2 Hour performance during the opening of Mealstrom exhibition in Arti et Amicitiae Amsterdam
The two-hour performance at the opening leaves traces; traces of paper, traces of movement, traces of energy, traces of life being in decay. The performance is a reflection of the origin of the dead material: paper and charcoal. Through the crease and further processing of the material the veins and the sap as a source of life are made visible. Trough the repetitive destruction the decay of material and exhaustion you can sense decay. A dualistic proces between life and death surrended to coincidence.
Maelstrom
The artists Jolanda Jansen and Anna j. van Stuijvenberg create with their installations a ‘Landscape of Paper ‘, in the exhibition Maelstrom at Arti et Amicitiae from Friday May 31st to Sunday June 23rd 2019. They both make monumental work but out off different disciplines; installation and performance art and they use paper as their basic material.
Central in the exhibition is the Norwegian landscape in the Boreal zone with the influence of humans on nature. This exhibition is about the earth, grounding in a place and transformation processes. The themes which bind us are the perception of a place and the impact of human intervention on nature, the concentration of the moment and the concept of time.
The water wheel far in decay, as part of the century old sawmill in Norway, led to the discovery of several relationships between the Norwegian forests and Amsterdam. Coincidence, traces, human actions and its impact on the landscape are the building blocks of the installation. All this is represented in meters of paper worked with frottage technique in the monumental installation.
The entire creative process can be read back as an “archaeological” landscape. The process of growth and decay is expressed in a condensed period of time during the performance. Also in this work has coincidence a major role, a tight roll of paper is transformed, worked and played with on the spot, just as in the processes of whimsical nature. The ruins left after the two-hour performance during the opening forms here the installation and you can look back at the performance through a projection.
The artists are honoured with their guests photographer Jeroen Toirkens, journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and performance artist Marilyn Arsem, who complement and enrich the exhibition with their work. In addition, there is a side program with lectures and guided tours.
Maelstrom
The artists Jolanda Jansen and Anna j. van Stuijvenberg create with their installations a ‘Landscape of Paper ‘, in the exhibition Maelstrom at Arti et Amicitiae from Friday May 31st to Sunday June 23rd 2019. They both make monumental work but out off different disciplines; installation and performance art and they use paper as their basic material.
The artists are honoured with their guests photographer Jeroen Toirkens, journalist Jelle Brandt Corstius and performance artist Marilyn Arsem, who complement and enrich the exhibition with their work. In addition, there is a side program with lectures and guided tours.
The opening is: Friday May 31st 2019 18:30 h
Opening hours Saturday June 1st till Sunday June 23rd 2019: Tuesday-Sunday 12:00-18:00 o’clock
Side program
Reading June 7th 3-5 pm
Borealis Project:
Jeroen Toirkens and Jelle Brandt Corstius
and
The Challenge of Making New Work:
Marilyn Arsem
Reading June 14th 3-5 pm
Wander through a paper landscape:
Jolanda Jansen Anna J. van Stuijvenberg
Finissage: June 23rd 4 pm
Marilyn Arsem: http://marilynarsem.net/
Jeroen Toirkens en Jelle Brandt Corstius Borealis: http://borealisproject.nl/
Anna J. van Stuijvenberg: https://annajvanstuijvenberg.nl/