Architecture of Fear

how feelings of fear pervade daily life in the contemporary media society

1 Oct 2011
31 Dec 2011
  • Z33
  • Zuivelmarkt 33, Hasselt

The cause of fear seems interchangeable and constantly fluctuating. Shifting from one thing to the next, often relating to invisible or indirect phenomena’s (terrorism, viral diseases, pollution, financial crisis), anything has the ability to become a potential threat.

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A Reasonable Man in a Box - By Jill Magid , 2010. Found on Z33 . This is the campaign image of the exhibition Architecture of Fear.

With:
De Geuzen, Floris Douma, Jill Magid, Trevor Paglen, Els vanden Meersch

Rather than an immediate emotional strategy for survival fear is becoming a constant low level feeling in the background that gives rise to a new global infrastructure based on security, prevention and risk-management.

Architecture of Fear brings together a selection of international artists and designers that reflect in different ways on the society of fear, ranging from registration and critical research, to exploring its emotional, social and spatial mechanisms.

Shortlist artists

Bureau D'Etudes, De Geuzen, Floris Douma, Laurent Grasso, Ilkka Halso, Susanna Hertrich, Charlotte Lybeer, Jill Magid, Jennifer and Kevin McCoy, Tracey Moffatt, Trevor Paglen, Marie Sester, Kin Wah Tsang and Els Vanden Meersch.

Opening

October 1 at 19.30