"Here is always somewhere else"

An art project at Castle Old Rekem, 28 Juli – 29 September 2013.

"Here is always somewhere else"

Here is always somewhere else is the title of a documentary film about mysterious artist Bas Jan Ader and served as an inspirational starting point for this exhibition.

This exhibition does not evolve around a curatorial concept or a certain theme, it rather focuses on interesting artistic positions. Here is always somewhere else aspires to give sufficient mental and physical space to each artist’s distinctive, often enigmatic works.Here is always somewhere else is the title of a documentary film about mysterious artist Bas Jan Ader and served as an inspirational starting point for this exhibition.

Art and artists are hovering between two worlds: the urge and necessity to be here but yet elsewhere. The artist as a nomad, steadily moving, on a continuous quest. Here is always somewhere else is the title of a documentary film about mysterious artist Bas Jan Ader and served as an inspirational starting point for this exhibition.

A field of tension is created through the most diverse, at some points atypical, or surprising works that are installed in a peculiar environment, providing irritation or room for immersion, but certainly won’t leave the visitor unaffected.Here is always somewhere else is the title of a documentary film about mysterious artist Bas Jan Ader and served as an inspirational starting point for this exhibition.