Casco

08/09/2022

Dit weekend is het Uitfeest – het jaarlijkse startschot van het culturele seizoen in Utrecht. Wij doen mee met drie verschillende manifestaties: twee in ons kantoor en binnenplaats en één op een andere prachtige historische locatie.

Onze gezamenlijke binnenplaats Abraham Dolehof zal één van de locaties zijn tijdens de openlucht kunstmanifestatie Care Full – georganiseerd door Art Utrecht in het kader van Utrecht's 900 jaar stadsrechten. Inmiddels terugkerende samenwerkingspartners c.q. kunstenaars P-K-K-P zullen tijdens de opening op zaterdag 10 september om 15:30 een performance verzorgen waarbij gekookt en gegeten wordt. Op zondag 11 september organiseren zij een workshop waarin ze klei-afdrukken maken van texturen van de stad, die te zien zullen zijn in hun openluchtinstallatie Leaving Traces, die van dit weekend tot en met 30 oktober te zien zal zijn en dagelijks geopend is van 10:00–18:00.

Tegelijkertijd zal het Mutual Support Platform (MSP) ons kantoor beide dagen vanaf 12:00 overnemen. MSP is een ruimte voor gesprekken en acties door/tussen/voor alumni (en studenten en docenten) van de HKU Master Fine Art. Tot de deelnemers behoren Cara Farnan, Kaylie Kist, Angelina Kumar, Sinwah Lai (KIU collective), Gizem Üstüner, Alëna Vinokurova (SATA TAAS), Amy Webb, en Jinxiao Zhou.

Voor meer informatie over het werk en de performance(s) van P-K-K-P, en over Sporen van Ursula / Dwelling in Uncertainty van onze buurvrouw Ienke Kastelein (dat voortborduurt op haar eerdere werk voor onze tentoonstelling New Habits in 2014), kun je terecht op https://artutrecht.com/carefull/

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Naast deze evenementen in ons hoofdkantoor, zijn wij samen met vele lokale culturele partnerinstellingen aanwezig bij Rondje Singel, gehouden op het Wolvenplein op zondag van 12:00–18:00 uur. Tijdens deze informatieve en open bijeenkomst en gezamenlijke tentoonstelling zal de mobiele installatie van Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills op de locatie staan opgesteld. Voor het volledige programma, bezoek https://rondjesingelutrecht.nl

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This weekend marks the Uitfeest – the annual opening of the cultural season in our city of residence Utrecht. We will celebrate and participate with three various instances: two taking place in our office and courtyard and one in another historical venue.

Our shared courtyard Abraham Dolehof will be one of the locations during the open air art manifestation Care Full – organized by Art Utrecht in light of Utrecht’s 900 year of city rights. Now recurring collaborators P-K-K-P will host a performance involving cooking and eating during the opening on Saturday 10 September at 15:30. On Sunday 11 September they will host a workshop making clay imprints of the city's textures, that shall feature in their open air installation Leaving Traces, that will be on view from this weekend through 30 October and is open daily from 10:00–18:00.

Simultaneously, Mutual Support Platform (MSP) will take over our office both days from 12:00 onward. MSP is a space for conversations and actions by/between/for alumni (and students and teachers) of the HKU Master Fine Art. Contributors include Cara Farnan, Kaylie Kist, Angelina Kumar, Sinwah Lai (KIU collective), Gizem Üstüner, Alëna Vinokurova (SATA TAAS), Amy Webb, and Jinxiao Zhou.

For additional information on P-K-K-P's work and performance(s), as well as details on our neighbor Ienke Kastelein's Sporen van Ursula / Dwelling in Uncertainty (which continues on her earlier work for our exhibition New Habits in 2014), please visit https://artutrecht.com/carefull/

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Next to these events in our headquarters, we will be present alongside many local cultural partner institutes at Rondje Singel, held in Wolvenplein on Sunday from 12:00–18:00. During this informative and open gathering and joint exhibition, the mobile installation of Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills will be stalled at the location. For the full program, visit https://rondjesingelutrecht.nl

Kunstmanifestatie CareFull van 10 sept t/m 30 okt 2022 in en rond Utrecht met meer dan 50 kunstenaars op ruim 20 locaties

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17/12/2021

Please note that this weekend is the last occasion to visit Mariëlle Videler’s 365 PLANTS at the Travelling Farm Museum depot (Hof van Bern 33, Leidsche Rijn). The other exhibitions by Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), Family Connection and Ola Hassanain will be open again in January, until the 20th.

Our office and exhibitions are closed for winter recess from 20 December through 2 January. We wish you all a healthy path towards 2022.

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Let op: dit weekend is de laatste mogelijkheid om de 365 PLANTS van Mariëlle Videler te bezoeken in depot van het Travelling Farm Museum (Hof van Bern 33, Leidsche Rijn). De overige tentoonstellingen van Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide), Family Connection en Ola Hassanain zijn in januari weer open (tot en met 20 januari).

Ons kantoor en tentoonstellingen zijn van 20 december tot en met 2 januari wegens winterreces gesloten. We wensen jullie allen een gezond uiteinde.

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06/12/2021

Donderdag 9 december 2021
20:00–20:45 / Online
Engels met live ondertiteling
Artist Q&A met Mariëlle Videler

In de resterende tijd van onze vier tentoonstellingen van Family Connection, Ola Hassanain, Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide) en Mariëlle Videler, nodigen we je van harte uit voor een kort en levendig online gesprek met elke kunstenaar. Elke sessie zal gemodereerd worden door een ander Casco-teamlid.

Donderdag 9 december trappen we af met Mariëlle Videler, wiens indrukwekkende werk 365 PLANTS te zien is in depot van het Travelling Farm Museum in Leidsche Rijn. Alle vragen zijn welkom. Verder zullen we spreken over Mariëlle’s drieluik 365 BIRDS / 365 PLANTS / 365 INSECTS en toekomstige projecten, alsmede haar visie op ruimtelijk ontwerp, het creatieve proces en invloeden.

RSVP uiterlijk 8 december via [email protected] en stel een vraag die je misschien hebt of deel ze gerust in de chat. Zoom en verdere details worden een dag voor het evenement gedeeld. De Q&A wordt in het Engels gehouden en is voorzien van live ondertiteling.

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In the remaining time of our four exhibitions by Family Connection, Ola Hassanain, Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide) and Mariëlle Videler, we cordially invite you to join us for a short, sprightly online conversation with each artist in turn. Moderated by a different Casco team member each time, we’ll guide the casual talk and learn more from the artist.

Thursday 9 December we kick off with Mariëlle Videler, whose impressive work 365 PLANTS is on view at the Travelling Farm Museum depot in Leidsche Rijn. Any of your questions would be welcomed. Otherwise, we will talk about Marielle’s triptych 365 BIRDS / 365 PLANTS / 365 INSECTS and future projects, as well as her vision on spatial design, the creative process and influences on her work.

RSVP via [email protected] by 8 December and include a question you might have, or feel free to share them in the chat. Zoom and further details are to be shared a day in advance of the event. The Q&A will be held in English and includes live captioning.

Image description: a close-up installation shot of Mariëlle's intricate paper-cut leaves. Credit: Franz Mueller Schmidt, photo, 2021.

01/12/2021

Today is World AIDS day. Each year since 2017, Casco has partnered with Visual Aids to present their annual commissioned and distributed video program for Day With(out) Art, an international day of action and mourning in response to the ongoing AIDS crisis. During this collaborative annual project organizations worldwide present exhibitions, screenings and public programs to highlight work by HIV+ artists and artworks addressing current issues around AIDS. While this movement has been US-centered, we take part yearly to acknowledge the impact of the virus across international communities. In The Netherlands, for example, these realities resonate through the legacies of q***r of color collective Strange Fruit (1989-2002), through the 2018 International AIDS conference in Amsterdam, and the ongoing holistic support of organizations like ShivA – Spiritualiteit, hiv & Aids.

For Day With(out) Art 2021, we will host ENDURING CARE, a program of seven new videos highlighting strategies of community care within the ongoing HIV epidemic. Find the embedded video on our website, as well as the Enduring Care Resource Guide, which includes more information on the event, questions and exercises to collectively discuss the films, and allows you to learn more about the ongoing AIDS pandemic through zines, articles, art and other links.

Image description: a hand holding an apple on top of hair, which is abstractly layered over a sky view, without a head under it on the first slide.

More info via visualaids.org/enduringcare

16/11/2021

11/11/2021

We're open all weekend with our four exhibitions! Visit www.casco.art for more information. PSA: for Casco HQ exhibitions after 18.00 please call our phone number. Leidsche Rijn location is open from 12.00–18.00.

We zijn het hele weekend open met onze vier tentoonstellingen! Bezoek www.casco.art voor meer informatie. PSA: om de Casco HQ tentoonstellingen na 18.00 te bezoeken bel dan het telefoonnummer. Locatie Leidsche Rijn is geopend van 12.00–18.00 uur.

01/11/2021

The next two of four exhibitions opening this Saturday, by Ola Hassanain & Mariëlle Videler! Respective information below. For Dutch, visit casco.art/nl/

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Exhibition by Ola Hassanain
6 November 2021–20 January 2022 / Casco HQ
Opening on Saturday 6 November 2021, 11:00–18:00
Workable Geographies

Workable Geographies by artist and architect Ola Hassanain is an ongoing artistic research project that focuses on the relationship to land in Khartoum (the capital city of Sudan) and elsewhere. Hassanain visualizes data and conversations through maps and architectural forms in effort to capture the dynamic complexity of the built environment as an extension of human ecology.

Ola Hassanain’s work focuses on how we can summon subjectivities to exist together outside state forces that cause displacement, and which regulate and hold the coding for the reality of lived life. In this project, sensing what we cannot confirm is tangible and a way of perceiving that might allow us to imagine futures that are lived differently. Hassanain proposes that we read across material collected about the ground we stand on, enclosures we inhabit, and specifically, what that could say about urbanity under the political climate in Khartoum.

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Exhibition by Mariëlle Videler
6 November 2021–19 December 2021 / TFM Depot, Leidsche Rijn
Opening on Saturday 6 November 2021, 11:00–18:00
365 Plants

Mariëlle Videler works across media, creating installations, drawings, objects, videos and performances. Based on the belief that all organisms have equal value, she creates a pathway through the textures of the world. She explores a new, intensive way of feeling, perceiving and acting, identifying herself as a traveler who makes physical, but above all imaginary journeys.

365 PLANTS is the outcome of a year-long collection of intricate, almost extraterrestrial plants that Videler created not by looking or thinking of a plant, but by using small scissors and black ink to slowly sense the plant.

The presentation of 365 PLANTS in Leidsche Rijn Centrum is hosted at the Travelling Farm Museum depot.

Image description: granular backgrounds, featuring two interconnected circles, and abstracted leaves, while the exhibition and artist titles circles on top. Credit: David Bennewith / colophon.info, design, 2021.

28/10/2021

Documentation from the lovely Travelling Farm Museum Oogstfeest 2021 that happened 16 October last week!

For full information check: https://casco.art/activity/travelling-farm-museum-of-forgotten-skills-oogstfeest-2021/

Event organized by Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills in partnership with Cultures 4 Resilience

With special guests including Boer Peter, Kwekerij Stekkers, Melktap Harmelen, Four Sisters (Amsterdam), and Myvillages (Rotterdam) and many more as well as with contributions by Play the City (Amsterdam/Istanbul) and Kasvio

Supported by LEADER: European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

Credit: Chun Yao Lin, photography, 2021

27/10/2021

21/10/2021

Gathering for Life: the Zapatistas are coming to Utrecht!

Collective study, talks
Saturday 23 October 2021 14:30–17:00 /
Casco HQ
Food Sovereignty in Zapatista territories: an exchange of stories and practices

Part of Gathering for Life by Gira Holanda happening this weekend. We would like to ask if you can donate to support the movement if you have the means: https://www.gofundme.com/f/gira-holanda-fund-raising

During the afternoon at Casco the Zapatista delegation shares their stories, practices and knowledges about how food sovereignty is organised in their territories. We discuss a diversity of related topics, such as seed commodification and access to land, and through this reflect on the organisation of our food systems. With various local initiatives and collectives also represented, we will exchange experiences of struggle and empowerment through food sovereignty.

Before attending read the house rules and COVID-regulations carefully. You can find them via the official event and our website. There you can also find the program, RSVP and access info. This afternoon is facilitated by Casco, the Barricade, Food Autonomy Festival Utrecht and Taste Before You Waste.

https://casco.art/activity/zapatistas-gathering-for-life/

Image description: Various shapes, drawings and imagery of the Zapatistas intermingle in a lively poster promoting their visit to Utrecht. Credit: Berend Bombarius, design, 2021.

18/10/2021

Tentoonstelling door Family Connection
6 november 2021–20 januari 2022 / Casco HQ
Opening op zaterdag 6 november 2021, 11:00–18:00
Den tur circumstancia nos lo sigi move (Under all circumstances we will continue to move)

De groepstentoonstelling Den tur circumstancia nos lo sigi move (Under all circumstances we will continue to move) van Family Connection bestaande uit levendige, mixed media-kunstwerken neemt een video verslag van het Antilliaanse Carnaval in Utrecht in 1983 als startpunt, gemaakt door de toendertijd student beeldende kunst Rudsel Martinus. Zittend en met zijn blik direct op de camera gericht, benadrukt Martinus hoe belangrijk het is om de Caribische gemeenschappelijke herinnering aan carnaval levend te houden. De deelnemende leden van Family Connection hier zijn Rudsel Martinus, Glenda Martinus, Gala Martinus, Quinsy Gario, Jörgen Gario, Caldron Lewis en Whitney Lewis.

https://casco.art/nl/ontdek/

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Exhibition by Family Connection
6 November 2021–20 January 2022 / Casco HQ
Opening on Saturday 6 November 2021, 11:00-18:00
Den tur circumstancia nos lo sigi move (Under all circumstances we will continue to move)

The group exhibition Den tur circumstancia nos lo sigi move (Under all circumstances we will continue to move) by Family Connection consists of vibrant, mixed-media artworks departs from a 1983 video report of the Antilliaanse Carnival in Utrecht made by then art student Rudsel Martinus. Seated, he speaks directly into the camera, stressing the importance of keeping the Caribbean communal memory of Carnival alive. The participating members of Family Connection here are Rudsel Martinus, Glenda Martinus, Gala Martinus, Quinsy Gario, Jörgen Gario, Caldron Lewis and Whitney Lewis.

https://casco.art/explore/

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Beeldbeschrijving: een korrelige achtergrond, met geabstraheerde mensen gemaakt van een cirkel en driehoek die een familie verbeelden, terwijl de naam van de tentoonstelling en kunstenaarscollectief er boven cirkelen. Credit: David Bennewith / colophon.info, design, 2021.
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Image description: a granular background, featuring abstracted humans made from a circle and triangle combined, depicting a family, while the exhibition and artist title circles on top. Credit: David Bennewith / colophon.info, design, 2021.

15/10/2021

Tentoonstelling door Sara Seijn Chang (Sara van der Heide)
6 november 2021–20 januari 2022 / Casco HQ
Opening op zaterdag 6 november 2021, 11:00–18:00
The Mother Mountain Institute

The Mother Mountain Institute van Sara Seijn Chang (Sara van der Heide) is een lopend artistiek onderzoek en kunstwerk dat de getuigenissen verzameld van moeders die hun kind hebben verloren aan de gevolgen van transnationale en trans-raciale adoptie. Deze getuigenissen zijn door de kunstenaar verwerkt tot een geluidswerk. Het project wordt gepresenteerd in een zaal-vullende installatie die ons uitnodigt tot het luisteren naar en eren van de verloren verhalen van deze moeders, vergezeld door de spirituele aanwezigheid van de berg als de ultieme beschermer.

https://casco.art/nl/ontdek/

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Exhibition by Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide)
6 November 2021–20 January 2022 / Casco HQ
Opening on Saturday 6 November 2021, 11:00-18:00
The Mother Mountain Institute

The Mother Mountain Institute by Sara Sejin Chang (Sara van der Heide) is an ongoing artwork and artistic research project that collects testimonies from (birth) mothers who have lost their child to transnational and transracial adoption. The project presents itself as a room-size installation work that invites the viewer to enter, listen, and honor the otherwise-erased stories of the mothers in the company of the spiritual presence of the mountain as the ultimate protector.

https://casco.art/explore/

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Beeldbeschrijving: een korrelige achtergrond, met een berg als een driehoek, en de titel van de tentoonstelling en de artiest die erboven cirkelen. Credit: David Bennewith / colofon.info, ontwerp, 2021.

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Image description: a granular background, featuring a mountain as a triangle, and the exhibition and artist title circling on top. Credit: David Bennewith / colophon.info, design, 2021.

12/10/2021

TFM Depot, Leidsche Rijn
Oogstfeest 2021

https://casco.art/nl/activity/travelling-farm-museum-of-forgotten-skills-oogstfeest-2021/

Met special guests als Boer Peter, Kwekerij Stekkers, Melktap Harmelen, Four Sisters en Myvillages en met bijdragen van Play the City en Kasvio

Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills begon haar tour in 2020 langs lokale landbouwinitiatieven in én rond Leidsche Rijn: een ooit uitgestrekt, groen boerenlandschap. Ondanks de pandemie hebben we in de late lente en zomer elke week tours gehouden en samen kennis opgedaan samen met een groep ongelooflijk goed geïnformeerde, genereuze lokale boeren en andere beoefenaars.

Nu het herfstseizoen zich aandient organiseren we een dag waar we de oogst van het Travelling Farm Museum en haar netwerk samen vieren: als terugblik op de werkzaamheden van de laatste seizoenen én om elkaar beter te leren kennen met eten en muziek! Op die manier willen we ook samen filosoferen en vooruitkijken op de nabije toekomst van lokale landbouwgrond en het Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills zelf.

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https://casco.art/nl/activity/travelling-farm-museum-of-forgotten-skills-oogstfeest-2021/

Special guests include Boer Peter, Kwekerij Stekkers, Melktap Harmelen, Four Sisters, Myvillages and many more as well as with contributions by Play the City and Kasvio

Travelling Farm Museum of Forgotten Skills began its tour in 2020 by visiting local agricultural initiatives in and around Utrecht’s Leidsche Rijn, a once vast, green, farmland. Despite the pandemic conditions, every week over late spring and summer, we took grounded tours, meeting and learning with an amazing list of incredibly knowledgeable and generous farmers. Now with the season of autumn returning, we organize a day of gathering to share the harvest of the Travelling Farm Museum and its special guests, to look back together at the labor and movement of the last seasons, and to get to know each other more with food, music, and perhaps dance!

During the Oogstfeest farmers, neighbors, and food experts, including you, are invited to join the first session of the Food Game developed by Play the City. The game outlines a common and sustainable vision of how regional and healthy food could be organized in Utrecht West in the coming years. Your knowledge and experience during this game session is of great importance toward accelerating the transition to a more sustainable food system.

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Image description: a cow, turnip; farmhouse and a flower as the blossoming result of plant growth, amidst birds and the sun; plus the event info. Credit: Merel Zwarts, drawing, 2021.

16/09/2021

Join us this Saturday 18 September 14:00 – 17:00 CET during the first landmark event after our Summer break. More info and how to apply via: https://casco.art/en/activity/collective-pot-art-of-practicing-the-commons-based-economy-of-resilience/

(bezoek website voor de Nederlandse tekst)

Collective Pot? Art of practicing the commons-based economy of resilience is an online pilot course organized by Casco Art Institute within the framework of C4R (Cultures 4 Resilience). This course features artists, artistic collectives and other practitioners who will offer guidance to use and adapt relevant tools for a resilient economy. Currently we have assembled four tools for close workshops:

Calculating the value of the commons by AAA atelier d’architecture autogérée
https://c4r.info/en/opentools/iceberg

How is an evaluation method of a commons site created to counter the conventional value applied to it by governing bodies and decision makers? AAA builds on the ongoing tradition of the Community Economies framework and its iceberg iconography. By doing so, they offer a tool that can be adapted, re-applied and become an ally to groups, communities and commoners to visibilize what remains conveniently hidden or unaccounted for ‘in the eyes’ of the market and the government when decisions on such commons sites take place.

Art for Universal Basic Income by Institute of Radical Imagination, channeled by Mao Mollona, Marco Baravalle and Emanuele Braga
https://c4r.info/en/opentools/art-for-ubi

How can artists organize against the increasing inequality amplified by the pandemic conditions globally? Art for Universal Basic Income – a campaign initiated by artists – is converging energies with movements across the world challenging the market’s current modes of exploitation.

Rojava Film Commune by Rojava Film Commune, channeled by Sevinaz Evdike
https://c4r.info/en/opentools/rojavafilmcommune

What enables a community to operate with minimal reliance on money? The Rojava Film Commune works for the production, distribution, and reception of films depicting and documenting the stateless society of Rojava, Kurdish and Arab culture, and the region’s continuing military and ideological struggles.

Open Collective.com by Open Collective, channeled by Caroline Woolard
https://c4r.info/en/opentools/opencollective

What shape can the infrastructure for the solidarity economy take? The Open Collective is working to build legal, financial, and technical tools which are open source and transparent – enabling connections between financial institutions, cooperatives, mutual aid groups and non-profit organizations.

Image description: all artists, academics and collectives playfully collaged with humanlike animal- and plant-drawings on top.. Credit: Anna Dupont-Crabtree, drawing, 2021.

02/08/2021

Casco Art Institute sluit van 1 tot 21 augustus 2021 haar deuren en vertraagt in deze periode haar dagelijkse werkzaamheden.

Tijdens onze zomervakantie blijft ons kantoor dicht en zullen we tevens pauzeren met onze dagelijkse social media communicatie. Je kunt ons nog steeds bereiken via [email protected]; bij spoed bel +31 (0)30 231 9995

Tijdens ons zomerreces nodigen we je graag uit bekend te raken met onze soft-launched website. Aangezien deze website – ontwikkeld door Dietwee met onze updated identity van David Bennewith (colophon.info) – eind mei is gelanceerd, zijn wij op dit moment druk bezig met het plaatsen van de archieven op dit nieuwe platform. We vragen graag om je geduld. Het doel is om in de resterende maanden van 2021 dit proces af te ronden.

Na de zomer zullen wij ons ​​plan voor het nieuwe tentoonstellingsprogramma, de volgende jaarlijkse Assembly for commoning art institutions en andere nieuwe initiatieven met je delen.

Voor nu wensen we jullie allemaal een gezonde en regeneratieve zomer toe.

Hartelijke groet,
Het team van Casco Art Institute

https://casco.art/nl/

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Casco Art Institute will close her office and slow down daily operations from 1 to 21 August 2021.

During our summer break, our office remains closed, and we will take a pause in our daily social media communications. You still can reach us via [email protected]; if urgent please call at +31 (0)30 231 9995

During our summer recess, we would like you to get acquainted with our soft-launched new website. As this website – developed by Dietwee featuring our updated identity by David Bennewith (colophon.info) – launched late May, we are currently busy with the process of moving our archives on to this new platform. We would like to ask for your patience as we are set to finalise this archival project in the remainder of 2021.

Passing the middle of summer, we also would like to share with you our plan for the exhibition program, next annual Assembly for commoning art institutions and other new initiatives.

For now we wish you all a safe, regenerative summer.

Yours,
The team at Casco Art Institute

https://casco.art/en/