Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun

TAG! BASE! HIDE & SEEK Artists: Yuri Suzuki & Abäke, Cynthia Hathaway, Bartosz Mucha, Eric von Robertson, Guy Keulemans, Dinie Besems, Leonard van Munster curated by: Joanna van der Zanden Open: Dec 03, 2010 07:00 PM Closes: Feb 13, 2011  Location: COCA /Torun, Poland Say “Tag!” and any place on earth will transform into a playground. Objects [...]

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New Graffiti, Old Revolutions

Upcoming exhibit Opens Oct 30, 2010 at MK Galerie, Rotterdam New Graffiti, Old Revolutions is an exhibition that imagines readings of contemporary culture as seen through the prisms of the ‘hauntological’ and the ‘spectral.’ These ideas are understood as ways of inscribing the past within the present, not as a way to order knowledge, but as a [...]

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About

Eric von Robertson works under the conceptual framework of CARL – The Center for the Advancement of Recreation and Leisure. As Robertson says, “CARL is a destination, a way of locating and rerouting the world around us, through a process of excursions and sculptural prototypes.” These prototypes are tossed into a series of field studies that travel between remote and urban landscapes – places where a large inflatable cushion of air is uncontrollably swept through the streets, to a pack of stray dogs sporting custom designed textiles that offer new routes and intersections for City Guides. As CARL’s excursions continue to meander through the Lost Caves of St Louis or across deserted islands in the Maldives, these places and misadventures become models in tourism and personally reflected souvenirs in the pursuit of recreation and leisure.

 

Contact: vonpaola [at] gmail.com

Postbus 319 1000AH, Amsterdam


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