Mobile Institute
Mobile Institute is an art platform initiated by artists. It is not associated to a specific place and values a more open platform for art development and its various exhibited forms. MI is a flexible interface:
1. As a Platform, MI is a catalyst for networking and creates the conditions in which artists can produce artwork. This specificity makes it stand as a network and a structure.
2. MI develops Projects as an artist group, working in association with established institutions and artists. Through its dynamic behaviour, MI creates specific productions.
3. The Laboratory is an experimental area where the MI utopian vision and research are used as a device for generating projects.
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The Mobile Institute events took place several times during the month of August 2007, filling vacant buildings and outdoor spaces in the vicinity of "Le Noailles" Hotel. Art Platform such as "Nadine", the old "Styx" cinema and still active rendez-vous hotel "Le Berger" were given spaces to develop artwork.
Collaborating with existing infrastructures (institutes, organisations, cultural centres and cinemas) the Mobile Institute covered events such as performances, lectures, debates and exhibitions involving artist in residence at "Le Noailles". The aim was to stimulate the exchange between artists and institutions in order to create a more collaborative network.
The overall scheme was to provide a self-managed organisation with multiple functions. Subsequently, artists were asked to develop a site-specific artwork. Locations and spaces formed the basis of all art events thereby creating an emergent network. Events took place on Fridays throughout the month of August.
| Crew & Organisers Tom Hillewaere Jonathan Sullam Pacome Beru Samir Mougas Jose Miguel Biscaya Jean-François Fontaine Co-organisers Coordination Design |
Residency Artists Fia Cielen Michiel Alberts Ana Cristina Velasquez Pauline Bremmer Aukje Dekker Hans Wuyts Eléonore Saintagnan Andre ten Broeke Marion Dufranc Jan de Bruin Perrine Grivaux Hilke Muyldermans |
Open Artists Anja Masling Dafna Maimon Avi Krispin Tilmann Meyer-Faje Carolina Feix Andreas Templin Yann Leguay Brian McKenna Adriano Sobral Soares Florian Göttke Aram Mekhitariam Maurice van Daalen Ismaël Bennani Ronan Deriez Pascale Barret Xavier Borsu |
Institutes SANDBERG INSTITUTE NADINE (Trudo Engels & Ferdinand Dubois) 2nd ROOM (Christphe Floré & Janus Baudewijns) HISK Le FRESNOY ARGOS ONE minutes CODE Magazine EXPODIUM (Bart Witte & Luc Janssens) CologneOFF (Wilfried Agricola de Cologne) AEsP (Guy Massaux) MOBAC (Sven Vanderstichelen) |