Videostill: Outpost, Wim Catrysse
Address: Keizer Karelstraat 103 - 1000 Brussels
Metro: 1 en 5 (Schuman)
Bus: 28 - 61 (Ardense Jagers) 64 (Luther)
60 - 63 (Ambiorix)
24-25 jan 2019
Opening hours: 18.00 - 21.30
« A breathtaking helicopter landing drops us smack in the middle of an isolated community of Russian miners in Svalbard. In recent years, the coal industry in this region has seen a dramatic decline, but the state owned company Arktikugol Trust is nonetheless determined to maintain its long-standing geostrategic position. In order to ensure the survival of this former soviet outpost, the miners continue their laborious tasks to be self-sufficient in their power supply. In a land of extremes—while trying to defy the natural laws of the Arctic—they routinely submit to "the machine's hunger for coal". A series of dark observations regarding a faltering industrial model that may or may not have reached its final stage. »
An Escautville production with the support of The Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
In a co-production with Music Theatre Transparant
Wim Catrysse has participated in numerous exhibitions—both, solo and group exhibitions as well as screenings—at international institutions, including Ruhrtriennale, Essen | Kunstmuseum Bonn | S.M.A.K., Ghent | Jeu de Paume, Paris | MuHKA, Antwerp | Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv | Nikolaj Kunsthal, Copenhagen | Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona | Extra City, Antwerp | Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin | Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam | MACRO Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome. Wim Catrysse co-founded and collaborates with, Escautville – a production platform for video artists.