THE RIETVELD SOCIETY UPDATE MAY & JUNE 2024 Gerrit Rietveld Academie 16 MAY ON THE CONCEPT OF CRITIQUE Lecture by Tom Vandeputte @ Gerrit Rietveld Academie From 17:00 - 18:30 The lecture focuses on the concept of critique, discussing its history, origin, proclaimed demise and possible rearticulation. Develops a concept of critique as a “theoretical practice” that stays with the experience of negativity at its core: the desire to find a way out of an untenable situation. RSVP here More info 16 MAY – 20 JUN VAN GOGH’S SUNFLOWERS DEVOURING EACH OTHER Solo exhibition by Boyan Montero @ The Bookstore Foundation Pleinkamer, Amsterdam Workshop 15 JUN 13:30 - 17:00 A collage of Boyan Montero's work throughout the years 1996-2024. It represents an experimental and queer approach to archiving in a nonlinear manner. When is a work finished? This is the question this exhibition explores, all the while waiting for Godot. More info 17 MAY – 19 MAY ART ISLAND: “DEAR JOHN” Exhibition @ Forteiland, IJmuiden With a.o. Bein van Vlinsteren, David Kloosterboer, Mayya Kuznetsova, Gabriel Stoll, Mariana Charrua, Luca Moshech, Aske Hvitved, Max Onink & Elle van Baaren. 9 young artists who just graduated or are about to graduate Rietveld. Are showing on art-island at Ellen de Bruijne PROJECTS. The show 'Dear John,' is a mix between a type of pop-process and material-process art. Where formal, spacial and conceptual ideas clash. The ordinary is translated and subverted in multiple meanings. More info 18 MAY – 1 SEP THE SKETCH, ITS REALISTION & HER LOVERS Group exhibition with a.o. Martina Laruffa @ Drawing Centre Diepenheim Opening 18 MAY starting 15:00 Each work of art goes through these three phases – being an idea, being a work, and being cared for. The sketch, its realisation & her lovers focuses on exactly this. In a group exhibition with twelve artists, guest curator Caz Egelie explores the sketch as a starting point of something that will have consequences which extend into an unknown future. More info 19 MAY KNOTS, WEEDS & ROOTS A dinner with invasive and invited species @ Mediamatic, Amsterdam From 17:15 From earthy taste of reminiscence roots to the ephemeral sweetness of flowers, artists Uno Fujisawa, Alaa Abu Asad and Aslı Hatipoğlu use the lifecycle of the Japanese Knotweed as a starting point to take you on a culinary journey through personal stories about migration and adaptation. Tickets More info   18 MAY – 29 JUNE 1+1=1 Group exhibition @ Arti et Amicitae, Amsterdam Opening 17 MAY 19:00 - 22:00 This exhibition is about working together with artist that don’t know each other. Two artists make one work together, or more new ones. Interaction between young and old artists, the connections with multiple cultures. Besides the artworks, you will get an inside of the progress. With a.o. Mariken Overdijk, Maartje Jaquet, Roosje Verschoor, Fanja Bouts, Maze De Boer, PJ Roggeband More info & programme 30 MAY – 2 JUN AMSTERDAM ART WEEK X RIETVELD ALUMNI: CANOPY Exhibition @ Gerrit Rietveld Academie 31 MAY 17:00 Festive Friday Night including the launch of the Rietveld Alumni Index  1 JUN 14:00 Live glass blowing with Eva van der Zand 16:00 Guided tour with the curator  With: Darya Akhrameika, Tasha Arlova, Eve Boontje, Herman Hjorth Berge, Cemre Eraslan, Ingeborg Kraft Fermin & Abel Kars, Josefina Gilardi, Jieun Kim, Novi Otten, Anton Shebetko, Ilya Stasevich, Anna Tamm, Caro de Valk, Marthe Wille, Qiran Xu and Eva van der Zand.  The Gerrit Rietveld Academie is proud to present 16 projects, with alums from the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 at Amsterdam Art Week. The exhibition is curated by Tirza Kater. More info 30 MAY - 2 JUNE OPEN STUDIOS 2024 @ Rijksakademie, Amsterdam Artists in residence will share what has emerged from a period of experimenting, researching, and producing new work. For four days, all corridors and spaces in the building will be buzzing with creativity, with in addition to the multi-faceted studio presentations, an extensive programme of performances, talks and presentations. More info & tickets 31 MAY – 15 JUNE GREEN, GREEN – GRASS Exhibition and installation by Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø @ Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn For her project at Hotel Maria Kapel, artist Amalie ‘Sveske’ Ourø will cover the chapel floor with grass that will grow slowly throughout her residency. This monumental installation is part of the artist’s ongoing investigation of the human relation to grass, as the domestication of grass marks one of the major shifts in the history of humankind. Dwelling on the way we cultivated our land and maintained our clean-cut grass in strictly squared fields, Sveske’s project reflects on complex political topics such as the soaring biodiversity crisis, the farmers' strikes and global warming, as well as symbolically on our society’s ecosystem at large. Opening 31 MAY 16:00 - 19:00 15 JUN 11:00 - 16:00 Experimental grass dying day together with Sophie Dandanell More info & programme - 2 JUN WAAR EINDIGT HET? Solo exhibition Ceramic sculptures by Tilmann Meyer-Faje @ De Firma, Gouda More info 8 - 11 JUNE SAVE THE DATE You are cordially invited to Sandberg Instituut’s Graduation Exhibition 2024 @ DOOR OPEN SPACE, Amsterdam More info   - 19 JUNE CREVICE, APERTURE, INTERSTICE @ Eight Cubic Meters, Sint Nicolaasstraat, Amsterdam A new exhibition by Rietveld students Yunkyung Kwon and Yunji Song about the development of digital dissemination. More info 3 - 7 JUL GRADUATION SHOW 2024 @ Gerrit Rietveld Academie We'd like to invite you to the Gerrit Rietveld Academie Graduation Show 2024. Keep an eye on our website for more info and save the date! More info (soon) - 19 AUGUST AFTER THE SUN - FORECASTS FROM THE NORTH Group exhibition @ Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York After the Sun presents artistic responses to the climate crisis that range from the analytical to the speculative, the poetic to the political. The exhibition considers how emergencies at a Northern latitude reverberate globally and asks what images are generated in response. With a.o. Á. Birna Björnsdóttir More info RIETVELD TV EVOLVING SENSITIVITIES Episode by Margherita Soldati ‘At the age of 14, Margherita was diagnosed with a life-threatening allergy to all vegetables and fruits. Almost 20 years later, no discovery or scientific advancement could explain it. Driven by necessity, Margherita transformed her body into a research subject, a medium, and a laboratory, wondering: Why does my immune system recognize the food that should make me healthy as a toxin? What crucial role does the microbiome, our second genome, play in the complex workings of our immune system?’ Watch episode here Next episode RietveldTV by Nanna Due 25 + 26 MAY at 22:40 Hosted by AT5 RIETVELD SHOP RIETVELDS ACADEMIEGEBOUW: EEN LEVEND MONUMENT VOOR EIGENTIJDS KUNSTONDERWIJS Publication More info & order OPEN CALL RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN Film, video and multimedia works. Deadline 24 MAY Submit your work and more info OPEN CALL DEAD DARLINGS #19 ‘This Art Fair’ and ‘Dead Darlings’ collective are joining forces to bring you an exciting event combining elements of performance and exhibition. Take part in this alternative art auction and breathing life into one of your dead darlings. Deadline 25 MAY Submit your work OPEN CALL NO LIMITS! ART CASTLE We Need New Superstars In collaboration with The One Minutes Submit your 1-minute video before 1 JUN View Open Call The One Minutes OPEN CALL THE BEACH The Beach is looking for artists who live in Amsterdam Nieuw-West for future projects. Email your CV to teike@thebeach.nu PLEASE SHARE YOUR PROJECTS WITH ALUMNI@RIETVELDACADEMIE.NL Instagram | Send a friend ©2024 Gerrit Rietveld Academie Unsubscribe or update subscription