ABOUT PERENNIAL

PERENNIAL IS A TEMPORARY AUDITORIUM, THOUGHT OF AS A SALON, SHAPED AS AN EVENT. THE TERM “PERENNIAL” REFERS TO THE CYCLICAL BLOOMING OF PLANTS, AS WELL AS TO THE NOTION OF UNIVERSAL RECURRENCE OF PHILOSOPHICAL IDEAS, THROUGH TIMES AND CULTURES. ASSUMING THAT FUTURE VISIONS ARE PROJECTED MEMORIES, SUBLIME AND OUTER WORLDLY PERSPECTIVES CAN ALSO BE CONCEIVED AS PROJECTED INTERIORS. PERENNIAL AS SALON AND AUDITORIUM WILL FUNCTION AS A MODEL OF THIS HYPOTHESIS AND THE DEPARTURE POINT FOR A VAST EVENING PROGRAM INCLUDING CHRISTIAN WALDVÖGEL, ETTORE SOTTSASS, JOS DE GRUYTER & HARALD THYS, MARK VON SCHLEGELL, GIUSEPPE TERRAGNI, ERIK THYS A.O


PERENNIAL IS A PROJECT OF ARNAUD HENDRICKX, MICHAEL VAN DEN ABEELE AND RICHARD VENLET.


PROJECT SUPPORTED BY: OPAK, WIELS, FAK.

AGENDA

FRI 27 MAY 18:00 - 21:00 WIELS
OPENING.


WED 01 JUNE 20:00 WIELS
HARALD THYS & JOS DE GRUYTER - FILM PREMIERE.


FRI 10 JUNE 20:00 WIELS
CHRISTIAN WALDVÖGEL - GLOBUS CASSUS, LECTURE.


WED 15 JUNE 20:00 WIELS
MARK VON SHLEGELL - THE SECRET LIFE OF A SENTIENT PLANT, READING.


FRI 24 JUNE 20:00 WIELS
NANAMI KOHSHOU - BUTOH PERFORMANCE


FRI 01 JULY 20:00 WIELS

ERIK THYS - SPACE AND THE SOUL, LECTURE.


WED 6 JULY 20:00 WIELS

DIRK DE MEYER - TERRAGNI'S DANTEUM, LECTURE.

PERENNIAL #1 - 01 JUNE 20H: JOS DE GRUYTER & HARALD THYS - VIDEO PROJECTION


PERENNIAL # 1



JOS DE GRUYTER & HARALD THYS
WEDNESDAY 01.06.2011 - 8PM

 

DOUBLE SCREENING WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE ARTISTS:

ÜBER DIE FARBEN UND IHRE BEDEUTUNG (2011 - BELGIAN PREMIERE)
EINE AUSEINANDERSETZUNG IM RAHMEN DER AUSSTELLUNG OBJEKTE ALS FREUNDE

‘Über die farben und ihre bedeutung’ (2011, video, colour, sound, 16’) is a treatise on the colours and their meaning. This is the Belgian premiere of the most recent film by Jos De Gruyter and Harald Thys, conceived as part of the exhibition ‘Objekte als Freunde’ (27.05.11-14.08.11) at the Kestnergesellschaft Hannover.


ÜBER DAS VERHÄLTNIS DER WIRKLICHEN WELT ZU DER PARALLELEN WELT (2010)
EINE ABHANDLUNG IM RAHMEN VON PROJEKT 13

‘Über das Verhältnis der wirklichen Welt zu der parallelen Welt’ (2010, video, black-white, sound, 25’) is a study of the relationship between the real world and the parallel world and how they influence each other. The film supports the hypothetical tendency to visualise this parallel world as one-dimensional. It is a world where time and space are of a different order, a one-dimensional white world without light or dark. The film was first shown as a part of PROJEKT 13, an exhibition in the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland.


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FREE ENTRANCE


PERENNIAL is a project of Arnaud Hendrickx, Michael Van den Abeele and Richard Venlet.

Save the date:
Friday 10.06: Architect Christian Waldvogel – Globus Cassus - lecture
Wednesday 15.06: Science fiction author Mark von Schlegell - book-lecture
Friday 24.06: to be confirmed
Friday 01.07: Psychiatrist Erik Thys - lecture
Wednesday 06.07: Professor Dirk de Meyer – Giuseppe Terragni's Danteum

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