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EX SITU - Matter in Translation connects archaeology and contemporary design in an experimental exploration into the revaluation of matter, use, and meaning. At See Lab The Hague EX SITU will present new works by nine selected designer-artists made of deselected archeological material alongside a curated selection of heritage artifacts.
EX SITU - Matter in Translation
05.02 - 07.03 2027
11 AM - 5 PM
Closed on Monday and Tuesday
Opening on February 5 at 3.30 pm.
More info at @ex_situ_exhibition
See Lab is excited to host another Maker Market on Sunday, November 29th!
Stroll through stands filled with art made by See Lab members and friends—including ceramics, photography, drawings, prints, paintings, jewellery and T-shirts, Sweaters, Caps, other homie stuff . Enjoy live music performances, drinks at the bar and foodstands with sweet and savory treads!
(banner image by Isabelle Backer)
Entry is free!
Opening hours: 11:00 - 17:00 h
Location: See Lab, Duinstraat 55-57
Participating Artist: Jessie Hoefnagel @jessiehoefnagel, Made by Johnnie @madebyjohnny, Isabelle Backer @isabellebackerphoto, Milu Chen @milumulimilumuli, Idris van Heffen @studio_ivh, Giulia Maccarone @subseae_art , Michelle Beugeling @miesservies, Noa Defesche @noadefesche, Teuntje Fleur @teuntje_fleur, Michael van Kekem @michaelvankekem, Linda @mrsglitterpigeon, Britt van Eijk @britt.van.eijk, Laura de Jong @whenlifeisslow, Iris van Kruijsdijk @reeg.en.boog
Mies Servies
Giulia Maccarone
Food:
Steef’s Table
What started as a passion for cooking has grown into Steef’s Table: my own culinary playground. Think bold flavours, unexpected combinations and a mix of cultures, with a soft spot for traditional comfort food.
For the Winter Edition, expect a little Latin heat: golden empanadas, comforting corn soup and crispy corn fritters.
Kitty’s Kitchen
Delicious sweet and savory baked goods with many vegan options. Finger-licking good!
Sweet Sea Desserts
A chocolatarie that recreates desserts as a two-bite experience; whilst we specialise in emulating the flavours, textures and layers that make a great dessert, our chocolates are for people who are looking for something different; exciting, nostalgic desserts.
Music TBA
International exhibition of 1000 postcard-sized original art pieces from artists all over the world to benefit the 'Blijft je bij' program of Museum Beelden aan Zee, for people with Alzheimers and other forms of dementia and their caretakers.
Opening June 6 at 14:00
Sunday 12:00 - 17:00
See Lab
Duinstraat 55-57, 2584 AW Den Haag
More information @paeartforacause
The exhibition celebrates children’s creativity through original mixed-media artworks inspired by nature, the sea and imagination.
Sabine Rovers
Artists:
Sabine Rovers
For this project I have collected 44 common edible and medicinal plants growing in The Netherlands. From every plant I extracted the natural colour from its sap and printed the plant using the old anthotype printing technique. This technique uses only plant sap (which is naturally photosensitive) and sunlight to create a print. Every plant has been printed in its own pigment, eventually showing a forest of natural colours when exhibited together.
Esther Hoogendijk
The objects I create slowly change in form, color, and material over time under the influence of air movement, evaporation, decomposition, growth/life, or being touched. The work shows the passage of time and natural and human influences. The works are characterized by the fact that it always seems as if something has happened. Making the passing of time visible by working with natural processes fascinates me. I usually develop site-specific installations and sculptures.
Danièle Knirim
Since I fell in love with paper years ago, it has been my main material to work with. It started when i was browsing in a bookstore. I opened an old worn book and this particular page popped up. Spots of the water damage and beautiful colors of the aging process triggered my imagination. I imagined a face, made from pieces of these worn papers. And so I did. To this day this is my process.
Isabelle Backer
Sleeping Tree.
I portrayed an Albizia julibrissin, also called Persian Sleeping Tree because it closes its leaves when it gets dark. In China it is seen as the Tree of collective happiness. The flowers and bark of the Albizia were used early on as an antidepressant against sadness. ‘He gives joy and comfort, brings the eye to shine, the heart to life’, so….come and get this 'herbal prozac’.
In the creation of these works no parts of the tree were harmed in any way. All the leaves are still attached, waving their happy wave on the hill it is situated at.
Also a film will be shown made by Isabelle Backer with music created by Laura Spichtig, who will do a live performance on the 5th of July at 14.30h.
Total sensory immersion in nature
Even AI agrees that trees and plants demonstrably make us calmer thanks to a combination of psychological and biological mechanisms. They lower the stress hormone cortisol, reduce heart rate, and stimulate the nervous system associated with relaxation.
And naturally, countless studies have been conducted on this from various angles and by skilled people too.
And that is why an extra focus on nature seems so important in these times. We hurried, stressed, and busy people could really use the stillness it brings.
In this exhibition, you will encounter very diverse work by four female artists who approach and use this theme in their own unique way. Immerse yourself in these images created with care through photography, film, anthotype prints, collages of vintage paper, slowly changing objects, and sculptures. And who knows, you might emerge a changed person.
Represented artists: Sabine Rovers, Esther Hoogendijk, Danièle Knirim, Laura Spichtig en Isabelle Backer
Open June 20 and 21, 11.00 till 17.00 during the open garden weekend in Den Haag ‘Struinen in Haagse Tuinen'
27 and 28th of June, 12.00 till 17.00
4 and 5th of July, 12.00 till 17.00
With a musical performance by Laura Spichtig on the 5th of July, at 15.00 h
Duinstraat 57, The Hague
Banner image by Isabelle Backer
Esther Hoogendijk
Danièle Knirim
