ADA will take a trip to Antwerp to see the exhibition Animism, hosted by the Museum of Contemporary Art (M HKA) and Extra City. The exhibition is curated and organised by Anselm Franke, Edwin Carels and Bart De Baere.

The project approaches the concept of animism – coined by 19th century anthropologists in the context of the colonial encounter – from a contemporary perspective. It addresses the current increase in interest in animism, which stems from a widespread re-visioning of modernity, by a reflection on aesthetic processes seen through the prism of an exhibition.

With works by:
Agency, Art & Language, Christian W. Braune & Otto Fischer, Marcel Broodthaers, Paul Chan, Tony Conrad, Didier Demorcy, Walt Disney, Lili Dujourie, Jimmie Durham, Eric Duvivier, Harun Farocki, León Ferrari, Christopher Glembotzky, Victor Grippo, Brion Gysin, Luis Jacob, Ken Jacobs, Darius James, Joachim Koester, Zacharias Kunuk, Louise Lawler, Len Lye, Étienne-Jules Marey, Daria Martin, Angela Melitopoulos & Maurizio Lazzarato, Wesley Meuris, Henri Michaux, Santu Mofokeng, Vincent Monnikendam, Tom Nicholson, Otobong Nkanga, Reto Pulfer, Félix-Louis Regnault, Józef Robakowski, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Paul Sharits, Yutaka Sone, Jan Švankmajer, David G. Tretiakoff, Rosemarie Trockel, Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven, Dziga Vertov, Klaus Weber, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

The excursion includes a public talk by Laurent Mannoni, organised by M KHA as part of the exhibition. Laurent Mannoni, the scientific director of the Cinémathèque Française, will focus in this lecture on the work and legacy of Étienne-Jules Marey and his méthode graphique.

We will leave Rotterdam Central station at 11:55 and return there at 23:06. The train fare from Rotterdam is €23,00 and entree to the exhibition is between €1,00  €6,00. If you want to join us on the excursion please notify us by sending an email to the address below.