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
Video documentation of the performance Crazy for Life at the Bessie Schonberg Theater on June 10th 1990.
Jimmie Durham sits on stage and reads from a book, saying and singing things in many languages, including racist songs about indians. Crazy for Life is – says Durham during his performance – the title of the biography of Crazy Horse, a war chief of the Sioux Indian tribe in the United States.