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Following the three-part exhibition series THE BIG SHOW (NICC, Antwerp, April - November 2001), this publication continues the exhibition's outlines to approach issues of exoticism, collective memory, globalization, utopia and alterity in a demanding way. THE BIG SHOW is inevitably part of a climate of post-colonial and global cultural interests, without identifying itself totally with them. Rather the series of exhibitions and this publication form a searching interrogation of the ways in which decolonization and globalization can be seen in the context of a wider debate surrounding cultural production and representation, without thereby having to lead to an iconoclasm of the center of image production.

THE BIG SHOW chooses to approach globalization indirectly from three different views. The first path is historical, retracing globalization to a highly problematic post-colonial mentality; with two specific bodies of work by Tshibumba Kanda Matulu and W. Eugene Smith, 'A Congo Chronicle - A Man of Mercy' highlights the complexities surrounding colonial memory. The second chapter, 'Healing', traces that trauma - as part of a larger cluster that defines our conceptions of globalization - to a broader cultural present. 'Healing' simulates the gathering of all elements that would allow for shifts in collective memory to be reconstructed. Part three, 'Demonstration Room: Ideal House' is utopian; the revolutionary potential of the house and the city are reconsidered from the specific situation of Latin America, but still within a broader international context, rethinking the evolutionary potential present there in actuality or rhetorically.

andere mens --- utopias --- postcolonialism --- globalization --- art [fine art] --- exoticism --- Art --- Schweitzer, Albert --- Smith, W. Eugene --- Congo --- Latin America --- Afrika --- Zaïre --- Kunst en politiek ; globalisering ; 2de h. 20ste eeuw --- Beeldende kunst ; koloniaal verleden België-Kongo --- Tentoonstellingscatalogi ; Antwerpen ; NICC ; New International Cultural Centre --- 7.038 --- (069) --- Kunstgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- (Musea. Collecties) --- edited by Wim Peeters ; text contributions by Marius Babias, Jesus Fuenmayor, Julieta Elena Gonzalez [et al.] --- kunst --- mulitculturalisme --- globalisering --- kolonisatie --- dekolonisatie --- kolonialisme --- postkolonialisme --- Zuid-Amerika --- politiek --- kunst en politiek --- Matulu Tshibumba Kanda --- fotografie --- Smith W. Eugene --- exotisme --- Arocha Carla --- Beuys Joseph --- Bijl Guillaume --- Carlos Isaac --- Darmawan Ade --- Doll Tatjana --- Douglas Stan --- Duchamp Marcel --- Fischli Peter --- Weiss David --- Graham Rodney --- Grundmann Gesine --- Gutai --- HAnssen Karin --- Jozefowicz Katarzyna --- Keiser Daniela --- Marshall Kerry James --- Mikhailov Boris --- Piper Adrian --- Robijns Gert --- Slominski Andreas --- Sugimoto Hiroshi --- Tshibumba Kanda Matulu --- Weiner Lawrence --- Yoshihara Jiro --- Alÿs Francis --- Best Anna --- Bruggeman Stefan --- Bunimov Mariana --- Cuevas Minerva --- Deleu Luc --- Fernandez José Gabriel --- Framis Alicia --- Garaicoa Carlos --- Gerdel Alexander --- Gillick Liam --- Graham Dan --- van heeswijk Jeanne --- Hernandez-Diez José Antonio --- Proyecto Incidental --- Kuri Gabriel --- Atelier van Lieshout --- Lopez Diana --- Lupini Mauricio --- McBride Rita --- Molina Carlos Julio --- Neto Ernesto --- Perna Claudio --- Ramirez-Jonas Paul --- Sachs Tom --- Schneider Karin --- Téllez Javier --- Vega Sergio --- art [discipline]