2MOVE
Exhibitions co-curated with Miguel Ángel Hernández-Navarro

Video artists from across the world provide their vision regarding movement, some but not all specifically on migration, a large-scale phenomenon which also took place after the Zuiderzee was closed off. Hence the choice of the Zuiderzeemuseum, following the city of Murcia where many migrants begin their journey - and Miguel and I began this project. Movement is the central focus point of this exhibition, both the movement of people and that of images. Both migration and video are forms of movement, which makes for an overdetermined relationship between the two. For the remaining part of the exhibition, 2MOVE is a collection of extremes: the 23 artists were particularly led by their own imagination, instead of the limitations of a conceptual unity. Each installment added one or two local artist, so that the exhibition grew.

2MOVE: Estéticas Migratorias
Sala Verónicas and Centro Párraga, Murcia Spain, 8 March - 13 May 2007

2MOVE Migration + Video
Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, The Netherlands, 20 September 2007 – 6 January 2008

2MOVE/ Migratory Aesthetics
Stenersen Museet, Oslo, Norway, 27 March – 11 May 2008

2MOVE: Migratory Aesthetics
Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Ireland, 3 May – 2 June 2008;
Belfast Exposed, Belfast, UK, 3 May – 6 June 2008
Coordinated by Niamh Ann Kelly and Siún Hanrahan

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