PERENNIAL #3 - 15 JUNE 20H: MARK VON SCHLEGELL - READING LIFE OF A SENTIENT PLANT

PERENNIAL # 3 MARK VON SCHLEGELL READING THE SECRET LIFE OF A SENTIENT PLANT WEDNESDAY 15.06.2011 - 8PM Mark von Schlegell (born in the US, based in Cologne) began his career as a cultural critic to become a science fiction author. He is the author of the novelette High Wichita and the novels Venusia (2005) andMercury Station (2009) both published by M.I.T./Semiotext(e). His experimental fiction and cultural criticism appears regularly in the international art community (his recent essay Dan Graham science fiction can be read at http://readfree.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/dg_vonschlegell.pdf). Mark Von Schlegell is the curator of the group-exhibition Distopia,currently showing at the CAPC musée d'art contemporain in Bordeaux. The reading for this occasion is entitled The secret life of a sentient plant. The reading will be given in English. Reservations: welcome@wiels.org  More info: http://www.wiels.org FREE ENTRANCE PERENNIAL is a project of Arnaud Hendrickx, Michael Van den Abeele and Richard Venlet. Save the date: Friday 24.06: to be confirmed Friday 01.07: Psychiatrist Erik Thys - lecture Wednesday 06.07: Professor Dirk de Meyer – Giuseppe Terragni's Danteum WIELS Avenue Van Volxemlaan 354 1190 Brussel tel +32 (0)2 340 00 53 fax +32 (0)2 340 00 59 http://www.wiels.org Wednesday through Sunday: 11:00 – 18:00 Nocturnes until 21.00 every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays Project supported by: Instituut voor Onderzoek in de Kunsten