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Installatie van BATTERY en het Natuurhistorisch Museum van de HOOP
BUREAU D'ESPOIR Battery - Natural History Museum of Hope
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+ Book release ‘Tarot of Hope’
Van 13 december tot 3 januari 2014 werkt Bureau d'Espoir in ZSenne. Met de 22 dagen lange research performance Battery, in de ramen van de galerij, testen twee onderzoekers het potentieel van de 'publieke batterij' als een instrument voor de productie van hoop.
Het Natural History Museum of Hope is een actieve tentoonstelling waar de bezoekers terecht kunnen voor de Hope Sessions: film, een Hoop Tarot lezing, de uitwisseling van een Hoop Object, of gewoon een kop thee.
Meer avontuurlijke bezoekers kunnen zich ook aanmelden als vrijwilliger om samen met de batterij-onderzoekers een aantal privé-sessies te ondergaan, om de nieuwe hoop-instrumenten van Bureau d'Espoir te testen.
Bureau d'Espoir organiseert daarnaast lezingen en concerten.
Het volledige programma HIER
From the 13th of December to the 3rd of January Bureau d’Espoir occupies the performance gallery ZSenne. With the 22 days ongoing performance ‘Battery’ in the street windows of the building in which two hope researchers test the power of the machine to turn dire circumstances into hopeful ones. And with the Natural History Museum of Hope: an active exhibition and performance installation in which visitors can come to exchange Hope Objects, browse through the Hope Library or have a sessions with the caretakers to read the Tarot of Hope with them.
The more adventurous visitors are also invited to join the performers in the battery, as test volunteers to try out different strategies of hope, developed by Bureau d’Espoir.
The opening of Bureau d’Espoir takes places on the 13th of December from 19:00 onwards. This marks the start of the Hope Object Exchange, accompanied by The Hope Sessions, a sample concert using the material of hope interviews conducted over the last 5 months.
Next to these ongoing activities, Bureau d’Espoir also organizes lectures and concerts on the topic of Hope today.
Full Programm HERE
BATTERY Full Program
Artists:
13 December – 3 January
every weekday from 13:00 - 19:00
weekends 12:00 - 18.00
Natural History Museum of Hope: the gallery is open for visitors that want to bring in or exchange a Hope Object, have their Tarot of Hope read to them, visit the Hope Library, watch the Hope Sessions movie, or just have a cup of tea and a bit of quiet in the Christmas chaos.
ongoing: research performance of the Battery workers in the windows of the gallery
Fri, 13 Dec, from 19.00 onwards
OPENING EVENT: The Natural History Museum opens its doors. We invite you to come with a Hope Object: an object that you associate with hope, or that actively produces it in your life. This is also the moment the researchers of Bureau d’Espoir introduce their work, and the Battery researchers start on their 22 days of confinement in the Battery boxes in the windows of the gallery. At 8. 30 there is theHope Sessions concert, a musical sampling event of the materials developed in the hope sessions interviews conducted by Bureau d’Espoir in the last months. Throughout the evening we offer some heart warming drinks and a first experience of the anorexic food experiment.
Thu,19 December, 20.00
EVENT: Hope Session Dialogue: public discussion between theatre maker, writer and philosopher Pieter de Buysser and artistic researcher, theater maker and all-round thinker Geert Opsomer, on the subject of hope today, in politics, art, daily rituals and gift strategies.
Fri, 20 Dec, 18.00
EVENT: Anorexic Dinner I, hosted by Rares Craiut
In the last years Bureau d’Espoir has been looking into different strategies to deal with the loss of control we experience in our relation to food. Global foor industry, the implosion of the local food markets, health issues and ethical questions keep us occupied all the time. In response to this feeling of loss of control Bureau d’Espoir has developed Hunger artist and Anorexic strategies.
The anorexic dinners are an invitation to come and take part in the preparation and consummation of a dinner that tries to rethink the logics of our food consumption, and also make this an enjoyable experience.
If you want to join a dinner, please write to hope@bureaudespoir.org
Sun, 22 Dec 2013
EVENT: lecture Samuel Vriezen, the Location of Hope. Samuel Vriezen is a dutch pianist and composer and philosopher and will talk about the location of hope in poetry and music practices.
CONCERT: Simon Loeffler is a Danish composer and performer. For Bureau d’Espoir he developed a silence concert, using the Battery boxes as amplifiers.
Thu, 26 Dec 2013 10.30-17.00
WORKSHOP: garbage forensics: what does our waste tell us about ourselves and the priorities we put forward in our lives and our patterns of consuming. Various Artists takes you on an explorative journey. Inscribe through hope @bureaudespoir.org
18.00
EVENT: Trash movies: 2 movies dealing with the phenomenon of living on trash in Rio de Janeiro. More than a sketch of a phenomenon, these two movies lay bare the very diverse strategies of the movie makers and the artists involved.
Fri, 27 Dec 2013 18.00
EVENT: Anorexic Dinner II, hosted by Rares Craiut
Fri, 3 Jan 2014 18.00
EVENT: Anorexic Dinner III, hosted by Rares Craiut
20.00
Closing of Bureau d’Espoir and last Hope Exchange
Schedule Battery
Artists:
Bureau d'Espoir in ZSenne 13/12/2013 - 3/1/2014
every weekday from 13-19h weekends from 12-18h
EVENT - hope session: dialogue Pieter de Buysser - Geert Opsomer
Thu/do/jeu 19 Dec 2013 20:00 – 23:00
EVENT - anorexic dinner Fri/vrij/ven 20 Dec 2013 18:00 – 22:00 hosted by Rares Craiut
EVENT - lecture: the location of culture 22 Zon/sun/dim Dec 2013 18:00 – 20:30
EVENT - concert Simon Loeffler 22 Zon/sun/dimDec 2013 20:00 – 22:30
WORKSHOP - garbage forensics 26 Thu/do/jeu Dec 2013 10:30 – 17:30
EVENT - garbage pickers - FILM selection 26 Thu/do/jeuDec 2013 18:30 – 21:00
EVENT - anorexic dinner Ven/fri/vrij 27 Dec 2013 18:00 – 21:30 hosted by Rares Craiut
CLOSURE + anorexic dinner Vrij/fri/ven 3 Jan 2014 19:00 – 21:30
for all questions, suggestions or remarks: hope@bureaudespoir.org
Met de steun van
THE HOPE SESSIONS Bureau d'Espoir
DE HOOP SESSIES
Bureau d'Espoir
(NL - Eng see below)
Concreet: gedurende 72u nemen Veridiana Zurita en Elke Van Campenhout interviews af in en één-op-één opstelling. We vragen aan iedereen die komt om een hoop-object mee te brengen: een voorwerp dat tactiel hoop produceert, of dat hoop activeert, of dat de situatie transformeert, enz…
http://www.doodle.com/gkaqu59edh2zsihc
elkevancampenhout@icloud.com
research coordinator a.pass
advanced performance and scenography studies
www.apass.be
Bureau d'Espoir would like to invite you to participate in THE HOPE SESSIONS, organized from Thursday, 29th of August until Sunday, 1st of September.THE HOPE SESSIONS is an interview project that will result in a movie that will be shown during the Bureau d'Espoir exhibition in ZSenne in December 2013.
Set-up: During 72 hours Veridiana Zurita and Elke Van Campenhout will conduct one-on-one interviews about 'contemporary' hope. We ask each interviewee to come with a Hope Object, an object they consider hopeful. F.e. an object that produces hope when handled, an object that is a reminder of hope, an object that brings out the potential of the current moment, …. With a cup of tea or a little something stronger, we talk through the days and nights, mapping out hope in all its forms. Every session takes about 2 hours: an hour of talking and then an hour of constructing the collective image of hope. If you are willing to take part, please fill in your slot in the doodle, and don't forget to bring a Hope Object. We are looking forward to work with you. http://www.doodle.com/gkaqu59edh2zsihc
THE HOPE SESSIONS is run by Elke Van Campenhout, Veridiana Zurita and Marcelo Mardones, and is part of the work of Bureau d'Espoir, a long-term collective research project initiated by Elke Van Campenhout. Bureau d'Espoir will share the durational performance project Battery and the Natural History Museum of Hope during 22 days in ZSenne, december 2013.
Bureau d'Espoir is supported by a.pass, de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, ZSenne and VGC.
elke van campenhout
elkevancampenhout@icloud.com
research coordinator a.pass
advanced performance and scenography studies
www.apass.be
Elke Van Campenhout/Bureau d'Espoir/apass BATTERY
‘Bureau d’Espoir: Battery’ is een performance installatie voor 3 performers en 2 'care takers'. Geïnspireerd op het principe van een ‘chicken battery’ of legbatterij, kopieert ‘Battery’ de functies van deze commerciële machine, maar vertaalt deze in een performatieve praktijk voor de creatie, distributie en machinale productie van ‘hoop’.
De 3 performers verblijven gedurende 22 dagen in een onderzoeksmachine (de ‘battery’): een assemblage van 3 afzonderlijke kubuscellen van 1m40. In deze cellen wordt het dag- en nachtritme bepaald door de machine, en worden de performers gedisciplineerd in een regime van extreme beperking: zowel op het vlak van de beschikbare ruimte, als op vlak van beschikbaar materiaal, voedsel, enz…
Gedurende de 22 dagen worden geleidelijk aan de scheidingsschotten tussen de verschillende cellen weggenomen, en verandert de batterij van een isolatiemachine, in een experimentele ruimte voor collaboratief werk. De centrale vraag is het potentieel van de beperking: hoe kunnen we binnen de gegeven omstandigheden toch tot een betekenisvolle samenwerking komen en kwalitatief artistiek werk produceren voor de dagelijkse bezoekers en de buitenwereld. Of: hoe kunnen we in barre tijden toch een krachtige ‘arte povera’ ontwikkelen die de crisis (financieel, maar ook artistiek, en zelfs existentieel) recht in de ogen kijkt.
‘Battery’ is 22 dagen lang te bezoeken in ZSenne vzw en functioneert ‘s nachts als een sculpturale installatie die door de ramen van de galerij zichtbaar is voor de voorbijgangers. Naast deze centrale langdurige performance, functioneren de performers ook als ‘orakel’ voor bellers op afstand, en rondom de installatie wordt het Natural History Museum of Hope geïnstalleerd, waarin de ‘care takers’ een artistieke praktijk ontwikkelen in samenwerking met de bezoekers.