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💫“The Hauntologists” is opening this weekend! Join us on our opening day on Saturday 10 September for a welcoming word at 16 hrs from BAK's Curator Post-Academic Program, @juliamorandeira .
"The Hauntologists" is a project emerging from within the BAK 2021/2022 Fellowship for Situated Practice. The term "hauntologist" served as a speculative proposition for the multifarious figure who uses spectrality to articulate unruly forms of critique and imagination—and who thus lives life as a way of spectral research.
BAK is open for visitors Wednesday–Sunday, from 13–19 hrs.
📍 Location: BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht
📆 Date: 10 September – 13 November
🔗 Find the link in our bio for more information!
Last winter, @vervoz and I quietly published the hybrid visual essay Nᴏɴᴀʟɪɢɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ. Pʀᴏᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴀ sᴘᴀᴛɪᴀʟ-ᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴏʀɪᴀʟ ᴘʀᴀxɪs. In it, we attempted to spatialize the framework of our interdisciplinary spatial approach and curatorial methodology-in-the-making. As we wrote there, our research “lingers in the promises of these [NAM] world-building projects, asking: what kinds of nonaligned thinking are in emergence now, and what are some of its characteristics across art, design, and spatial practices in the last ten to fifteen years? In what ways do these emergent modes of thinking tether between genealogies of the non-aligned and methods of production operating in socially and environmentally-engaged practices of the last twenty to thirty years? From a curatorial perspective, what kinds of politics of access are being performed through these non-aligned modes of thinking? What kinds of ‘publics’ (or notions of ‘public’ and ‘publicness’) are being called into (or back into) being?”
Over the coming six months, we are thrilled to be continuing to map forms and frames of ‘nonalignment thinking’ operating across contemporary practices — such a project feels more urgent than ever. Many thanks to @mondriaanfonds for supporting the curatorial research period, and to @tijdschriftkunstlicht for the opportunity to write through a first articulation of the research.
Watch out for more updates as we carry on with the work of scaffolding a think-tank of non-aligned thinkers, makers, and movers!
Merve Bedir: Scaffolds for the Common
Thursday, 29 January
19:00 - 21:00
The National Museum of the Romanian Peasant (Sala Noua Galerie)
Entrance from Str. Monetăriei 3
The proposition for this gathering was originally titled as the following: Design as/for scaffolding the intervals, collectivities, common, commons, neighbourship. The aim in this lengthy choice of words was to emphasize the agency as much as interrogating the capacity of creative interventions in supporting in these agencies.
Departing from the urgencies of perpetual disasters, the erasure of livelihoods by monocultural reconstruction programs, and the ethics of collaboration for sustenance, the gathering will focus on questions of design’s operation within the infrastructural gaps, and scaffolding for possible collectivities.
This presentation by Merve Bedir will build on the different roles she took on, the scales of intervention, and the ways she worked within situated practices that she selects from Maritsa River in Plovdiv, DEMKA steel factory workers’ learning structures, mangroves and villages of Deep Bay in Hong Kong, Kitchen Workshop in Gaziantep.
Merve Bedir practices architecture and landscape design as expanded infrastructures of hospitality and mobility. A path of her work refers to the collective intelligences and imaginaries of the landscape. Merve is the co-founder of Aformal Academy in Shenzhen, and founding member of Kitchen Workshop in Gaziantep and Center for Spatial Justice in Istanbul. Her recent design projects include Basecamp entrance space and tent interventions in Utrecht, the Netherlands, an industrial kitchen in Gaziantep and Postane simple repair project in Istanbul, Turkey
🌱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗣𝗼𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 is a new digital and print-on-demand publication by L’Internationale Online.
Bringing together over twenty artists, curators, academics and activists, the series and resulting publication were conceived as an iterative space of dialogue and exchange across discursive, artistic, political and operational registers in response to climate breakdown and ecological degradation.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 assembles contributions published on and by the platform in the context of the 𝘾𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙪𝙢 (𝙄–𝙄𝙑), a series of seminars hosted by 𝗛𝗗𝗞-𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 between 2023 and 2025, as part of the four-year project 𝙈𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙪𝙢 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨.
👉🏽 Available for reads and free downloads on L’Internationale Online, with the option to order a print-on-demand to your house. 💌
#MuseumoftheCommons #MOC #CreativeEurope #internationaleonline #internationale #publication #Climate #Reader #ClimateReader
@msnwarszawa@museoreinasofia@macba_barcelona@mhkamuseum@salt_online@vanabbemuseum@instituteofradicalimagination_@HDK_valand@ncad_dublin@tranzit.ro.bucuresti@tranzitiasi@zrcsazu@kyivbiennial@immaireland@mgplusmsum@wiels_brussels@msuzagreb
Final Reviews
Spring Semester 2025
Join us next Tuesday, May 27, 2025, for our final studio reviews to end the spring semester 2025. We dearly welcome our guests @vervoz@cicek_asli Kaschka Knapkiewicz as well as Shadi Rahbaran.
Taking place at our studio HIL C15 from 09.00 until 18.00 followed by an amazing apéro by @shahinaz_bilal
#ethz #atavism #darch #architecture #finalreviews #ethzurich
𝗛𝗼𝗲 𝘇𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗱𝗲 𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘂𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻?🌱🐦
Dit was één van de vragen die deelnemers konden overdenken tijdens de Nightwalk, georganiseerd door Gemene Grond en @expodium.utrecht in het toekomstige Merwede-gebied. Onder leiding van @dubcovsky , @bartwitte , curator @carlijndiesfeldt en artist-in-residence @vervoz verkenden we de verbindingen in dit nieuwe gebied.
Hoogtepunten: we reflecteerden in stilte aan de oever van het Merwedekanaal, ontdekten historische sporen en dachten na over de toekomst van Merwede. Prachtige suggesties voor brugnamen kwamen naar voren, zoals Regenvanger en Vliegend tapijt.
Hoe nu verder? Je leest het via de link in bio! 🎥:@dailyphoetry
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗹?🌱🐦
This was one of the questions participants pondered during the Nightwalk organized by Gemene Grond and Expodium in the future Merwede area.
Under the guidance of Friso Wiersum, Bart Witte, curator Carlijn Diesfeldt, and artist-in-residence Merve Bedir, we explored the connections in this new area.
Highlights: we reflected in silence by the banks of the Merwede Canal, discovered historical traces, and contemplated the future of Merwede. Wonderful suggestions for bridge names emerged, such as Rain Catcher and Flying Carpet.
What’s next? You can read more via the link in bio! #gemenegrond #commoning #merwedekanaal
“Oh woman, in whose hands is the truth is a slogan, and homes rise after homes.” From Aleppo to the women of Syria - via Lubna Alkanawati and Al-Sadiq Haleem Kawa.
✨ Nightwalk Merwede – Wandel je mee?
Op zaterdag 25 januari organiseert Gemene Grond i.s.m @expodium.utrecht een bijzondere wandeling bij zonsondergang langs het Merwedekanaal. Samen ontdekken we de rijke geschiedenis van de plek en reflecteren we op de toekomst. Hoe ervaren het kanaal, de natuur en dieren deze omgeving? En wat kunnen we daarvan leren?
Welke namen zouden de nieuwe bruggen krijgen? De nieuwe bruggen verbinden niet alleen twee oevers, maar staan ook symbool voor verbinding op bredere schaal. Hoe zouden planten, dieren en zelfs het water deze bruggen beschrijven? En hoe leggen wij mensen dit uit aan andere soorten?
Tijdens deze wandeling verkennen we samen ideeën voor de toekomst en leggen we de basis voor een nieuwe kunstopdracht rondom de bruggen. Wandel je mee?
📅 Wanneer: Zaterdag 25 januari 2025
🕔 Tijd: 16:30 – 18:00 uur (verzamelen vanaf 16:15)
📍 Waar: Kanaal30, ingang Café Keet
Aanmelden niet nodig, het is gratis!
#Nightwalk #Merwedekanaal #GemeneGrond #NieuweBruggen
✨ Nightwalk Merwede – Will you join us?
On Saturday, January 25th, Gemene Grond invites you for a special sunset walk along the Merwedekanaal. Together, we’ll uncover the rich history of this area and reflect on its future. How might the canal, nature, and animals experience this space? And what can we learn from that?
What names would the new bridges have?
The new bridges don’t just connect two sides—they symbolize broader connections. How might plants, animals, and even the water describe these bridges? And how would we, as humans, explain them to other species? During this walk, we’ll explore ideas for the future and lay the foundation for a new art commission connected to the bridges. Will you join us?
📅 When: Saturday, January 25, 2025
🕔 Time: 4:30 – 6:00 PM (meet at 4:15 PM), Free admission
📍 Where: Kanaal30, entrance Café Keet
![Last winter, @vervoz and I quietly published the hybrid visual essay Nᴏɴᴀʟɪɢɴᴍᴇɴᴛ ᴄᴏᴍᴇs ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ. Pʀᴏᴘᴏsɪᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ᴀ sᴘᴀᴛɪᴀʟ-ᴄᴜʀᴀᴛᴏʀɪᴀʟ ᴘʀᴀxɪs. In it, we attempted to spatialize the framework of our interdisciplinary spatial approach and curatorial methodology-in-the-making. As we wrote there, our research “lingers in the promises of these [NAM] world-building projects, asking: what kinds of nonaligned thinking are in emergence now, and what are some of its characteristics across art, design, and spatial practices in the last ten to fifteen years? In what ways do these emergent modes of thinking tether between genealogies of the non-aligned and methods of production operating in socially and environmentally-engaged practices of the last twenty to thirty years? From a curatorial perspective, what kinds of politics of access are being performed through these non-aligned modes of thinking? What kinds of ‘publics’ (or notions of ‘public’ and ‘publicness’) are being called into (or back into) being?”Over the coming six months, we are thrilled to be continuing to map forms and frames of ‘nonalignment thinking’ operating across contemporary practices — such a project feels more urgent than ever. Many thanks to @mondriaanfonds for supporting the curatorial research period, and to @tijdschriftkunstlicht for the opportunity to write through a first articulation of the research.Watch out for more updates as we carry on with the work of scaffolding a think-tank of non-aligned thinkers, makers, and movers!](https://sp1.picnob.com/p/pt_6739617032102273623514_0_606b2e4cf8e8f681c3a92cb9b80b2e1f.jpg?o=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&h=a98734720b56d73fab5951bd83afad6f)
