A sentence, written on the wall of a wooden shack housing the secret service office in a mining town in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Discipline Before Anything Else. Discipline may sound unconnected in mineral-rich South Kivu with all its self-declared authorities, bribery and shady trading. But if you take some more distance, you’ll see hundreds of miners hacking away at the earth, labouring to collect coltan and cassiterite. You see how the minerals find their way to processing plants and electronics factories in China. Observe how the smartphones and laptops end up in the hands of billions of people world-wide. Through the components in our devices Congo connects us, makes us part of a 24/7 rhythm of work and play—we’re plugged in, complicit, disciplined by consumption.

Avant Tout, Discipline, in MU from 14 July to 17 September presents recent works by Revital Cohen and Tuur van Balen, including the premiere of their latest film Trapped in the Dream of the Other. Through various projects, Cohen and Van Balen place themselves in the middle of production processes; tracing the minerals up and down supply lines they insert their work in the chain of events and turn global networks into art.

On show 
14 July – 17 September 2017

Opening 
Friday 14 july from 20:00 (entrance € 5,- incl. 1 drink - free for We Are Public members)

At 19:30 Revital Cohen & Tuur van Balen will give an exclusive tour through the exhibition for the early visitors of the opening. Be on time!

The exhibition is free for visitors with a We Are Public pass on 28 July en 4, 11, 18 and 25 August.

Trapped in the Dream of the Other 

Trapped in the Dream of the Other 

Trapped in the Dream of the Other 

Dissolution

Dissolution

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