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Edith Dekyndt: God Visits Newton at Fri Art

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Channel: VernissageTV · 2011 · Education

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http://www.vernissage.tv | Exhibition Walkthrough and excerpt of VernissageTV's interview with the Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt on the occasion of her solo exhibition at Fri Art - Centre d'Art de Fribourg in Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Belgian artist Edith Dekyndt's solo show "Dieu rend visite à Newton" at Fri Art -- Centre d'Art de Fribourg is the first major exhibition in Switzerland. The show presents works specifically produced for the Centre, as well as other recent work. For the central project, A T P A P B L L E E, Edith Dekyndt has worked with a nanotechnology scientist from the Adolphe Merkle Institute to produce new pieces that question the ethical limits of science regarding the manipulation of living creatures.

VernissageTV had the chance to speak with Edith Dekyndt on the occasion of the press conference. In this interview, Edith Dekyndt talks about the works on display, the idea behind the A T P A P B L L E E project, her background and her interest in art and science, the collaboration with scientists, and the creation process. This segment is an excerpt of the 30 minutes interview. The complete interview is available after the jump.

Apart from A T P A P B L L E E, the other works on display are Radiesthesic Hall, Discreet Piece, Ground Control, and Myodesopsies.

Edith Dekyndt was born in 1960 in Belgium, where she lives and works. Her work was presented in several prestigious international institutions, notably with the personal exhibition Les ondes de Love at the Mac's du Grand Hornu in Belgium (2010) or the collective exhibitions On Line. Drawing Transforming through the 20th Century at the MOMA in New York (2010); A l'ombre d'un doute at the FRAC Lorraine in Metz, France (2010); Silence, a composition at the Hiroshima Contemporary Art Museum (2009). Her work appears in several public collections, amongst which the MOMA, the Rotterdam Witte de With, several FRAC in France and the collections of the Hainaut Province.

Edith Dekyndt: Dieu rend visite à Newton / Fri Art -- Centre d'Art de Fribourg (Kunsthalle Freiburg), Switzerland. Walkthrough and interview with Edith Dekyndt, February 11, 2011.

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