Biografia
In her installations and videos Beatrijs Albers explores themes such as spatiality, the demarcation of territories, and identity. She uses such diverse subjects as design, monuments and customary ways of dealing to question and break through all kind of barriers. Albers is interested in the way people occupy a space and give it meaning. Her works frequently take as a starting point a “tourist point of view”.
In her research project 'patrimonies' Albers further explores her fascination with representation, identity and reproduction. She also sets out to raise questions about our relationship with our heritage, about the idea of reactivation of a given memory and heritage and the “monumentalisation” of objects that make up our everyday world.
2012, ‘State of the Woman, Cité International des Arts, Paris, FR - 2011, INTRODUCING, Cité International des Arts, Paris, FR - 2010, M museum Leuven, Antichambre #4, Patrimonies, Louvain, BE - 2009, L’Observatoire Maison Grégoire, Brussels, BE - 2009, Border, ConcentArt, Berlin, DE - 2008 Folde-in, Personal Cinema , LABoral, Gijón, ES - 2007, Tourism, Netwerk / center for contemporary art, project with Reggy Timmermans, Aalst, BE - 2007, Torre Latinoamericana, Museum, Càmaras, with Reggy Timmermans, Mexico City, MX - 2003, Argos Festival, Belgian Focus ' black box’ and book presentation ‘ZABRISKIE’, Brussels, BE - 2001, Les Soirées d' Argos, ‘Construction’ video 45 with Reggy Timmermans, Brussels, BE - 2002, Puddles, Videoart Center & Out-lounge Gallery, Tokyo, JAP - 2000, Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, curator Luk Lambrecht - with Emilio Lopez- Menchero, Brussels, BE - 1997, Kunstverein Heizhaus, Vienna, Austria, AT
Residencies
2012 - Residence, Cité International des Arts, Paris, FR
2011 - Residence, Cité International des Arts, Paris, FR
1986 - Residence, Frans Masereel Centrum, B
1984 - AVU, Academy of Fine Arts in Prague, Czech Republic
1983 - VSVU, Academy of Fine Arts Bratislava, Slovak Republic
