"Searching for Parrots" Soundwalk in Waterschei for Manifesta 9

15/11/2012

It is still possible to download the soundwalk and have a look in the gardencity of Waterschei! English and Dutch.
Het is nog steeds mogelijk om de geluidswandeling te downloaden en zelf uit te testen in Waterschei. Engels en Nederlands.

Searching for Parrots was developed as part of the education and mediation program of Manifesta 9. As an exhibition visitor and/or Genk inhabitant the soundwalk takes you through a part of the Waterschei Garden City. The Garden City, with its utopic infrastructure, is a melting pot of cultures. It w...

12/09/2012

http://andwelikedeverything.com/post/31334868469/manifesta-9-searching-for-parrots

ruthlessly eclectic art education links

12/09/2012

FLASHBACK: testwalk a week before the opening of Manifesta 9.

02/09/2012

Hurry up ... only 29 days left over to explore the garden city of Waterschei together with the Parrots!

16/07/2012

If you happen to be visiting Manifesta 9 this summer in Genk, check out "Searching For Parrots" Soundwalk, which takes you outside of the exhibition, on a walking tour through the former mine worker's Garden City... collect mp3 players and headsets from the mediation point inside M9 exhibition

June 2 - September 30, 2012 - Genk, Limburg, Belgium The European Biennial of Contemporary Art - De Europese Biënnale voor Hedendaagse Kunst La Biennale Européenne d’Art Contemporain - Die Europäische Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst

12/07/2012

Be there!

4x9 Stories: this weekend with Wim Dries and Boumediene Belbachir http://manifesta9.org/en/news/4x9-stories-this-weekend-4/
4x9 Verhalen: dit weekend met Wim Dries and Boumediene Belbachir http://manifesta9.org/nl/nieuws/4x9-verhalen-dit-weekend-4/

Stad Genk StampMedia Foto Atelier Zwiep

11/06/2012

The soundwalk was on the local news today!
Thanks to Esma Alouet for being our personal guide ... GET YOUR OWN HEADPHONE + MP3 AT THE MEDIATION POINT (from tuesday to sunday) @ Manifesta Biennial
More info: http://manifesta9.org/en/searching_for_parrots/ OR http://manifesta9.org/nl/op_zoek_naar_papegaaien/

In juni nemen we u elke maandag mee op verkenning tussen de parallel events van Manifesta, de kunstenbiënnale die momenteel loopt in het mijngebouw van Waterschei. Deze zomer staat heel Waterschei in het teken van de kunst. Zo wordt er een eerbetoon gebouwd voor de Turkse truckers die aan het mijnge...

30/05/2012

Mp3 players are charged! for the press opening of Manifesta 9 tomorrow. We are at the mediation point on the second floor, a sneak peak...

27/05/2012

Our soundawalk project was featured in "Het Belang van Limburg" newspaper yesterday. The article speaks about how the story of Yunus, Waterschei resident and Zwiep member has been incorporated into the soundwalk.

24/05/2012

Our special edition soundwalk posters have just arrived! Zwiepsters come for the tryout tour at 11am this Saturday morning to get your copy!

24/05/2012

marking the soundwalk route

23/05/2012

The last few weeks before the opening of Manifesta 9, final recording and editing between Waterschei and Amsterdam