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Residency at BijlmAIR at Heesterveld, Amsterdam
My proposal Bijlmersymfonie was selected for realisation at BijlmAIR, the residency of CBK Zuidoost at Heesterveld in Amsterdam. I am artist-in-residence in Februari-March 2024 and will prepare a public event and video. Next to CBK Cultuurfonds, Amarte Fonds and Rochdale also support Bijlmersymfonie.
OPEN CALL
Do you live in Geldershoofd on BS or the 1st floor close to entrance C? Join the project and share your favorite song(s)! Residents who participate, and whose balcony can be used on the afternoon of the performance, will receive a gift voucher worth 50 euros and catering. Are you interested? Contact Su:
New studio at Zeeburgerdijk, Amsterdam
I found a studio, for myself, on the ground floor of the artist studios building at Zeeburgerdijk 23-25. From May 2024 on I will work at studio 25-M1.
Chairman jury Zomersalon CBK ZO Amsterdam
In this year's edition of CBK Zuidoost's Zomersalon I'll be chairman of the professional jury again. The 2024 theme is Time, you can send in work until June 1. The show will open July 20. Till August 31, with the announcement of the winners.
Plan for artwork in Amsterdam
After creating Hoef van Eden in Alkmaar I am investigating the possibilities to realise an artwork in public space in Amsterdam East, together with Yasser Ballemans, artist and expert with participation trajectories.
Continuation of Parade in Yogyakarta
To be continued in 2025. Early 2023 I worked in Yogyakarta on the project Parade with ambulant street vendors again. It had been three years since my last visit there. In the meantime I wrote a composition in Amsterdam with the specific sounds of the vendors, in collaboration with composer Sinta Wullur. The aim in Yogya was to find the vendors, rehearse the composition and prepare for a parade. I was assisted by producer Iteq Fitri Kristiyoarti and conductor Mas Krimbi. We succeeded in our process. The project has been made possible by the Development Budget from Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. The performance Parade is planned to take place in the dry season in 2025.
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Permanent artwork in public space, Alkmaar
Currently I'm working on Hoef van Eden, a permanent installation at the school yard of Campus De Hoef in Alkmaar. The work consists of a bridge to an island in a wadi, with a gazebo on stilts. Four trees surround and complete the artwork: one for each season. The hardwood bridge and gazebo are covered with 33,000 second-hand LEGO bricks. From a distance the art work reminds of a landscape painting. The opening is on November 1, 2023.
Albanian premiere Street Vendors in Tirana
Video installation Street Vendors: Medellín, Tirana, Johannesburg, Yogyakarta (2018) is finally having its Albanian premiere. The work will be exhibited from October 25 till 27 from 10 AM till 10 PM at cultural center Destil Creative Hub in Tirana. Opening October 25 at 6 PM, artist talk October 26 at 6 PM. The solo exhibition is generously supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Albania.
✨Good Fortune - Bon Chans✨ at BIG ART, Amsterdam
Exclusively for the 2023 edition of BIG ART Bajes art fair I realise the site-specific spacial installation ✨Good Fortune - Bon Chans✨. The work is about the sale of medicines by vendors on the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I was there in 2009 and collected elements for this installation: photos, sounds, short videos, and objects. Next to this artist Reginald Sénatus filmed a longer video mid 2023. I'll build the installation with intern Caja Stenzler. Before BIG ART opens Haitian-born contemporary ‘vodou’ practitioner Fré Calm performes a cleansing ceremony inside the installation, for ✨Good Fortune - Bon Chanss✨. BIG ART Bajes takes place September 29 until October 1, 2023, 11 AM - 6 PM, Wenckebachweg Amsterdam.
Chairman jury Zomersalon CBK ZO Amsterdam
For this year's edition of Zomersalon at CBK Zuidoost in Amsterdam I am chairman of the professional jury, which consists of Lard Buurman, Marcel van den Berg and myself. Opening July 22. Till August 26, with the announcement of the winners.