SONSBEEK International Foundation

Research visits and expert meetingsSONSBEEK International Foundation and SKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, 2013. In 2013 Sonsbeek International Foundation and SKOR, Foundation for Art and Public Domain announce a close collaboration to realise the next Sonsbeek exhibition in 2016. Joining forces allows the internationally renowned visual art exhibition to benefit from a high […]

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“Through the Skin: Cultural Memory and Body Prosthetics in Silvia Giambrone’s Anatomical Theatre.”

ASCA International Workshop and Conference 2013: Dislocating Agency, Moving Objects, 17 – 19 April 2013, Amsterdam. On 12 July 2012 the artist Silvia Giambrone realized the performance Anatomical Theatre at MACRO Museum, Rome. In this performance a doctor sewed an embroidered collar on the skin of the artist with a surgical needle. Born in Agrigento, Sicily, […]

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“Unfolding the YouTube Event: On the viewers of Silvia Giambrone’s Anatomical Theatre.”

Symposium: Event in Artistic and Political Practices, University of Amsterdam, 26 – 28 March 2013. What strikes the viewer in Silvia Giambrone’s Anatomical Theatre is its penetrating, and disturbing character. Its capacity to affect the viewer. We are drawn to Giambrone’s facial expression when the needle penetrates her skin. Her face seems motionless; yet, sometimes we discern a deep breath, or her […]

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Kunstvlaai 2012: Inexactly THIS

Exhibition, Sandberg Institute Amsterdam, 2012 Coordinator of the Public Programme of the 2012 edition of the Kunstvlaai: INexactly THIS. The festival hosted 70 (inter)national artist-led initiatives, art schools and nomadic organizations. The public programme, which included performances, lectures, round-tables and film screenings running in parallel in four different festival locations. INexactly THIS is curated by Fleur van […]

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Op Hoogte Gedacht

Pass TravelSKOR | Foundation for Art and Public Domain, 2012. Production assistant for the pass travel organised on 11 October 2012 by SKOR in collaboration with Stichting Oude Groninger Kerken (SOGK). During the pass travel we visited the seven artworks that were realized within the context of Op Hoogte Gedacht. The project Op Hoogte Gedacht locates art in […]

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Utrecht Manifest: Biennale for Social Design

Co-author and editor of the catalogue for Utrecht Manifest: Biennale for Social Design, in collaboration with Siomone Kleinhout and Arthur Roeloffzen and commissioned by the Utrecht Biennial Foundation. Utrecht Manifest is a bi-annual cultural event in and around the Dutch city of Utrecht. For each edition the Stichting Utrecht Biënnale invites an art director to […]

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On Absurdity and Myths: Some reflections on Francis Alÿs’s When Faith Moves Mountains

In the magazine: Desipientia (December 2012).  This issue of Desipientia presents a selection of Master Theses written during the last two years. Thirteen young art historians introduce themselves and tell about their research and results. Excerpt: When Faith Moves Mountains (2002) is perhaps Belgian/Mexican artist Francis Alÿs’ (1959) most iconic work. It was created for the […]

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Social Housing – Housing the Social: Art, Property and Spatial Justice

Coordinator of the publication Social Housing – Housing the Social: Art, Property and Spatial Justice, which examines ongoing transformations in social housing and asks how these transformations are reflected in the aspirations and practices of artists. Social Housing – Housing the Social: Art, Property and Spatial Justice is edited by Andrea Phillips and Fulya Erdemci and published by […]

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