Letter to Leopold — Extra City’s contribution to the Brussels Biennial
Christine Meisner, The Present, Videostill from “… ‘Can you turn back?” (2007)
19 October 2008 – 04 January 2009
Extra City Center for Contemporary Art Antwerp is proud to announce its participation in the inaugural Brussels Biennial, with a project titled ‘Letter to Leopold’.
‘Letter to Leopold’ is a project bringing together some ten participants in a reflection on Belgium’s history, its global dimension in modernity, and its present day legacy and implications for Europe and European policies. Leopold refers to Leopold II, King of Belgium until 1909, owner of the ‘private’ colony ‘Congo Free State’ which was later handed over to the state of Belgium and which gained independence as the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1960.
‘Letter to Leopold’ is an exploration of art’s possibilities to ‘speak to the past’.
Post Sorting Center - Avenue Fonsny 48 - 1160 Brussels
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