Category: Performance
Liu Bolin: Gun Rack Performance
June 6, 2013 | posted in Performance, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Liu Bolin the great camouflage master, recently performed his latest trick: disappear in front of a gun rack at Eli Klein Fine Art New York, a pre-show to his ‘mask’ exhibition currently running there. Check it all over at Designboom. _
Martin Bogren ‘Tractor Boys’
May 18, 2013 | posted in Performance, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Lovely raw images in Swedish photographer Martin Bogren‘s new book called Tractor Boys. ‘Teenagers are bored stiff in the south of Sweden so young people meet up on the outskirts of the villages for car chases mirroring Rebel without a Cause. Big American cars are not involved but old converted Volvos are used that can be driven[...]
The Boat for Singing Together
May 13, 2013 | posted in Art, Music, Performance | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
The Boat for Singing Together is a handmade sculptural raft for people to gather and sing aboard on Jamaica Bay, New York City. Unfortunately, the raft was badly damaged in last years’ hurricane Sandy and has to be rebuild. Wanna help out? Follow this link for more info. And like the project on Facebook. _ _
Circus Treurdier ‘Het Eeuwige Nachtcafe’
April 9, 2013 | posted in Events, Performance, Theatre | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Muziektheatergezelschap Circus Treurdier, Maya Lievegoed schreef eerder lovend over hun ‘kerstvoorstelling‘, viert de dictatuur van de intellectuele elite in haar nieuwe editie van het Eeuwige Nachtcafé genaamd ‘Het Volk Het Land Uit!’. Dadaïstisch despoot Koenijn en zijn trouwe onderdanen trakteren op drank, liederlijke muziek, mitrailleurpoëzie en intelligent vermaak, in Amsterdam met de première op 19 april, en[...]
Furthur Labelz presents ‘Growing Between Spaces’
April 2, 2013 | posted in Amsterdam, Art, Events, Exhibitions, Performance, Photography | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
The Amsterdam based interdisciplinary artist collective Furthur Labelz will present its first exhibition in collaboration with PUP Amsterdam on the 6th of April. The exhibition mysteriously called ‘Growing Between Spaces will take place in the beautiful Hotel Arena, and runs through the 4th of July. At the exhibition our favorite artist collective will present works that investigate the[...]
Woes van Haaften ‘We are Never Ready’
March 18, 2013 | posted in Art, Contributors, Installations, Music, Performance | by Woes van Haaften | Leave a comment
I came across the Seizure Project by Roger Hiorns, where he filled a London apartment, ready for demolition, with the copper sulphate solution, which through a chemical process resulted in a cave-like space fully covered with gleaming blue crystal formations._ _ _ When I look back at my recent collaborations, all artists involved created work[...]
Anna Posch ‘Kasten’
January 18, 2013 | posted in Art, Installations, Performance | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Great live performance installation by German artist Anna Posch. The installation, build by herself, consists of a large white wooden box, showing the most prominent female body parts, making visitors wonder whether they are fake or real? Until the moment the ‘secret’ is revealed. _ _
‘Kaak en Smaak met Circus Treurdier’
December 25, 2012 | posted in Amsterdam, Events, Performance, Theatre | by Maya Lievegoed | Leave a comment
Rond de feestdagen speelt Circus Treurdier een kerstvoorstelling in het Bellevue theater. Dit collectief van podiumkunstenaars, afgestudeerd aan theater- en muziekopleidingen van Amsterdam tot aan Maastricht, werd in 2008 opgericht door Thomas Spijkerman, alias Koenijn. Na zijn afstuderen had de theatermaker, meestal in konijnenpak, naar eigen zeggen drie opties: meedoen met een kleinkunstfestival, een impresariaat[...]
The Mask: a synchronicity
December 5, 2012 | posted in Art, Performance, Videos | by Ilja Keizer | Leave a comment
Truly beautiful animation by Jo Ellsmere, Pyewacket Kazyanenko and Kai Steamer, inspired by Carmen Auletta’s poem ‘A Maschera. _ _
Solipsist by Andrew Huang
October 16, 2012 | posted in Art, Film, Performance | by Maya Lievegoed | Leave a comment
The experimental video Solipsist (2012) tells a tale of beautiful absurdity, submerging the viewer into an imaginary world where discomfort and fascination go hand in hand. The short film, created by commercial and music video producer Andrew Huang, is the winner of Slamdance 2012 and San Francisco international film festival. With Solipsist, a reference is[...]
