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City of Refuge IV
BERLINDE DE BRUYCKERE
A walk-through installation about the duality of human nature
We all need security, while at the same time longing for freedom. Inspired by this contradiction, Berlinde De Bruyckere transforms the Turbinenhalle into a walkthrough installation. Its title is taken from a song by Nick Cave, which itself was based on an original gospel song by Blind Willie Johnson. City of Refuge IV seeks to pay tribute to all those seeking shelter and to those who provide it – invoking compassion and empathy and investigating the duality of human nature. This is symbolised by three guardian angel sculptures, framed by a sonorous and audiovisual installation. The grave figures foreshadow both sorrow and hope. Materials such as wax, used blankets and other textiles, wood, animal hair and tanned animal skins are fused, resulting in hybrid sculptures in which figures such as humans, animals, nature and the divine are combined.
Commissioned by Ruhrtriennale.
„It’s intriguing to me to connect the divine and the human, the religious and the profane.“
Cast
- Concept, Installation
- Berlinde De Bruyckere
- Video Design
- Mirjam Devriendt
- Light
- Félice Ross
- Technical Project Manager Ruhrtriennale
- Frank Böhle
- Technician
- Carsten Funke ,
- Fernando Quartana ,
- Andreas Semmler
Directions and arrival
Turbinenhalle an der Jahrhunderthalle Bochum
An der Jahrhunderthalle 1
44793 Bochum
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