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This exhibition by is what we Artspace consider quintessential work. Through the lense of nature a new perspective on what nature means emerges.
Los Angeles artist Dani Dodge’s show features surrealistic photos of Joshua trees and parallels her journey “from tragedy to recovery and hope.”
Bunny Lights
With its mystery, history, nature and symbolism, the native rabbit is the perfect bearer for the centuries-long intertwining of man and beast in Heemskerk in the Netherlands. She symbolizes the continuity of existence. It is a landmark in the scenery and a beacon of the existence of man and animal i...
The commemmoration of politcal opponents murdered in cold blood in the night of december 8th 1982. The court case against the prime suspect is ongoing. Families of the victims had to wait 3 decades to have their day in court. An open wound that runs through the Surinames society.
The former President Desi Bouterse had tempted to install a formal pardon in this case designed to circumvent his alledged responsability.
This piece in Dutch deals with the topic of the post-colonial traumas and denial that is prevalent in the way the Netherlands look at their history.
we're hiring; check out our new volunteer job, which might turn in to a life changing hence enriching experience. Are you up for it? Are you fire and ice, critical and cognisant of the artworld and ready to revolutionize the way it operates?
Are you the fire and Ice of an artworld gone crazy with a healthy defiance of art stars and their following, do you yield a razorsharp and witty pen. Are you willing to dig new trenches and aim for the sensitive issues. Are you willing to put in serious skills to help us raise funds in these tricky times?
We are looking for a skilled volunteer, to build our base into a full curator/artist residency program. Nothing less then serious committment is mandatory, so only apply if you have days to spend and enough passion to take on current challenges in establishing a new cutting edge program.
We offer:
Training on the job, - optional - i.e. art-project writing, podcasting, art programming, art documentary making.
Meet and greets:
Artist talks and art-related social events. ( Social gathering is canceled until further notice. Moved to online mostly )
Access to our extensive network in the arts and museum space. We curate regular online events with emerging and established artists, curators, journalists, writers and other professionals in the arts.
For more information, apply and add your questions.
Application deadline is Januari 4th 2021
Interviews will take place as of january 18.
( Please include your availability )
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@ Gallery Kunst_kan (Art Can ) I met up with 2 Surinamese artists Brian Coutinho amd Isan Corinde. During their latest exhibition I had the chance to exchange about their work. We discussed in depth how they relate to the visual space of their ancestry. Both of them in their own way tap into the possibility of a new era where we acknowledge our commonality and reconnect and maybe even reconcile the war against black people. Seeking to uncover if there is a way to overcome the pain and suffering of generations by recognising the origin of all of humanity.
Is it possible to think outside of the vortex The Black Lives Matter movement has taken momentum. Being true to their beliefs and guiding us throught their thoughts on the proces of making work that covers new ground as well as the most archetypal form known to man.
A form that relates to ancient vertility sculptures. Brian explains how he accepted that this is what he needed to make. Describing his search for his own language in writing on the skin of his sculpture that consists of ceramics.
Isan treats his work as an exploration of his childhood experience translated letters into moving bodies as reading Dutch the mandatory language took away his voice. He created his own alphabet of dancing stick figures.
The work is a song about his grandmother and her grandchildren and speaks volumes about the community they are part of. A monument in itself.
To be continued.
AirBnb host pushes artist of the stairs and there is still no case made against him
About the Venice Biennial, it's an overwhelmingly abundant and mind-blowing experience especially if you are passionate about contemporary art......my ideas about it flicker between frames of mind. more soon
Common Ground Cocreations (coming soon)
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Open Artspace will be represented during the 2019 Venice Biennial. Please stay tuned for updates about our participation which is called " Common Ground, the river of voices "
Our team will co-write a manifesto which will cover The strategies and politics of art of an art practice that not only will archive black LGBTQIA identity and community but make history of art visible from a black LGBTQIA perspective. Anyone from our community is invited to contribute and send in proposals which will provide art strategies in any discipline. Especially performative and social interventions are wanted. We call upon members of the black LGBTQIA community worldwide to let their voice be heard and their work be seen.
Our manifesto will be part of a collaborative platform where we will discuss and exchange on these practices and organise meetings and artist residencies that are linked to the related topics.
faithfully yours,
Dominique Almeida
and team Studio Ck9
https://www.labiennale.org/en/news
Ck9's new blog is live. Common Ground, artist dialogue on diaspora and being born in a family of Holocaust survivors. Let us know what you think.ore coming soon
explorations through dialogue by Leslie Labowitz and Dominique Almeida “Los Angeles april 2016 - ongoing ” This picture is an installation of which I lost the name of its maker. It is a mirrored map,...
I had to quit my favorite sport of running since my accident. It took me the best part of a year to regain full walking ability. Still I have to be careful as my knees have become fragile.
Running taught me how to extend my limits and gave me a remedy to cope with my emotions, when stressed or troubled. Now instead I dance and lift weights. Whenever I see people run long distances like I used to, I get a sting of sad and a sense of being happy at the same time. I remember how I first started to love the flying sensation and the rush when passing the limits of my own reserves and then reaching into acceleration as I approached the finish line of the tracks. I feel the afterburn and the glow of completing the best race I possibly could have ran. When I see others do this, its hard. Still I am grateful glad I can walk again and will embrace my new activities with as much passion as I did running these past years.
I found out that my ancestors were runners back in West Africa during the centuries before they were captured and sold as slaves.
They ran as part of initiation rites to capture a prey. To prove they were worthy members of the tribe.
They ran for survival and hunted for their tribe. Whenever I face adversity or have a heavy task to execute I feel they help me keep on going.
I chose this image by artist in residence Ogutu Muraya " I always feel like running "
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Journeys and destinations. Purpose has a name. Really excited to find out what will be created, decolonized, revolutionised today. ready to go it's the long due week with activist scholars Angela Davis and Gina Dent and on intergenerational activist networks and the arts. The elaborate program can be found on movingtogether.info
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This show is an ongoing life/art project documenting the fight against hate crime and discrimination of members of the LGBTIQ community. The group has extended their mission in countries all over the world and is sharing their struggle and victories. The group working on Pride and Loss create a bond with communities and allies and educates young talented artists making sure their stories are part of herstory. Being present and visible is key to this process. It also means that breaking the silence on hate crime and violence LGBTIQ comes with a price. They prove above and beyond that such an act changes the course of events by creating awareness. The truth exposes hypocrisy in society and the shame that is cast upon LGBTiQ people. Pride and Loss showing them as proud beings bravely standing up for who they are. They lead and share their stories of pain and loss and healing. Committed to inhabiting the world wholy and fully in light of the losses that they suffered. Making a memorial of the truth surrounding r**e and killing that have been denied. Through mourning they are a powerful manifestation of the meaning of q***r life.
A group of South African photographers and visual artists is showcasing its work in the United States.
What was named "The Dutch policing actions" was actually a bloody battle to oppress the Indonesians still almost 75 years later there is no acknowledgement of the brutal colonial warcrimes against them So much so that the Dutch Indonesians who stayed were shunned by the Indonesians.
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Made this drawing in 2001 as a part of a daily journal. I never stopped since, calling it my visual poems. They first appear and flow into a world of their own. This one carries the tender vulnerability and relentless need to fight for self preservation.
A fight that is both destructive but native to the human condition. It's also the resistance to the oppression of constant otherness from any angle and any tribe. Not belonging and still being part of the shared space both black and white people inhabit in society.
I had no idea where to stand but to stand up was the only way. I have stood out and out there it was alone and painful at once. But it is the only place I have and draw clarity from.
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the future of our tribe
what's going on is life in all it's unexpected beauty and difficulty
Being aware of time, that we spend.
Funny how we just go and take for granted what is given to us and are irritated about things
I spoke a friend last night she has a health scare that will change everything. But hope
remains
.if anything can save life it's art. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Go and love, be present
I have come a long way and am grateful and blessed.
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Open Call: request for participants in the Postcolonial Daily podcasts series in the next weeks. The podcast takes a deeper look into the narrative of intergenerational journeys and intersectionality please apply.
We are interested in your stories and opinions and would love to hear from you. If you want to be part send us your contacts and we'll schedule you in for a recording session.
Dominique
Ck9 team
[email protected]
shows how she meticulously transfers the intimate feeling into a monumental piece. Painting that makes one feel the sitters vulnerability and power at the same time. I the
A week ago I met this actress Jasmin Shlalda and her company performing the play "Next To Normal". A spine chilling emotional rollercoasterride on life under military occupation in Ramalla . How the hopes and dreams are crushed and how they look for love and community in their own way. Being young and living with violence and deaththreats on a daily basis. I admire their passionate striving through art and openness. The audience was moved to tears and we got a chance to exchange with them. It felt transitional. Each of them are incredible performers. Can't wait to see more of their work.
# .schuurman .otten een scherp snijdende confrontatie met de gecondenseerde levensverhalen van gedetineerden. Portretten die 360 graden inzicht geven in wat het betekent om vast te zitten. Gevangenismonologen opgevoerd in de voormalige Koepelgevangenis maakt onontkoombaar duidelijk dat wij evengoed morgen in de gevangenis terecht zouden kunnen komen. De lokatie op zich is al een fysieke uitdaging qua geluid en de grimmigheid. Deze intens meeslepende voorstelling is een thriller die de intergenerationele pijn van gestigmatiseerde groepen Molukkers en asielzoekers blootlegd. Hard nodig in deze tijd van polarisatie en verdeeldheid.
on sharing what it means to be a young egyptian-dutch genderq***r writer in the Netherlands. Becoming who you are, of the self. Facing societies limitations and extending the concept of being human.
Open Artspace CK9 updated their information in their About section.
Tanz im August - Home
The 29th edition of Tanz im August, Berlin's international festival for contemporary dance will take place from 11.8. till 2.9.2017.
Breathtaking and groundbreaking dancepiece by the brilliant Michael Clark company. Not to miss. prepare to be swept of your feet.
Calling Karen Finley the nineties revival
Timeline photos
[c o u n t d o w n] With 30 days to go until we are featuring Galerie Pietro Sparta - Jean-Luc Moulène
Jean-Luc Moulène - Coupé Noué, 2016, 36 x 85 x 45 cm, biscuit, copyright: Galerie Pietro Sparta
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short version of a long story
Studio CK9 ‘s first Open Artspace was held in 2003 during the Rijksacademie Open. Since then we operated as a transformative base for collaboration including among others the artists/writers : Zanele Muholi, Christophe Cornubert, Rebecca Walker, Lucy Nooren, Leslie Labowitz and Tobaron Waxman.
2003 : Rijksacademie; Open Artspace with Pablo Ziccarello, Arjan van Helmond, Irene Kopelman Praneet Soi and Dominique Almeida. Questioning the narrative of identity (which has proven to be the transformational motif of the decade) presented at the Open. The focus of the exchange dealt with the concept of displacement, diaspora and identity.
The Postcolonial Daily (2012 - ongoing )
This is an interactive daily online collection on the main stories from a broad array of leading platforms on postcolonial constructs of gender, race and identity forming an ongoing open archive.
the Postcolonial Daily podcast
During the consecutive editions of Art Rotterdam, Art Amsterdam we invited artists to the Open Artspace collaborative studio to present their work.
Common Ground can only be created on the basis of profound eqaulity. The controversial denial in western cultures make racism and discrimination an omnipresent undercurrent. We’ve seen how they manifest in the bias surrounding those in need of a sanctuary from warzones.
Common Ground
Common Ground works as a way to bridge the gap from collective and intergenerational trauma in the diaspora. The perspective of the shifting self.
What began as part of the Redesign the EU arts program during the Dutch Presidency of the European Union in 2016 has become the underpinning of ongoing art projects. An open call was issued through the Biennial Platform in September 2017.
Common Ground is part of the New Narratives for the EU arts program, will take place consecutively in Paris, Brussels, Berlin Sofia, and Amsterdam.
This program is currently listing collaborators and more information will be available in the next few weeks.
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