extension#16 (The Residence) UPCOMING!

UPCOMING A.I.R extension#16

The Residence (a wager for the afterlife) (2012)

During a 6-month residency in China (2009-10) Vermeir & Heiremans started working on The Residence. The project positions the artist as creative entrepreneur against a globalized backdrop that qualifies economy as the ultimate measure of things. Sharing insights on the creative garden concept, Vermeir & Heiremans initiated a collaboration with Ma Wen, a Chinese artist/architect. The project is a document on Ma Wen’s cultural practice. Through him The Residence explores the economic fetishism and financial mechanisms that play in contexts of urban development projects.

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)

The Residence (a wager for the afterlife)

is presented as video installation at ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels from 29 January to 1 April, 2012. Opening night 28 January, 6-9 PM, 2012. www.argosarts.org

The Residence (reading room)

is a discursive platform, presented at EXTRA CITY Kunsthal, Antwerp.

Public lectures from 2 February- 1 April, 2012.

A program will be published soon on

http://www.extracity.org and www.in-residence.be