Opening: Deconstructing Systems: A Car

Taking apart a Fiat Panda in order to understand the world

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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Dijkspark 6, 1019BS Amsterdam
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The slow explosion of a Fiat Panda. The rush of doing something you do not fully master. Join us coming Friday 15 for the opening of Deconstructing Systems: A Car . A performative act, exhibition and week long program by Olivier Oosterbaan and Victor Engbers , which investigates the complexity of our reality by dissecting and taking things apart. Opening talk by philosopher and author Dirk van Weelden . Facebook Event / Program / Entrance is free

Program

16:00 - Walk in
17:00 - Talk 'The exploded view' by Dirk van Weelden.
17.30 - Olivier and Victor get to work. Drinks for all.

Deconstructing Systems: A Car

This July artists Olivier Oosterbaan and Victor Engbers will completely take apart a Fiat Panda in 10 days. By deconstructing a car in a public space rather than in a garage, they want to trigger an open discussion about the possibilities of dissecting complex objects and systems.

Speaker

Dirk van Weelden (author, essayist) reacts to Engbers' and Oosterbaan's action of dismantling a functional Fiat Panda in a public space in 10 days. This slow explosion of the car into discrete parts has ironic, reflective, didactical and critical dimensions. There's a fun part as well, the rush of doing something you do not fully master, and there's even a destructive tinge to it. Van Weelden will try to put it all together for you.

Info
Deconstructing Systems: Opening July 15
Mediamatic Biotoop, Dijksgracht 6, Amsterdam
Free entrance
www.mediamatic.net/car

With financial support from Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst.

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