“change”
seems to be the word for 2009, first thrown into public awareness by the clever advertisers working for president obama’s campaign, promising a new, not really graspable but definitely very different future. and difference is better than the same old thing.
change is different. the difference between things that were, and the things yet to come. it is a word provoking hope and the prospect of ‘something better’, at least in obama’s context. 2009 our world is in turmoil. the economical crisis has reached even those countries that always seemed to be immune to an economic collapse like japan and the united states. our systems will have to change as even states are going bankrupt bailing out their banks and companies. will we abort capitalism after all? what is the alternative?
change always means letting go of something old and opening up for the new, the unknown. it presupposes a spirit of adventurism and daring. change can be painful for its unexpectedness and the loss that usually comes prior to the change – the loss of the old, the current.
artists
we invited international artists to work on one common theme: "change".
change seems to be the word for 2009, first thrown into public awareness by the clever advertisers working for president obama’s campaign, promising a new, not really graspable but certainly very different future.
abbi torrance (england)
adalberto abbate (italy)
aleksandr pasevin (ukraine)
andrew barton (norway)
christoph becker (germany)
elisabeth eberle (switzerland)
fiona michie (scotland)
harry piller (the netherlands)
johanna pagels (germany)
lisa holden (the netherlands / england)
mona moe holhjem (mozambique/norway)
pat shewchuk & marek colek aka “tin can forest” (canada)
sarah graham (u.s.a.)
silke willig (germany)
sylvain merot (france)
toon berghahn (the netherlands)
witte wartena (the netherlands) |
