| BACKLIGHT
MAIN EXHIBITIONS:
BACKLIGHT 02 MAIN EXHIBITION
BACKLIGHT +17 |
Between the 28th of September and the 1st of December
2002 Backlight 02 presents the photography and media-based artworks of 43
artists from 11 countries in Europe and South America.
A series of videos, projections, multimedia based artworks, internet projects, photo sculpture and classic camera based photography will introduce exciting positions of contemporary art to our audience. |
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EXHIBITIONS:
7.9.-22.9. Backlight 02 – Residence 99, Nykyaika A flashback to Backlight 99
26.10.-10.11 Backlight 02 Workshop Exhibition, Emil-hall
Tampere
Museum of Modern Art presents:
30.11.-1.12.02 Teresa Chen: Polkamotion, Nykyaika |
| Backlight 02 will happen in Photographic Centre Nykyaika and in Museum Centre Vapriikki inTampere. Vapriikki (Factory) is a national monument, a beautifully renovated brick building from the heavy industrial period. Backlight 02 exhibitions will be seen there on three different floors in a fascinating space close to the falls of Tampere, all together more than 2000 sq m of spacious and transparent architecture. Nykyaika is located at Kehräsaari in the heart of Tampere City beside of the river. |
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The work of Marcos López (Argentina) epitomizes the Backlight spirit: a touch of humor, a lightness in the gaze, yet always with a critical edge. López appropriates commercial imagery, billboards, pop-iconography, media figures. He works with artificiality but exposes it against the backdrop of very real (and now timely) argentine political and economic hardships. Pop Latino is always extravagant, yet with a distinct melancholy undertone. Like a colorful parade, the photography of López is an exaggerated show always tinted with compassion and a deep sense of loss. |
| Museum
Centre Vapriikki (Museokeskus Vapriikki )
Veturiaukio
4 (03) 3146 6966 |
Valokuvakeskus
Nykyaika
Kehräsaari B, 33200 Tampere (03) 214 6677 |
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