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'THE VOID_in which the cackling of art theory echoes' | MARCH 18 - 3 APRIL | [around] W139 W139, Warmoesstraat 139, Amsterdam Situation 'The Void' deals with in between spaces and consists of several elements; walks, talks, presentations, videos, web-based content and the start of a new nomadic organisation. [updated 23 March 2011] For more information scroll down |
'THE SCENERY' is a digital video dairy in relation to 'THE VOID' and contains texts from email traffic and video registrations of journeys when travelling to W139 (connected) meetings.
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'WHITE CUBE PRESENTATION' refers to the first out of six curated groupshow by Yael Messer who works currently for SKOR, Amsterdam and Christina Li who works for BAK, Utrecht, within this setting Edwin Stolk will show the work 'UNTITLED' (2011) which is part of situation 'THE VOID'. In the same time the link here below will show the same presentation on the internet. The opening of this groupshow with works by Salome Lamas, Edwin Stolk, Marjolijn Zwakman, Riet Wijnen and Arnar Asgeirsson will be 18 March 2011 at 7 pm. On Saturday 19 March Ad de Jong, visual artist and co-founder of the W139 will have an artist talk with these artists from 7 pm.
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'INFILTRATION' in the heart of the Foam organisation, open for investigation till 24 March 2011.
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Edwin Stolk was asked to participate in a group show, the show consist of work by Sandberg Institute students curated by Yael Messer who works currently for SKOR, Amsterdam and Christina Li who works for BAK, Utrecht and with courtesy of Tim Voss, director of the W139. The venue for the show is W139, a famous contemporary art space in Amsterdam.
When visiting the W139 website and reading the 'about' section Stolk noticed the following sentence in Dutch: "Wie achter de verschijnselen van de kunst zoekt vindt een leegte waarin het gekakel van de kunsttheorie weergalmt." When Stolk clicked on the English variant of the same website this sentence disappeared. A translation for this sentence in English will be: "He who searches behind the appearance of art will find A VOID IN WHICH THE CACKLING OF ART THEORY ECHOES." The title for the situation was born. When an art institute suggests that you can search behind the appearance of an artwork it defines the artwork as an object, in the same time the text suggests that the artwork itself is not connected to art theory only when you search behind it you will be confronted with art theory.
Stolk does not believe in a productive art practise where the only aim is to produce [what is categorized by art theory as] art. There should be an urgent, clear and important reason based on ideology to plan and organize a situation within the art context. 'The Void' deals with the in-between spaces, unrevealing the complexity of the so called void. Deconstructing the way we are used and accept to perceive and consume art or more general relate to what we call 'the real'. Stolk does not believe in the separation between art and its surroundings. So every object of our understanding means a fragmentation, rational separation from the appearance as part of a complexity. The situation is deliberately questioning the showing of art, the artist who is showing and the venue as place to show, and will try to redefine the context and role of art.
'The Void' consists of several elements; walks, talks, presentations, videos, web-based content and a start of a new nomadic organisation. Stolk will recruit people to participate in this new organisation; you can make an appointment with Edwin Stolk for a talk during office hours at his mobile office located around W139. (De Brakke Grond cafe, Het Beurs van Berlage Café ) |
The mobile office is the control centre of a new nomadic organisation. Later on Stolk will announce more details about this organisation. The nomadic organisation makes use of temporary available spaces, as office buildings after closing time, or other venues which are available for use. The mobile office is flexible and could change from a physical temporary office based on location to a web base digital communication platform. The organisation is a non profit ideology based nomadic organisation which delivers professional services in unexpected ways, its knowledge base and engine is made available by the participants who want to join the organisation. The basic structure of the organisation is open source. During the W139 exhibition the mobile office will be around W139. (De Brakke Grond cafe, Het Beurs van Berlage Café ) you can visit only by appiontment. Edwin Stolk will tell you more about the ideas behind the nomadic organisation and if you like you can subscribe to be a participating member of this organisation. To make an appointment use this email address: |
Aimless trajectory II consists out of walks organized by Stolk. These walks are based on the walks organised by the Situationist International and their definition of the term 'psychogeography' and 'derive'. These walks are part of a bigger process. We gather on the specified date [for dates see below] in front of the W139 in order to drift we cancel all our daily relations, appointments, expectations and our practical behaviour towards space and time. We leave 1 pm from the W139 entrance whiteout a clear destination, we follow our individual intuition in the direction we walk and how long we walk. We will act with an experimental attitude and by moving through the urban landscape we generate experience. While we are walking we make now and than video recordings with mobile phone, photo camera or video camera of our movement. The video material we shoot out of our hand without looking at what we exactly shoot. [example] After the walk we upload the clips on a You Tube account. Later I will create a longplay film where the videos form a predefined walk. In the end of every week we come together to share our experiences. the walks will start at 1 pm at W139 entrance, on the following dates: 21, 24 and we will gather on 27 March at 1pm. to discuss our experiences from those walks. To participate in the walks please email me with your name and date:
In psychogeography, a dérive is an unplanned journey through a landscape, usually urban, where an individual travels where the subtle aesthetic contours of the surrounding architecture and geography subconsciously direct them with the ultimate goal of encountering an entirely new and authentic experience. Situationist theorist Guy Debord defines the dérive as "a mode of experimental behaviour linked to the conditions of urban society: a technique of rapid passage through varied ambiances." He also notes that "the term also designates a specific uninterrupted period of deriving." The term is literally translated into English as drift. |
http://www.edwinstolk.nl/thevoid.htm http://www.edwinstolk.nl/thescenery.htm http://inwhichthecacklingofarttheoryechoes.blogspot.com/
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