28 Apr 2010

'El Ã?ngel Exterminador' at BOZAR, Brussels

El Ã?ngel Exterminador

On the occasion of the Spanish presidency of the European Council, Luis Buñuel's cult film El �ngel Exterminador serves as the unifying thread for an unprecedented contemporary art project. Nearly thirty of the leading artists in Spain today offer their own visions of claustrophobia in a confined, almost oppressive, space.

An allegory of Luis Buñuel's film of the same name, the El �ngel Exterminador exhibition explores the ambivalence between the visceral need to escape and the equally deep-rooted desire for isolation. When claustrophobia strikes, however, one has to adapt; indeed, learning how to live with alienating constraints becomes a matter of urgency. Through paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, and installations, twenty-seven Spanish artists of our own time portray the notion of 'limit'. A veritable tableau vivant that has to be escaped from...

In response, five unique performances explore confinement and Buñuel's film will, of course, be screened too. For two whole months a window will be opened on contemporary Spanish art – on a scale greater than anything seen in Belgium since Europalia 1985!

PERFORMANCES

Paco Cao: Buñuel, en guerra
Thur 29.04.2010 - 20:30 (Zaal M | Salle M)
In Spanish (translation NL | FR)

Rodrigo García: C'est comme ça et me faites pas chier
18, 19 & 20.05.2010 - 20:30 (Terarken)
In French (translation NL)

Olga Mesa: Suite au dernier mot : au fond tout est en surface
03 & 04.06.2010 - 20:30 (Auditorium Paul Willems)
In French (translation NL)

La Ribot: Laughing Hole
Wed 16.06.2010 - 18:00 (Terarken)

Esther Ferrer
Sun 20.06.2010 - 20:30 (Terarken)