Kunsthal Extra City

Grant Watson, ‘How We Behave’, (2012-ongoing) (front), Bram Demunter, ‘Humans in Conversation’, (2016-2017) (back), installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, 2017, photo Mark Rietveld

Marinella Senatore, ‘Protest Bike’ (2016), courtesy the artist and Laveronica, Modica, Italy, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Mark Rietveld

Installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City (09.09-10.12.2017), photo Mark Rietveld

Philippe Van Snick, (front) ‘Lady Comfort’ (1983), (back) ‘Boulders, Borders & Bodies’ (2016-2017), courtesy the artist and Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttend

Zbyněk Baladrán, 'To be framed', film still, 2016

Cao Fei, 'La Town, Center Plaza', film still from 'La Town', 2014

Bram Demunter, 'Avondmaal in de besloten tuin' (Supper in the enclosed garden), detail, 2017

Ahmet Öğüt, ‘Centre for Urban Citizens’ (2017- lopend / ongoing), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, Mark Rietveld

Antonis Pittas, ‘Handle Citizens’ (2017), courtesy the artist and Annet Gelink Gallery, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Grant Watson, ‘How We Behave’, 2012-ongoing

Iman Issa, 'Thirty Three Stories about Reasonable Characters in Familiar Places', detail, 2011, Courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London

James Bridle, 'Citizen Ex' (Screenshot)

Antonis Pittas, ‘Handle Citizens’ (2017), courtesy the artist and Annet Gelink Gallery, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Marinella Senatore, 'Protest Bike', 2016

Martha Rosler, film still from 'Vital Statistics of a Citizen, Simply Obtained', 1977, Courtesy the artist

Dan Perjovschi, ‘The Entrance Issues’ (2017), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Younes Baba-Ali, ‘Multiculturalism / Multicommunitarism’ (2014), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Vitrines Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Grant Watson, ‘How We Behave’ (2012 - ongoing), courtesy the artist and If I Can’t Dance, I Don’t Want To Be Part Of Your Revolution, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Antonis Pittas, ‘Handle Citizens’ (2017), courtesy the artist and Annet Gelink Gallery, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Meriç Algün, ‘Ö (The Mutual Letter)’, courtesy the artist, Galerie Nordenhake and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Bram Demunter, ‘Humans in conversation’ (2016-2017), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele_1

Iman Issa, ‘Making Places’ (2007), courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Bram Demunter, ‘Humans in conversation’ (2016-2017), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele_1

Dan Perjovschi, ‘The Entrance Issues’ (2017), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Mark Rietveld

Philippe Van Snick, ‘Lady Comfort’ (1983), courtesy the artist and Tatjana Pieters, Ghent, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Iman Issa, ‘Making Places’ (2007), courtesy the artist and Rodeo, London, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

James Bridle, ‘Citizen Ex’ (2015), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Meriç Algün, ‘The Concise Book of Visa Application Forms’ (2009), courtesy the artist, Galerie Nordenhake and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Younes Baba-Ali, ‘Shalom Aleikoum’ (2013), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Younes Baba-Ali, ‘Social Paintings’ (2016), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Zbyněk Baladrán, ‘To be framed’ (2016), courtesy the artist, installation view ‘Extra Citizen’, Kunsthal Extra City, Antwerp, 2017, photo Tomas Uyttendaele

Extra Citizen

09.09 — 10.12.17

Group exhibition

Curated by Antonia Alampi and iLiana Fokianaki

Participating artists Meriç Algün, Younes Baba- Ali, Zbynēk Baladrán, James Bridle, Bram Demunter, Cao Fei, Iman Issa, Ahmet Ögüt, Dan Perjovschi, Antonis Pittas, Martha Rosler, Marinella Senatore, Philippe Van Snick, Grant Watson

How can we describe what a citizen is today? When can we say we belong to a place? How much have the informal meaning and legal definition of the notion of citizenship transformed over the last decades? This exhibition draws on the imagination of contemporary artists to inspire a reflection on the scope of citizenship today, particularly in cities that are faced with an urgency to adapt to the diversity of their inhabitants.

The composition of people that inhabit the cities of the old continent has changed substantially in the last century. Global migration and the World Wide Web, new and complex forms of mass interaction (social media or otherwise) and knowledge exchange, along with the free movement of goods, capital and services, define the world in which we live. Things such as nationality, birthplace, language, and religion are not the sole defining factors with respect to our sense of belonging to a place or community. Nevertheless, we are witnessing, once again, a re-emergence of ‘us’ and ‘them’, a development that denies the complex diversity and hybridity of cultures and world-views that define contemporary European metropolises. On the other hand, grassroots movements have increasingly emerged and the reality of our cities has bred new and younger, multi-lingual and multi-national citizens who are defined by their greater cultural, social and economic diversity.

This exhibition reflects once again on the purpose and power of citizenship, not solely in relation to the nation state, but also vis-à-vis other organised communities, from the city to the neighbourhood, and even to supranational bodies. The intention behind ‘Extra Citizen’ is to inspire reflection on what we might inscribe in a new and much-needed polyphonic definition of citizenship.

Cahier #1. On Acts of Citizenship
The exhibition is accompanied by a Cahier, with a conversation between Antonia Alampi, iLiana Fokianaki and Michiel Vandevelde, and new commissioned texts by Lina Attalah, Anton Jäger and Victoria Ivanova.
For sale in our bookshop. All our publications are licensed under the Creative Commons terms and free to download.

Unravelling Citizenship
Public programme, curated by Michiel VandeveldeWhat are the possible ‘acts of citizenship’ one can undertake in today’s complex world? Over the course of three months, Kunsthal Extra City will become a forum where the notion of citizenship will be unravelled and explored through different lenses.
Click here for an overview of all activities

Guided tours
Visitors can participate in a free public tour every second Sunday: on 10 and 24 September, 8 and 22 October, on 5 and 19 November and on 3 December 2017, starting at 14:00.

Young Citizens Program (5 till 12 y)
While the parents follow a tour or visit the exhibition independently, children from 5 till 12 years old can participate in a creative workshop, discovering the exhibition and their young-citizenship, guided by a professional cultural worker/artist.
On 10 September, 5 and 19 November, and 3 December 2017, from 14:00 till 15:30.

Documentation

- Curatorial introduction to 'Extra Citizen' by Antonia Alampi and iLiana Fokianaki

- 'Notes on Citizenship', a conversation between Antonia Alampi, iLiana Fokianaki and Michiel Vandevelde, from 'Cahier #1'

- Interview with Antonis Pittas on his contribution to 'Extra Citizen', by Janine Meijer (Dutch only)

Location Kunsthal Extra City - Antwerpen-Berchem, Eikelstraat 25-31, 2600 Antwerpen

08.09.2017
19:00

Conversations: ‘Artistic citizenship’
Conversations between artists featured in the exhibition 'Extra Citizen' and the curators

Discussion

09.09.2017
17:30

Discussion IV: 'Against Data Extractivism: How Digital Capitalism Is Eating the World and What We Can Do to Stop It'
Lecture Evgeny Morozov

Lecture

13.09.2017
17:30

Lecture Stavros Stavrides

Lecture

24.09.2017
14:00

Guided tour on Sunday

Guided tour

28.09.2017
19:00

Discussion V: 'Democracy restaged'
Film ‘Agency’ by Adelita-Husni Bey, with conversation between Thomas Swerts and Michiel Vandevelde

Film

08.10.2017
14:00

Booklet Booklet

Antonis Pittas - Road to Victory

€ 35

Extra Citizen

Reopening Kunsthal Extra City
Opening weekend

YOUYOUYOU
Myriam Van Imschoot

Dance
Jeff Poak with Bryana Fritz

Music with Jan Matthé and Dj Daniel De Botanicus
Reopening Kunsthal Extra City

Discussion I: 'A tale of three disappearances'
Lecture and conversation Lina Attalah

Conversations: ‘Artistic citizenship’
Conversations between artists featured in the exhibition 'Extra Citizen' and the curators

Discussion II: Migrant Mothers' Creative Interventions into Citizenship
Lecture and conversation Umut Erel

YOUYOUYOU
Myriam Van Imschoot

Open Monuments Day
Kunsthal Extra City on the former site of Wasserij Goossens

Fanzine Workshop Dan Perjovschi

Workshop for children (5 till 12 years old)
Young Citizens Program

Guided tour on Sunday

Discussion III: Who owns the city?
Lecture Joachim Meerkerk and discussion with local actors

Workshop for children (5 till 12 years old)
Young Citizens Program

Guided tour on Sunday

PAN PAN PAN: Electromagic
Pirate radio transmission + Balloon mapping

Discussion IV: 'Against Data Extractivism: How Digital Capitalism Is Eating the World and What We Can Do to Stop It'
Lecture Evgeny Morozov

Lecture Stavros Stavrides

Guided tour on Sunday

Discussion V: 'Democracy restaged'
Film ‘Agency’ by Adelita-Husni Bey, with conversation between Thomas Swerts and Michiel Vandevelde

Guided tour on Sunday

Borger #12

Guided tour on Sunday

Discussion VI: 'An alternative global currency'
Launch of the local node for Faircoin

Workshop for children (5 till 12 years old)
Young Citizens Program

Guided tour on Sunday

Discussion VII: 'Tools for hacking'
PAN PAN PAN: 'For the What?' - Claire Williams

Arts Day for Children - Workshop (5 till 12 years old)
Young Citizens Program

Guided tour on Sunday

Discussion VIII: 'Family fictions'
Reading group by Laura Herman and Charlotte Van Buylaere

CANCELLED - Workshop for children (5 till 12 years old)
Young Citizens Program

Guided tour on Sunday

Closing discussion ‘Acts of citizenship’

‘Lecture For Every One’ - Sarah Vanhee

Antonis Pittas - Road to Victory