Tramaine de Senna at the HISK Open Studio’s

MFA graduate Tramaine de Senna (2013) participates in the Open Studio’s at the HISK, in Ghent, Belgium.

HISK Open Studios 2015

Friday 29 May (2-8 pm)
Saturday 30 May (2-8 pm)
Sunday 31 May (2-8 pm)
Monday 1 June (2-8 pm)

The HISK offers a postacademic course in audiovisual and visual art. The institute provides 24 young artists from Belgium and abroad with a studio of their own for two years.

more info here

Daan Gielis and Tramaine de Senna in The Fallibility of Formulation – Cruz & Gomez

MFA graduates Daan Gielis and Tramaine de Senna (2013) both participate in a group exhibition at Cruz & Gomez in Genk, Belgium. Opening friday may 22nd, 19.00 h. Also limited edition prints by the participating artists will be sold.

http://www.cruz-gomez.com

BREWED in Brussels: MFA theory event

On april 30th, MFA students and guests gathered in Brussels for the MFA theory event, hosted by BREW.

The 2nd year students of the Master Fine Art at AKV | St. Joost presented the outcomes of the theoretical research of their studies. This occasion was used to experimentally test the different forms ‘theory’ can take in their work. How is theory related to art-production, how can this relationship be made productive?

Participants:
Katrein Breukers (NL), Tyas Leeuwerink (NL), Maarten Spons (NL), Danni van Amstel (NL), Mohadeseh Rahimitabar (IR), Katherina Heil (D), Giulia Cenci (IT), Maud Oonk (NL).

BREW is a space in Brussels which organises and hosts events and activities in the field of contemporary art – an initiative by Carolien Stikker and Philippine Hoegen.

Thanks to all students and guests, Philippine Hoegen, Carolien Stikker, Erik Hagoort, Bas van den Hurk, Jack Segbars.

Pictures by Erik Hagoort

Daan Gielis participates in TRASH, Eastmen Gallery Hasselt

MFA graduate Daan Gielis (2013) currently participates in the group exhibition TRASH, curated by Koen van den Broek at Eastmen Gallery, Hasselt (B).

http://www.daangielis.be

http://www.eastmengallery.be

MFA AKV | St.Joost Theory Event at BREW, Brussels

On April 30th the 2nd year students of the Master Fine Art at AKV | St. Joost will present the outcomes of the theoretical research of their studies. This occasion will be used to experimentally test the different forms ‘theory’ can take in their work.

How is theory related to art-production, how can this relationship be made productive?

Location: BREW is a space in Brussels which organises and hosts events and activities in the field of contemporary art.
(BREW Initiators: Philippine Hoegen and Carolien Stikker)

Schootstraat 1, 1000 Bruxelles

11.30 – 17.30 h

Participants: Katrein Breukers (NL), Tyas Leeuwerink (NL), Maarten Spons (NL), Danni van Amstel (NL), Mohadeseh Rahimitabar (IR), Katherina Heil (D), Giulia Cenci (IT), Maud Oonk (NL).

Special thanks to BREW, Philippine Hoegen, Carolien Stikker, Erik Hagoort, Bas van den Hurk and guest advisor Jack Segbars.

Book launch: MFA AKV | St.Joost presents Functions of Myth

During Super Book Saturday april 18th at Onomatopee in Eindhoven we presented the publication Functions of Myth, made with last years MFA graduates Paulina Mellado, Dimitris Rentoumis, Alexandros Kaklamanos, Yukari Matsumoto and Laleh Firoozi.

The publication was made to partner a group show with the same name, held last year at Club Solo in Breda. Texts are by Thomas I’Anson and the graduates, Graphic design by Stefano Faoro.

Through short presentations, a performative lecture, a poem and the screenings of works, participants explored the works within the pages and beyond.

The publication is available in the bookshop of Onomatopee in Eindhoven, Club Solo in Breda and the academy’s bookstores at both locations of AKV| St.Joost in Breda and Den Bosch.

Things are cooking in our kitchen: a collaborative project initiated by Maarten Spons

THINGS ARE COOKING IN OUR KITCHEN

 

THINGS ARE COOKING IN OUR KITCHEN is a collective project initiated by Maarten Spons, currently a student at the Masters of Fine Arts at AKV / St. Joost in Den Bosch.

 

Participating artists: Ide André, Dirk Bours, Mischa Doorenweerd, Willem de Haan, Jeroen Jaenen, Willem van Kempen, Ruben Mols, Maarten Spons, Thomas Swinkels

 

“As a visual artist I am interested in the potency of working collectively in relation to painting and sculpture. With this potency I like to refer to a social, every-day logic of continuity which stands in opposition to straightforwardness, singularity, rounded clarity and composition: where there is an expressed potential to search for the possibilities of an image.”    

Maarten Spons.

With this statement Spons refers to a lecture by Jan Verwoert: “Why are conceptual artists painting again? Because they think it’s a good idea.” Verwoert ridicules dominant modernistic logic of temporary logic, which is aimed at a heroic end game scenario. As an alternative he speaks of painting in relation with ritmicity. Painting in which a structure is revealed during the making, and can be seen as a domino effect. It is a way to organize space and time to shift the use of weight in social dialogue. According to Verwoert this method is comparable to the working method of a scratch orchestra, where the musicians support one another with their attention and attentiveness. Through reacting to the sound and noise the others make, looking at the potential of allowing a social logic and structure. This performative working method dismisses the authoritarian logic of an imposed order.

 

On the basis of the structure and the materials of the kitchen, this group of young artists from Gelderland, Belgian and Dutch Limburg, and Noord-Brabant, some of which study at AKV/St.Joost in Breda and Den Bosch and ArtEZ university of the arts in Arnhem, will build kitchen-sculptures and investigate them through painting.

“The kitchen is an archetype, a place that plays an important role in the coming together of people. The book “Counter Space” published by MOMA gives a beautiful description; ‘The kitchen is a: meal machine, experimental laboratory, status symbol, domestic prison, the creative and spiritual heart of the home which is also the most dangerous place of the home.’

It is interesting to me that kitchendesign has become one of the last public places where the forms of modernism and the modernistic forms of minimalism are articulated so clearly. I also see the kitchen as an archive, and a place of sensory work.”    

Maarten Spons

 

 

THINGS ARE COOKING IN OUR KITCHEN

Presentation: Thursday April 16 at 7:00 pm

GreyLight Projects, Burgemeester Kessenplein 1 Hoensbroek/Heerlen

 

Neighbours Vol. III

Neighbours Vol. III, an exhibition curated by Whatspace, including MFA tutor Bas van den Hurk, former MFA tutor Koen Delaere and current MFA student Giulia Cenci.

Opening 16.04.2015 at Studio Manor Grunewald, Ghent

AKV|St.Joost presents: Functions of Myth

Coming up: Functions of Myth, the publication made to accompany the group show with the same name by recent MFA graduates, will be presented during Super Book Saturday at Onomatopee, saturday april 18th, 16.00 – 21.00 h 

The publication will be presented through a o.a. performance, screening and a talk in conjunction with the publication. Dimitris Rentoumis, Paulina Mellado, Yukari Matsumoto, Laleh Firoozi and Alexandros Kaklamanos will all be exploring the works documented within the pages.

Super Book Saturday is an event combining book presentations, art, music and poetry. Besides the presentation of our publication there will be presentations by Griet Menschaert, Zeepblind Collective, and Movement and Centres, a new book by Joan van Barneveld. Find the full program here

You are cordially invited / hope to see you there! Super Book Saturday, saturday april 18th, 16.00 h Onomatopee, Hallenweg 1C, Eindhoven NL

Functions of Myth, with contributions by Yukari Matsumoto (JP), Alexandros Kaklamanos (GR), Dimitris Rentoumis (GR), Paulina Mellado (CL) and Laleh Firoozi. Text by the artists and Thomas I’Anson (UK), who curated the exhibition. Graphic design by Stefano Faoro (IT).

Keep the fire burning: inhale/exhale trip New York blog

After a great trip in New York, we are back in the Netherlands. Read back on our experiences in New York at the blog of our trip:

https://mfanewyorktripinhaleexhale.wordpress.com

High Life Low Profile

High Life Low Profile

A 50 min presence and presentation of participants of MFA AKV|St.Joost

Location:

Whitney Museum construction site (Highline, corner Gansevoort St/Washington St.) NYC

Sunday March 22, 4 PM

Participants: Dorina Kappatou, Piffin Duvekot, Adriano La Licata, Marta Maseiro, Maud Oonk, Maarten Spons, Tyas Leeuwerink, Katherina Heil, Mohadeseh Rahimitabar, Nguyen Quang Vinh, Katrein Breukers, Danni van Amstel, Lorelinde Verhees, Thomas Bakker, George Korsmit, Erik Hagoort

(The High Line runs from Gansevoort Street – Meatpacking district / West 34th between 10th and 12th avenues

Map available at both ends of the line). 

You are cordially invited. 

Inhale / Exhale: our study trip to New York

We are currently immersed in our Inhale / Exhale study trip to New York City. You can follow us here:

Inhale / Exhale blog

love,

MFA AKV | St.Joost

Petros Orfanos in De Situatie, PuntWG Amsterdam

Current MFA student Petros Orfanos presents De Situatie, a series of events at PuntWG, Amsterdam – the first situation will happen at March 18th – 19.00 – 22.00 h.

de SITUATIE zelfst.naamw. (v.)
Uitspraak: [sityˈwa(t)si]
Verbuigingen: situaties (meerv.)

toestand
Voorbeelden: `de politieke situatie in een land`,
`Er ontstond een gevaarlijke situatie toen de auto door rood reed.`
Synoniem: omstandigheid

Petros wil zeggen dat hetgeen zich aandient ‘situaties’ zijn. Een situatie is een geheel van omstandigheden waarin iemand of iets zich op een bepaald ogenblik bevindt.

More info here

Rozemarijn Westerink in the Mirror and Lamp show, Galerie Ton de Boer

MFA graduate Rozemarijn Westerink is included in The Mirror and Lamp show.

29 march – 3 may 2015

Suns and Stars Exhibitions proudly presents

The Mirror and Lamp Show

Opening saturday 28 march at 4 pm

Tim Breukers, Ruth van Beek, Caro Bensca, José Miguel Biscaya, Bonno van Doorn, Eli Content, Sibylle Eimermacher, Berndnaut Smilde, Rozemarijn Westerink, Paul de Reus, Richtje Reinsma, Pieter Jan Kerstens, Merijn Bolink, Maartje Folkeringa, Lotte Geeven, Ellen Mandemaker, Linda Nieuwstad, Daniëlle van Ark, Annegret Kellner, Sjoerd Tim, Eva Spierenburg, Gijs Frieling, Roosmarijn Schoonewelle, Ralph de Jongh, Hanna Mattes, Ionika Aalders, Charlott Markus, Lisa Couwenbergh, Micho Dimitrov, Martijn Hesseling, Reinier Lagendijk, Sander van Deurzen, Petra Noordkamp, Antoinette Nausikaä and Lucas Lenglet.

This spring we’ll stay at the historic country house Jagtlust. The house, the garden and the former inhabitants are imbued with the Romantic principles. The ideological values of the present owner, Natuurmonumenten, are also derived from Romanticism. The title of the exhibition refers to M.H. Abrams’ book about Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition. “Until the Romantic era, the mind was like a mirror, reflecting the real world. For the Romantics it was more like a lamp, the light of the artists inner soul poured out to illuminate the world”. Here lies the origin of the conflict caused by Romantic notions of authenticity and artistic genius.

http://www.rozemarijnwesterink.com

Inhale / Exhale: MFA study trip to New York

We are looking forward to this year’s study trip, coming up in less than a week.

A busy program is to be expected: studio visits, lectures and meetings. We started a blog to share our activities and encounters in NYC! Please take a look at

https://mfanewyorktripinhaleexhale.wordpress.com

Je kunt het spel niet met iedereen spelen – interviews in The Cucumber Temple

Peter Nijenhuis interviewed the students that take part in The Cucumber Temple, currently on view at Expoplu, Nijmegen.

Firstly: an introduction and Danni van Amstel about her contribution in the exhibition.

The Cucumber Temple is een tentoonstelling in de Nijmeegse Paraplufabriek van zes studenten van de masteropleiding Fine Art van AKV/St.Joost, geïnspireerd op een gelijknamige tekst van Martijn in ‘t Veld. In de associatieve en ogenschijnlijk van de hak op de tak springende tekst van Martijn in ‘t Veld spelen de kleur groen, meerduidigheid en gedaantewisselingen een hoofdrol. Hoe hebben de zes studenten onder begeleiding van docent en curator Bas van den Hurk in hun bijdrage aan de tentoonstelling de tekst van Martijn in ‘t Veld verbonden met hun eigen onderzoeksvragen?

DANNI VAN AMSTEL: JE KUNT HET SPEL NIET MET IEDEREEN SPELEN

Een masterstudent Fine Art aan Sint Joost dient na ongeveer een half jaar een onderzoeksvraag te schrijven die dienst doet als rode draad tijdens de rest van de tweejarige opleiding. Wat is jouw onderzoeksvraag, of beter gezegd het onderwerp dat je met beeldende middelen onderzoekt? 

Ik heb daar een tijd naar gezocht. Voorheen maakte ik werk naar aanleiding van een bestaande plek. Het was, zoals dat heet site specific. Na dat een tijd gedaan te hebben, voelde ik de behoefte om meer op zich staand, zeg maar sculpturaal werk te maken. Wat me bovendien interesseert is hoe ik de beschouwer bij mijn werk kan betrekken en, bij uitbreiding, hoe mensen überhaupt bij ruimte betrokken raken. Dat bracht me erop om mensen te interviewen die aan het verhuizen zijn. Ik vond die mensen via mijn kennissenkring en sociale media. Ik ging met ze mee als ze hun toekomstige woning voor het eerst bekeken. Wat waren hun ideeën en plannen als ze het zo zagen? Ik ben nu bezig om daar een publicatie van te maken. Wat uit de interviews naar voren komt, is dat veel mensen op de nog lege ruimte die ze zullen gaan bewonen hun gewoontes en verlangens projecteren. Die gewoontes en verlangens hebben veelal hun oorsprong in hun eerste ervaringen, het dagelijkse bewonen van een vroeger huis met het gezin waarin ze opgroeiden. Dat is voor mij een belangrijk gegeven. Het ondersteunt wat over het onderwerp van de menselijke ruimtebeleving en de poëzie van die beleving is geschreven door theoretici als Gaston Bachelard en maakt die theoretische benadering ook begrijpelijk en concreet.

Wat heb je voor deze tentoonstelling gemaakt?

Ik heb heel simpel gekozen voor de kleur groen als uitgangspunt en in Nijmegen op straat naar scherven groen glas gezocht. Het glas heb ik gesmolten in een glasoven. Daardoor zijn de scherpe randen van de scherven vloeiend geworden en de onderzijde van de scherven plat. Het smeltproces is evenwel  binnen de perken gebleven waardoor aan de bovenzijde de oorspronkelijke vorm nog steeds herkenbaar is. Je kunt nog altijd zien dat een stuk glas bijvoorbeeld afkomstig is van de schroefdraad van een fles.

Het werk en het hele idee spreken me aan, maar het is klein en ligt, als iets onbeduidends bij een putje. Ik stond er zojuist al per ongeluk in toen ik met iemand anders stond te praten. Dat mensen je werk niet zien of vatten, is niet denkbeeldig. Hoe doorbreek je dat?

In hoeverre is er iets te doorbreken? Ik zei al dat ik het me interesseert hoe je de toeschouwer aan kunt spreken en kunt betrekken bij je werk. Ik doe dat onder andere door me te verdiepen in hoe mensen in dagelijkse situatie bij ruimtes betrokken zijn. Dat spel wil ik met mijn werk nadrukkelijk aangaan, maar ik denk dat je dat spel niet met iedereen kunt spelen, hoe jammer dat ook is.

website Danni van Amstel

All text and images copyright Peter Nijenhuis. Read the full text here

The Cucumber Temple – Expoplu Nijmegen opening feb 28 20.00 h

Danni van Amstel, Katrein Breukers,Tyas Leeuwerink, Maud Oonk, Mohadeseh Rahimitabar, Maarten Spons

Curator: Bas van den Hurk

A group of young artists, currently studying at the Master Fine Arts AKV / St. Joost, developed a concept which connects to the project ‘Tijd, Subject en Ruimte’ (Time, Subject and Space) of the Belgian artist Stijn van Dorpe, which was shown at Expo Plu, a dialogue with the text of Martijn in ‘t Veld is entered. This text is more than a beginning, middle and an end, rather, it is organic and rhizomatic along the lines of Mille Plateaux of Deleuze and Guattari. An organism, which grows, proliferates, of which the beginning and the end could be anywhere.

It is a text with different voices and rhythms, to which each artist individually sought rapprochement, where the text influences the exhibition and vice versa. The green screen from the text becomes a plane in which a moment of potential is present. It offers an open moment, it ‘performs’ an invitation.

The exhibition will be curated by Bas van den Hurk, tutor at the Master AKV/St. Joost. There will be a small publication alongside the exhibition.

more info here

AKV | St.Joost MFA presents: publication Functions of Myth

It’s here! AKV | St.Joost MFA presents: Functions of Myth, a publication documenting the work of last years MFA graduates, presented in the exhibition under the same name at Club Solo, Breda.

With contributions by Yukari Matsumoto (JP), Alexandros Kaklamanos (GR), Dimitris Rentoumis (GR), Paulina Mellado (CL) and Laleh Firoozi. Text by the artists and Thomas I’Anson (UK), who curated the exhibition. Graphic design by Stefano Faoro (IT).

Functions of Myth will be presented at Onomatopee, Hallenweg 1C, Eindhoven NL –  time and date to be announced!

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‘Unfolded’ solo exhibition Dominique Teufen at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich (CH)

Dominique Teufen, circumvented, 2014, C-print, 100 x 150 cm

MFA graduate Dominique Teufen (2010) has a solo exhibition at Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich. In her recent series, Dominique Teufen takes on a subject that she began exploring in 2011: the paper trompe-l’oeil.

Opening 25.02, exhibition runs from 26.02 until may 2nd.

http://www.christopheguye.com/exhibitions/future/dominique-teufen-entfaltet-unfolded.html

http://www.dominiqueteufen.ch

My Respects to Madame Bernard – group exhibition with Elsbeth Ciesluk, Raphael Langmair at Momart

Image: Raphael Langmair, Untitled (repetition and difference), 2010 – ongoing

MFA graduates Elsbeth Ciesluk and Raphael Langmair (both 2012) take part in the group exhibition My Respects to Madame Bernard at MoMart, Amsterdam.

With a work in progress of Elsbeth Ciesluk.

Opening: jan. 31, 17.00 – 19.00 h

more info: http://www.momart.nl

http://www.raphaellangmair.eu

http://www.elsbethciesluk.com

Lorelinde Verhees participates in Shift & Drift, TENT. Rotterdam

MFA graduate Lorelinde Verhees (2011) participates in the group exhibition Shift & Drift at TENT. Rotterdam. Shift & Drift celebrates 5 years of city funding for Research and Development in the arts. The exhibition is curated by Eelco Van Der Lingen.

Opening 05.02 20.00 h

http://www.tentrotterdam.nl/shows/actueel/201500205_shift_drift.php

Coming Up: The Cucumber Temple, Paraplufabriek Nijmegen opening 28.02

Coming up: The Cucumber Temple, an exhibition inside a text by artist Martijn in ‘t Veld, by current MFA students Danni van Amstel, Tyas Leeuwerink, Katrein Breukers, Maud Oonk, Maarten Spons, Mohadeseh Rahimitabar, curated by Bas van den Hurk.

http://expoplu.nl – opening sat feb 28, 20.00 h

Lichun Tseng’s feature film Hometown; screenings at IFFR 2015

MFA Graduate Lichun Tseng (2009) made a collective feature film last year, Hometown, with the Filmwerkplaats Collective in WORM, Rotterdam.  Four directors go in search of traces of heroism in the city, under the guidance of a producer/supervisor and armed with 16mm black-and-white film. A highly visual, experimental, at times difficult but always intriguing operation.

The film will be screened twice during the International Film festival Rotterdam (IFFR), at Lantaren Venster.

Sat. jan 24, 21.30 h, & Wed. jan 28, 21.45, both in Lantaren Venster 2.

more info:

https://www.iffr.com/professionals/films/hometown/

http://www.lichuntseng.com

Daan Gielis – STRT KIT #1

MFA graduate Daan Gielis (2013) takes part in the group exhibition STRT KIT #1, opening friday 30.01 between 18.00 – 21.00 h. STRT is a platform that aims for the development of emerging artists.

STRT KIT is an STRT project from Studio Start in collaboration with Extra City Kunsthal and AIR Antwerp and is financially supported by the city of Antwerp. The exhibition runs during the Antwerp Art weekend, 29.01 until 01.02, more info on studiostart.be

http://www.daangielis.be

Masters at St.Joost presents: Artist Talk by Tran Luong

Masters at St.Joost

Artist Talk: Tran Luong

With brief introduction by MFA tutor Erik Hagoort

 

Thursday dec. 11

17.00 – 19.00 h

Academy Den Bosch, auditorium

 

Tran Luong (Hanoi, 1960) is a visual artist, performance artist and independent curator. He plays an important role in the development contemporary art in North-Vietnam.

 

Luong is currently rewarded with the Prince Claus Laureate 2014 for his extraordinary commitment to development of art and culture. We are happy to welcome him for an artist talk at AKV|St.Joost, where he will speak about the contemporary art situation in Vietnam and about his own practice. 

 

From the Prince Claus Laureate jury rapport: “Tran Luong teaches people to speak up, through personal action and self-reflection. He works with great dedication and energy on the development of workshops and artist initiatives, the establishment of networks and communities for performance and video art in – and outside Vietnam. He gives his support to dissidents in a climate of censorship and conformity. He is committed to freedom of expression, international dialogue and forging stronger communities, and is an inspiration to younger generations.”

 

Tran Luong was born in 1960 and completed his studies at the University of Fine Arts in Hanoi in 1983. After his studies he founded the artist group Gang of Five that gave a great impetuous to contemporary art in Vietnam. Coming from painting, he now also dedicates himself to a greater extent to installations and performative art, which like his paintings engage in the experiences and problems from his nearest surroundings and in the changes of society.

In 2000, he founded the Contemporary Art Centre in Hanoi, as whose artistic director he worked until the end of 2003. He is considered to be the most important agent of contemporary art in Vietnam, and he has organized numerous workshops for young artists and curated performance festivals and exhibitions, among others a collaboration with the Goethe-Institute Hanoi. His works have been on display in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Vietnam, Japan, Australia, the USA, Germany, France and elsewhere.

 

You are cordially invited!