Saturday 24 May 1997 – Sunday 28 September 1997, Voorkamer, Lier, Belgium
Voorkamer took the iniative to organise a group project during the summer of 1997 called “Alom en Hiernevens” (translation: “Everywhere and Nextdoor”) in the former Zwartzuster retirement home (21 empty rooms, a winter garden (vide), and a neo-gothic chapel).
A number of transformations were undertaken, in collaboration with an independent architect collective, to optimize the buildings capacities to show artworks. 38 artists were invited to participate with existing or site-specific work.
During the same period VOORKAMER organised window installations in their own space, created by international artists for the project “Unter Anderen – Among Others 2″.
Group project in the chapel, winter garden and rooms of the Zwartzusters retirement home (in cooperation with cO.la):
Maria Blondeel, Michael Schepens, Werner Cuvelier, Thomas Broadbent, Wouter Coolens, Andreas Brehmer, Johan De Wit, Johan De Wilde, Filip Francis, Rik De Boe, Niels Donckers, Lieve D’ Hondt, Frederic Geurts, Sylvie Janssens de Bisthoven, Marcel Zalme, Michel Moers, Patrick Merckaert, Yoshi Matsumoto, Peter Morrens, Hans Verhaegen, Jean-Pierre Ransonnet, Jan Schietekat, Peter Schoutsen, Michael Borremans, Paul Gees, Marc Schepers, Chris Thijs, Hans van Heirseele, Lucie Malou, Johan Van Roy, Lucia Penninckx, Guy Van De Plassche, Marc Vanderleenen, collectief ingelingen.
“Unter Anderen – Among others 2″
*window installations in VOORKAMER:
Christoph Bangert (D)
Maria Blondeel & Michael Vorfeld (D)
Josef Reiter (AU) & Hubert Lobnig (AU)
Shinishi Yanai (J)
*concerts in the chapel of Zwartzusters:
Phil Niblock (USA)
Heinz Weber (D)
Maria Blondeel & Michael Vorfeld (D)
Rubio strijkkwartet is a creation of: strijkkwartet 1, Martin Valcke
Related texts:Circuit - Hans Verhaegen, 1997; Catalogue Alom & Hiernevens, in cooperation with Mex, künstlerhaus Dortmund and vzw Experimental Intermedia, Voorbeelden, Hans Verhaegen, 1998; Collages: Schuiven met beelden en betekenissen, Hans Verhaegen, 2000.
