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Residency at BijlmAIR at Heesterveld, Amsterdam
My proposal Bijlmersymfonie (working title) was selected for realisation at BijlmAIR, the residency of CBK Zuidoost at Heesterveld in Amsterdam. I'm artist-in-residence there in Februari-March 2024 and will then prepare a public event in the garden of the Geldershoofd building, later in 2024, and a video coming out of the event. More information soon. Next to CBK Zuidoost Cultuurfonds, Amarte Fonds and Rochdale support the project. I have an Open Studio at Heesterveld on Sunday March 10, from 2 till 5 PM. Welcome!
New studio at Zeeburgerdijk, Amsterdam
I found a studio, one 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.
Films from Street Vendors at Kanaal 40 in Amsterdam
The films Calle, Street and Jalan from the Street Vendors video installation will be part of the Amsterdam Wallen Festival 2024 and will be exhibited at Kanaal 40. Entrance at Warmoesstraat 66. June 22 and 23 from 12 till 5 PM.
Chairman jury Zomersalon CBK Zuidoost Amsterdam
In this year's edition of CBK Zuidoost's Zomersalon I'm chairman of the professional jury again. The 2024 theme is Time, you can send in your work until June 1. The show will open on July 20. Until 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.