Hidden in Remembrance is the Silent Memory of our Future

4TH BIENNIAL OF MOVING IMAGE
Film, video and installations in twelve special venues in the historic city centre of Mechelen

Mechelen (BEL) hosts an unique initiative for people with an interest in contemporary art as well as architectural history.

Contour, the Biennial for Moving Image, was established in 2003 as a platform for presenting cutting edge developments and the best in art of the moving image. The biennial presents artists working with film, video and installation in special locations in the historical inner city of Mechelen; unexpected or unusual venues within walking distance from one another. Since the first edition in 2003, a different curator is invited to provide the biennial with a new framework, vision and dynamic. The fourth edition bears the mark of the Brussels-based curator Katerina Gregos (GRC). Under the title ‘Hidden In Remembrance Is The Silent Memory Of Our Future’, the exhibition probes history, advocates its importance and revolves around questions of historical representation and historiography.
Gregos invited 18 artists from 12 countries who investigate the complex and often persisting entanglements between past, present and future. The exhibition features Belgian and international artists, established as well as up-coming. Highlights include the Finnish artist Eija-Liisa Ahtila, arguably one of the best artists currently working in video, and the internationally acclaimed Belgian artist Michaël Borremans.
Contour presents visually engaging and intellectually stimulating art, aiming to reach a wide as well as specialist public. Tickets are valid for the whole duration of the exhibition, since there is more than can be seen in one day, and enough to be discovered repeatedly.
Contour is unique in Europe as it offers the opportunity for the viewer to experience top-rate international contemporary art in one of the continent’s historic cities.
CONTOUR 2009
Film, video, and installations in unique venues in the historical city-centre of Mechelen
Opening hours: Saturday 15th August to Sunday 18th October, 2009
Thursday to Sunday: 13.00 to 20.00
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS Eija-Liisa Ahtila (FIN) | Herman Asselberghs (BEL) | Yael Bartana (ISR) Ulla von Brandenburg (DEU) | Andreas Bunte (DEU) | Lene Berg (NOR) | Michaël Borremans (BEL) Matthew Buckingham (USA) | Chto Delat (RUS) | Maryam Jafri (PAK) | David Maljkovic (HRV) Vincent Meessen (BEL) | Nathaniel Mellors (GBR) | Wendelien van Oldenborgh (NLD) | Julian Rosefeldt (DEU) Mira Sanders (BEL) | Yorgos Sapountzis (GRC) | T.J. Wilcox (USA)
CURATOR Katerina Gregos (GRC)
CATALOGUE
The publication for the Biennial is a special edition made in collaboration with A Prior Magazine.
English. € 20.