--- type: exposition title: Meeting Points 7 language: en url: "https://www.belvedere.at/en/meeting-points-7" --- # Meeting Points 7 ## Ten thousand wiles and a hundred thousand tricks ![Sanja Ivekovi? The Right One: Pearls of Revolution, 2010 Courtesy die Künstlerin](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/header_cropped_1920x480_fp/public/jart-images/_439886224012.jpg.webp?itok=4EfqAf-4) **Duration:** 10 May 2014 - 31 August 2014 ***Ten thousand wiles and a hundred thousand tricks* opens at the 21er Haus, Vienna as part of the seventh edition of Meeting Points, a festival focusing on the contextualized presentation of art from the Arab World. The Vienna instalment of the exhibition has been realized in close partnership with multidisciplinary art festival Wiener Festwochen and the 21er Haus. The title of the project, *Ten thousand wiles and a hundred thousand tricks*, is a quote from *Wretched of the Earth* (1961), the book revolutionary philosopher Frantz Fanon wrote as a reflection on the Algerian revolution and whose title derives from the opening lyrics of the *Internationale*, the song of the world workers' movement.** Conceived as an exhibition in time, *ten thousand wiles and a hundred thousand tricks* resurfaces anew in each instalment, realigning topics to fit particular locations and their specific geopolitical and historical contexts. It forays into several interlinked subjects: the role of middle classes today in revolts across different geographies, the forms taken by neo-colonialism, counter-revolution and co-optation, as well as the various strategies employed for countering oppression.?? Juxtaposing recent works with historical positions, the exhibition incorporates a number of works from the 21er Haus/Belvedere collection, selected in close collaboration with Luisa Ziaja, curator at the 21er Haus. Having thus initiated a dialogue with this specific locale, the exhibition shifts its focus to a number of interrelated issues ranging from systematic intolerance, the rise of nationalist sentiment and anti-immigration laws across Europe to the reassessment of the modernist legacy and the role of museums in reshaping the relations between engagement, self-referentiality and aesthetics. Meeting Points 7 is curated by What, How & for Whom/WHW, a curatorial collective formed in 1999 and based in Zagreb and Berlin. WHW organizes production, exhibition and publishing projects and directs Gallery Nova in Zagreb. WHW is currently working on a long-term collaboration project, *Beginning as well as we can (How do we talk about fascism?*), and curating the exhibition *Really Useful Knowledge*, to open at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid in October. A project by Young Arab Theatre Fund Presented by Wiener Festwochen in cooperation with the Belvedere at the 21er Haus **With works by** Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Martin Arnold, Marwa Arsanios, Sven Augustijnen, Kianoush Ayari, Hicham Benohoud, Gerard Byrne, Filipa César, Céline Condorelli, DAAR, Ramesch Daha, Carola Dertnig, Goran Devi, Roy Dib, Eva Egermann, Simone Fattal, Simohammed Fettaka, Karpo Godina, Nilbar Güre, Sharon Hayes, Adelita Husni-Bey, Iman Issa, Sanja Ivekovi, Maryam Jafri, Rajkamal Kahlon, Johanna Kandl, Anton Kannemeyer, Gülsün Karamustafa, Runo Lagomarsino, Victoria Lomasko, Maha Maamoun, Jumana Manna, Azzedine Meddour, Edgar Morin & Jean Rouch, Christian Philipp Müller, Tom Nicholson, Daniela Ortiz, Lisl Ponger, Darinka Pop-Miti, Marta Popivoda, Arnulf Rainer/Dieter Roth, Curt Stenvert, Katarina Ševi and Tehnica Schweiz (Gergely László and Péter Rakosi), Cecilia Vicuña **With the kind support of** Allianz Kulturstiftung,Flemish Authorities, Ford Foundation, Australia Council for the Arts, Foundation for Arts Initiatives, Office for Contemporary Art Norway / OCA ### [Belvedere 21](https://www.belvedere.at/en/visit/belvedere-21) **Opening hours:** Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am - 6 pm; Late Night: Thursday, 11 am - 9 pm **Address:** Belvedere 21, 1030 Vienna ([Getting there]()) [Tickets](https://www.belvedere.at/en/tickets?location%5B0%5D=4) ## Impressions - ![Meeting Points 7 — Rajkamal Kahlon. Ain’t I a Woman — Photo: © the artist](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223996.jpg.webp?itok=jlQEsFU8) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Exhibition view. Meeting Points 7 — Photo: Ulrich Dertschei, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224001.jpg.webp?itok=MuPJ4jip) - ![Carola Dertnig The Mothdamage Establishment Zacherl in Vienna, 2010 Installation, 36 slides, sound Dimensions variable Belvedere, Vienna — Carola Dertnig. The Mothdamage Establishment Zacherl in Vienna — Photo: © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223999.jpg.webp?itok=_lj6Qu2O) - ![Victoria Lomasko Graphic Reportage from Recent Political Show Trials in Russia, 2012–14 Drawings 30 x 42 cm each Courtesy the artist — Victoria Lomasko. Graphic Reportage — Photo: © the artist](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224013.jpg.webp?itok=7J9chQw2) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Karpo Godina. Litany of Happy People — Photo: \xa9 the artist](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224028.jpg.webp?itok=8u8Td_mu) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Lisl Ponger. Equal Rights for Everyone — Photo: © Charim Galerie, © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2014](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224000.jpg.webp?itok=e5LqC6jI) - ![Hicham Benohoud Untitled (From Anes Situ series), 2012-2013 10 photographs 80 x 120 cm each (/ to be confirmed by WHW) Courtesy the artist and CulturesInterface — Hicham Benohoud, Without title — Photo: © the artist](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224011.jpg.webp?itok=fmEwVOx8) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Exhibition view. Meeting Points 7 — Photo: Ulrich Dertschei, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224005.jpg.webp?itok=gdQWbPrs) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Exhibition view. Meeting Points 7 — Photo: Ulrich Dertschei, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886224003.jpg.webp?itok=69t0mXom) - ![Meeting Points 7 — Exhibition view. Meeting Points 7 — Photo: Ulrich Dertschei, © Bildrecht, Vienna, 2014, © Belvedere, Vienna](https://www.belvedere.at/sites/default/files/styles/equal_height_slider_1x/public/jart-images/_439886223997.jpg.webp?itok=zjLY5TWG)