Embassy of the Free Mind For the long-running project for which we already went to the Kulturbahnhof residency in Brandenburg, and for which we have been invited for an artist residency at The Frans Masereel Centrum later this year, Uta and I now dive into the archives. Between 18 and 25 May, we may browse… Continue reading Artistic research at The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
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Residency at Frans Masereel Centrum
We have been invited for a residency period at The Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium. Residency at Frans Masereel The Frans Masereel Centrum is a center for contemporary art. With an international residency program for artists, often with a specific focus on printed matter-at-large. long-term project Uta and I sent in a proposal following their… Continue reading Residency at Frans Masereel Centrum
Texts: Als grondbewakers lichtend blauw bruisen en
Last winter, I got to write about the work of artists Renée Pevernagie and Tim Bruggeman. It was such a pleasure to talk about and look at their work with them.The texts became accompanying texts to their joint exhibition ‘Silence at once’ at Mees-Van De Wiele Galerie in Ghent. DUO EXHIBITION ‘Silence at once’Renée Pevernagie… Continue reading Texts: Als grondbewakers lichtend blauw bruisen en
Essay: Is de wereld kleurlozer geworden?
Ik schreef weer een essay over kleur ervaring voor Mister Motley. Eindelijk kon ik in een stuk iets kwijt over het onderzoek ‘Colourful Blacks’ van Hella Jongerius. En een van de meest poëtische en kleurrijke werken die ik het afgelopen jaar zag, kreeg ook een plekje in dit stuk: The 2nd floor van Vincka Struben:… Continue reading Essay: Is de wereld kleurlozer geworden?
Growing Blue – traces of a colour
Lucila Kenny, Naan Rijks and Alex Walker invited me to write a piece for the poetic project Growing Blue. Growing Blue shows a collection of 102 filter papers and cloths that were used as part of the process of extracting indigo pigment from leaves of the Woad (Isatis tinctoria) plant. I met Lucila in 2020,… Continue reading Growing Blue – traces of a colour
Residency at KuBa: Kulturbahnhof
Artist in Residence at Brandenburg, near Berlin I’m so excited and so is Uta: we’re going to do another artist residency. This time we are invited to KuBa: Kulturbahnhof. It is about a two hour train journey from Berlin. KuBa:kulturbahnhof is located in the disused train station of the village Klein Warnow in Brandenburg. They… Continue reading Residency at KuBa: Kulturbahnhof
Our work on view at Zabriskie, Berlin
Our Special Edition at Zabriskie We are happy and proud and happy and proud and so proud and happy: our special edition art prints of the Sasso series is now for sale at the most beautiful, interesting and addictive bookstore we know: Zabriskie Buchladen in Berlin. Please have a look at their webshop and if… Continue reading Our work on view at Zabriskie, Berlin
Lecture on Colour at Tufts University, Boston
I was invited by artist and teacher Jennifer Schmidt to give a guest lecture. That evening I had the opportunity to talk colours with her class at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University. We started with a strong love for Cyan or a very specific longing for Ultramarine blue, preferably… Continue reading Lecture on Colour at Tufts University, Boston
Tentoonstelling bij NDSM FUSE
NDSM FUSE9 t/m 25 september 2022Tentoonstelling Our Sasso’s travel. They sailed from Lago Maggiore to Het IJ of Amsterdam and can now be seen in the former shipyard in Amsterdam North in the gallery of NDSM FUSE. Much is different here, but the warm, sweltering heat seems to accompany them from place to place. But… Continue reading Tentoonstelling bij NDSM FUSE
Adviseur Pictura / Dordrecht kleurmeditatie
Op uitnodiging van Marie Claire Gellings, was ik één van de vijf adviseurs voor de experimentele projectweken bij Picture 2022 in Dordrecht. Marie Claire is beeldend kunstenaar, docent aan de Willem de Kooning Academie en dit jaar begeleider van vijf beginnende kunstenaars die de mogelijkheid kregen twee weken lang bij het Teekengenootschap Pictura aan een… Continue reading Adviseur Pictura / Dordrecht kleurmeditatie