Final presentation at Co-Prosperity Sphere 2

On Saturday May 1 was the final presentation of MFA students of AKV/St. Joost as part of Version festival. Have a look at this overview of works shown at Co-Prosperity Sphere, down on South Morgan Street.

work by Emy de Rooij

Performance by Mehdi-George Lahlou

works by Lorelinde Verhees (left) and Mari Stoel (right)

works by A. van Drimmelen (left), Ian de Ruiter (middle), Yiannis Papdopoulos (right)

work by Daniele Marx

work by Lorelinde Verhees

work by Dominique Teufen

Mari Stoel: ‘We don’t have these kind of things in the Netherlands’

installation by Ian de Ruiter

installation by Yiannis Papadopoulos

photographic work by Janneke Kornet

drawing by Mari Stoel

works by Kiki Cheng

graphic work by Thomas I'anson

work by Lorelinde Verhees

Drawing by A. van Drimmelen

The building of Co-Prosperity Sphere

music

music in the basement with the Publicist

Final Presentation at Co-Prosperity Sphere

Saturday night May 1st all students showed knew work made during their stay in Chicago.

Below stills from part of the performance by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, running on red high heels around a carpet, crashing glass teacups placed on the ground.

Chicago Works #4 (by Daniele Marx)

What kind of work can I make when I don’t feel inspired ?

This is the first time that I came to Chicago and also is my first time in “America” (North).

Since I arrived I cannot feel inspired for new work, but I think that I should do something.

Yesterday nearby this exhibition space I took a taxi.

I offered $50 for the taxi driver to guide me through Chicago.

His name was Gurmail.

More then a city landscape I was very interested in Gurmail story.

Gurmail told me that he comes from India and he has lived 12 years in Chicago.

In India Gurmail working repairing electric things. He became a taxi as an option.

Gurmail chose to live here because he already had friends in Chicago.

The tour, in fact, was not forward downtown: museums, towers, baseball camp, etc.

With this tour I could not escape the tourist view.

But in between our conversation I started to think that some work will come.

I asked Gurmail if he had visited few of this places.

He told me that he doesn’t have time for this.

Gurmail told me that since he arrived he only works and tries to make money.

I asked him if in the end he felt fully compensated.

Is this really compensated enough.

In reality this question is from myself.

The “American dream” compensated?

 
Daniele Marx, Taking a cab, 28.04.2010, Chicago.

Thank you for the pictures by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou

Chicago Works #3 (by Daniele Marx)

Beautiful Chicago Skyline
Printed in China

Visit Experimental Station / Dan Peterman

Friday evening April 30th, Marjolijn, Erik, Bas, George and Saskia made a visit to Experimental Station, at 6100 S. Blackstone Avenue in Chicago’s southern district. The Experimental Station started in 2001, and its history goes back to the start of the 1990s. It is a not-for-profit incubator of sustainability, through many different initiatives, among them the bike shop.

With Dan Peterman and Ken Dun we discussed issues of sustainability and encounter. George Korsmit and Saskia Jansen gave an introduction to their Rainbow Soul Club project in Amsterdam and the travel with 3 of its participants to Surinam in 2008. After dinner we played soccer in the multi-purpose working hall, and Dan showed us his work.

Bas and Sander Peterman after playing soccer.

Visit Experimental Station / Dan Peterman & Ken Dunn of the Resource Centre

BEYOND THE RUMOUR – The Works

Beyond the Rumour was the two day show in C-Tas on Thursday April 29th of the MFA AKV/St. Joost as part of Version>010. In this post are the new works that the students made for this occasion.

Dominique Teufen

Thomas I’anson

Lorelinde Verhees

Danielle Marx

Yiannis Papadopoulos

Dominique Teufen

special guest: Maggie Puckett

Mehdi-George Lahlou

Mari Stoel

Emy de Rooij

Kiki Cheng

Kiki Cheng

Janneke Kornet

Dominique Teufen

Miscellaneous Post #5 (Lorelinde Verhees)

BEYOND THE RUMOUR, Thursday, April 29th, opening / performances at C-TAS 5/7 pm

BEYOND THE RUMOUR

A crowd of people from Version festival, SAIC, and from the street gathered at the opening last THURSDAY 29th of April at C-TAS (Con-Temporary Art Space).

After an active working period in C-TAS the MFA students presented their findings in Chicago and new works relating to this context.

During the opening there were ongoing intimate, face-to-face performances by Mehdi-Georges Lahlou.

A local band performed and the magician Magic Cedric baffled us with his tricks.

Participating artists:  Mari Stoel, Dominique Teufen, Thomas I’Anson, Ian de Ruiter, Adam van Drimmelen, Emy de Rooij, Yiannis Papadopoulos, Loreline Verhees, Kiki Cheng, Janneke Kornet, Daniele Marx, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou and Maggie Puckett.

Chicago Works #2 (by Janneke Kornet)

Chicago works in progress #1 (Kiki Cheng)

Kiki Cheng collecting fingerprints of passers by in front of C-TAS