exhibition:

Faceless

What are we hiding?

26 Jan 2014

13 Apr 2014

13:00
Mediamatic Fabriek
VOC–kade 10, 1018 LG Amsterdam
Mediamatic Foundation
+31206389901
http://www.mediamatic.net/

This exhibition shows the trend to hide, alter or mask the face. A trend visible in art, fashion and the media since the turn of the century. The works on show ranges from avant-garde masks to pieces that force open a dialogue with facial recognition software, surveillance cameras, and drones. Themes include seduction, surveillance and privacy. With 100+ artworks, there will be workshops on anonymity as a form of rebellion, lectures and more. Open Wed-Sun from 13:00 to 18:00.

Faceless exhibition overview - work by Mustafa Sabbagh Van 26 januari t/m 23 april 2014 is de tentoonstelling Faceless te zien in de Mediamatic Fabriek. Deze tentoonstelling onderzoekt de trend om het gezicht te verbergen of bewerken. Aan het begin van deze eeuw komt deze trend op in de kunst, mode en media. Van avantgardistische maskers tot kunstwerken die een dialoog forceren met gezichtsherkenningssoftware, bewakingscameras en drones. Een tentoonstelling over verleiding, privacy en surveillance. Met 100+ kunstwerken

With: Mustafa Sabbagh

Marc Turlan, Levi van Veluw, Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Viktor & Rolf, Philippe Vogelenzang & Majid Karrouch, Daniel Vom Keller, Martin C. de Waal, Addie Wagenknecht & Stefan Hechenberger, Anne Wenzel, Bernhard Willhelm, Andrew Norman Wilson, Lucy Wood, Tarron Ruiz-Avila, Mustafa Sabbagh, Olivier de Sagazan, Daniel Sannwald for WOODKID, Bryan Lewis Saunders, Frank Schallmaier, Hester Scheurwater, Tim Silver, Jan Stradtmann, Sergei Sviatchenko, Jun Takahashi for UNDERCOVER, Maiko Takeda, Saša Tkačenko, Brian Kenny, Ute Klein, Nienke Klunder, Jakob Lena Knebl & Thomas Hörl, Miodrag Krkobabić, Mirko Lazović, Theo-Mass Lexileictous, Vanessa Lodigiani, Zachari Logan, Jill Magid, Maison Martin Margiela, Slava Mogutin, Veljko Onjin, Bernd Oppl, Tanja Ostojić, Marco Pezzotta, Gareth Pugh, Eva-Maria Raab, RAF SIMONS, Ana Rajcevic, Daphne Rosenthal, David Haines, Ren Hang, Adam Harvey, Sabi van Hemert, Ursula Hübner, Damier Johnson aka REBEL YUTHS, Katsuya Kamo for Junya Watanabe COMME des GARÇONS, KATSU, Mark Brown, Asger Carlsen, Ben DeHaan, Sofie Groot Dengerink, Nezaket Ekici, Arthur Elsenaar, Shahram Entekhabi, Caron Geary aka FERAL is KINKY, Hrafnhildur Gissurardóttir, Marina Abramovic, Martin Backes, Jeremy Bailey, Jonathan Barnbrook for David Bowie, Aram Bartholl, William Basinski, Marc Bijl, Zach Blas, Heiko Bressnik, Thorsten Brinkmann, Ondrej Brody & Kristofer Paetau, Carmen Schabracq, Gerda Postma

Since 9/11, fear for the obscured face has lead to more surveillance and the urgency to renegotiate the value of privacy. The hidden face became increasingly prevalent in mainstream pop- and image culture. Artists, fashion designers, and photographers responded to these images and started investigating in their own way what it means to be without a face.

"Our unstable identity yearns for a return to the mask,” says curator Bogomir Doringer. “Like in times past, we are attracted to wearing masks as a form of protection or camouflage, as a prop, or just for entertainment."

In addition to 100+ works by internationally recognized young and renowned artists, the show features masks by designers like Maiko Takeda, Maison Martin Margiela, Jun Takahashi for Undercover, and Katsuya Kamo for Junya Watanabe’s Comme des Garçons.

More information

Entrance: €3 + a valid membership (€5 for 4 weeks). Mediamatic. VOC-kade 10, 1018 LG Oostenburg Amsterdam. Open from 26 January to 13 April from Wednesday - Sunday from 13:00 - 18:00.

We do not accept Museumjaarkaart

Free for members of Subbacultcha

Faceless exhibition overview - work by Shahram Entekhabi

With: Shahram Entekhabi

Faceless is an exhibition on seduction, surveillance, privacy. From 26 January - 13 April 2014 at Mediamatic . Curator: Bogomir Doringer with the support of Brigitte Felderer.

Video and music by Max van Boxel. By: Max van Boxel

With: Bogomir Doringer