the game is up! How to Save the World in 10 days

the game is up! How to save the world in 10 days

wed 4 - sat 14 march, Vooruit, Gent/Belgium

Global warming, the financial crisis, famine, drought and overpopulation… The end is near, but don’t despair: Vooruit will save the world! Artists and experts from different disciplines will launch proposals to save the world, put the threat in perspective or blow up the whole thing. Well-aimed happenings, bold statements, bizarre turns, sophisticated utopias and biodegradable references.

Full program online!
http://www.vooruit.be/en/serie/44
day-to-day program, download here
http://tools.emailgarage.com/Assets/IGNM--qLukeOLd-hhL6vQg\%7E\%7E/Vooruit\_TheGameIsUp09\_DayByDay.pdf

to warm you up:

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the game is up! exhibition with Folke Köbberling & Martin Kaltwasser, Kristof Kintera, Michel de Broin and others - opening wed 4 march (18:00). http://www.vooruit.be/en/event/1795

A crash between two large wooden cars in the middle of the Vooruit Café. This image by German artist duo Kaltwasser and Köbberling offers a perfect summary of the exhibition at the game is up. Nothing screams pollution and consumption more than cars do, while wood stands for nature, sustainability and recycling.
All through the Vooruit building you can discover an exhibition with sculptures, installations and videos by artists who are all - to a varying degree - concerned with current global issues. Other projects in the exhibition: Michel de Broin - Shelter (creation for the game is up!), Dead star en Shared propulsion car; Moose aka Paul Curtis - Reverse Graffiti / Seed Bombs (guerilla gardening); Kaltwasser & Köbberling - Autos zu Fahrräder; Antoine Schmitt - Time Slip; FoAM (lab); Angelo Vermeulen - Biomodd; Annemie Maes/So-on - Politics of change; HeHe - Nuage Vert; Antoine Defoort - La Fusée / Le vent dans les cheveux.

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Performance: Julien Maire - Modèle pour l’Apocalypse
4 march (21:30 - 23:30) - http://www.vooruit.be/en/event/1800

With Modèle pour l’Apocalypse Maire has constructed a special urban development plan for the future. When you take a closer look at his architectural model, you can see that it actually consists of slowly collapsing apartment blocks.

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FrictiesSalon: Natalie Jeremijenko - Environmental Health Clinic
6 march (20:00) - http://www.vooruit.be/en/event/1804

With her Environmental Health Clinic Natalie Jeremijenko strives to improve the health of her patients by tackling environmental factors. Just like in an ordinary hospital, you come in for a consultation, but instead of walking out with a prescription, you will be referred to local environmental movements, local authorities or clubs. The hospital then organizes concrete actions to improve the environmental factors in your neighbourhood.. www.environmentalhealthclinic.net.

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Conference: Tickle your catastrophe
6 / 7 march (http://www.catastrophe.ugent.be)

At the two-day conference Tickle Your Catastrophe the ruling image of the catastrophe in art, philosophy and science gets a kick up the rear! Whereas the twentieth century was dominated by political extremism and (coping with) trauma, it is the fear of the inevitable and complete catastrophe that reigns at the beginning of a new century. More : http://www.vooruit.be/en/event/1802

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FrictiesSalon: HeHe and FoAM
10 march (20:00) - http://www.vooruit.be/en/event/1805
Apart from exhibiting documentation about their prizewinning work ‘Nuage Vert’, the two founders of HeHe (Helen Evans and Heiko Hansen) will talk about their work in general in a Salonpresentation.
FoAM will set up a biodegradable lab where scientists, artists and experts occupy themselves with patabotany and guild-gardening, involving plants in videogames and plant-person interaction. In this Salon they will elaborate on their history and practice.
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the game is up! LIVE ARTS
Sponsored By Nobody - W.M.D. (just the low points) - 4 and 5 march
Antoine Defoort & Halory Goerger - &&&&& & &&& - 4 till 7 march
Kris Verdonck - Actor #1 (preview) - 11 march
Antonia Baehr - Rire - 13 and 14 march
Davis Freeman - Assasins - 13 march

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the game is up! CONCERTS
Dror Feiler - Basura (intervention in the city) - 4 march
Pamelia Kurstin + Erwin Stache & Atonor - 6 march
Kapotski - Iglo + Dror Feiler - Cantos de la Columna Vertebral - 12 march


More on the whole program http://www.vooruit.be/en/

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Welcome!
Eva De Groote
Music and media art | Arts Centre Vooruit | St.Pietersnieuwstr. 23 9000 Ghent/Belgium | fixed 0032 (0) 9 267 28 89 | mobile 0032 (0) 497 52 88 05
Vooruit is supported by:
Vlaamse overheid / Provincie Oost-Vlaanderen / Stad Gent De Morgen / P&V / Radio 1

the game is up! is supported by:
partners Kunstencentrum van de toekomst Belgacom / Belnet / Cisco / IBBT Transdigital i.h.k.v. INTERREG IV France Wallonie Vlaanderen

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