curriculum

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