Urgent Conversations: Athens – Antwerp

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    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

    Jimmie Durham

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    (c)image: Maria Thereza Alves
    Grünewald, 2006-2006
    Maria Thereza Alves, Jimmie Durham
    Video , 00:13:55

    Durham made this video with Maria Thereza Alves. It begins as a nature documentary, accompanied by trumpet sounds. Just when the viewer begins to wonder what animals do make such a sound, the sounds of working people and birds reach his ear. This is followed by a visual cue: a procession of people is shown, all blowing bird whistles. The participants perform the strangest acts; the viewer can only guess at their motives. Only when the camera zooms out and shows what was previously left out of sight, we get a hint. The whistlers are making music, while interpreting the sounds from the forest in their own way.

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