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Le Corbusier’s voyage reORIENTed 1911-2011

ARTEFACTFESTIVAL 2013
13-24 February 2013
STUK KUNSTENCENTRUM LEUVEN

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DavidBergé©Joeri Thiry, STUK Kunstencentrum-1_1000pxl

In 1911 Le Corbusier made a reversed ‘Grand Tour’ to the Orient. Starting out in Berlin he travelled to Prague, Vienna, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Istanbul, Athens, Napels, Rome and back home to La Chaux-de Fonds. The English translation turned his Voyage d’Orient intoThe Journey to the East. In 2011 Elke Krasny (AT) and David Bergé (BE) travelled to Athens, Belgrade, Istanbul, Rome and Vienna and had conversations with local activists, architects, artists and intellectuals focusing on the urban characteristics and transformation, on monuments and the ideologically loaded terms East and the Orient. Le Corbusier’s voyage reORIENTed 1911-2011, follows these narratives: Elke Krasny composed a multivoiced text-based installation and David Bergé a photographic exploration, aiming to capture transitional contemporary urbanities in a complex dialogue between text and image.

DavidBergé©Joeri Thiry, STUK Kunstencentrum-3_1000pxl DavidBergé©Joeri Thiry, STUK Kunstencentrum-4_1000pxl

Photos of the Installation by Joeri Thiry, STUK Kunstencentrum