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Door de heg
Curated group show in the 18 vitrines of Foundation B.a.d.
on the occasion of the launch of the book ‘Door de heg’
- ‘Door de heg’ (‘Through the hedge’) is an encounter between artists, who move into the landscape; one running, the other contemplating and yet another with their pair of pruning shears. Whether their toolbox consists of biodiversity data, a bicycle tire, or a roll of barrier tape, they all leave traces, in varying degrees of recklessness, humor and severity.
- The publication of the same name (see below) was launched during the opening of this presentation, with works of Annegret Kellner, Frans van Lent, Stang Gubbels, Jeroen Jongeleen, Ilona Plaum, Dirk van Lieshout, Marjolein Witte, Tijs Biersteker, Yvo van der Vat, Olivier Scheffer and Anne Kolbe. Their works will be seen from the street side from April 1st until May 31st 2023.
Anne Kolbe, Plants don’t have hands (2023)
Annegret Kellner, Lustgarten serie – BAD (2023)
Marjolein de Witte, Form Correction (2023)
Ilona Plaum, Paper cut 1 & 2, (2015)
Dirk van Lieshout, Moving Bushes (2005)
Jeroen Jongeleen, Cirkel in boom (2016/2023)
Frans van Lent, Both sides of the bridge (2021)
Anne Kolbe, Upholstery (2023)
Many thanks to Tim Hollander for the graphic design of both the exhibition and publication, all exhibiting
artists, Foundation B.A.D, Stichting Droom en Daad and a very special thanks to CBK Rotterdam for
supporting this presentation.
Publieke werken
This poster was on show in Rotterdam during Publieke werken, both in the Maastunnel, as well as on another undisclosed location in the city’s public space. Its A0-size (84 x 120 cm).
Buxusslippers
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- Het eerste schoeisel dat buiten werkelijk naar binnen haalt! In alle maten en op aanvraag voor u verzorgd. Het gaat om een custom-made shoen. Hoe werkt het? U draagt de slipper of schoen naar uw keuze aan en deze wordt voor u getransformeerd tot buxusschoeisel. Of u geeft de kunstenaar carte blanche, alleen uw schoenmaat is in zo’n geval noodzakelijk.
HEAD IN HEDGE (II: ADVANCED)
This is a continuation exercise after completing the beginners level. Let’s pick it up from here.
Sink into a process of becoming multiple: vibrant green leathery leaves and twiggy branches –
you have multiple surfaces now. Some of you wiggle on the breeze of air, others remain safely sheltered.
Your being is contained by the hedge. You are being soundly held together.
There is nothing more to wish for now.
Document your experience in any way that fits you. Send it to info @ annekolbe . com
if you wish to become part of the ever growing collection of experiences.
HEAD IN A HEDGE (I: BEGINNER)
Green hedges have a very widespread popularity.
Though they are usually just appreciated for their exterior qualities,
their interior has the unique potential to hold your thoughts and wrap itself around your mind.
There is always a hedge thick enough to stick your head inside, perhaps to camouflage your deepest secrets.
Between leaves and branches they are not very likely to be uncovered after all.
No matter what your intentions are, here is how to go about it:
1. Find a hedge
2. Appreciate it.
3. Approach it.
4. Bend over and look at it very closely.
5. Stick your head inside.
6. Don’t mind the rest of your body parts – think of yourself as just a head in a hedge.
Document your experience in any way that fits you. Send it to info @ annekolbe . com
if you wish to become part of the ever growing collection of experiences.
Skip to the follow-up advanced exercise for a full transcendental experience.
Buxusland
A short yet very elaborately documented visit to Buxusland Ridderkerk, a boxwood nursery in the South of Holland, resulting in a series of evergreen artist portraits.
HEDGE-HEADED
- An action at the Jacobsplaats (Blaak, Rotterdam), documented by Tom Hoefnagels en Robert Reinartz, later accompanied by a live performance (“Head in the hedge”) on July 23 2020. Part of the Descart art route.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR CHARACTERS ARE DOING WHEN YOU ARE NOT LOOKING IN ORDER TO SELL THE PLAY
For the Piet Zwart Institute MFA graduation show ‘Tripping Autonomy’ I made an installation consisting of a coniferous textured working fountain and some loose elements/sculptures that were made around the concept of mimicking the architectural characteristics of the space (De Kroon, Rotterdam). The sculptures where scattered around in different places in the group show, held together by a choreography in the form of a little map. The fountain was shown outdoors at Charlois Speciaal earlier in 2018. Photo’s were taken by Vera Mennens and Lotte Stekelenburg (courtesy of the Piet Zwart MFA).
Artists ‘Tripping Autonomy’:
Timur Akhmetov (RU)
Sophie Bates (UK)
Shraddha Borawake (IN)
Katharina Cameron (DE)
Larisa David (RO)
Marta Hryniuk (PL)
Alexander Iezzi (USA)
Anne Kolbe (NL)
Johanna Kotlaris (CH)
George Nesbitt (UK)
Collette Rayner (UK)
Victor Santamarina (ES)
Anastasia Shin (UK)
Nicholas Thomas (UK)
Sophie Varin (FR)
#3: BARBARA WITTEVEEN & JOZEF VAN ROSSUM: Art Rotterdam, brood op de plank!
- Next up in the series ‘Vlaggenheisa / Flag ceremonies’ I invited Barbara Witteveen and Jozef van Rossum, who fabricated a flag in honour of Rotterdam Art week during heyday of the art fair.