>>> GO TO THE CELEBRATION, APRIL 25, 2009!!!










DETAILS


WHO:
Stefano Cagol


WHAT:
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATION


WHEN:
from September 29, 2007 (opening) for one year long



+++ BREAKING NEWS:
Beursschouwburg Art Center decided the PROLONGATION of the permanence of the installation on the facade as long term loan +++


WHERE:
external facade of BeursSchouwburg, BRUSSELS

Beursschouwburg
rue A. Orts 20 - 28  1000 Bruxelles
T: 02 550 03 50   F: 02 550 03 40



CURATOR:
Cis Bierinckx, Artistic Director of
BeursSchouwburg

INFO:
Sinta  Wibowo, Artistic Coordinator
of BeursSchouwburg
sinta@beursschouwburg.be
  /  info@stefanocagol.com  


PRESSE AND COMMUNICATION:
leen@beursschouwburg.be
kris@beursschouwburg.be
margareta@beursschouwburg.be





ON-LINE MATERIAL:

MEDIA KIT (16.6 Mb)  ENG  ITA ZIP


MEDIA RELEASE  ENG PDF

COMUNICATO STAMPA  ITA PDF
STEFANO CAGOL  CV PDF

FIRST IMAGES OF THE PROJECT (after Sept 28th!)
FIRST VIDEOS OF THE PROJECT
(after Sept 28th!)

LINKS
THE BASE http://www.stefanocagol.com

THE SITE  http://www.beursschouwburg.be





..and
VERY THANKS TO Beursschouwburg Crew
directeur général et artistique: Cis Bierinckx
assistante de direction: Ann Goossens

coordination artistique: Sinta Wibowo
presse et communication:

Leen De Fraine, 
Kris Mouchaers, Margareta Saelemaekers
technique:
Philip Delbecque, Omar Lachgar

..and
also THANKS to Elisa and Luigi Valcanover
and Renato Sartori
NovaNeon Trento
  novaneon@tin.it


 





> Solo Project

 
Flu Power Flu

BeursSchouwburg, Brussels

Public Art Installation
29th Septembe, 2007 to 4th July, 2012

Duration: 5 YEAR




DETAILS  |  DETTAGLI

MEDIA KITS  |  MATERIALE STAMPA

FLU as physical and mental, positive and negative influenza / influence.

POWER
as capacity to exercise influence, control, authority over others.



FLU POWER FLU takes the form of public intervention, highlighting contemporary influences, beliefs, pre/misconceptions and belonging. Power, in various forms extends its influence to our daily lives yet our notion of power and its extent of influence is often, perhaps deliberately, overlooked. Moving and interacting within/outside “centers of power” of  past and actual Europe, be it cultural, political or financial, FLU POWER FLU aptly questions their authority and invites reflexivity yet inevitably becoming an accomplice to these power games.

FLU POWER FLU in Brussels will feature a white neon writing on the facade of the building of BeursSchouwburg in the historical heart of the city, of the “capital” of Europe, using typical glittering tools of propaganda and hinting at the universal appeal for power, at once resisted yet irresistible. In this way the project highlights how “power”, as manifested through the visible centers of respected authority, influences inhabits every aspect of contemporary society and is silently rooted in every individual. So the intervention into the city’s political, financial and cultural “centre of power” invites a wide public to re-examine our understanding of identity in relation to authority, nation-hood and globalization. Inviting reflexivity, it pertinently questions the authority of these influence centers while highlighting their significance in framing a sense of belonging, pride and unity. Anyway, suspended in-between the negative and positive, familiar and implied meanings of the terms “power” and "flu", Cagol’s engagement with the public underlines the complexity of power and authority. Neither definitive nor univocal, these concepts are infinitely expanded.

With the words  FLU POWER FLU emblazoned on the building, this project continues Cagol’s investigations into contemporary influences. It developed in 2007 with BIRD FLU VOGELGRIPPE intervention in Auguststrasse at the Berlin Biennale, and with POWER STATION satellite intervention at the Singapore Biennale.

Stefano Cagol (http://www.stefanocagol.com), born in Trento in 1969, lives in Italy. He studied at the Academy of Brera, Milan, and at Ryerson University, Toronto.
In May 2008 he will hold a solo show at Priska Juschka Fine Art, New York.
Among his exhibitions in 2007, he will participate in a  group show at New Chinatown Barbershop in Los Angeles and at Then he will be at Kunsthaus in Merano, Italy, he held a solo show at NADiff – New Art Diffusion, Tokyo, his works were at National Museum of Art of Hanoi for ‘Tendencies of contemporary research’, in New Delhi at National Gallery for ‘The Edge of Vision’.
In 2006 he realized an official satellite project at Singapore Biennale and at Berlin Biennale, and he took part at the group show ‘Zoo Logical Garden’ at Harry Malter Park, Ghent.