Dear reader of our newsletter,
Lot’s of things are happening at and with WARP. Thanks for your interest in our activities and hopefully one day you might visit us (again)! At the 29th of April there is a combination of three activities. An exhibition, the continuation of our windowproject K1 & K2 and the integration of a sculpture by Nick Ervinck.
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:: ‘Onze Nederlandse Maatjes’ ::
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'Onze Nederlandse Maatjes' could be translated as 'Our Dutch Buddies' - a collaboration with several artistic organizations based in the Netherlands. We have been working with some of these colleagues for quite some time: sharing spaces or knowledge, organizing lectures or workshops, or just trying to develop unrealistic concepts and bring them to an unforeseen end. As a thank you, WARP presents one or two artists suggested by our colleagues: Make Eindhoven, De Fabriek Eindhoven, photo hot-hub Pennings Foundation, EKWC, Galerie O-68 from Velp, Quartair and Theatre of Wrong Decisions from The Hague and CBK Zeeland. Compared to the situation in Belgium,
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organizations in the Netherlands have a broader international orientation. A tiny organization like WARP shares this ambition. We believe that this polyphony of nationalities, identities and experiences expands our minds because in these encounters and dialogues we might learn how to handle our differences. The invited artists work with a wide range of materials, methods and subjects.
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The exhibition features work by: Eleye Boerenkamps - Marwan Bassioni - Anna Guedes - Bas Ketelaars - Charlotte Koenen - Liesbeth Labeur - Lily Lanfermeijer - Luis Maly - Yukari Nakamichi - Theatre of Wrong Decisions - Dieke Venema - Roos Vogels. The exhibition ‘Our Dutch Buddies’ is open during weekends (1.30 until 5.30 p.m.) from April 29 through May 28.
Curator: Ilka De Wilde
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:: K1 & K2-window projects & Nick Ervinck ::
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We started the project in 2018 but it was interrupted because of renovations at our building. This year the window project was launched again and our close neighbors (a couple of artists: Edith Ronse & Michaël Pycke) decided to join us. So window K2 was born.
Laurence Plumier works with paint and textile. At the K1-window (the WARP-window) she focusses on ‘dress codes’. Cloths are used to protect us but at the same time they reveal a lot about our taste, style and as a consequence our identity. With sense of humor (and perhaps Roland Barthes’ Mythologies in her head) she tackles layers of meaning in the way we dress ourselves. At K2 the master of the house himself, Michaël Pycke, presents his latest sculpture. For the moment as a sculptor he explores the characteristics and possibilities of alabaster. This material was quite popular in European sculpture until the seventeenth century and nowadays there seems to be a new revival and interest in it. Recently there was a magnificent exhibition with alabaster sculptures in the Museum M in Leuven. So if you misse dit, come over and have a look at Michaëls sculptures!
Curator: Paul L. Van Haegenbergh
In Belgium Nick Ervinck is a pioneer on the field of computerdesigned sculpture and 3D-printing. The chairman of WARP convinced him to realise a new sculpture for our (quite huge) entrance hall and staircase. As diverse as this art production may be, above all, he remains fascinated by the ‘negative space’ as he discovered it with classical sculptors such as Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth. The finding that a hole (or absence) in matter will probably haunt him for the rest of his life. The sculpture he produced for WARP are indeed lines dancing with the void.
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:: Artist Village – Middelburg / Netherlands ::
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Indeed, it is our "Dutch period. The next edition of the Artist Village will take place in the picturesque village of Middelburg in Sealand, the province that borders ours - but in a different country. We are collaborating with (and fortunately invited by) CBK Zeeland. The Artist Village takes place from May 12 to 14 and consists mainly of one-on-one conversations (lasting 45 to 60 minutes) between the selected artists and professionals from the cultural field such as: curators, art critics, experienced artists, philosophers, etc. We also eat, reflect and think together and find out what fellow artists are creating elsewhere. It is a way to connect with colleagues and professionals from abroad. One can be a bit of an artistic genius, but in this form we rather believe in "conscenius": getting smarter by sharing our experiences! Even at more advanced stages of your career, it is important to have mentorship and professional support. The series of conversations and feedback gives all involved a whole range of ideas and ways to further develop their practice.
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The list of invited artists is listed in the Dutch version of this newsletter. In this version we introduce to you our dedicated commentators: Boris Beja (artist & curator - SLO) / Danny Bracken (Mattress Factory Pittsburg - USA) / Helen Carey (Firestation Dublin - IRL) / Karin Demuth (art collective d.o.c.h. -DE) / Ilka De Wilde (Opera Ballet Vlaanderen - BE) / Michel Dewilde (curator Musea Brugge - BE) / Kathrin Ginsberg (CBK Zeeland - NL) / Roos Gortzak (with aproviso - Vleeshal Middelburg - NL) / Kirke Kangro (Dean Academy Tallinn - EST) / Martin Kudlek (Gallerist Cologne - DE) / Ilga Minjon (Stroom Den Haag - NL) / Anne Wetsi Mpoma (curator & activist, Brussels - BE) / Warre Mulder (artist Middelburg - NL) / Sofie Muller (artist Gent - BE) / Jessy Rahman (Quartair The Hague - NL) / Stef Van Bellingen (WARP - BE) / Lex Van Lith (Make Eindhoven - NL) / (Aäron Willem (philosopher-artist - BE)
Maybe one day you will be part of the Artist Village?
Thank you for your attention.
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Until soon, keep well and safe,
The WARP-team.
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