That was then, this is now

For the duration of one weekend De Appel was Janus-faced: looking back to past achievements and looking forward to unrealized possibilities. Theo Tegelaers, interim director of De Appel and Ann Demeester, newly appointed director compiled a programme that connects 'then', 'now' and the yet undefined 'later'.

With a polyphonic talk show including a large number of guests and hosts, the history of De Appel was turned into a palpable experience rather than a series of written documents and photographs. A presentation by Marga van Mechelen, author of the forthcoming book about De Appel 1975-1983
and a lecture by French curator Guillaume Désanges shaded new light on the origins of De Appel as a performance-based space set up by Wies Smals in 1975. The production 'Show Dance' by Swiss-Greek choreographer Alexandra Bachzetsis explored the shadowland between conceptual dance, visual arts and performance and hints at the future collaboration between De Appel and the festival 'If I Can't Dance' in Autumn 2006.

With (a.o.): Marina Abramovic, Dennis Adams, Ghada Amer, Alexandra Bachzetsis, Mark Bain, Judith Barry, Christiaan Bastiaans, Otto Berchem, Saskia Bos, A.A. Bronson, James Beckett, Waldo Bien, Guillaume Bijl, Barbara Bloom, Miguel-Angel Cárdenas, Castro/Olafsson, Thomas Demand, Guillaume Désanges & Frédéric Cherboeuf, Irene Fortuyn, Meschac Gaba, De Geuzen, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Nan Hoover, Madelon Hooykaas, Hans van Houwelingen, Christian Jankowski, Niek Kemps, Komar/Melamid, Matthieu Laurette, Jill Magid, Mark Manders, Charlemagne Palestine, Hermann Pitz, Willem de Ridder, Keiko Sato, Roman Signer,
Uwe Laysiepen, Barbara Visser, Michel Waisvisz, Lawrence Weiner and Peter Zegveld.