THE VOID in which the cackling of art theory echoes
March 18 till 3 April 2011
AMSTERDAM - This art project was part of a group show by Sandberg Institute students at art initiative W139.
'THE VOID' - was deliberately questioning the showing of art, the artist who is showing and the venue as place to show art. After several requests I was not allowed by the board of W139 to use their office, because the art and artists belong in the exhibition space. After that my contribution to the 'show' consisted out of several different elements as walks, talks, presentations, videos and other web-based content.
'THE SCENERY' - was a digital video dairy in relation to 'The void' and contains texts from email traffic and video registrations of journeys while I am travelling to W139 (connected) meetings.
http://www.edwinstolk.nl/thescenery.htm
'UNTITLED' - two letters were shown 18 and 19 March in a white cube setting at W139. Part of the first out of six curated group shows by Yael Messer (SKOR) and Christina Li (BAK, Utrecht). These two letters I received from the Sandberg Institute after I aplied for their course, one that I was accepted and one that I was denied.
http://www.edwinstolk.nl/whitecube.htm
'INFILTRATION' - was shown till 24 March 2011 at Foam, photography museum. A large portait photograph made by my wife Hristina Tasheva.
http://www.edwinstolk.nl/infiltration.htm
'AIMLESS TRAJECTORY II - consisted out of walks organized by me which started at W139 and went into the city of Amsterdam without a clear destination. The movement of people away from the art venue was meaningful here.
Best regards, Edwin Stolk
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