Auction of Hot Pot, 'pollepel' for a good cause, Viva Sara, Kortrijk (BE)
Samen met 24 andere kunstenaars, transformeerde Koen Vanmechelen een Pollepel tot een kunstwerken. De werken worden op 28 maart, 2019 geveild ten voordele van Poverella. Het project is een initiatief van Catherine Pattyn . HOT POT - Koen Vanmechelen, 2019 paint on paper, pencil, chalk, indian powder, feathers, coffee, ceramic spoon, plexi glass 47 x 47 x 15,5 cm Hot Pot gaat over de kracht van het bouillon dat leven geeft. Gebaseerd op eieren en de kip, het dier dat centraal
Creatures Made to Measure, Design Museum Gent (BE), 17 MAY - 29 SEPT, 2019
Factory farming or laboratory meat, cuddly pets or robots in animal form: the relationship between animals and humans is often the subject of hot dispute. How can humans and animals live together sustainably and what possibilities will technology and science open up in the future? Artists and designers have embarked on a revealing search for answers. Animals have always served an important purpose for humans – whether as food, scientific test object, hunting trophy or playmat
GLASSTRESS 2019, Curated by Vik Muniz and Koen Vanmechelen, 9 MAY - 24 NOV, 2019, Venice (IT) - exte
Returning for the 58th Biennale di Venezia, the sixth edition of GLASSTRESS brings together a new line-up of leading contemporary artists from Europe, the United States, Latin America, India, and China in an ambitious exhibition exploring the endless creative possibilities of glass. GLASSTRESS is a project by Adriano Berengo dedicated to supporting his mission of marrying contemporary art and glass. Since its debut in 2009 as a collateral event of the Venice Biennale, GLASSTR
LABIOMISTA, Bozar, I Love Science Festival, Brussels (BE), 26-28 APR, 2019
BOZAR invites artist Koen Vanmechelento create the entrance marker at the “I Love Science festival”. By bringing together and exploring the interplay between art, science and philosophy, Vanmechelen reflects on our global heritage and examines the way that we choose to live and evolve. Multi-disciplinary scientific collaborations and community engagement are integral to his approach. The key concepts in his art are fertility, biocultural diversity, identity, (de-)domesticatio
