OPENING: Thursday, 30st of March 2006, 8 p.m. ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ 'Dysfunctional Whistling Band' Installation by Bojan Fajfric ÔI do not want to offer some miraculous cure for nostalgia, although a visit to the Alps, opium and leeches are perhaps able to alleviate its symptoms. Perhaps longing is something common to all us human beings, but this does not keep us from having different stories about belonging and not belonging. My opinion is that two types of nostalgia determine our relation with the past, imagined community, home, and even the way we imagine ourselves: these are restorative and reflexive nostalgia. They cannot explain the nature of the longing itself, nor its psychological structure and hidden, subconscious flows, but they can explain the mechanisms we use as tools in the attempt to understand this seemingly indescribable feelings and our relation to our collective homeland. A psychiatrist does not really know how to deal with nostalgia; in this case, experimenting artists in the role of a therapist could offer much more help.Õ Paraphrasing Svetlana Boym, from ÒThe Future of NostalgiaÓ The exhibition is open: Friday, 31 March - Sunday, 9 April 2006. Location: Overtoom 301, Amsterdam __________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ The exhibition is open 31 March - 9 April 2006 _____________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ During the exhibition the project space is open from Thursday to Sunday 3pm - 7pm or by appointment. ________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ For further questions mail to : pswar@xs4all.nl_____________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________Future