Netting and Waiting

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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

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See Lab's Art Market

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See Lab's Art Market

About: On Sunday, 29th of September, See Lab will organize their very first Art market. Browse through all the stands with See Lab members and friends selling affordable art like ceramics, drawings, prints and notebooks. Enjoy the music performances and get yourself some home made foodies and cold drinks! Entrance is free, we would like to see you there.

Participating Artist: Annabelle Schatteman @annabelleschatteman , Nina van Dijk @bookbindingnina, Isabelle Backer @isabellebackerphoto, Mark Veliscek @markveliscek, Emanuela Varga @emanuelav.rt, Jessie Hoefnagel @jessiehoefnagel, Eva Pola @evapolakovic, Elina Alekseeva www.elinaalekseeva.nl, Catelijne Boele @catelijneboele, Made by Johnnie @madebyjohnnie, Sonja van der Burg @sonjavanderburg, Maaike van de Gevel @maaike.vande.gevel, Mies Servies @miesservies, Sepideh Jahanpanah @desertspiritceramic, Vesta Kroese vestakroese.com, Anke van den Berg & Saray Esteban @treetredici.

Music program:

14:00 - 17:00 DJ Moussaman Tabass-co
14:30 - 15:00 Isa en Finn from Pongo on the Radio
15:30 - 16:15 Leah Uijterlinde en Gabriel Rubio van Jabuticaba

Singer Leah Uijterlinde of the Brazilian band Jabuticaba performs with guitarist Gabriel Rubio and takes you to sunny Brazil. Expect a mix of samba reggae and bossa nova, a guaranteed feelgood experience.

The 2 members of Pongo on the Radio will play a number of their own songs and covers with influences from Folk, Americana, Jazz and Blues

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FIELDS OF AIR

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FIELDS OF AIR

On Sunday, 29th of September, See Lab will organize their very first Art market. Browse through all the stands with See Lab members and friends selling affordable art like ceramics, drawings, prints and notebooks. Enjoy the music performances and get yourself some home made foodies and cold drinks! Entrance is free, we would like to see you there.

Participating Artist: Annabelle Schatteman, Nina van Dijk, Isabelle Backer, Emanuela Varga, Mark Veliscek, Jessie Hoefnagel, Eva Pola, Elina Alekseeva, Siem Beets, Catelijne Boele, Sonja van der Burg, Made by Johnny, Maaike van de Gevel, Marlies Servies & Sepideh Jahanpanah.

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Trial and Errrorrr

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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

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IRIS VAN DER ZEE

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IRIS VAN DER ZEE

GUEST ARTIST - IRIS VAN DER ZEE

Residency and exhibition:
Opening hours:
Thursday May 30 (opening): 18:00 - 21:00
Friday May 31: 12:00 - 16:00
Saturday June 1: 12:00 - 16:00

Short description:
As an artist, Iris van der Zee is concerned with the role of cultural objects in the human experience of the past, present and future - and how these change over time. In her series Vessels of Histories, Iris plays with the discrepancy between the original meaning attributed to an image and the interpretation that readers give it years, sometimes even centuries, later. She illustrates this by making paper mache pots, in which she tells new stories through historical images. In the titles of the pots, Iris refers to her personal life, which the combination of images on the pots represent. The new meanings she assigns to the vessels are anecdotal and have titles such as 'The Battle for Maarten', 'Try to catch up with your friends in your 30s' and 'PMS diaries'. This project illustrates how history is a continuous cycle of coding and decoding, of interpreting and reinterpreting events. While Iris has so far reflected on historical pottery in paper mache, she has delved into the medium of ceramics during a four-week residency in the See Lab project space. Here she practiced making hand-shaped ceramic pots and experimented with stencil techniques. From Thursday, May 30 to Saturday, June 1, Iris will hold an Open Studio, where she will show a combination of new paper mache works from the Vessels of Histories series in addition to the studies and experiments created during her residency.

Artist bio:
Iris van der Zee (1993) is a visual artist who lives and works in The Hague. Her practice consists of an interaction between sculpture and photography. As an artist, Iris is concerned with the way in which cultural objects are part of the human experience in the past, present and future - and how these change over time. She is fascinated by how interpretations of historical images change with the times in which the viewer lives. From statues to prints and other cultural objects: all were created at some point with a certain function or idea, but the meaning that people attribute to them today often differs greatly from the original intention of the maker or client. Iris has exhibited her work at Unseen, Unfair and This Art Fair, among others. In 2016 she self-published her artist book 'Statue'. In 2016 Iris graduated from the photography department of the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague, and she completed a master's degree in Cultural Studies at the Art, Culture and Politics course at the University of Amsterdam in 2022.

www.irisvanderzee.com


Supported by: Gemeente Den Haag

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