VOGELGRIPPE KUHLRAUM . Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam. Stefano Cagol

On view 24/7, 14 January - 12 March 2012
The project is produced by the Italian Institute of Culture in Amsterdam in collaboration with Cultuur Park Westergasfabriek-Gemeente Amsterdam-Stadsdeel West, and is supported by l'Ozio, Amsterdam.

Cultuur Park - Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam
On view 24h/7
14 January - 12 March 2012

The Cultuur Park - Westergasfabriek, the unique industrial heritage designated to be a permanent place for art and contemporary creative energy in Amsterdam, is pleased to host a public art installation by Italian artist Stefano Cagol, who just ended his solo show at San Gallo church as part of the Venice Biennale.
A fridge is relocated in the green of the park. It symbolically contains the sound of the G8 nations anthems mingled with the sounds of different breeds of birds.
The installation was presented for the first time in Ghent in 2006, in the moment of greatest uproar in Europe over bird flu (Vogelgrippe in german and Vogelgriep in Dutch). On that occasion the fridge was located in a zoo, but it did not dominate amidst the animals in cages, but among menacing plastic Tyrannosauruses: that show, titled Zoo Logical, was curated by Angelique Campens at Harry Malter Park.
Now, in the middle of the economical crisis, the western culture crisis, the capitalistic world crisis, the mix of national anthems and birds songs spread by the fridge finds new meanings more...
The project is produced by the Italian Institute of Culture (Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Amsterdam) and supported by l'Ozio an exhibitions and events space and eatcafè devoted to all Italian culture in Amsterdam where Stefano Cagol is presenting a solo show called "Fight or flight" referring to the reactions of animals to a situation of danger choosing to run away or to start a fight.
In fact Stefano Cagol's research -- documented in a brand new wide monograph edited by Charta -- faces socio political balances and their interpretation by media that influences public opinion.

The Westergasfabriek Cultuur Park is a 14-hectare permanently designated cultural zone in Amsterdam. Creative entrepreneurs work in the renovated historic buildings and many high-profile events and festivals are held here. So the Westergasfabriek is regarded as a model for redevelopment, far beyond the Netherlands' borders.

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• Cultuur Park
• Public art
• Angelique Campens
• contemporary
• L'Ozio
• Anthems
• G8
• public opinion
• Italian Cultural Institute
• Bird Flu
• Vogelgrippe
• influenza aviaria
• metafora
• Metaphora