Curated by Niels Van Tomme, 'Where Do We Migrate To?' Explores Migration and Belonging
The exhibition "Where Do We Migrate To?", curated by Niels Van Tomme, showcases the work of 19 artists and collectives addressing themes of migration and identity. It debuted at the University of Maryland's Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture from March 17 to April 30, 2011, and later moved to Parsons The New School for Design in New York from February 2 to April 15, 2012. Future displays are scheduled at the Contemporary Art Center in New Orleans from June 30 to October 7, 2012, and at the Rubin Center for the Visual Arts in El Paso.
Key facts
- Exhibition curated by Niels Van Tomme
- Features 19 international artists and collectives
- Originated at Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, University of Maryland, Baltimore (March 17–April 30, 2011)
- Shown at Parsons The New School for Design, New York (February 2–April 15, 2012)
- Upcoming at Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans (June 30–October 7, 2012) and Rubin Center, El Paso (dates TBA)
- Claire Fontaine's neon sign 'Foreigners Everywhere' in Arabic
- Svetlana Boym's 'Hydrants Migrants' series (2007–ongoing)
- Société Réaliste's 'EU Green Card Lottery' (2005–present)
- Brendan Fernandes's video 'Homecoming' (2008)
- Acconci Studio's 'Mobile Linear City' (1991)
- Andrea Geyer's 'Interim' (2002)
- Adrian Piper's 'Everything #4' (2004)
- Title from Julika Rudelius's 2005 video
- Amitava Kumar's catalogue essay invites reader poems
Entities
Artists
- Niels Van Tomme
- Claire Fontaine
- Svetlana Boym
- Société Réaliste
- Brendan Fernandes
- Acconci Studio
- Andrea Geyer
- Adrian Piper
- Amitava Kumar
- Julika Rudelius
- Aaron Schuster
- Chantal Akerman
- Godfrey Reggio
- John Schlesinger
- Bertolt Brecht
- Georg Lukács
- Novalis
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Martin Heidegger
- André Gide
- Virginia Woolf
- Marcelline Block
Institutions
- Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
- Parsons The New School for Design
- Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans
- Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts
- Afterall
Locations
- Baltimore
- United States
- New York
- New Orleans
- El Paso
- Paris
- California
- Miami
- Texas
Sources
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