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every week Thursday to Sunday 1pm till 6pm
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Boekhorststraat 125
The Hague, NL
Boekhorstst. 125, The Hague, NL
3 Sep - 15 Oct 2011
What the modern era has gained in civility it has lost in poetic inspiration
What the modern era has gained in civility it has lost in poetic inspiration
What the modern era has gained in civility it has lost in poetic inspiration
In this exhibition artist Joris Lindhout and curator Maaike Gouwenberg deconstruct the romantic and mythical image Hollywood has created of the Southern States, which are labeled ‘failed’ by neo-liberalism.
Starting from Southern Gothic literature a three month long road trip led them through the sun-suffused darkness of the chubby underbelly of America, which bulges over its bible belt.
In their shiny raven Ford Explorer they examined the grounds described by writers like William Faulkner, Flannery O’Connor, James Dickey, Cormac McCarthy, and Harry Crews in terms of discrimination, fundamentalist Christianity, xenophobic hillbillies, cultural deserts, poverty to name but a few.
What the modern era has gained in civility it has lost in poetic inspiration shows the Southern States through the eyes of artists, musicians and documentary filmmakers from the South, or with years of fascination for the area. How does life look at the other side of the myth?
Supported by
Stroom Den Haag, Gemeente Den Haag, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Fonds BKVB, Materiaal Fonds, Tennessee Arts Commission and University of Memphis
Thanks to
Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam en USDA, ARS, Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Georgia, Pierre Tol, Victor Faccinto, and Laura Lashley
8 Sep 20.00
Stranger with a Camera
Documentary and introduction
22 Sep 20.00
Kudzu and invasive flora
Lecture by Reinout Havinga, biologist at the Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam
21.00
A piece of the body torn out by the roots might be more to the point
22.00
To live in the South one has to be a scar lover
Book launch
Presenting ‘To live in the South one has to be a scar lover’,accompanying publication to the exhibition
24 Sep 20.00
The root of bluegrass
With live and recorded music Theo Marks and Han Orsel will draw an image of a region which gave birth to some of the most beautiful and influential music during an absolute ethical low of Western modern times.
As part of TodaysArt 2011