Metropole Alliance

Description
With: Simon Thompson, Hagen  Betzwieser, Angela Butterstein, David CatherallStephanie Kiwitt, Tiago Mestre, Szilard Miklos,  Vítor Reis and Jochen Weber

From July until September 2009, artists in residency at Wiels move in a large empty premises situated next to Wiels, consisting of 3 floors and a large warehouse space that is located at the back of the building. Artists have been invited from Belgium and other countries to occupy the building for the duration.  It is intended that the space can function in an entirely different manner to its initial use yet still retain the ritual of work structured around the language of commerce. Circulation of ideas, objects and architectural movement are important to the buildings internal economy.

In the course of the summer, the public is invited to discover the results of the workshop and to participate in the events organized by the artists. If you wish to be informed of the Metropole Alliance events, please send an email to Devrim Bayar. You can also have a look at the photos of the workshop by Christophe Derivière on the online diaporama at the following link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wiels/show/
Agenda

- Ongoing: Bookshop by David Catherall
Situated within the premises of Metropole Alliance, the bookshop conceived by the resident David Catherall specialises in material related to art & architecture and stocks a wide range of reference material in the following categories: industrial & contemporary arts, literature, poetry, artist editions & paper ephemera (the catalogues of the available books can be dowloaded at the bottom of this page).

Open on Wednesdays from 1 to 4pm and on Saturdays from 2 to 6pm or by appointment: 02 347 01 90.

- 24.07 8.30pm: Film Stereo by David Cronenberg

- 22.08 8.30pm: Film Paris is Burning by Jennie Livingstone

- 29.08 8.30pm: Film Tokyo Olympiad by Ichikawa

- 30.08 8pm: Opening of the exhibition New Drawings by Chiquita Banana

- 02.09 5pm: Specific Sunset by Tiago Mestre (50 minutes installation in the Project Room of Wiels)

- 08.09 9am - 12pm: Newspaper & Breakfast in the Bookshop, presentation of the photos printed by Stephanie Kiwitt in the newspaper La Capitale

- 09.09 2 - 9pm: The Chairs are on the Table, a public conversation with Jochen Weber about his work in the café of the public swimming pool Les Bains de Bruxelles

- 16.09 8pm Bags by Stephanie Kiwitt at the Hotel Metropole Bar : 31 Place de Brouckère, Brussels

- 26.09 2 - 6pm: €URO €LUB last day of David Catherall's bookshop