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Work in Collections
Haags Gemeentemuseum Den Haag NL Museum Boymans van Beuningen Rotterdam NL Van Abbe museum Eindhoven NL Centraal Museum Utrecht NL AMC Academisch Ziekenhuis Amsterdam NL Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Universiteit Rotterdam NL Teylers Museum Haarlem NL Rotterdamse Stadsschouwburg, Rotterdam NL Haags Historisch Museum, Den Haag NL Cabinet des Estampes/Bibliothèque d'art et d'archéologie Geneva CH Flat files Kentler International Drawing Center Brooklyn New York US NIMK/LIMA Nederlands Instituut voor Media Kunst, Amsterdam NL Groninger Museum, Groningen NL Museum Weserburg, Studienzentrum Künstlerpublikationen, Bremen DE Fondation Michalsky in Montricher CH Private collections biographical 1947 born Loon op Zand The Netherlands, lives in Roversberg, Zeeland The Netherlands and in Antwerp Belgium. 1970 certificate teaching creative handcrafts and drawing, Academy for art education, Tilburg NL 1971 first visit Ireland, including Inis Oírr 1972 training teacher drama, Theaterschool, Amsterdam NL theatre training by a.o. Jan Ritsema 1972 - 77 work as a teacher in creative handcrafts and drawing in secundary schools 1979 from: artistic activities: performances, performative installations with sound and movement, interactive works in semi-public space, lectures and workshops at art educational institutes home and abroad 1990 from: performances, hand written drawings, hand written books 2003 residential stay at Aras Eanna,Inis Oírr Aran islands Ireland 2004 residential stay at Kentler International Drawing Space Brooklyn New York 2003 from: curatorial activities: organizing Sub urban video lounge Rotterdam. Events: Words Live 1, 2, and 3, Music and Film 2011 residential stay Red Stables Dublin Ireland. Residential stay in Nodar Portugal together with Myriam van Imschoot (B) 2013 curatorial: Words Live 4 event on language and voice, various artists at Perdu Amsterdam and Wallgallery Rotterdam 2014 residential stay at Kerspit, Gent, Belgium 2015 residential stay in Istanbul Turkey. Residential stay in India, various places Curatorial: Arf Arf and friends Wallgallery Rotterdam 2016 studio rotating and spiral movements. Re-writing work descriptions of movements 2019 Residential stay Inis Oírr Aran Islands Ireland 2023 Residential stay in Tasmania / Australia Works 2024 rotation 5 tour (continuation) the words north east south west in 65 languages, performed in various outdoor locations. directiions: multi-vocal speech performances in private living/work rooms. Various locations rolling 1 (1988) as part of the exhibition Same Day, 15th Baltic Triennal 07.09.2024 horizons pencil drawings Tasmania Australia january 2024 2023 Rotation 5 tour (continuation) the words north east south west in 65 languages, performed in various outdoor locations Directions/quartet Richtingen/kwartet, four multivoced performances on the system of wind directions. Horizons descriptions and drawings artists residency at All That We Are artists residency Tasmania Australia 2022 movements of clouds texts describing the movements of clouds Rotation 5 tour the words north east south west in 65 languages, performed in various outdoor locations movements of clouds texts describing the movements of clouds performed by actors in Wandelweiser festival Orgelpark Amsterdam NL curated by Dante Boon movements of clouds texts describing the movements of clouds written and spoken live with 7 participants in Woordnacht literature festival Rotterdam NL curated by Hans Sibarani Rite 24-hour performance with gregorian shants performed by Retorisch Quartet Charloisse kerk Rotterdam NL crossing - writing solo writing the text which describes the sound of a passing airplane Hilton Art Lab Rotterdam NL curated by Herman Lamers crossing - writing group writing the text which describes the sound of a passing airplane Hilton Art Lab Rotterdam NL curated by Herman Lamers 2021 Strandtrappen text for poetry/image-project and publication Katendrecht Rotterdam NL curated by Theo Huygens and 2020 bewegen - schrijven, moving - writing publication, descriptive writing project about my performances since 1979 Waterhoentjes text published in Flemish poetry magazine xY curated by Samuel Vriezen 2019 Liggen/Lying publication, describtions of bed-positions of Jo and me after waking up in the morning Bewegingen/Movements photo-publication of my performances 1980 - 1990 captured by Henk Geraedts Crossing text-speech group performance (based on Crossing 1984) PARK Tilburg NL Clouds - lines series of drawings during residential stay Aras Eanna Inis Oírr Ireland 2017 - 2018 Rotations and Spirals outdoor performances on various locations a.o. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Dordrecht, Dublin and Galway, in collaboration with Geert van Mil Toine Horvers reading Hans Stevens performance/installation. For eight hours reading from Hans Stevens' texts. PARK Tilburg NL Copying Charlois tekst performance with four speakers in various languages at BAD-Foundation Rotterdam 2016 Raag Suha voice performance based on singing along with Gundecha Brothers, dhrupad singers from India Travel through India attending music performances and concerts Rotation 2 performative movement, various locations Rotation 3 performative movement, various locations Spiral performative movement, various locations 2015 Residential stay at Srishti school for Art and Design Bangalore India Language voice performance with students of Srishti school for Art and Design Bangalore India Waves 2011 voice performance with students at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Newcastle curated by Sandra Johnston Rotation 1 performative movement performed on various locations Residential stay in Istanbul Turkey Workshop at MIAM conservatorium Istanbul Turkey DAY am/pm 24-hour performative installation speaking along with BBC-news reader. Rumpfsti Pumsti (musik) Berlin Arf Arf and friends (curatorial) with various artists curated in collaboration with Kathrin Wolkovicz. Wallgallery Rotterdam 2014 Real space - Real time performance real time copying aloud newsreaders from BBC World-news and Aljazeera. Urban Explorers festival Dordrecht NL. Scheepshoorn (Ship's horn) voice performance as part of literature-festival Woordnacht Rotterdam. Chartres One Voice performative reading for 4 voices at Entrepot Fictief Gent Belgium. Chartres....... lecture about my book Chartres at Perdu, Centre for experimental literature, Amsterdam and Kerspit in Gent B Skolska 28 live voice-sound event in Prague, with Marcus Bergner and Myriam van Imschoot, Doreen Kutzke and art students 2013 Arf Arf (Melbourne) performing sound poetry with Frank Lovace and Marissa Stirpe in Melbourne Australia It was big enough...... participation in Rosie Heinrichs voice/text performance, together with Emilie Gallier Words Live 4 live-event language and voice, various artists in Wall Gallery Rotterdam and Perdu Amsterdam. Mei, sounds of birds in a dune valley one hour before sunrise and one hour after sunset publication Slibreeks CBK Zeeland News of the world directly copying aloud fragments of new items in various languages. Lokaal 01 Breda NL Zangvogels (singing birds) reading aloud descriptions of birds in a park een boek EN vocalizing texts by Tilburg artist/writer Hans Stevens on various locations Waves 2011 written/spoken performance with descriptions of the waves on the island Inis Oírr Ireland 2011 on various locations 2012 Chartres, one hour of sound in a Gothic cathedral book/publication on language and sound. Onomatopee Eindhoven NL Singelstemmen sound performance, Luchtsingel Rotterdam i.c.w. Myriam van Immschoot. Sculpture International Rotterdam Rolling 6 12 hour sound performance, Luchtsingel Rotterdam, Sculpture International Rotterdam Zeetijding realtime announcements of ships in and out the Port of Rotterdam, Museum De Paviljoens Almere. Magaio Panorama Poetry International Rotterdam, double panorama Portugal, observed, described and performed in Phoebus Gallery in coöperation with Myriam van Imschoot. Beijerkoppen completion public artwork in Rotterdam with live-portraits of news readers, in collaboration with Rotterdam artist Paul Cox (abolished) One Voice Prague four-voice unisono piece for Echofluxx Prague, based on personal data of the four performers in English, Czech, Spanish and Dutch One Voice unisono-spoken text by Samuel Vriezen, performed at Rumpfsti Pumsti Berlin in collaboration with Marcus Bergner Toine Horvers, selected recordings of performances and installations 1982 - 2004 CD-box published by Tochnit Aleph Berlin 2011 Sub urban Live: Music & Film (curatorial) live event about collaborations between filmmakers and musicians, i.c.w. Goethe-Institut Rotterdam Two month residency at Red Stables Dublin Ireland Copying as a ritual act exhibition and performance Pallas Projects Dublin Ireland Copying as a ritual act 2 performative installation in Pallas Projects Dublin with participation of students of DIT and NCAD Copying as a ritual act publication with audio-CD and handwritten pages. Zeetijding Maassluis performative installation about in- and outgoing ships in the Port of Rotterdam Copying as a ritual act performative installation and publication TocAleph Berlin Exhibition handwritten books and drawings Radboud University Library Nijmegen NL Exhibition and performance Voorkamer Lier Belgium Voice scapes one month residency Nodar Portugal in collaboration with Myriam van Imschoot. Vozes Magaio landscape performance project, bridging long distances with voices, in collaboration with Myriam van Imschoot. 2010 Intimate Self portrait performance for Crimmp #2 at OCW Rotterdam curated by Arnold Schalks Exhibition of hand written books at Christoph Daviet-Thery, publisher of artists editions, Paris Writing Lecture performance in relation to the publication Writing Lecture at Christoph Daviet-Thery, Paris Sound scape oral descriptions of the sound of writing with a pen on paper, live in Helsinki Finland as contribution to Swedish artists initiative Squid, curated by Martijn van Berkum Sound scape oral descriptions of the sound of writing with a pen on paper sounding from a small loudpeaker in a drawer at phoebus gallery Rotterdam curated by Simon Benson Sound scape live descriptions of sounds in the street transferred by telephone to The Player Rotterdam curated by Justin Bennett 2009 Words live 2 (curatorial ) An evening with performances with spoken word in various art-disciplines, curated in cooperation with Samuel Vriezen, Cora Schmeiser and Dante Boon, Wall Gallery Rotterdam Rite 3 Performative installation in the Laurenskerk Rotterdam, where singing voices, architectural space and the cycle of daylight merge into each other. Performed by Cappella Gabrieli Chamber Choir Nombres de calles (streetnames) Participational project in the public space of San Agostin, Havana Cuba, as part of the Biennal of Havana. Exhibtion of written books Library van Abbe museum Eindhoven, curated by Diana Franssen 2008 Tim Etchells' selfportrait, drawing/photograph. Commisioned work for City Theatre Rotterdam in collaboration with Tamar de Kemp (photographer) and Tim Etchells' (writer, theatre director of Forced Entertainment) Tim Etchells' selfportrait, performance. Sitting in front of an audience I perform Tim's describtion of his own face. Names: Sections of the Brain oral performance with the latin names of anatomical parts of the brain. Performance and media art festival Circus ABC, Casa Poesia, Havana, Cuba. Doorzicht performance series with oral descriptions of the view on various points on a cultural line through the city of Enschede NL. Beijerkop live video portraits. Proposal for art in public space on the south bank of Rotterdam: A portrait gallery of live video images of news readers on tv stations from all over the world. Dordtselaan Portraits daily descriptions of residents/passers-by read aloud at Verhage Fastfood as part of Business op Zuid Rotterdam curator: Egied Simons Words Live 1 (curatorial) An evening with performances with spoken word in various art-disciplines performed in Wall Gallery Rotterdam and Perdu Amsterdam curated in cooperation with Samuel Vriezen, Cora Schmeiser and Dante Boon. 2007 Lichtkrant / Cross Fading Lights Katendrecht Rotterdam NL. (news)paper with four people’s describtions about the cross fade between the natural and artificial light around the Rotterdam peninsula Katendrecht. 4 papers, each paper describing sunrise and sunset of one day. Light selfportraits performance/sound installation with live descriptions of light on my head. Galeria ON Poznan Poland 2006 Portraits live descriptions of peoples portraits as part of a project by Mariëlle Videler's Performance Lab. De Kunstvlaai, Westergasterrein Amsterdam NL Subway performance based on descriptions of subway travellers in New York, by 15 voice performers. Curator: Reinaart Vanhoe, Tent/CBK, Rotterdam NL. Exhibition Brains Unlimited drawings and sound installation in exhibition about science and art in Scheltema/De Lakenhal Leiden, NL curator: Nicole Roepers, Jetteke Bolten Cross Fading Lights performance in 4 parts in the project Deli-light, Katendrecht Rotterdam NL. with 8 observers/performers Live streaming: Adal Fraile Curator: Peter Fengler Panorama Inis Oírr performance in two versions.Tulca (live) arts festival Galway, Ireland Curator: Aíne Philips Intimate Self portrait performance with oral descriptions of masturbation, lecture National College of Art and Design, Dublin Ireland. Subway performance based on descriptions of subway travellers in New York, by 15 actorsas part of symposium 'Brains Unlimited' Scheltema/De Lakenhal Leiden NL in collaboration with Paul Koek theatre/director of Veentheater 2005 Trajecten (Routes) commissioned artwork Erasmus Medical Centre (Erasmus University Rotterdam NL Rite 2 performances in the frame of Traces Festival by Cluster Voices Chamber choir directed by Romain Bischoff. De Fabriek Eindhoven and Lokaal 01 Breda NL Waves soundwork as contribution to the project 'Bloemlezing', De Vrije Schuur, curated an organized by Arnold Schalks Rotterdam NL 2004 Exhibition drawings Phoebus Gallery Rotterdam NL Passers-by six week drawing project in Kentler International Drawing gallery New-York Subway performance by visitors reading my descriptions about people in the subway of New York, Kentler Gallery Brooklyn. Time, Waves, Ships horn 3 vocal sculptures in consert Espacio by Cluster Voices chamber choir directed by Romain Bischoff Various performances. Ships horn proposal for ships-horn with voices of residents of Noorder-eiland Rotterdam NL 2003 Residency for 3 months in Aras Eanna, Inis Oírr, Aran Islands, Ireland hoi commissioned artwork interactive work in new schoolbuilding, Het Rhedens, Dieren NL. Het Heiligdom (Sanctuary) sound installation live performed by Dekoor olv. Jildou Talma, De Infirmerie Leeuwarden NL curator: Huub Mous Panorama Inis Oírr text performed in various locations. Limestone soundinstallation with the voices of residents if Inis Oírr Galway Arts Centre Ireland. 2002 Exhibition drawings,Phoebus Gallery, Rotterdam Art -Fair. Lesung 6 (reading) second performance of soundinstallation with 125 children reading from favourite books in childrens library, Marl (D) Names: Orbit, axial and sagittal sections in-situ drawings with colour pencil on walls and ceiling in the residence of Guus Vreeburg, historian Rotterdam NL Data sound installations at entrance of farms, with voices of farmers and myself, Kromme Rijn- gebied Utrecht NL Lokaal (local - locality) sound installations in two buildings, descibing each others space DeOverslag, art centre Eindhoven NL. Hart-Slag (heart beat) commissioned work, proposal for art in public space Heerhugowaard NL (not realized) Clouds (Finnegans Wake) colour pencil drawing with text fragments from Finnegans Wake on the ceiling of Willem Kuipers’ library Amsterdam NL 2001 Dag – nacht (Day – night) commissioned site-specific artwork with sandblasted glass and LED- light, Housing Commission Maassluis NL Space - sound workshop as part of symposion 'Research in motion' faculty of architecture, University of Delft NL Taal - beweging (Language - Movement) workshop akademie voor Beeldende Kunsten Tilburg. Names: The Brain, coronal and sagittal sections commissioned work, In-situ drawings with colour pencil on concrete, Dept. of Neuroscience Faculty of Medicin Erasmus University Rotterdam. 2000 Stream 6 (Calveen) commissioned work in situ artwork with electronic text displays in 9 Electricity stations, Industrial estate park Calveen, Amersfoort NL Portraits 2 sound installation based on interviews with prisoners, Tchumi paviljoen Groningen NL (not realised) Zeetijding (Sea tidings) proposal for electronic text display giving real-time data about movements of in and outgoing sea-ships in the Port of Rotterdam NL (not realised) Ulice Warszawy (Streets of Warszaw) sound installation with streetnames collected during recorded walks of participants, Warsaw PL Rivierenland (river counrty) sound installation on churchtower with real-time communication of mariphone, Leerdam NL curator: Kunststation Exhibition drawings together with Renate Anger and Morgan O’hara, Phoebus Rotterdam NL 1999 IJsselstein Zenderpark commisioned artwork, proposal for interactive artwork at tram endstation IJsselstein (not realised) Silence Gothique sound installation in exhibition Gothische Reflexies, Stadsgalerij HeerlenCurator: Felix Villanueva, Paysage Sonore sound installation with six voices about the wind La Pommerie St. Sernin FR curator:Huub Nollen Names: Ear, axial, sagittal and coronal sections sound object Exhibition Acoustic Architecture - Architectural acoustics Foundation Vedute Amsterdam NL Zeetijding (sea tidings) geluidsperformance in project Live-samples van Angelika Oei en Rene van Ouden, Schouwburg Rotterdam NL 1998 Portraits audio/visual project in collaboration with Jo McCambridge, Het Plafond/GuusVreeburg Rotterdam NL,Galery h. Melbourne Australia Names: The Head, frontal sections performance with singers of Ensemble Quintessens Berlin Festival Carpe Diem, Kulturbrauerei Berljn D Curator: Thomas Gorne Exhibition Kunstrai '98, drawings, Galerie Phoebus Rotterdam NL Names, sections of the body performance summer-academy Bundesakademie fur Kulturelle Gestaltung, Wolfenbuttel BRD Rite 3 proposal for sound in public space, project Stadsbeeld Eindhoven NL Names: The Brain, axial sections soundinstallation in symposium - exhibition Neuro Artonomy, Erasmus 2Universiteit Rotterdam NL curator: Karin Voogd Europa performance in the frame of 350th annual of the Treaty of Westfalen.Munster / Osnabruck D curator: Gail Kirkpatrick Names: The Head, axial, sagittal and coronal sections performance project Eye and Ear, Duende Rotterdam NL Portretten (portraits) soundinstlallation based on interviews with prisoners, Law Courts Leeuwarden NL curators: Ad de Laat, Huub Mous 1997 Rite 2 sound installation with voices, performed by 7 male singers, Cacaofabriek Helmond NL Hooglandse Kerk Leiden NL advice and repetitions: Maarten Michielse Names: The Brain, axial sections sound installation, Het Plafond / Guus Vreeburg Rotterdam NL Names: The Head performance with singers in collaboration with Gary Woodley, St. John's College Chapel Cambridge Org. Kettle's Yard Cambridge UK De Achterkant installation in project Delft NL curator: Jan Grolleman Scheepsnamen (ships names) proposal for project in public space, Bootshafen, Kiel BRD (not realized) Exhibition drawings Phoebus Rotterdam NL 1996 Names, Coronal sections of the head performance in collaboration with Imke Toksoez, Kulturcentrum Ignis Keulen / Cologne D curator:Gunther Demnig Exhibition drawings Phoebus Rotterdam NL Registraties theaterperformance in 4 parts performed by 12 actors–singers, Theater Lantaren/venster Rotterdam NL 1995 Clouds 9 wall drawing and exhibition, Galerie Ermer Berlijn D Exhibition Art fair Phoebus Rotterdam NL (group) Names, Crossing Australia workshop sound sculpture, Fine Arts Dept. University of Wollongong Australië Lecture 7 sound sculpture with 14 voices, Haus der Niederlände Münster G curator: Gail Kirkpatrick 1994 Exhibition drawings (group) Phoebus Rotterdam NL Ringwave 5 movement-sound sculpture performed by 20 drummers of the Pasveer showband, Stadskantoor Leeuwarden NL (architect Jeanne Dekkers) curator: Huub Mous Stream 3 sound installation in disco Fellini Traject Utrecht NL curator: Cor Blok Stream 3 remix housemix of water levels in collaboration with The Human Beings, Traject Utrecht NL Collectie (Collection) wall drawing, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam NL curator: Jan de Lange 1993 Clouds 7 commissioned work Permanent interactive soundinstallation with voices in an elevator of the ministry of VROM Den Haag NL Architect Jan Hoogstad De klokken van Voorne-putten telephone-radio sculpture collecting the sounds of church bells of the former island, Kunstmanifestatie Thalassa Voorne-Putten NL curator: Lex Wechlaar 1991 Light construction light installation-wall drawing and exhibition of drawings, Gallerie Equilibrist, St. Niklaas B Lezing 3 (lecture 3) movement-sound sculpture performed by 16 participants of different nationalities, Stichting Archief Den Haag NL 1990 Lichtwolken (Clouds of light) commissioned work in situ, permanent interactive light installation in collaboration with Henk Geraedts, Employment office Gouda NL architect B.Tenge Ring drawing in exhibition O.T.T. Centraal Museum Utrecht NL Collection Centraal Museum Utrecht NL Ring movement-sound sculpture performed by 60 drummers, O.T.T. Utrecht NL 1989 Clouds 3 wall drum-drawing in collaboration with Geert Koevoets, Galerie Ermer Berlin G Stimmen 2 Interactive soundindtallation dependent on public participation, Exhibition Ressourcekunst, Akademie der Kunste Berlin G Curator: Elisabeth Jappe 1988 Day movement-sound sculpture dependent on public participation and daylight, Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam NL Schreiben 2 (writing) writing project with participation of artists from artist-house in Bielefeld G Clouds 2 movement-sound sculpture performed by members of the Black Raven Piper band, Conference on Sculpture Project Arts Centre Dublin IRL Curator: Jenny Haughton 1987 Rolling 5 movement-sound sculpture with participation of Inigo Grimbergen , Kunstverein Giannozzo Berlin G curator: Rolf Langebartels Oktet, Welle für Kassel 24 hour soundsculpture dependent on public participation, Dokumenta 8 Kassel G Curator: Elisabeth Jappe 1986 Rolling 1 movement-sound sculpture performed by 20 drummers, De Appel foundation Amsterdam NL Curator: Frank Gribling Twilight movement-sound sculpture and workshop with NCAD students, Temple Bar Studios Dublin IRL curator: Jenny Haughton Stimmen (voices) movement-sound sculpture dependent on public participation, Moltkerei Werkstatt Cologne G curator: Elisabeth Jappe 1985 Etmaal voor Berlage (Day for Berlage) movement-sound sculpture with collaboration of 244 participants Haags Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag NL Wall 2 movement sculpture performed with Legs Boelen, Apollohuis Eindhoven NL Ontmoeting (meeting) movement-sound sculpture performed with Ad van Iersel Courtyard University Tilburg NL 1984 Crossing movement-sound sculpture performed by 65 participants with electronic sound construction by Ton Bruynél Stichting voor kunst ENNU Tilburg NL Balans 4 (balance 4) 16 hour movement sculpture, De Gele Rijder Arnhem NL 1983 Tillen 3 (lifting) movementsculpture with iron pipes, De Fabriek Eindhoven NL Dubbele Draaiing (double spinning) movement sculpture in collaboration with Ricardo Anemaet, Lokaal 01 Breda NL Etmaal 24 hour movement sculpture with light, Galerie Makkom Amsterdam , Centre for Arts Rotterdam NL 1982 Three movement sculptures Apollohuis Eindhoven NL Draaiing 2 (spinning) movement sculpture with ribbon, Exhibition Kring van Beeldhouwers Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam NL 1981 Draaiing 1 (spinning) movement sculpture with light, De Fabriek Eindhoven NL 1980 Schroef (screw) movement sculpture, performance festival Mixage, De Beyerd Breda NL 1979 Vertoningen movement sculptures (performances), kunstmanifestatie ' Breda schaam je' Breda NL . curotor:Moniek Toebosch Sef Peters) Stadschouwburg Tilburg, Theater 't Hoogt Utrecht NL Vertoningen movements, galerie Julius Wijffels, Leeuwarden NL Kijkvorm 1 movementsculpture with light, performed on various locations in Noord-Brabant NL |