ARCO - LAWRENCE MALSTAF - KIKI SMITH - STAND 9F139 10-14 February, 2005 Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I. MADRID To receive an invitation, send an e-mail with your address to: galerie@fortlaan17.com Official Opening: (by invitation) Wednesday, February 9, 7 p.m. * access to the halls will be allowed from 5 p.m. Professional Visit: (by invitation) Wednesday February, 9 from 11 a.m to 9:30 p.m. and Thursday February 10, from 11 a.m to 5 p.m. Open to the General Public: Thursday February 10, from 5 p.m to 9 p.m. Première. Friday 11, Saturday 12, Sunday 13, and Monday 14 February from 12 a.m. to 9 p.m. www.arcospain.org

Jacques Charlier @ Bozar : 18.02 > 15.05.2005

Visionair België | C'est arrivé près de chez nous. |
18.02 > 15.05.2005
http://www.bozar.be/nl/expo_visionair.html#ArtemisKwartet

[NL] Naar aanleiding van de 175ste verjaardag van België biedt Harald Szeemann een eigenzinnige kijk op de kunst in het land, van 1830 tot nu. Hij deed dit voordien reeds voor Zwitserland (1992), Oostenrijk (1998) en Polen (2001), landen die zich uitstekend lenen tot een ‘visionaire’ benadering. Szeemann hangt ook nu weer een poëtisch en kritisch beeld op van het gebied en zijn bewoners. Hij presenteert onder meer Ensor, Spilliaert, Permeke, Magritte, Broodthaers, De Cordier, Ann Veronica Janssens, Jacques Charlier en vele andere kunstenaars. De gerenommeerde curator heeft het echter ook over koningen en bankiers, sport, stripverhalen en misdaadromans, over de taalgebieden en de revolutie in het theater, de kolonisatiepolitiek en de visie op België van buitenaf, door Baudelaire bijvoorbeeld, over de verloedering van het ‘oude’ Brussel en over mode….

Het bijzondere aan deze tentoonstelling bestaat erin dat Szeemann het geestelijk klimaat van België weliswaar hoofdzakelijk evoceert door middel van kunstwerken, maar bovendien en tegelijk ook voortdurend met de vinger wijst naar de literatuur, de wetenschapsbeoefening, de uitvindingen, de zeden, gewoonten en tradities, het geloof van het Belgische volk en zijn strijdbaarheid.


La Belgique visionnaire | C'est arrivé près de chez nous |
18.02 >15.05.2005
[FR] À l’occasion du 175e anniversaire de la Belgique, Harald Szeemann porte un regard incisif sur la culture et l’histoire de la Belgique, de 1830 à nos jours. Son but n’est pas de monter une exposition traditionnelle, mais d’esquisser les contours poétiques de l’identité d’une région, d’un pays et de ses habitants. Art, littérature, découvertes, sciences, coutumes et habitudes, traditions contradictoires, croyances et révoltes constituent le matériau de cette recherche.

Un parcours thématique rassemble de grosses pointures comme Ensor, Delvaux, Khnopff, Rops, Spilliaert, Permeke, Magritte, Broodthaers,… et d’autres figures moins connues mais d’autant plus étonnantes, tel Robert Garcet, créateur de tours en sylex à Eben-Emael, reflétant une nouvelle description de l’histoire humaine. L’exposition fait la part belle aux arts plastiques mais aussi à l’architecture (Victor Horta, Henry Van de Velde…), la musique, la littérature et le cinéma (Henri Storck, Thierry Zéno). Les artistes contemporains, parmi lesquels Jacques Charlier, Wim Delvoye, Michel François, Luc Tuymans, Panamarenko, Ann Veronica Janssens, Berlinde Debruyckere, etc, sont largement représentés, entre autres avec quelques oeuvres réalisées spécialement pour le Palais des Beaux-Arts.

La Belgique comme vous ne l’avez encore jamais vue!

La 25e heure Gloria Friedmann @ galerie cent8 108 rue Vieillle du Temple, 75003 Paris tot – jusqu’au – until : 2.04.2005

Eva Schlegel - Sri Lanka – One World Foundation

Eva Schlegel was in Sri Lanka at the moment of the Tsunami. She and her husband survived, but everything what the One World Foundation has built up over the last decade has been destroyed. Together with Eva Schlegel and Galerie Krinzinger we want to spread this letter to support the projects of the One World Foundation.

Dear friends, The tidal waves that left a trail of devastation in Sri Lanka have also destroyed the entire school and administrative buildings of the One World Foundation.   Over the past decade I have visited Sri Lanka a number of times. This country and its wonderful people have given me an enormous amount of energy for my work in my Vienna gallery. As a guest of the One World Foundation I have gotten to know the work of this exceptional non-profit organization that friends have been running with great commitment for over ten years. Several  years ago I decided to sponsor a teacher and a school child from the One World Foundation as a sign of gratitude for all the energy this place has given me during my stays in Sri Lanka. This very important institution has now been but all destroyed, at least in a material sense. I would now like to ask you to join me in making a donation to this project so that the school can be rebuilt. If you donate to this cause you will be making a direct contribution to a project whose development you can witness yourself if you ever travel to Sri Lanka. You are an important pillar of this initiative, regardless of how much you contribute. I would very much appreciate any support. Dr Ursula Krinzinger

The ONE WORLD FOUNDATION (“one world“ as opposed to the second or third world) was established in 1995. Josef Ortner and Kathrin Messner, the initiators of the Museum in Progress, in 1995, worked together with local authorities to create a foundation for promoting education and communication in Sri Lanka.
At about the same time a burgeoning wellness industry was emerging on the southwest coast in connection with the growing demand for ayurveda treatments. This opened up a promising new source of income for the country. Unfortunately, however, the local population has hardly been able to benefit from this development. This is where the ONE WORLD FOUNDATION has taken the initiative in setting up Free Education Units for children and young people from the immediate surroundings. This concept was based on a guesthouse  and a center for ayurvedic treatments. The proceeds from both were to be used entirely for financing the adjoined school.
On a piece of land in the village of Wathuregama, located in immediate vicinity to the guesthouse, a number of simple buildings were erected, providing room for 500 schoolchildren to be taught by 22 teachers.
The educational project comprises a preschool unit for the youngest children, computer training as well as arts and crafts and English classes.

APPEAL FOR DONATIONS
The one world foundation in Sri Lanka was also hard hit be the tidal wave on 26 December 2004. Fortunately the owf has no dead to mourn, everyone was able to get to safety in time before the tsunami struck.  
However, most of the one world foundation facilities in Wathuregama have been completely destroyed, including all the school buildings - what is still standing is badly damaged.  
It is now a question of starting reconstruction so that the children and young people in the owf school and adults in the owf occupational training programmes can continue their education. This is more important that ever in view of the negative, long-term, economic consequences of this natural disaster. It is about the livelihoods of the teachers and staff of the one world foundation and not least about being able to assist the most needy directly.  
Concrete humanitarian help is necessary for this. This needs money. The one world foundation is therefore appealing for donations to:

ONE WORLD FOUNDATION – Verein zur Förderung der Bildung
Raiffeisen Landesbank NOE-WIEN

Account number:	9.538.174
Sort code:	32000
IBAN:	AT44 3200 0000 0953 8174
BIC:	RLNWATWW