N - THE MADNESS OF REASON

SCREENING | Friday 13th of Januari | 18.30 - 22.00 h (dinner: 19.30 h)

N-THE MADNESS OF REASON is the story of an unusual obsession. A French encyclopaedist tries to complete his life's work from beyond death. Hovering between dream and reality, this magical film plays on the confrontation between the Western mind and African spirituality.

After 8 years of work N – The Madness of Reason, has had ts world premiere at the 64e International Film festival of Berlin 2015.

The film is written and directed by PETER KRÜGER. The text was written by the renown Nigerian writer BEN OKRI (winner of the Booker Prize) . The film is narrated by the French actor MICHAEL LONSDALE. The music for the film is composed by WALTER HUS in close collaboration with Malian singer FATOUMATA DIAWARA as the main vocalist. RIMVYDAS LEIPUS (Khadak, the films of Sharunas Bartas, ...) took care of the cinematography while NICO LEUNEN edited the film. PETER KRÜGER not only directed but also produced the film for INTI FILMS (Drift, Kinshasa Kids, Desert Island)

The film is a Belgian-Dutch-German co-production between Inti Films, Cobra Films, Mollywood, Dieptescherpte, Blinker Filmproduktion, ARTE/ZDF and is supported by the Flemish Audiovisual Fund, Centre du Cinéma et de l’Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie – Bruxelles, Taxshelter of the Belgian Federal Government, Dutch Film fund, Media Programme of the European Union and Eurimages, in collaboration with Canvas, Sabam.

BE-DE-NL 2014 / 102’ / DCP / 1:1,85 / colour / surround 5.1 & 2.0.
Original languages : French, English, Bambara, Dioula, Sénoufo, Songhoy, Agni

FACEBOOK-PAGE: facebook.com/pages/N-the-madness-of-reason/263047923726836

All info
nthefilm.com
intifilms.com

Losing its name, a river enters the sea

A ritual + screening evening 

Artist: Lucy Cordes Engelman

Opening:
Sunday July 24th

Doors open: 18:00 h
Start Screening: 19:00 h

Short description:
Lucy Cordes Engelman will convert See Lab into a cinema/chapel for a one-time ritual+screening in conjunction with the beginning of the solar homecoming season of Leo, ie. Deep Summer. In relation to her ongoing research, two short films will screen :

She who is close to the SALT/SEA (super 8 and DV camcorder, 27:00, sound, color)

&

The Temple of Nehalennia (super 8, 12:00, sound, color)

Thematic sensory snacks will be offered by 'bai piki', and a book of Lucy's research findings - recently compiled and printed during a residency at Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium - will also be shared.

Part of the See Lab program of 2022, this event is an opportunity for the artist to try out some alternative ways of sharing her most recent film work as well as offer some of her research process and prints from the past year.

Guest collaborator bai piki ("ga plukken") has fermented and baked things for eating in collaboration with the night's theme.

Details for participating: 
There are a limited number of spaces available for this event.  Please reserve a spot by sending an email to seelabprojectspace@gmail.com 
And don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions!

More about the evening: 
This ritual + screening at See Lab welcomes solar homecoming season of Leo, while being situated near the coastal area of Lucy's ongoing research. Her project plumbs the depths of the newly discovered drowned continent of Doggerland that is now the North Sea, an ancient timber circle affectionately called, 'Seahenge', and a Neolithic Netherlands' marine goddess, Nehalennia, whose name translates loosely between, "she who is close to the sea" and "she who is close to the salt"...  in a meditative film, Lucy draws on an Icelandic myth of the selkie mother returning to her underwater realm. The work meditates on the longing of the human child who the mother has left behind, now a sensory scientist, desperate to communicate with their mother through the exchange of gifts.

Interested in folklore that muddies the distinction between human and non-human, Lucy approaches these works-in-progress as elements of a longing for the watery origins of life -- a longing that deepens with a recognition of the ocean's mighty power over us. 

Shot in Iceland and The Netherlands, the footage carries the viewer through a body that is neither strictly land nor strictly sea. 

Financially supported by:

Surfing— Sonology Master’s Students Graduation Show

Surfing—

Sonology Master’s Students Graduation Show:
Artists: Martin Hurych, Nils Davidse, and Kim Ho

Vernissage 🥂: Friday 17th
Doors open: 18-21h
Drinks, soup and spreads! | This June (17th-24th)

Schedule:
Exhibition of Martin Hurych and Kim Ho
June 17th, Vernissage at 18:00h
June 18th-19th 12:00-18:00 showcase
Exhibition of Nils Davidse
June 22nd – 24th 12:00-17:00 showcase

Short description:
See Lab is pleased to invite you to the exhibition :
Surfing— Sonology Master’s Students Graduation Show

This June (17th-24th), final-year Master’s students of Sonology Martin Hurych, Nils Davidse, and Kim Ho will present their installation works at See Lab, Scheveningen. Their projects have explored a wide range of topics, ranging from an alienating perspective on environmental listening, simulated music exploration in virtual space, to prepositional sonic experience with(in/out) water. Hereby we’d warmly welcome you to visit and have a good time!

*For the exhibition during June 17th-19th, the showcase will offer an aspect of submerged water listening. If you would like to experience it, please bring your own swimsuits and towels for your utmost comfort.

OPEN ATELIERS 2019

On the 26th and 27th of October, all 22 studios of Scheveningen’s cultural incubator See Lab were open to the public. Artists, inventors, musicians, as well as other creative entrepreneurs were present to show you around and talk about their work.
The weekend was a unique occasion to get to know the artists who use metal, paint, foam, musical scores, and other media to shape their ideas. You were invited to meet the artists who teach lessons from their studios throughout the year, and visit the seven attic studios which host graduates fresh from art school.

The 19th century building at Duinstraat 55 is a former school building though with a little imagination it could easily have been an old monastery, or even the seaside palace of the Oranjes.

In the former chapel/gym, now See Lab’s very own exhibition space, Annabelle Schatteman showed her latest work The Desired State. The installation is the first stopover on her imaginary journey which began with her previous work heading for the purple planet

photography: Anke van den Berg

OPEN ATELIERS - 2018

studio Masaaki Oyamada

studio Masaaki Oyamada

studio Masaaki Oyamada

studio Masaaki Oyamada

studio Cathleen Owens and Sissel Marie Tonn

detail work of Sissel Marie Tonn

studio Cathleen Owens and Sissel Marie Tonn

studio Katia Borghesi

detail work of Katia Borghesi

studio Jorick de Quaasteniet

detail work Jorick de Quaasteniet

Studio Oddkin by Marton Kabai & Natela Lemondzhava

detail work by Oddkin

detail work by Oddkin

Thanks for visiting us during Open Ateliers! Images by Awinash Panchu & Anke van den Berg. Jegens &Tevens dropped by and made a very nice report about the new Attic in Town and our open studio’s. You can find it here: Open Studios