be my coral ___ be my rose particpatory project
the making of a site specific installation kindly supported by kunstraad groningen, stichting stokroos and the province of groningen.
this work will contain of a huge number of elements and can only come to live and grow over a period of 7 years with the helping hands of others. the installation will be presented every year at a different place until 2026 with a final presentation in open/u
first friday session 17th of may 2019. (view here the call for project participation : 14th session)
the project in process is recorded in the form of leporellos (first phase 14,5m in length) and a film documentation made by marleen höster /cine-beeld.
state of the art 09.12.2019: 82 collonies of approx. 100-250 fakes per group.
end of making proces (first phase) october 2020.
3rd project presentation
nevengeul (part of ijsselbiënnale) 2023, turnhal ellecom/nl
groep exhibition on the subject of fundamental tones (grondtonen).
participation with the colletive installation ‘be my coral ___ be my rose’
location turnhal ellecom, eikenstraat 5, 6955 jb ellecom/gelderland, nl
to be seen from 17 june – 17 september 2023, daily 11am-6pm
more general information to be found here
https://ijsselbiennale.nl/groepstentoonstellingen/
https://ijsselbiennale.nl/op-pad/
ijsselbiennale.nl/ijsselbiennale-2023/nevengeul/
2nd project presentation
bmc___bmr in cas di koral, groningen/nl, opening 2nd october 22
view from outside into the space, mirroring the giant fakes into the hand made carpet of elements (photograph taken bij wia van dijk)
first project presentation
galerie noord, groningen/nl, november 2020- february 2021
the project continues sinds april 2021. a core group of 13-15 helpers structurally works on the extension of the number of elements for a site specific installation of approx. 30 square meters ground, preferably going into the volume of a space by growing vertically.
the helping hands of young creators from visio/haren contribute to the ‘gesamtwerk’ at present for a couple of weeks.
the project in process is recorded in the form of leporellos (first phase 14,5m in length) and a film documentation made by marleen höster /cine-beeld.