Muynck, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Daniel McClean, Cuauhtémoc Medina (to be confirmed) a.o.
For program details or if you want to participate in any of the reading groups please check:
The Residence ( a wager for the afterlife) is a video project by Katleen Vermeir & Ronny Heiremans in collaboration with Ma Wen, Justin Bennett, Amir Borenstein, Mieja Hollevoet, Salome Schmuki, Karlijn Sileghem, Wim van der Grijn.
Photos: Kristien Daem.
A production of Limited Editions vzw supported by Flanders Audiovisual Fund and the Flemish Community. Coproduction: Argos, centre for art and media (Brussels), C-Mine (Genk), Cultuurcentrum (Bruges), deBuren (Brussels), Extra City Kunsthal (Antwerp), FLACC (Genk), Manifesta 9 Limburg (Genk) and Triodos Fonds. Research support: artist residencies in China CEAC (Xiamen), TIM (Beijing)