TAKE ME SOMEWHERE NICE

Short description: As part of Hoogtij #66, Take Me Somewhere Nice creates a heterotopic space within See Lab by arranging collected objects chosen by the artists in juxtaposition to the space and to each other.

The artists are assigned to create a specific environment or collect objects with particular intimate stories, symbols, memories or personal values to the artist - and this approach allows the opportunity to gather seemingly random objects that are almost unrelated to each other.

This juxtaposition of objects in an art space creates a sense of the other, which refers to the previously mentioned heterotopia. Because of these myriad of memories, the space may function like a time capsule, or an archive, as the objects stacks time infinitely.

For every person playing in a different role, this space, which is structured outside the existing system, order, norms and values, has different and unique functions and meanings.The final balance found in the incompatibility may be "somewhere nice".

Sharing Circle - A participatory event on the opening night:

Picture that journey you took home from the supermarket everyday when you were young.
A neighbour’s neglected garden, with unruly plants,
A local market on a busy and warm Saturday morning, with all the bright colours of produce and layered noise of sellers yelling their bargained prices,
The quiet corner you spent your time at in elementary school.
Where is a nice place for you? Close your eyes. What do you see? What can you feel?
Maybe you can feel the warmth of the sun greeting your eyelids,
Or gusts of wind dancing through your ears.
In our sharing circle, we invite all of you to join us, and to share where that nice place is for you, and to go on that imaginary trip together, one after another. There are no rules- you are free to share as little or as many as you want, whenever you want.

The circle will unfold in an organic manner - no moderators will be present, no recording. We strive towards a warm conversation between ourselves.

The sharing circle will take place on the 24th of September, from 19:00.

photography: Anke van den Berg

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