Roots

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The “Roots” project is made up of three exhibitions, on view from October 2011 to February 2012, which illustrate the creative context chosen by the artistic direction for EVENTO 2011, so as to embark on its “urban re-evolution”. The artists invited here cast an eye over Bordeaux’s historical, artistic and urban upheavals and goings-on. This at once retrospective, contextual and forward-looking exploration is being undertaken with three of the city’s Museums: the Musée d’Aquitaine, the CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, and arc en rêve centre d’architecture.

Historical roots

from 06/10/2011 to 23/01/2011 at the Musée d’Aquitaine – 20 cours Pasteur, 33000 Bordeaux

The central theme of this exhibition is modern slavery in our contemporary societies, with contemporary works and installations, some specially created, echoing the Musée d’Aquitaine’s rich collection about the history of Bordeaux.
Artists and guests : William KentridgePascale Marthine TayouMarzia MiglioraMichael BlumWael Shawky
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Artistic roots

from 06/10/2011 to 12/02/2011 at the CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux – 7 rue Ferrère, 33000 Bordeaux

The Van Abbemuseum at Eindhoven and its director, Charles Esche, are invited by EVENTO and the CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, to put on the exhibition Strange and Close about the notion of “vicinity”. In the CAPC’s nave, the works of thirty artists present the negotiations and tensions which result for life shared in one and the same space.
Artists and guests : The Van Abbemuseum at Eindhoven
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Urban roots

from 06/10/2011 to 18/12/2011 at the Abattoirs – Quais de Paludate, 33800 Bordeaux

The exhibition, jointly curated by STEALTH.unlimited and arc en rêve, will narrate urban utopias and take the form of a fresco made by Bordeaux-based graphic artists and comic strip authors, presented in the extraordinary site of the Abattoirs.
Artists and guests : STEALTH.unlimited, arc en rêve and Emil Jurcan
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