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Talk & Walk – Darcy Neven
Talk & Walk is een serie ontmoetingen met de kunstenaars die werkzaam zijn bij Greylight Projects in Heerlen. Tijdens de Talk & Walk sessies vertellen de kunstenaars over werk en hun project in Heerlen.
De eerste Talk & Walk sessie is met kunstenares Darcy Neven.
Darcy Neven (1991) is beeldend kunstenaar, schrijver, tuinier en voorlichter op het gebied van kunst en ecologie. (http://darcyneven.com/). Neven heeft eerder haar werk in Schunck getoond tijden de expositie ‘Landscape Works with Piet Oudolf and LOLA: in search of Sharawadgi. Na deze expositie is zij verder op pad gegaan met haar kas en is in daarmee aangeland in de tuin van Greylight Projects. Hier in de tuin toont ze de kas, het verloop van haar project en gaat ze aan de slag in de tuin om deze verder te ontwikkelen en er groenten te kweken.
Tijdens het verblijf en werken in de tuin zal Darcy het publiek meenemen in haar ervaringen en zienswijze. Neven nodigt dan ook uit voor een moment om bij een kopje thee te praten over tuinieren. Neven: “Ik zou graag een kopje thee zetten, zodat we het samen kunnen delen. Het kopje thee is een natuurlijke manier om te vertragen. In het proces van vertragen, is de roep van Moeder Natuur aanwezig. Ik zou graag mijn verhaal vertellen, over mijn roeping en hoe het lopende proces van de mobiele kas daar een manifestatie van is. Een manifestatie om het belang van tuinieren en het verbouwen van je eigen voedsel te delen. Om te delen waarom tuinieren geen hobby is, noch een trend, maar een verklaring van vrijheid en revolutie. “
De komende Talk & Walk sessies worden georganiseerd in samenwerking met het Schunck museum in het kader van de expositie ‘Keith Haring: Grace House Mural’
Wie: Darcy Neven
Wanneer: 23 april 13:00-15:00
Waar: Schaesbergerweg 58, 6415 AJ Heerlen
Reserveren via: bezoek@greylightprojects.org
OPENING SOON in Brussels:
Eva Gold & Elisabeth Molin
Greylight Projects Brussels
presents:
Eva Gold & Elisabeth Molin
Curated by: Brenda Guesnet
In collaboration with Lock Up International
Open by appointment from 28.04 – 22.05.2022
Location: 1180 Brussels, exact location communicated upon booking
link: https://greylightprojects.org/lockup/
ONGOING:
'A defense' an exhibition by Emile Hermans
Greylight Projects is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Emile Hermans titled A Defense. Early 2021, during a sars-cov-2 lockdown, the artist conducted a two-month residency at Greylight Projects and the results of this residency forms the exhibition A Defense.
A Defense is Emile Hermans´ response to the pandemic and how we had to adapt to the world-wide implemented restrictions: lockdowns, face masks, social distancing, etc. The artist says: ¨It made me rethink isolation and its impact on the mind – something I have always been interested in and somehow idealized.¨
The artist has a fascination for bastioned fortifications; beyond their once – assumed – power to protect, their geometry has an aesthetic quality that still endures – especially seen from above, away from the hustle bustle on the ground – despite the ravages of time. These once mighty forts have turned into ruins, remnants have become buried deep into the fabric of a 21st century settlement (Maastricht, for example).
Can we have an aesthetic experience of what’s left of these forts – their abstract geometry – now their original function has been lost to a past? Moreover, can an aesthetic experience of abstract geometry – idealized as symmetry and harmony – offer consolation in times of social isolation and the violation of bodily integrity?
Emile Hermans (1988; www.emilehermans.com) is a Maastricht-based artist. He has a BFA from the Academy of Fine Arts Maastricht (2015) and a MFA from LUCA School of Arts Brussels (2017). He is a member of the collectives Nowhere Collective and Center for Artistic Sensibilities.
opening: Friday 01.04.2022 , 17:00-21:00
date: 02.04.2022 - 15.05.2022 opening hours: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun , 13:00-17:00 & open by appointment (email to visit@greylightprojects.org)location: Schaesbergerweg 58, 6415 AJ, Heerlen
link: https://greylightprojects.org/a-defense-an-exhibition-by-emile-hermans/
The gardener’s function is regeneration by Darcy Neven
The gardener’s function is regeneration is a project and presentation by Darcy Neven in Greylight Projects’ garden. Neven shows an overview of her practice with her mobile greenhouse Het Huis (i.e. The House) as the centerpiece. The title of the project is a reference to Clarissa Pinkola Estés´ Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype.
Darcy Neven has been working on this project since 2012. She walked with her mobile greenhouse from Maastricht to Heerlen where it was shown in Schunck Museum as part of the exhibition ‘in search of Sharawadgi’ around the works of Piet Outdolf.
The mobility of the greenhouse makes it a center to gather stories; Neven´s and other people´s stories. For the artist and eco-feminist, gardening is political as it is a form of radical healing by grounding us in an active life of connecting to and learning from the world at large.
Adjacent to Greylight Projects´ garden, in the canteen, the artist will show documentation of her projects and her ceramics. Darcy Neven will be able to sow seeds to have conversations. For the artist, starting these conversations are ways to inspire people to rethink the food industry.
The presentation is the starting point of her artist-in-residency; during her residency she will work in the garden (a former schoolyard) and in the canteen, where she will turn documentation of her projects and stories into a narrative. The residency will run till the end of the gardening season (i.e. autumn).
The presentation The gardener’s function is regeneration by Darcy Neven is part of the STADEXPO in Heerlen organized by ‘PAND.
Darcy Neven (1991) is a visual artist, writer, gardener, and educator of art and ecology.
link: http://darcyneven.com/
opening: Friday 01.04.2022 , 17:00-21:00
date: 02.04.2022 - 15.05.2022 & open by appointment (email to visit@greylightprojects.org)
opening hours: Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun , 13:00-17:00
location: Limaweg 3, 6415 XD Heerlen and / or Schaesbergerweg 58, 6415 AJ Heerlen
link: https://greylightprojects.org/the-gardeners-function-is-regeneration-by-darcy-neven/
Where are we now?
new artist in resident: Luca Soudant
Greylight Projects is pleased to announce that artist Luca Soudant has been selected for the Very Contemporary residency and artist project. Luca was selected by a jury consisting of former guest artist Arthur Cordier (former guest artist 2021) Brenda Guesnet (IKOB – Museum für Zeitgenössische Kunst) and Roy Voragen (Greylight Projects).
We are looking forward to welcoming Luca Soudant to Greylight Projects and seeing their project develop in the coming months. You can follow our website or social channels for further updates on their work!
For more information about the works of Luca Soudant you can take a look at their website.
link: https://greylightprojects.org/new-artist-in-resident-luca-soudant/
Where are we now?
artist in residence: Claude Horstmann
As second artist in residence we welcome Claude Horstmann for her three-month artist-in-residency at Greylight Projects in Heerlen, the Netherlands. Horstmann ( claudehorstmann.de) lives and works in Stuttgart and Marseille. She studied art history at the University of Osnabrueck (M.A.) and Fine arts at the Stuttgart State Academy of Arts. Claude Horstmann has been awarded various grants and residencies in Germany and abroad, including by the Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg, Ville de Marseille and Ville de Strasbourg. Her last solo exhibitions took place at Laura Mars Gallery (Berlin), Goethe-Institut Lyon, Centre International de Poésie (Marseille) She participated among others in group shows in Stuttgart, Berlin, Saint-Étienne and Marseille. Last year Claude Horstmann was already present in Heerlen with her works. She participated in the projects What the Flag?! in the centre of Heerlen and the billboard series ' All of them have a promisse'. link: https://greylightprojects.org/artist-in-residence-claude-horstmann/
Greylight Projects is supported by the Mondriaan Fonds for the general program for the years 2021 & 2022 with a 'Podium Start' grant .
Greylight Projects is supported by the gemeente Heerlen for the #TOKTOK platform.
Greylight Projects is part of #TOKTOK,platform for cultural initatives in Heerlen. Greylight Projects is a member of Very Contemporary, the network of contemporary art venues in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion.
Greylight Projectswww.greylightprojects.org office@greylightprojects.org mail/ post: Schaesbergerweg 58, 6415 AJ, Heerlen visit/ bezoek: Limaweg 3, 6415XD, Heerlen
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