“Film + Art” opens May 31st

15May

Nederlands >>
On May 31st, “Film en Kunst” opens in Galerie de Pieter with live performances, eleven site specific installations, sculpture, paintings and drawings in the gallery.

Programme for the opening
+/- 20:30: Bed Peace + Rear Window
performance + installation by Carmen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff
+/- 21:30: Post
theatre + installation by Roggeveen|Olijerhoek
+/- 22:30: The dorsal chance
performance+installation by French choreographer, Emilie Gallier

The concept behind the exhibition is not only to show art that engages with or is a critique of film as a medium, but the show also includes 42 films from the Leiden International Short Film Experience (LISFE), which runs from 1 to 8 June. Some of the paintings, drawings, sculpture, soundscapes and films by the 25 artists relate to the content in these films and so as visitor you might ask just what is the experience – an art exhibition or a film festival?

“Film + Kunst” Galerie de Pieter, Breestraat 46, Leiden,
open: Saturday/Sunday (za/zo): 13-17.00,
Thursday (do) 6 June + Friday (vr) 7 June: 17:30-19:30

See for the 1-8 June LIsFE events

More
THE ARTISTS in the “de Pieter” exhibition >>
About two “film+art” exhibitions in Leiden >>
Programma “film+kunst” EXTRA | Programme of events >>

Open: sat + sun (za + zo) June-7 July: 13-17.00, 6 + 7 June: 17.30-19.30
+ 11, 25, 28, 29, 30 June: 19.30-22.00
+ 21 June: 16-18.00, 30 June: 13.00-22.00
+ 2 July: 19:30-22.00, 6 July: 13.00-22.00

Roster for the artists in the gallery

1 June: 13-15.00Robbert Pauwels + Sonja van Kerkhoff
1 June: 15-17.00Wendy van Baar + Sonja van Kerkhoff
2 June: 13-15.00Coen van der Geest + Sonja van Kerkhoff
2 June: 15-17.00Coen van der Geest
6 June: 17.30-19:30Klaas Bolhuis + Sonja van Kerkhoff
7 June: 17.30-19:30Klaas Bolhuis + Gideon Roggeveen
8 June: 13-15.00Suzanne van Rossenberg
8 June: 15-17.00Suzanne van Rossenberg
9 June: 13-15.00Daniëlle Celie + Karin
9 June: 15-17.00Daniëlle Celie + Karin
11 June: 19.30-22.00Gideon Roggeveen + Sonja van Kerkhoff
15 June:gallery opened/closed by: Gideon
15 June: 13-15.00Gideon Roggeveen
15 June: 15-17.00Robbert Pauwels
16 June:gallery opened/closed by: Barthel Brusse
16 June: 15-17.00Katharina Pohlmann + Adrian Faes
21 June:gallery opened/closed by: Sonja
21 June: 16-18.00Sonja van Kerkhoff + Henk Hannemann
22 June:gallery opened/closed by: Inge Reisberman
22 June: 13-15.00Inge Reisberman
22 June: 15-17.00Inge Reisberman
22 June:gallery opened/closed by: Henk Hennemann
23 June: 13-15.00Wendy van Baar + Henk Hannemann
23 June: 15-17.00Henk Hannemann
25 June: 19.30-22.00Gideon Roggeveen + Sonja van Kerkhoff
28 June: 19.30-22.00Inge Reisberman
29 June:gallery opened by: Charlotte Boschma
29 June: 13-15.00Christie Greeve + Yoke Ferwerda
29 June: 15-17.00Christie Greeve + Yoke Ferwerda
29 June: 17.00-18.30Wendy van Baar
29 June: 18.30-19.30Sonja van Kerkhoff
29 June: 19.30-22.00Sonja, Gideon, Erik
29 June:gallery closed by: Sonja van Kerkhoff
30 June:gallery opened by: Sonja
30 June: 13-15.00Theolieke Smit
30 June: 15-17.00Wendy van Baar + Theolieke Smit
30 June: 17.00-19.30GALLERY IS CLOSED
30 June: 19.30-22.00Danny Molenaar + Sonja
2 July: 19.30-22.00Gideon Roggeveen + Sonja van Kerkhoff
7 July:gallery opened by: Barthel Brusse
6 July: 13-15.00Catharina van Velden + Iris Mechielsen
6 July: 15-17.00Catharina van Velden + Iris Mechielsen
6 July: 17.00-19.30Henk Hennmann
6 July: 19.30-22.00Fields of Wonder, Daniëlle Celie + Karin
7 July:gallery opened by: Barthel Brusse
7 July: 13-15.00Erik Flikkenschild + Astrid Moors
7 July: 15-17.00Erik Flikkenschild + Astrid Moors
7 July: 17.00-19.30Sonja van Kerkhoff
7 July: 19.30-22.00Access is only via the side door in the alley: Gideon Roggeveen + Sonja van Kerkhoff

“Film + Kunst” opent 31 mei

14May

In English >>

Performances en elf site specific (speciaal op de locatie gerichte) installaties, schilderijen, tekeningen en skulptuur in Galerie De Pieter. De opzet van de tentoonstelling is niet alleen om kunst te tonen die verband houdt met het medium film of daar een reactie op is.

Er worden ook 42 films vertoond van het Leiden International Short Film Experience (LIsFE). Het LIsFE is een jaarlijks festival dat in Leiden wordt gehouden en nu plaatsvindt van 1 tot en met 8 juni. Het festival is gewijd aan experimentele en creatieve korte films of short films.

Van de 25 deelnemende kunstenaars worden er schilderijen, beelden en geluidskunst (‘soundscapes’) getoond, waarin een relatie wordt gelegd met de films van het LIsFE.

De opening is vrijdagavond 31 mei om 20.00 uur.
“Film + Kunst” Galerie de Pieter, Breestraat 46, Leiden,
open: zaterdag + zondag: 13-17.00
+ (do) 6 juni + (vr) 7 juni: 17:30-19:30

Meer
Programme of performances for the opening on May 31st >>

About two “film+art” exhibitions in Leiden >>

THE ARTISTS in the “de Pieter” exhibition >>

Roster for the artists in the gallery >>

Voor 5 juni worden de voorstellingen en film avonden ook hier toegelicht.

“Film + Art” 2 shows – Leiden

30Apr

“Film and Art” is an exhibition of installations, paintings, drawings, sculpture, video, live theatre and performance which includes 42 short films from the Leiden International Short Film Experience (LIsFE) to be shown in two locations in Leiden in June-July 2013. Some of the 25 artists’ works relate to the content of these films and other works are innovative interpretations on the themes or media, of film and art.

“Film and Art”
Galerie De Pieter (the location and what’s current)
Breestraat 46, Leiden

Open: 1 June – 7 July, Saturdays + Sundays: 1 – 5 p.m., and
Thurs + Fri, 6 + 7 June: 5.30 p.m. – 7.30 p.m.

Opening: 31 May, 8 p.m.
Live theatre and performances: 9 p.m. till midnight. Programme details

Information about this exhibition is on the “Galerie De Pieter” gallery website in Dutch with English underneath this.

Sonja van Kerkhoff is curating the exhibition “Film and Art” in collaboration with LIsFE (the Leiden International Short Film Experience, an annual event since 2007).

For the “Galerie De Pieter” she is working with Michel Siebes and for the location at Aalmarkt 15 she is working with Robbert Pauwels and Carmen McGlinn.

“Film and Art – artists take film into sculpture”
Robbert Pauwels, Sonja van Kerkhoff + Carmen McGlinn
Aalmarkt 15
Open: 1 – 8 June, 1 – 5 p.m., Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat. Other times to be added.
Robbert, Sonja and Carmen will be working in the Aalmarkt shop space as artists-in-residence for 21-31 May. Artists in the other show might work here as well.
Open: 22-24 May: 1-6 p.m. Feel welcome to drop in or to come and give at hand.

The films to be incorporated into installations in these exhibitions are protected with a password until the filmmakers have been contacted >>

Artists in the “Galerie De Pieter” exhibition
Inge Reisberman   www.ingereisberman.nl
Fields of Wonder   www.fieldsofwonder.nl
Yoke Ferwerda   www.pek-ede.nl
Daniëlle Celie   www.daniellecelie.com
Barthel Brussee   www.barthelbrussee.nl
Wendy van Baar   www.wendyvanbaar.nl
Robbert Pauwels   www.robbertpauwels.com
Christiaan van Tol   www.christiaanvantol.nl
Katharina Pöhlmann   www.katharinapohlmann.com
Suzanne van Rossenberg   www.suzannevanrossenberg.nl
Carmen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff   www.sonjavank.com
Erik Flikkensch​ild + “Zonder Passe Partouts”   www.flikkenschild.nl
Gideon, Roggeveen|Olijerhoek, Erik   www.roggeveen-olijerhoek.nl
Catharina van Velden   www.catharinavanvelden.nl
Coen van der Geest   www.youtube.com/leesmapman
De Natte Wang/Kuiper en Berbee
Iris Mechielsen   www.irismechielsen.nl
Christie Greeve   www.christiegreeve.nl
Loes van Dorp   vimeo.com/loesvandorp
Theolieke Smit   www.kunstproef.info
Emilie Gallier   www.galeries.nl
Michel Siebes   www.msiebes.nl
Astrid Moors   www.astridmoors.nl
Adrian Faes   www.adrianfaes.nl
Henk Hannemann

About Galerie De Pieter
Galerie De Pieter is currently located in the premises of the old Breestraat Post office (Breestraat 46) and traces of this, such as a huge vault have been retained inside the gallery. The space includes numerous small rooms. For this show artists have been invited to make site specific installations in these.

“Galerie De Pieter” itself is a collective of Leiden artists who started organizing exhibitions, aimed mainly as a venue for contemporary art practice in Leiden in August 2009. In April 2010 they began curating exhibitions at Breestraat 46 when this building became empty. It is currently the largest contemporary art gallery space in the city of Leiden but the future of this is uncertain because the building has been sold by the city council to a private investor. The exhibitions vary dramatically in style and content. An overview of their exhibitions is here >> exposities.   Their homepage contains information about the current show.

Leiden based New Zealand artist, Sonja van Kerkhoff is curating the “Film and Art” for the first time for Galerie De Pieter, with one of the “de Pieter” artists, Michel Siebes.

“Film and Art” @ OpenMakers, Aalmarkt 15
8 May – 8 June 2013

“LIsVHSfe” by Niek Hilkmann + Sandra Gnjatovic – the studio is first used as the set for a VHS short film and then as podium for a night of VHS films.
A site specific installation by Robbert Pauwels in the front window.
“A multi-vision meditation” by Carmen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff. An installation with televisions inside a dome of branches and twigs.
And “An inland soul at sea” – projections of LIsFE films onto suspended objects.

OpenMakers is a studio space coordinated by “Peen en Ui” – a Leiden-based cultural facilitator. Information in Dutch/Info in Nederlands

 

The films selected for the two exhibitions

1Jan

Short Films
shown in Galerie De Pieter or Aalmarkt 15  More about the exhibitions >>

Bird of Flames – dir: Chel White, prod: David Lynch, U.K.

9 Times – animation: SansCulotte music: 9 Times LP

Dawn of the Rainbow – animation: Katie Godwin, U.K.
soundtrack: Wayne Urquhart, U.K.

to be or not to beMehdi Zarei, Iran (watch)

Vertige – dir: Christophe Gautry + Mathieu Brisebras,
sound: Jean-François Cavro. Shot in Toyko, produced in France.

Dankumba – dir: Bakary Diallo, photography: Sylvain Briend,
music:Pacifique, Kati, production: Le Fresnoy, France

PluralDan Inglis, New Zealand (watch)

Gotland & the Infinite Whistle – by Juliacks, Sweden sound score: a live performance with MAG, the audience and Juliacks at an event produced by GRRRNDZERO in Lyon, France (watch), 2012, 9 min
Footage from Almedalen Week- an eco-rock festival in Gotland. The actions appear to be rituals for mother earth

New Hippie Future – by Dalibor Baric, Croatia (watch), 2011, 4 min
Surreal stop motion collage featuring a butterfly collection.

El Sandara / The atticMohamed Shawky, Egypt (watch)

CRJYKLCW – dir: Pierrick Servais, prod: Tapas Films, France

Disfire – dir: Clement Mona, prod: Alligator Studio, France (trailer)

Esctatic Mould

Eyewitness

Between Regularity and Irregularity – Tsutani Masahiro, Japan
(synopsis + stills)

Disturbdance – by Guli Silberstein, UK / Palestinian Territories / Israel (watch), 2012, 3 min 26 sec
A woman waves her hands and jumps around to stop two soldiers shooting at people in her village. The footage is slowed down and pixelized so the gestures appear to be like a dance between three partners.

Portraits d’Ombre – by Anne-Lise King, France (watch), 2012, 3 min
Wire sculptures create shadows in the sand reminescent of human faces. Music: mandolin + cello.

Behind The WindowNagham Abboud (watch)

Carbon – animation/dir: Dylan Ladds (watch)

AnoesisMounia Akl & Cyril Aris, Lebanon (watch)

Dot in the line – by Basir Mahmood, Pakistan (watch), 2012, 1 min
Pun on the fable, the tortoise and the hare.

For the following films you need to email Sonja for the password
Robo Cats in Titan City – Paul Wiersbinski, Germany (watch) 5 min 4 sec Documentation of his video installation which touches on various social theories related to media and perception.

Why Not Kill a Fly! – Farhad Alizadeh, Iran (watch) 5 min. A cleverly drawn and designed animation.

Suddenly, Last Summer – Juha Mäki-Jussila, Finalnd (watch) 4 min 19 sec Stop animation featuring the plant world. The soundscapes, snipbits from old films, introduce an unease.

The Night of Badr – Mehdi Hmili, Tunisia (watch) 25 min. Black + White, French with English undertitles. Months after the Tunisian revolution, Badr, an elderly famous poet is called from his exile to return to Tunisia. He spends his last night in Paris with his young lover Philippe. Is a man who maintained his intellectual liberty for years, prepared to maintain his sexuality in his country where homosexuality still is a taboo?

Sea – Miia Rinne, Finalnd (watch) 5 min 43 sec The sound of the sea accompanied by paintings and film glitches. Midway the sound mutates as if affected by the visual mutations. Visually stunning.

Kingdom of women – Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi, Pakistan/United Arab Emitrates, music: Muqeem Khan (watch), 2011, 9 min.
A camera on the move in a woman’s world – the Meena Bazar in Karachi which is open only to female entrepreneurs and customers.

The Floating World – Ian Campbell, Canada (watch), 2012, 8 min 32 sec.
A beautifully surreal and nostalgic world

Morning Fears, Night Chants – Roula Lattkani and Salma Deiry, Syria (watch) Prod: Syrians Within Borders, 25 min. Arabic with English subtitles
The film centers on a young woman who sings melodic songs of protest about the terrors happening in her country. These songs are a form of liberation – her own revolution against the repressions within herself, those against Syrian citizens.

Wojoh (Faces) – Said Najmi, Jordan (watch), 2012, 38 min
Vivid snapshot of Bedouin family life in the Jordanian Petra desert.

The very sad story of the augustus – Ozge Akoglu, Turkey (watch), 2013, 3 min. Hommage to a monument: the Temple of Augustus in Ankara

Threshold Economics – Hope Peterson, Canada (watch), 2011, 5min 30 sec. Observations from a high vantage point

still – Leah Decter
Canada (watch) 3 min 43 sec. Subtle dark abstract watery imagery

Mali – Elissa Ayoub, Lebanon (watch), 2012, 25 min.
Centers on Mali, a Sri Lankan domestic worker who lives with a Lebanon family in an appartment six flights up. The film gives an insight into the vulnerability of her life being trapped here away from her culture, as well as that of suburban life in Lebanon.

Deaf Day / Yom Samt / Jour Sourd – Rana Kazkaz, Anas Khalaf, Syria/France (watch), 2011, 16 min
A mother and her deaf son go over their day in the park. She teaches him lessons in tolerance and understanding.

Going somewhere? – Shachindra Kumar Dass, Finland, India (watch), 2012,
4 min 33 Silhouettes of passing cyclists, cars and buses

Autoportrait – Natali Ilchuk, Ukraine ( ), 2011, 4 min, 30 sec
An ode in visuals to the Zaporozhets: a series of subcompact cars built and designed in the Soviet Ukraine, 1958-1994.

Life and Hereafter – Khaled Khella
Egypt (watch) 3 min. A man locks his bicycle to a tree to then pray. While praying he hears the thief sawing through the lock. His delimma is whether to stop praying?

Elegy Sandra Vida, Canada (watch), 2011, 10 min 10
Nature imagery on the theme of mortality

Embarkation Sini Pelkki, Finland (watch), 2012, 7 min 10
Landscapes and forests

Movement # 4 City – Daniel Hopkins, U.K.
(watch) 7 min Pathways and roads through forested landscapes

In Memoriam – Niina Suominen, Finland (watch), 2012, 6 min 36 sec Nostalgic images of a derelict house are contrasted with bidding at an auction.

van Kerkhoff | McGlinn

1Jan

A listing of projects by Sonja van Kerkhoff with either:
Sen, Toroa, Tama or Carmen McGlinn

Sonja van Kerkhoff, born in Aotearoa / New Zealand is a visual artist who works in various media from video to performance to printmaking to sculpture. When she collaborates with others often these artworks are co-authored. sonjavank.com. Carmen’s website

2013
21- 31 May 2013, Aalmarkt 15B, Leiden
31 May – 7 July, Breestraat 46, Leiden

For “Film and Art” Carmen and Sonja will build a site specific video installation in the Aalmarkt which will incorporate a number of the LIsFE films. In Galerie De Pieter they will produce a performance-installation inspired by John Lennon, Yoko Ono, June Naim Paik + Alfred Hitchcock.

2013
18 May – 9 June 2013, Breestraat 46, Leiden
“Prayer Wheels” (Gebeds twee-wieler) is made by Carmen and Sonja

2013
9 – 21 May 2013, Land Art Maastricht Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff

25 Feb – 2 March 2013, Tahora High-country International Sculpture Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff

2 Feb – 1 April 2013, video installation, Puke Ariki, New Plymouth, Aotearoa | New Zealand Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff

15 Dec 2012 – 15 January 2013, art residency, Rotorua, Aotearoa | New Zealand Sen McGlinn + Sonja van Kerkhoff