1646
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03/05/2024 • 14/07/2024
In Tall Buildings - Bob Demper
Join us at 1646 for an exhibition that examines the hidden powers that rule many parts of our lives. Financial power is a concept that becomes more intangible with each attempt to understand it, often hiding itself in tall buildings. Through extensive research on the development of global capitalism, stock markets and big corporations, artist/filmmaker Bob Demper tries to understand the impact it has on our existence. Demper looks at how the risk taken by the corporate world is almost always a public risk, and how this relentless pursuit of growth has resulted in polarisation, confusion and a lack of understanding of what’s governing our everyday life. At 1646, the audience can walk through carefully crafted film sets. Spaces that make us feel the tension between these opaque financial worlds and our private space, where we find ourselves on the edge of dreams and reality.
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About 1646
1646 is an experimental art space in the center of The Hague. Their exhibition program shows innovative artistic practices, inviting local and international artists to make new work. Working with artists who approach complex ideas and life questions by means of fiction, humor, lots of color and play, 1646 introduces you to another way of seeing, to imagine the world differently, while embracing and celebrating the complexity of life with an open attitude. With a focus on solo projects, 1646 offers an in-depth perspective of the artist’s practice before it’s on view in big museums and exhibitions all around the world. Their experimental and free public program is dedicated to giving the artist and the visitor the trust, means and space for experiment, conversation and connection.
