Op 12 juli 2024 opende The Sick Rose, een tentoonstelling van Hannelotte van Elst. Voor de opening schreef ik deze tekst, over het laten zien van je 'echte' zelf, en de sociaal-maatschappelijke kant van onzichtbaar ziek zijn.
Tag: cultural theory
Mind Wandering Mind
De tentoonstelling Mind Wandering Mind onderzoekt het verloop van mentale processen en de manier waarop emoties tot uiting komen in het lichaam. De tentoonstelling gaat niet alleen om kijken, maar ook om aanraken, ruiken, bewegen.
Compost: (Un)becoming
Interactions is een talentontwikkelingstraject van POST. Voor deze editie vertrok de groep vanuit het idee van compost. Compost bevindt zich continu in een staat van transformatie en is een dynamisch levend proces. Het is een constant proces van worden en ‘ont-worden’. Deze wisselwerkingen kun je metaforisch terugvinden bij de Interactions-deelnemers.
Expoplu Exchange: Hopscotch
De deelnemers van de tweede editie van het talentontwikkelingsprogramma Expoplu Exchange hebben een intrinsieke drijfveer om de ‘norm’ en het ‘normale’ te bevreemden. Ze willen de absurditeit van het alledaagse blootleggen en ontleden.
Sculpt an Outside for the Inside
We all have a body, and we all have an idea of what a body would look like. We experience the world through our body. Through her stone sculptures the Danish artist Freja Niemann Lundrup aims to visualise the internal processes of the body, specifically those related to trauma and horror. In other words, she… Continue reading Sculpt an Outside for the Inside
The How to Make An Art Project
This text accompanied the project and exhibition How to Make An Art at SEA Foundation Tilburg, curated by Marieke Folkers. The project How to Make An Art concerned the importance of expanding and enhancing one's network as an artist. American artist Dakota Havard initiated the project at SEA Foundation to meet new people in the… Continue reading The How to Make An Art Project
Gam Bodenhausen’s Rhizomatic Landscapes
Gam Bodenhausen’s black and white drawings depict landscapes. Or, more specifically, structures in landscapes shaped by nature and humans. For her solo exhibition at NN Contemporary in Northampton, UK, she took the small local Church of the Holy Sepulcher as inspiration. The ironstone building had evident traces of erosion. A network of lines eroded due… Continue reading Gam Bodenhausen’s Rhizomatic Landscapes
The Flow through Space
This text accompanied the exhibition A Dialogue between Art and Architecture: Active Modernism by Australian artist Sally Tape at SEA Foundation Tilburg, curated by Marieke Folkers. How can we interpret Sally Tape’s visual language? This text gives insight into her artistic practice, starting with her techniques and inspiration in light of space, movement and time.… Continue reading The Flow through Space
How Mental Health Shapes Van Gogh’s Story
It is practically common knowledge that Vincent van Gogh was mentally unstable, especially during the last few years of his life: There was the incident with the ear, his voluntary admission in an asylum, and his suicide. These events are shaping his life-story, reconstructed from personal letters and reports from his doctors and witnesses. This… Continue reading How Mental Health Shapes Van Gogh’s Story
Marieke Folkers 