Opening reception Saturday June 1, 21:00hrs | CRAFTING SPACE

May 28, 2002

Type: discussion

SMART Project Space | 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat 20, Amsterdam
requests the pleasure of your company at the exhibition opening of:

CRAFTING SPACE, A Smart Space Project | June 2- July 7 2002
Artists: Steven Brower | Richard Clar | Jem Finer & Anuman Biswas | Gregory=
Green | Kara Hammond | Penny McCarthy | Pieter Laurens Mol | Wendy Murray =
| Michael O'Malley | Serge Onnen & Noortje Marres | Takuro Osaka | Frank Pi=
etronigro | Ricky Seabra | Ward Shelley | Debra Solomon | Mike Tyler | Loui=
se K. Wilson | Arthur Woods | Dragan Zivadinov | Arts Catalyst 0-g performa=
nce video's, science-fiction pulps from La Maison d'Ailleurs, Yverdone (CH)=
Curated by: Alice Smits

Opening: June 1, 21.00 hrs. With 'Diagram Sci-Fi Kareoke' by Ingeborg Houwen

Saturday June 15 "Alt_ Space" conference on alternative uses of outer space=
. Organized in collaboration with the Jungle Association of Autonomous Astr=
onauts (www.socialfiction.org/jungleaaa). Guests: Jeroen Kumeling, Siebe Th=
issen, Debra Solomon, Jungle AAA, Noortje Marres, Steve Korver, PIDPI. =
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For more information call Al=
ice Smits on 020 427 5951

During the exhibition every Sunday, Wednesday and Friday at 17.00 hrs a fre=
e space-video program is presented in SMART Cinema, curated by Lee Ellickson

(see below in English)

Lang voordat de eerste stap in de ruimte werkelijkheid werd, begaven kunste=
naars en schrijvers zich al op fantastische ruimte reizen. Terwijl hun visi=
oenen beinvloed waren door ontwikkelingen in de wetenschap, inspireerde dez=
e verbeeldingen op hun beurt het onderzoek van wetenschappers naar de ruimt=
e. Nu we aan het begin staan van het proces waarin de mens begonnen is zich=
de ruimte toe te eigenen, waar een hele cultuur en ethiek omheen zal ontst=
aan, is het belangrijk dat niet alleen wetenschappers, maar kunstenaars en =
denkers daar deel van uit gaan maken. Naast de meer fantastische verbeeldin=
gen van de ruimte zijn er nu ook kunstenaars die zich bezig houden met de r=
ealiteit van het ruimte onderzoek, de technologische, sociale, en politieke=
aspecten ervan, de invloed van de collectieve herinneringen van de klassie=
ke ruimtevaart, en de meer politieke benaderingen om het individu zijn rech=
t op de ruimte te bevechten, in samenwerking of juist in oppositie met de s=
pace agencies. Crafting Space brengt kunstenaars samen die op vele verschil=
lende manieren een blik in de ruimte werpen.

Long before man ever set foot in space, writers and artist have journeyed o=
ut on fantastic space travels. While the visions of artists were inspired b=
y developments in science and changed accordingly, scientists in their tur=
n have allowed their discoveries to be fuelled by these imaginations. As th=
e process of appropriating space continues, a whole culture, politics and e=
thics will develop alongside it, embracing domains that can't be left to sc=
ientists alone. Artists have always been at the forefront of cultural and s=
ocial shifts, and so it should as it comes to space development. Besides mo=
re fantastic approaches, artistic visions have started to focus on the real=
ities of space exploration, its political and social practices, on the infl=
uence of the collective memory of the classical space age, and on more poli=
tical approaches to empower the individual for his right to space, either w=
orking with or against the space agencies. Crafting Space brings together a=
rtists who, from many different perspectives, take a look into space.

With thanks to: "La Maison d'Ailleurs, Musee de la science fiction, de l'ut=
opie et des voyages extraordinaires" in Yverdone (Switzerland) for loans fr=
om their collection

Sponsored by: Gemeente Amsterdam, Mentrum, Mondriaan Stichting, Beam Systems

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