Friday 13 February
BOOK TALK
Visit [country]
BOOK TALK Friday 13 February @ 19:00
“Visit [country]” is an artist’s book by Carlos Azeredo Mesquita (@carlosazeredomesquita) composed entirely of texts taken from official tourism promotion materials from every country in the world. Removed from their usual images and inspirational music, these texts reveal how tourism is built on nationalism, chauvinism, and the invention of collective identities.
The evening will open with a brief introduction to the work, followed by a collective reading performance and a Q&A with Nikos Doulos (@voulos)
Hope to see you next week!
Carlos Azeredo Mesquita (1988, Porto; lives in Brussels) is a visual artist and performance maker whose work explores nationalism, class, and systems of representation. His work has been presented at the Berlin Biennale, BoCA, Festival Circular, and the Lisbon Architecture Triennale, as well as in institutions including the Serralves Museum, Teatro Municipal do Porto, MAAT, and Galeria Municipal do Porto. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Art Praxis at the Dutch Art Institute (@dutchartinstitute)
Nikos Doulos is an Amsterdam based artist & art educator , born and raised in Athens, Greece.
In his work he creates malleable situations/conditions as participatory infrastructures: modes for reading the cultural landscape and ‘soft’ knowledge generators . Walking holds a predominant part in his practice. His is the founder of NIGHTWALKERS (developed under the expodium umbrella) – a nocturnal walking project investigating the contemporary identity of the flanêur. Doulos currently holds the position of Study Trajectory Counsellor at Dutch Art Institute
