Saturday, September 19, 7pm
Closing Event Summer Res(t)idency: Making Bread into Dough

As we are nearing the end of summer and slipping into fall, please join us on Saturday September 19 at 7pm at Hazenstraat 28 for the final event of this year’s Summer Res(t)idency, for which we have hosted the Swedish, Amsterdam-based textile artist Matilda Kenttä.

Since the start of summer, under the title Making Bread into Dough, Kenttä has explored the importance of valuing laziness over constant productivity during the time when most of us were enjoying ‘time off’. Kenttä has been toiling away at odd hours of the day on a vertical loom she installed in Kunstverein’s front space, weaving thoughts and conversations on gossip, the gendered history of labour and the development of the loom itself into the fabric of the very works she was making. With the space being open to visitors while Kenttä worked, the social and performative element of weaving also became central to her process. This aspect has been literally logged in the four works that were produced, as Kenttä noted the visitors she received alongside a list of recycled items she used (as well as their previous owners) to make the new pieces. To celebrate the four site-specific textile works that resulted from Kenttä’s res(t)idency—such as a towel for Kunstverein’s soon-to-be-renovated kitchen—we have invited Elina Birkehag, Amelia Groom, Adelheid Smit and Elaine Wing-Ah Ho to each write a short reflection on one of the four works. These texts will be made available as a collection on the 19th. We invite you to come and read them up close, right at home in their intended setting.

See you then!

Dear reader,

A little update concerning my KV residency:

I have initiated two little collaborations: with Maria Barnas and Joke Robaard. Me and Maria will work on two different strands of ekphrastic texts… One outlining potential “objects”, other one potential “plots”. I hope these texts propel me (or maybe us) into making sculptures based on them. Joke will come and take photographs after the 23rd of August (my mother’s birthday). As it stands now, Joke is free to do whatever she wants (and I’ll be supplying her with whatever she might need: models, props, equipment as long as there is a work of mine in the photograph… I’m feeding her bits of our text for ideas.

I also would like to do something with Femke de Vries, Toon Verhoef, Huib Haye van der Werf, Christopher Mahon and Joachim Robbrecht. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the notion of rehearsal and what this means for the project, to not much avail. Yet, as it stands now there is a bunch of us, an ensemble, gearing towards…what exactly?

I just want you to know that for the following 2 weeks until the end of the month I will be pulling all the strands together to see where I can knot them. I feel like I’ve been agitating something that will burst once I can align all the stars and the people involved. The exact dates will be more clear in the coming time. I will keep updating them on the Google Calendar, you can subscribe to it and follow along.

Take care for now,

Artun

Open Call: Summer Residency
For the second time in a row we are welcoming young curators, (small) institutions, writers, and artists to apply for Kunstverein’s annual Summer Residency. KV’s Summer Residency offers space to a practice that can be a special cultural addition to the city of Amsterdam and the program of Kunstverein. The residency includes the full use of Kunstverein’s space, infrastructure and network, assistance by one of Kunstverein’s staff members, and a small working budget of €1500.





How to apply
Curators, (small) institutions, artists and writers are invited to submit a proposal for a project they would like to work on at Kunstverein between 1 July and 30 August. There is no specific topic linked to the application and we welcome (exhibition) proposals of a wide variety. We do strongly encourage applicants to look into our program of the past years to find parallels with their own proposal and Kunstverein’s aims. The residency can take on the form of a two-month-show, but it can also be used as a two-month working and research period with a final showcase moment in September.

The application deadline is 30 May 2019

Your application must include:

• A description of your practice (500 words max.)
• A CV (max. 1 page)
• A project proposal (1000 words max.)
• Documentation of your work or the artist(s) you would like to work with (10 pages max.)
• A budget for your proposal

Jury process
All application will be reviewed by a jury after 30 May 2019. Should your proposal be selected, you will be contacted before mid June, to schedule a (skype) meeting to further discuss your plans and logistics.


Practical info

• All applications must be sent to office@kunstverein.nl, subject: OPEN CALL + “name applicant”
• The accepted proposal will receive a small production budget of €1500. This needs to be supplemented by the applicant’s own means
• We underline that the applicant needs to be based in Amsterdam for the duration of the project. We do not provide an apartment, but can help you with finding one
• Questions regarding the application process should be sent to: office@kunstverein.nl

Announcing……the winner of our first yearly Summer Residency: Dean Allen Spunt (No Age).

For three nights in August, Spunt will bring Succession Sounds, a program he has been organizing in a former drag club located in the San Fernando Valley (LA), to Amsterdam. On August 15, 22 and 29, from 8 until 11pm, the space will become the melting point for people who make music, who play music, who show films, make objects, who drink or don’t, who are curious experimenters and flaneurs, to come together for maximum enjoyment and confusion. With performances and work by:

Nicole Antonia-Spangola
Negashi Armada
EM
Sam Gordon
Matthew Clifford Green
Kate Hall
Bert Huygue
Dirar Kalash
Miaux
NM Studio
Oomboi Lauw
Zane Reynolds
Jacob Robichaux
Jess Scott
Suzanne Kraft
Martine Syms

The show can be visited on performance nights or by appointment only. The entrance fee for each performance night will be €5, to be paid at the door. Space is limited so we advise you to join us right from the start.

Kunstverein wishes it’s (gold)members, AFK and Ammodo for their ongoing support. Additionally we would also like give special thanks to Oedipus Brewing for their aid to this project.