Author: rebelsheroes

Jef Geys’s Art-Making Ethics – Chris Sharp

Of the difficulty of not heroising Jef Geys. Of not launching into a shameless panegyric about the legendary and exemplary integrity of his practice. These are the ways I had initially wanted to begin this article. But when I tried, I found myself struggling to organise his potentially heroic qualities according to a system and […]

INA VANDEBROEK: GLOBALIZATION AND LOSS OF PLANT KNOWLEDGE: CHALLENGING THE PARADIGM

The erosion of cultural knowledge and traditions as a result of globalization and migration is a commonly reported phenomenon. We compared one type of cultural knowledge about medicinal plants (number of plants reported to treat thirty common health conditions) among Dominican laypersons who self-medicate with plants and live in rural or urban areas of the […]

JEF GEYS PARTICIPATES IN ‘TO THE MOON VIA THE BEACH’

At the invitation of the LUMA Foundation, twenty internationally recognised artists will come to Arles this summer to produce new work at the Roman Amphitheatre in the centre of the city. This important historical site will host an exhibition under constant transformation. At the start of the exhibition, visitors will encounter an arena covered in […]

JEF GEYS – KOME – THE ROYAL MUSEUMS OF FINE ARTS

The exhibition intends to bring to light all of Geys’ “Kome” – Kunstwerken op meerdere exemplaren (Artworks in several copies), Jef Geys coined the term KOME (Kunstwerken op meerdere exemplaren/ Works of art in multiple copies) in order to disprove the concept of both “multiple” and “unique” works of art. For the KOME exhibition, Jef […]

GIJS VAN DOORN VERTAALT: HANS ULRICH OBRIST IN GESPREK MET JULIAN ASSANGE

In gesprek met Julian Assange Hans Ulrich Obrist: Hoe begon het allemaal? Julian Assange: Ik groeide op in Australië in de jaren 70. Mijn ouders werkten in het theater dus groeide ik zowat overal op , ik woonde in meer dan vijftig verschillende dorpen en ging naar zevendertig verschillende scholen. Dit was meestal in het […]