Netting and Waiting

‘Netting and Waiting’

Group exhibition: ESC 2034 series
Curated by: Elina Alekseeva & Catelijne Boele

Participating artists: Josephine Rooney, Min Gweon, Travis Geertruida and Jiajia Qi
Duration: 04.10.2024 to 13.10.2024
Opening hours: 12:00 - 17:00 PM (and by appointment on weekdays)
Opening: 04.10.2024 18:00 – 21:00h

About: The exhibition ‘Netting and Waiting’ unfolds around the stories of the ‘nettenboetsters’ (‘net makers’) - women of Scheveningen who gathered in the fields of the dunes to create large fishing nets. By the act of constructing these nets communally, they created a space of solidarity and creation, which soothed the uncertainty of waiting for sons and husbands to return home from long fishing trips. These trips at sea were dangerous and many fishermen did not return. It was a latent fear that spread throughout the village; to receive the news that a son or husband did not make it back to shore alive. The exhibition is inspired by this process of craft-based labour and its ability to alleviate anxiety in an uncertain world, which as a sentiment transcends different time periods. We see waiting as a liminal space where nothing seems to happen, but with a transformed perception of time it is an active period, where slow processes and connections grow to emerge later. By retelling the stories of the net makers and connecting these to different artistic practices, we attempt to explore a connection between different timelines of sensitive labour. Alongside historical elements of Scheveningen, four contemporary artists will share their work, which each in its own way, conceptually touches upon the liminal space between waiting and creating.

Photos by: Anke van den Berg

Special thanks to the women of Scheveningen who shared their stories, MuZee Scheveningen for lending the historical objects and Stroom Den Haag for their financial support

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Nederlandse versie:

‘Netten en Wachten’ ontvouwt zich aan de hand van de verhalen van de ‘nettenboetsters’ – vrouwen van Scheveningen die samenkwamen op het boetveld om grote netten te maken voor de visvangst op zee. Het collectieve maakproces van deze netten creëerde een ruimte voor solidariteit en samenzijn, een samenkomst met een verzachtende werking in een tijd die veelal bewolkt was door het wachten. Zonen en echtgenoten maakten lange vistochten op zee, waarvan een groot deel van de bemanning de reis niet overleefde. Het was een latente angst die zich door het dorp verspreidde; om het nieuws te ontvangen dat een zoon of echtgenoot niet zou terugkeren aan wal.

De tentoonstelling is geïnspireerd door het ambachtelijke maakproces en het vermogen daarvan om mentale lasten te verlichten in een onzekere wereld. Wij beschouwen wachten ook wel als een tussenruimte, wat met een getransformeerde perceptie van tijd alsnog een actieve periode is waar langzamere processen en verbindingen tevoorschijn komen. Door de verhalen van de nettenboetsters te delen en deze te verbinden aan diverse kunstvormen, willen wij verschillende tijdlijnen van sensitieve arbeid verweven. Naast historische elementen van Scheveningen zullen vier hedendaagse kunstenaars hun werk tonen, waarbij zij elk op hun eigen manier de tussenruimte van het wachten en creëren raken.

U bent hartelijk uitgenodigd voor de opening op 4 oktober van 18:00 – 21:00
Met werken van Emily Josephine Rooney, Min Gweon, Travis Geertruida and Jiajia Qi

Met speciale dank aan de vrouwen van Scheveningen die hun verhalen hebben gedeeld, MuZee Scheveningen voor het lenen van de historische objecten en Stroom Den Haag voor hun financiële ondersteuning

Samengesteld door Elina Alekseeva en Catelijne Boele

Fotografie: Anke van den Berg

Trial and Errrorrr

Trial and Errrorrr

Exhibition:
Opening: July 12th | 18:00 H
Open: July 12th - July 14th | 13:00 - 17:00 H
Vernissage: 12 th of July | 18:00 - 21:00 H

Short description:
‘Trial and Errrorrr’ is an exhibition of ‘works in progress’, inviting 7 artists based in The Hague to present their ongoing projects. ‘Trial and Errrorrr’ aims to create a playground for new ideas, using the exhibition format as a testing ground for previously unseen performances, workshop trials, readings, technical experiments, or physically unfinished works. The exhibition brings together works by artists Beatrice Cera, Eilit Marom, Maitiú Mac Cárthaigh, Mar Fu Qi, Nienke Roth, Rosa van Walbeek and Valerio Conti. In the month preceding the exhibition, feedback gatherings and conversations were held; sharing insights, ideas and try-outs of works in process. These feedback sessions have been central to the curation of the exhibition. In this way, ‘Trial and Errrorrr’ is one outcome of these feedback moments. The exhibition aims to contribute support that is often missing for emerging artists and to fill a gap that is left after leaving the art academy, particularly that of artistic discussion, theoretical insight and critical reflection. With this in mind, ‘Trial and Errrorrr’ attempts to create a safe and collaborative space; a place for project development and experimentation whilst escaping preconceptions of what an exhibition should be. ‘Trial and Errrorrr’ is curated by ‘WaitingSnake Studios’, a curator duo based in The Hague run by Clara Sharell and Emily Stevenhagen. Their central goal is to build a supportive network of emerging artists, for and with each other, and create a new community in an art world that can be difficult to enter alone. Vernissage: 12 July: 18:00-21:00 Opening hours weekend: 13 & 14 July: 13:00 - 17:00

Curation/Concept:
@waitingsnake_studios by @clara_sharell and @emilystevenhagen_art

Participating artists: @therewasbeatrice @eilit_marom @maitiumaccarthaigh @mar_fuqi @nienke0123456 @walbeekrosavan @v.a.l_c

Jan Koos Feijlbriefs levensspiegel

'Jan Koos Feijlbriefs levensspiegel’

Verbeeldingen van de ambtenaar -
schrijver J. van Oudshoorn

Group Exhibition
Open: 15.06 - 07.07.2024 (Saturdays and Sundays, 13:00 - 17:00) or by appointment:
+31648067931 (G.C. Heemskerk) / +31624432426 (Sjuul Joosen)
Finissage: 17.07.2024 | 19:00 - 22:00
Supported by: Stroom Den Haag, Statenhof Pers, Emo Verkerk

Short description:

Maar in die doffe, zwarte nacht, als de wereld slaapt en alleen de sterren waken, voel ik me levendiger dan ooit.
- J. van Oudshoorn, Willem Mertens' levensspiegel

Jan Koos Feijlbrief looked the archetypical civil servant he was, his inner life and writings were those of a free thinker and sensitive soul. Under the name J van Oudshoorn he wrote some of the finest lines written in Dutch literature, about shame, guilt, alienation, inferiority, isolation and youthful infatuation. Over 70 years after he died, Jan Koos Feijlbrief alias J. van Oudshoorn, inspired 12 artists and a publisher to make work that will be on view from June 15 - July 7 at See Lab. Vernissage event June 15 at 17:00 hrs.

Artists:
Zamèr, Emo Verkerk, Gladys, Shani Leseman, My Guides and Me, Tamara Vierbergen, Benny Snouta, Trees Heil, Beck Wyatt, Bernice Nauta, Piyoyo, Rik Möhlmann, J. Joostzoon, Sjuul Joosen, Kadab Sedem, Kim David Bots, 朱慧玮, Hussel Zhu, Giles' Ice Scheme, Caroline Sarneel, GC Heemskerk, Luuk Kuipers and Samieh Shahcheraghi

photos: Sjuul Joosen

'EVERYWHEN’

'EVERYWHEN’

Exhibition: Daan de Jong, Rotterdam Academy of Architecture

Open: 01.03.2024 | 13:00 – 18:00h
Start curator tour: 16:00h

Contact: daandejong_@outlook.com

Hosted by: See Lab

Short description:

‘Kia whakatomuri te haere whakamua.’

‘I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on the past.’

‘'Everywhen’

The project challenges us to rethink our relationship with the future in a quest that is guided by Everywhen: a perception of time in which past, present, and future are interconnected. The project demonstrates how this idea of time can become part of our thinking and the way we perceive the city. Through spatial installations, maps and storytelling, the boundaries of this approach are explored. The exhibition shows us what it is like to experience The Hague through the lens of Everywhen.

Full description:

There is a Māori saying: "I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on the past." Nowadays we show little sensitivity to this wisdom. We live in a world in which the future has no place. Yet the choices made today, will have far-reaching consequences for that future. It is a dead-end road. The climate crisis shows that we can no longer ignore the future. We need to broaden our time horizon. In doing so we are faced with a barrier: the future can be vague and abstract and is clouded by uncertainty. This makes the climate crisis also a crisis of perspective.

To escape this perspective crisis, we need to expand the boundaries of our temporal imagination. Designers have the ability – and the responsibility – to play a key role in this challenge. It requires a fundamentally different design approach, which begins with the realization that the Western idea of time – where the present is isolated from the past and the future – may underlie our shortsightedness. Indigenous cultures, where a different sense of time exists, can help us break this cycle. We can draw inspiration from the belief that past, present, and future are interwoven. This fluid idea of time is referred to by Aboriginals as Everywhen. This graduation project demonstrates how Everywhen can become part of the practice of urban and architectural design.

In this quest, three media forms from the designer's standard repertoire provide guidance. Through maps, models, and narratives, we explore how we can perceive and understand the city in the spirit of Everywhen. This approach focuses on The Hague; a city that is formed by divergent time scales. On one hand, the city is shaped by deep geological layers of sand and peat. On the other hand, the city has a long history as the center of political power, which is constantly changing. These interacting time layers provide the perfect conditions to experience the city through the lens of Everywhen. 

The collected stories about The Hague form the basis for a series of spatial emblemas. These representations of places in The Hague challenge us to broaden our temporal perspective. Do we look at the city as it was, now is, or as it could be in the future? From the spatial installations, maps, and stories, a new image of the city emerges. The boundary between past, present, and future fades until we reach Everywhen.

images: Daan de Jong