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<font face="Times New Roman">Aksioma </font><font face="Times New
Roman" size="3">– Institute for Contemporary Art, </font>
Ljubljana, <font face="Times New Roman" size="3">kindly invites you
to the opening of the exhibition:</font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><b>Frederik De Wilde</b></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><i><b>Hostage</b></i></font><br>
<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="http://www.aksioma.org/hostage"><font size="3">www.aksioma.org/hostage</font></a></u></span></font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>Aksioma | Project
Space</b></font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Komenskega 18,
Ljubljana, Slovenia</font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">2. </font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">–</font></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"> 16. 12. 2011</font></font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman"><b>Exhibition opening and artist's
presentation: Friday, 2 december 2011,</b></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><b><span style="background: transparent"> 7
pm</span></b></font><br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.aksioma.org/brochures">Aksioma
brochure #13</a> > Elise Aspord: “Beyond the Liminal: Ultra
Black Art in Dark Times”
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for press:</font> <font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
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<br>
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size="3"><b>Frederik De Wilde</b></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><i><b>Hostage</b></i></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The
artworks consist of an ultra dark, nano-engineered material that
absorbs all visible light and some invisible light as well, such
as infrared.</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The
artworks make reference to the works of painters such as Yves </font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Klein,
Malevich, Reinhardt, et al. In contradiction to traditional </font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">paintings,
these artworks are made from atomic size particles using
chemical vapor deposition, thereby creating a Vertigo-esque
black </font></font><font color="#000000" face="Times New
Roman"><font size="3">“forest” of loosely and vertically aligned
carbon nanotubes. This bottom-</font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">up technique
is quite novel and reflects upon the transition from pigments to
structural color, and the spectral behavior and geometry of the
nano object. Thinking outside of the box (read: art and the art
world), one could equally think of these artworks as icons
(attempts) for the </font></font><font color="#000000"
face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">“dark” times we are
currently facing (economics, social, ecological, </font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">etc.) while
on the other hand presenting a radical new constructive and
(still) Utopic model with which to face the challenges of our
times, e.g. building our world anew atom by atom. In general,
one can also notice a correlation between the limits of our
perception and of space (interstellar space, our mind, etc.) and
what we are currently able to perceive (mediated through
technology or not) and what we cannot perceive. This is the
liminal point: the point where we can only imagine what lies
beyond the black canvas or space; </font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">the unknown
(intended psychologically as well). This is the true point </font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">where art
& science collide, and it is the passion for discovery that
binds both seemingly different – worlds.</font></font><br>
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Works on display:<br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i>Hostage</i></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i>Hostage
pt.
1.0 SCAN</i></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i>Hostage
pt.
2.0 Levitation</i></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i>Hostage
pt.
3.0 Speaking In2 The VOID</i></font></font><br>
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<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="3"><b>Frederik De
Wilde</b></font><font size="3"> (BE), born 1975, studied fine
arts (MA), audio-visual arts (MA) and followed a pre-education
in architecture, studied one year of philosophy and concluded
his studies with a post-graduate degree in new media, arts &
design at TRANSMEDIA (Post Graduate), where he was initiated in
software programming. Frederik works on the interstice between
art</font><font size="3"><span style="background: transparent">,
science and technology, with strong interests in ecology,
physics and social innovation. His work has been exhibited at
festivals worldwide and has received several awards.</span></font></font><br>
<font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><font size="3"><span
style="background: transparent">More at: </span></font><font
color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="http://www.frederik-de-wilde.com/"><font size="3"><span
style="background: transparent">www.frederik-de-wilde.com</span></font></a></u></span></font></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>Production:
</b></font></font><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font
size="3">Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana,
2011</font></font><br>
<font color="#000080" face="Times New Roman"><span lang="zxx"><u><a
href="http://www.aksioma.org/"><font size="3">www.aksioma.org</font></a></u></span></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Artistic
director: Janez Janša</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Executive
producer:
Marcela Okretič</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Public
relations: Mojca Zupanič</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Technical
support:
Valter Udovičić</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Assistant:
Sonja
Grdina</font></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i><b>Project
powered
by Rice University, Texas, Houston, USA.<br>
With the support of the Flemish Ministry of Culture,
Belgium.</b></i></font></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i><b>Exhibition
supported
by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia <br>
and the Municipality</b></i></font></font><font
color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i><b> of
Ljubljana.</b></i></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><i>Sponsor:
Datacenter
d.o.o.</i></font></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:
11pt" size="2"><i>This event is organized in the framework of
ARSCOPE (Art-Science Co-OPeration Environment) project <br>
co-financed by the EU Culture programme and implemented in
partnership of TAKOMAT (DE), CIANT (CZ) and AKSIOMA (SI).</i></font></font><br>
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<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>Contact:</b></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Marcela
Okretič, 041 250 830, </font></font><font color="#000081"
face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:aksioma4@siol.net">aksioma4@siol.net</a></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3"><b>Aksioma
|
Institute for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana</b></font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Neubergerjeva
25,
1000 Ljubljana</font></font><br>
<font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">tel.: +
386 – (0)590 – 54360</font></font><br>
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class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.aksioma.org">www.aksioma.org</a></font></font><br>
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