"WHITE NOISE III: Pandora's Sound Box" Exhibition
WHITE BOX
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"WHITE NOISE III: Pandora's Sound Box" for PERFORMA 09 is the third edition of the internationally acclaimed biennial of new visual art performance.
Pandora's Sound Box is an interactive multimedia exhibition conceived to destabilize and reactivate our vision of the current global political landscape through performance, sound, video and site-specific installations. The exhibition demonstrates a kind of experiment of the associative imagination by which the viewer may explore other dimensions of experience while simultaneously becoming a performer. The title of the exhibition was inspired by Georg Wilhelm Pabst's controversial 1929 film Pandora's Box, which exposed and explored the fear of female sexuality. Although considered thirty years ahead of its time, Pandora's Box was banned by Hitler upon its release and classified as "degenerate art." Pandora's Sound Box deals with the identification of fear in contemporary society, i.e. fear of war, terrorism, immigration, and the media, as conveyed through the strong material presence of sound.
The exhibition in the main gallery space features work by Pierre Bismuth, Agnieszka Kurant, Matthieu Laurette, Oswaldo Macia, and Carlo Zanni. WHITE BOX PROJECTS space will feature changing installations by Django Hernández, Davide Bertocchi, Robert Lazzarini and a special project by Olaf Breuning. Special performances by Michaël Aerts and Vadim Vosters, as well as Tanja Ostojic will take place as part of the exhibition.
Nov 2-8 Django Hernandez: President's Secrets
Nov 8-12 Davide Bertocchi: Exhaust
Nov 12-15 Roberts Lazzarini: Rats
Nov 16-22 An impromptu event by Olaf Breuning
For more information on White Box exhibitions and performances in the PERFORMA 09 calendar please visit: http//:performa-arts.org
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Schedule
from November 02, 2009 to November 22, 2009
Special Performances: Michael Aerts and Vadim Vosters, Refence, Nov 2 at 5pm.
Opening Reception on 2009-11-02 from 19:00 to 21:00