Spiralling towards a pluriversal world – Aldo E. Ramos at A Tale of a Tub
How can we think of ourselves in relation to the earth while cherishing the different grounds everyone originates from? This is the leading thought within Aldo E. Ramos’ artistic practice. During the preparations for his exhibition at A Tale of a Tub, Ramos contacted people living in the neighbourhoods surrounding the exhibition place, sharing stories with them about migration, loss, and growing roots in unexpected places.
read moreThe uncanny ambiguity of hope – Julian Hetzel’s There Will Be Light
A door opens, an interviewee enters. Studio Hetzel is giving away €15.000 to one person, and a deconstructed beach at WEST Den Haag hosts the selection procedure. From May 12th through 19th also to be seen at SPRING Utrecht.
read moreDisrupting the fairytale of technological progress – Marit Westerhuis' fight against the sponsors of the Groninger Museum
The opening of Marit Westerhuis’ post-apocalyptic installation MEGALITH at the Groninger Museum included an unannounced protest action by Fossil Free Culture NL adressing the fossil fueled sponsorships of the museum. Maia Padura talks to the artist and museum director Andreas Blühm about the protest and the exhibition. Will it bring a change of museum policy?
read moreBioplastic folklore for a not-so-distant future – Janek Simon at 1646
Before you are able pinpoint why a shape in Janek Simon’s Meta Folklore feels familiar to you – maybe it resembles a statue you once saw in a museum or a toy you used to own – it shapeshifts into something else, denying you the comfort and nostalgia that comes with recognisability.
read moreSenses / Sedimentations – a conversation with Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Vivian Ziherl talks to Elizabeth Povinelli, academic and member of the Karrabing Film Collective, about her recent books The Inheritance and Between Gaia and Ground and her research on the ancestral, political identity and the entanglements of existence.
read moreHet zoete leven - feestelijke seizoensopening Amsterdamse galeries
Graduation Shows 2019: Gerrit Rietveld Academie
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