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CURATOR CURATOR

Location: HISK, Ghent, Belgium
Organisation: Maarten Vanden Eynde, Maaike Gouwenberg

‘CURATOR CURATOR’ is a series of exhibition projects by upcoming curators in the presentation space of The Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK)*
Charles de Kerchovelaan 187a . 9000 Gent . Belgium

‘CURATOR CURATOR’
offers the following:
- The possibility to do studio visits at the only post-graduate art academy in Belgium and include work of one or more of the students matching the exhibition concept.
- A working and building up period of two weeks in collaboration with the selected artist(s) followed by an official opening with reception.
- An exhibition running for one month after the opening.
- The possibility to work together with one of the master students Graphic Design of the Sint Lucas Institute in Ghent in order to come up with a matching invitation.

First season:

12 September - 12 Oktober 2008: Karolin Tampere (NO); 'WALL TOT WALL'
solo show with the Icelandic artist Egill Sæbjörnsson.

7 November - 23 November 2008: Lorenzo Bruni (IT); 'What is my name?'
Project on the incommunicability of the present communication

Januari - Februari 2009: 'The Channels'
a collaboration between Remco de Blaaij (NL) and Kamila Wielebska (PL).

* The Higher Institute of Fine Arts (HISK) is based in Ghent, Belgium provides postgraduate education in Flanders in the field of the visual arts. Approximately twenty-five young artists from Belgium and abroad are given a studio of their own for the duration of two years, along with appropriately specialized guidance.
Emphasis is given to individual practice with an international focus. The visiting lecturers are crucial within this system. Artists, curators, critics and theoreticians pay individual studio visits at regular intervals. There are also frequent trips to significant art events as well as readings, master classes, seminars and workshops. The HISK also offers technical facilities and production opportunities. Thanks to the unique HISK concept, the participants are given every opportunity to seriously invest in critical research around their work and situate it within a broader artistic, cultural and social context. At the end of the two-year working period, the participant receives a certificate of ‘HISK Laureate’