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Title
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Squatters 2
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Description
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As part of the Cultural Capital 2001 programs of Rotterdam and Porto, Witte de With, Museu Serralves, and Porto 2001 have invited a group of international artists to make new work which explores the city and urban space. The resulting exhibition was Squatters.
The resulting exhibition Squatters consists of two parts. Squatters #1 focused on the creative use and re-use of ‘occupied space', Squatters #2 featured works which explore the city’s morphology and the experience of architectural space.
Participating artists Squatters #2: Massimo Bartolini, Alexandre Estrela, Jeanne van Heeswijk/Rolf Engelen/Siebe Thissen/Frans Vermeer, José Antonio Hernández-Díez, Rita Magalhães, Honoré d’O, Gert Robijns, William Speakman and Simon Starling.
Squatters #2 features works which explore the city’s morphology and the experience of architectural space. By describing, outlining and altering various spaces, these works visualize a series of special relations between sensory perception and the physical environment. An installation by Jeanne van Heeswijk deals with the history of the Rotterdam squatters movement. William Speakman designs a small church after Le Corbusiers Chapel of Notre Dame du Haut in Ronchamp. Inside the church, he grows tomatoes under artificial light. Massimo Bartolini emphasizes a spatial outline with the help of two thousand feet long pearl necklaces. Rita Magalhães portrays her sister as a spectator at small urban gatherings. Gert Robijns employs intricate technological means to stimulate a sense of space. Each work explores spatial forms and the ways these forms can be perceived.
Support for this exhibition stems from: The British Council, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon; Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; Istituto Italiano per i Paesi Bassi, Amsterdam; Rotterdam 2001; and Rotterdam Festivals.
Participants
Massimo Bartolini, Rolf Engelen, Alexandre Estrela, Jeanne van Heeswijk, José Antonio Hernández-Díez, Rita Magalhães, Honoré d’ O, Gert Robijns, William Speakman, Simon Starling, Siebe Thissen, Frans Vermeer
Curators
Bartomeu Marí, Nathalie Zonnenberg
Network
Museu Serralves
Supported By
The British Council, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Fundação Luso Americana para o Desenvolvimento, Lisbon; Instituto de Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon; Istituto Italiano per i Paesi Bassi, Amsterdam; Rotterdam 2001; Rotterdam Festivals.
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Identifier
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KIM-EXH-3891
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01_5
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Type
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Exhibition
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Date
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2001-10-07/2001-12-02
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Temporal Coverage
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2001
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Publisher
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Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art
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Spatial Coverage
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Rotterdam
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Language
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en
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Is Part Of
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Exhibition history
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Rights Holder
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Kunstinstituut Melly
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Creator
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Alexandre Estrela
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Gert Robijns
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Honoré d’ O
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Jeanne van Heeswijk
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José Antonio Hernández-Díez
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Massimo Bartolini
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Rita Magalhães
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Siebe Thissen
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Simon Starling
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William Speakman
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Contributor
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Bartomeu Marí
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Nathalie Zonnenberg
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Relation
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Museu Serralves
Squatters 2 Paul van Gennip and line kramer test the installing of the artwork by Honoré d’O (0:48 min).
Squatters 2 — image 001 [squatters #2] (Jeanne van heeswijk/rolf Engelen/Siebe thissen/Frans Vermeer, A Paper House, 2001)