10 years of SYB

A group exhibition, a publication, a Masterclass in art criticism, performances, musical reflections and socratic dialogues.

location: P/////AKT, Zeeburgerpad 53, Amsterdam opening: 31 July 2011, 5 pm exhibition: 1 – 21 August 2011 opening hours:  Thursday to Sunday 2 – 6 pm Should you happen to be in Amsterdam between the 1st of August and the 21st of August 2011, you can see my work ‘A Certain Capacity For Occupying Space’ as part of the group show: ‘10 Years of SYB’.  On the 21st of August I will also be performing a ‘follow-up’ to the video work ‘A Certain Capacity for Occupying Space’ .  On the same day SYB will launch a publication reflecting on the last ten years of its history by publishing texts by writers, theorists and artists whom, amongst many others, contributed to the symposium ‘Our House in The Middle of The Street’, organized by SYB in October 2010. As part of this publication is my contribution ‘Kitchen Lecture; Notes on Gesture’ based on my performance lecture of the same name. The publication is edited by Maja Bekan, Irene Kromhout.

ADA’s Cabinet: About Games and Being Serious

 

As part of ADA’s investigation into collaborative and participatory practices, ADAinitiates a short-term reading group for the duration of it’s work period at BRAK#3 in Duende, in the month of April.

During six-sessions, texts reflecting on artistic production, modes of communication, political positioning and the meaning produced, will be jointly and actively explored in a friendly and relaxed environment. This short-term exercise is intended to enable practical exploration of the collective endeavor to encounter each other through a collaborative working practice. The subject matter of the reading group acts as an introduction to ADA’s current inquiry, which it will continue reflecting on in the coming year through its public program.

ADA cordially invites you to join in the reading of the following texts:

 

Session 1
Tuesday 5th of April | 19:30-22:30
The Author as Producer, by Walter Benjamin. And in addition the short text The Artist as Producer in Times of Crisis by Okwui Enwezor.

Session 2
Sunday 10th of April | 15:00-18:00
The Emancipated Spectator, pp. 1-23, by Jacques Rancière.

Session 3
Monday 11th of April | 19:30-22:30
The Collaborative Turn, by Maria Lind.

Session 4
Wednesday 13th of April | 19:30-22:30
The Demands and Challenges of Committed Participation, by Mika Hannula.

Session 5
Thursday 21st of April | 19:30-22:30
Maybe it would be better if we worked in groups of three? Part 1 & 2 of The Discursive, by Liam Gillick.

Session 6
Monday 25th of April | 19:30-22:30
Tolerance as an Ideological Category, by Slavoj Žižek.

Please Note: read the text before attending the reading session. There will not be a full reading of the text during the session but a discussion on sections of the texts brought up by anyone who is taking part in the reading group. All texts can be downloaded from our website.

Additionally to the activity of exploring the texts together, a beautiful, brand new, state-of-the-art, ping-pong table is made available by ADA for all level of sporting and recreational fun. The studio is open to use daily for play and reading from 10:00-19:30.

Practical Information:
Monday 04 April – Sunday 01 May 2011
Duende | the Hessen Studio
Tamboerstraat 9, 3034 PT, Rotterdam

email: info@adarotterdam.nl
tel: 06-23980265

Upcoming: March 2011

When the Landscape Begins to Map the Cartographer (4.3.2011)

The article When the Landscape Begins to Map the Cartographer will be published on the 4th of March by P.A.I.R, (a mobile, artists initiative by PeerGrouP, the northern Holland based theatre company specializing in site-specific theatre.)

Since 2009, P.A.I.R has offered temporary residence for international artists. Selected artists make a given theme their starting point, relating to their surroundings and neighbours, making use of their knowledge, art and tools.

In 2010 the theme was chorography and I was invited by Henry J. Alles from P.A.I.R to write about this subject in relation to the specific residency of Louie+Jesse, an English artist duo.

The resulting text: When The Landscape Begins to Map The Cartographer will be published in the publication P.A.I.R. 2010 Chorografie and on this website after the 4th of March.

http://www.peergroup.nl/informatie/english-information/

http://www.peergroup.nl/pair/#english-information

Upcoming: February 2011

RAiR presents a selection of Rotterdam Artist’s in Residence from the past 10 years by Duende, foundation B.A.D., Het Wilde Weten, Kaus Australis and Kunst&Complex. Curated by Leo Delfgaauw.

Sat. Feb. 12 noon – 6pm / Hillelaan 28, Rotterdam.

Inside ADA’s Cabinet, Meet, discuss and interact with artist initiative ADA, Area for Debate and Art. The members of ADA will discuss their archive of lectures and other public projects by using artefacts and objects as mediators.

ADA is a self-organized, independent artists initiative formed in September 2008 to support, nurture, stimulate and to create space for critical reflection and debate in and about art, in an open, cross-disciplinary minded and a friendly environment. At the core of ADA are the art practices of six Rotterdam based artists (Maja Bekan, Deirdre M. Donoghue, Gerwin Luijendijk, Margo Onnes, Esmé Valk and Sjoerd Westbroek) who also run ADA’s public program. ADA is as much a mental state as it is a physical location. It can be thought of as a multifaceted, porous sphere, consisting of people, thoughts, ideas, knowledge and experience/s, which flow in and out from the Area. A common philosophy of the members of ADA is the simple belief in the value of specifically framed human encounters as artistically meaningful and valuable sites, where new knowledge can be activated and allowed into being.

http://www.adarotterdam.nl

Deirdre M. Donoghue

Deirdre M. Donoghue, (Finland,1971) is an artist based in Rotterdam.

In her works she seeks to set-up situations where multiple relations can be set into motion and the production of new knowledge through cross-disciplinary methods and approaches become mobilized. Her video, performance, installation and text -works often focus on the relational aspects of memory production, cultural translation and the production of a Self.

Additional research interests include: feminist issues, performance- and gender studies.

She is the organizer of the program The Open Office for Words, which hosts talks, research presentations and discussions within a cross-disciplinary framework, a contributing editor of the publication Resonant Bodies, Voices, Memories, Revolver, Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt and The Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam and a founding member of ADA, Area for Debate and Art.

Contact:

Email: dmdvisuals@gmail.com

openofficeforwords@gmail.com

http://deirdremdonoghue.wordpress.com

Notes on Performativity: Memory Production as a Performative Utterance

Lecture:   Notes on Performativity: Memory Production as a Performative Utterance, a lecture by Deirdre M. Donoghue on the 4th of December at 20:00h taking place in the framework of The Object Lag Intangible, a Play Donoghue considers the performative as; reality producing relation between memory, its documentation and its representation. She will look at art works that deal with memory production and the production of subjectivities. The 2010 programme of Nieuwe Vide draws to a close on the 17th and 18th of December with The Object Lag Intangible, a Play. Guest curator and artist, Emily Williams enters a working period in collaboration with performance artist, DavidWeber-Krebs, artist and theoretician, Warren Neidich and artist,Deirdre M. Donoghue. Reflecting on the past year and departing from the question; How can The Object lag be documented without fixing it? Williams devises a choreography that opposes bringing The Object Lag to a prescribed end, but rather, sets it in motion as a possible beginning. Including presentations byMichael Beck, Rana Hamadeh, Scott Joseph Jean-BaptisteMaitre, Julie Peeters and guests. http://www.nieuwevide.nl/

Upcoming December 2010

The Object Lag. / Nieuwe Vide, Haarlem.

Upcoming November 2010

A Brief History of Play / TENT., Rotterdam / 28.11.2010

A Brief History of Play is a light tour into the interrelated history and relationship between play and education. During the tour emphasis is given on the activity of play itself and the participants are invited to play, instead of engaging in the topic on a purely conceptual level.

Symposium

Symposium – Kunsthuis SYB

OUR HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET

On October 23rd, 2010, Kunsthuis SYB celebrates its 10th anniversary with a symposium and a party.
The symposium ‘Our House in the Middle of the Street’ concentrates on subjects that were brought up by the diverse projects that took place in SYB since the start of the residency, formulated along the lines of the various uses of the house. Six guest speakers will reflect on the themes ofNesting, Hospitality, Open House, Social Politics,Playground Structures and Private / Public, aiming to open up discussion and focus on the issues raised within them, to establish a relation with a broader contemporary art theory scene with special attention for project art.
Kunsthuis SYB will function as a performative playground, hosting cross-disciplinary speakers and guests conversing on various locations in Beetsterzwaag and the house itself.

The symposium will be available to all online through Live Streaming.

At the evening party various performances will be given by artists who recently worked in SYB.

A tour bus between Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Beetsterzwaag will service guests from afar. Register viainfo@kunsthuissyb.nl.

‘Our House in the Middle of the Street’ is developed by Maja Bekan and Irene Kromhout, artists and member of SYB’s programming committee, with the generous support of the Artclub and Maartje Peters, coordinator. Sarah Bogers is responsable for the graphic design.

PROGRAMME
14:00 START SYMPOSIUM

HOSPITALITY
Daniëlle van Zuijlen, visual artist and curator, founder of the artist-run initiative Hotel Mariakapel.
NESTING
Deirdre M. Donoghue, performance ‘Kitchen lecture’.
PRIVATE/PUBLIC
Ana Nikitovic, curator Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, participant ‘de Appel Curatorial Programme’ 08/09, member Prelom Kolektiv.
PLAYGROUND STRUCTURE
Aymeric Mansoux: Core tutor Piet Zwart Institute Media Design and PhD researcher on online art and design communities Goldsmiths U.K.
SOCIAL POLITICS
Frans-Willem Korsten, cultural theorist, professor Erasmus University Rotterdam and Leiden University.
OPEN HOUSE
Emily Williams, artist and curator, former member of Kunsthuis SYB programming committee, guest curator Nieuwe Vide.

18:30 DINNER

20:00 EVENING PARTY
with Basje Boer, Manel Esparbé i Gasca, Gerwin Luijendijk& Kathrin Maria Wolkowicz

Performance Event: Who Stole The Tarts?

Performance Event: Who Stole the Tarts? TENT. Rotterdam, Witte de Withstraat 5o, Thursday 10 June 2010, 20.00hrs With performances by Deirdre Donoghue, Roxane Borujerdi, Hedwig Houben, Abner Preis and an appearance by The Dogs of Shame. Absurd attributes, unusual contexts and unyielding perspectives in four performances in which the traditional lecture is put to the test. Each of the four artists provide insights into new strategies for the acquisition of knowledge in an evening without the classical division of roles between a passive public and an active speaker. The performance event is part of the exhibition Enigma (29.04 – 27.06) with work by Lorenzo Casali, Martina Florians, Marcha van den Hurk, Juul Kraijer, Joris Kuipers and Lieke Snellen.