From: gj (gj@squat.net)
Date: 25 Mar 2001 13:13 uur
Kunstenaars...................
----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: "SMART Project Space" <smartps@xs4all.nl>
Aan: "Nettime NL" <nettime-nl@nettime.org>
Verzonden: zaterdag 24 maart 2001 15:04
Onderwerp: [Nettime-nl] SQUAT | Opening Saturday March 24, 9 PM.
> SMART Project Space | 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat 20, Amsterdam
>
> requests the pleasure of your company at the exhibition opening of:
>
> SQUAT | March 25 - May 6, 2001
> Work by Karin Arink, Jeroen Jongeleen, Tony Matelli, Jesús Palomino,
Valerie
> Tevere, Muriël Toulemonde. Curated by Thomas Peutz
>
> Opening Reception March 24, 9 PM
>
> SQUAT is about finding space for personal manifestation, whether
physically
> or mentally, within the urban environment. The squat movement might be
past
> its peak, but recent developments in Amsterdam - an increasing housing
> shortage combined with an increase in rent prices which have lead to an
> exodus of artists and cultural initiatives out of the city- call for the
> necessity of personal interventions within the city. The philosophy behind
> the squat movement, finding space for personal manifestation in the city,
is
> as urgent and alive as it always was. Instead of defining the city as a
> collection of buildings, it is more productive to envision the urban
> structure as a constantly changing story of the experiences of its
> inhabitants. The situationists proposed the term ´psychogeography´, a
> geography that is not based on physical frontiers and buildings, but one
> that describes the interaction of people with and within the urban
> environment. Thinking about the city in terms of its use rather than as a
> plan imposed from above, opens up possibilities for individuals to create
> their own space. Jeroen Jongeleens work is such a personal intervention in
> the public space, understood as a communication structure. The stickers
that
> he sticks on mail boxes or traffic signs are, just like posters, mass
> communication devices through which he sends his messages. But the theme
> squat is addressed in many different ways in this exhibition. Jesús
> Palomino's work is the most literal approach in building a structure of
> materials one can find in the streets, whereas Karin Arink manifests
herself
> in virtual public space. Valerie Tevere's videos are about the way people
> project themselves mentally in their city. Asked about their associations
of
> specific locations, the stories of New Yorkers shown on 5 monitors weave
> together as a many facetted city portrait. The horse of Muriël Toulemonde
> running on an assembly line, an image of explosive but stationairy energy,
> can visualize the sometimes difficult search for space to manifest
yourself
> as an individual.
>
> SQUAT is a statement about the situation in which Smart Project Space
finds
> itself. An art space that precisely wants to inscribe such a personal
story
> within the city and engages itself in a struggle with city departments and
> housing developers to achieve its goal: to give the Jan van Swammerdam
> Institute an active role within the city and establish a multi
disciplinary
> centre that meets a need within Amsterdam culture. Over the last years
> artists have developed new artistic practices by inscribing art in various
> social spaces, crossing boundaries between institutions, ideas and
> disciplines. The art institution retains a crucial point of reference for
> these practices but to do this it needs to reconsider its role parallel to
> the developments within the arts. Smart creates a space in which this
> dialogue can take place, together with artists by bringing the place of
> presentation and production of art within one building. A strong metaphor
of
> the idea of squat appears in Tony Matelli's work. From a material commonly
> used for the creation of beautiful flowers Matelli constructs a weed that
> pushes itself to the inside via the cracks in between walls and floors.
> While weed is usually perceived as a undesirable presence, an aggressive
> growth, in this context it is transformed into a positive image of
> determination to demand one's own space.
>
> Sponsored by: Gemeente Amsterdam, Mondriaan Stichting, Mentrum, Brand
Bier,
> [s]color.
>
> SMART Project Space | www.smartprojectspace.net
> 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat 20, NL-1054 BW Amsterdam
> Opening times: Tuesday-Sunday 12.00-20.00 hrs.
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> Phone: +31 20 427.5951 / 5952 | Fax.: +31 20 427.5953
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