Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp
The exhibitions Urgent Conversations: Athens–Antwerp and Urgent Conversations: Antwerp – Athens are a collaboration between EMST and M HKA, a theoretical and visual dialogue, based on works from the collections of both museums, which includes more than 70 works structured in 22 topics.
28.04.2017 - 07.01.2018
M HKA, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen - Leuvenstraat 32, 2000 Antwerpen
EMST, National Museum of Contemporary Art - Kallirrois Avenue & Amvr. Frantzi Str., Athens 11743
Oui/pas oui, like Une machine désire de l'instruction comme un jardin désire de la discipline, refers to the binary system of the lace-making machines in Calais, France. Instead of the expected yes/no, Durham uses here explicitly yes/not yes, since in the Cherokee language the word “no” doesn’t exist. An example of that is that in order to say "no water" a Cherokee speaker would use the expression "the water is all gone from here".
