Jantine Wijnja

Printproofs HMK publication

Jantine — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:46:22 +0000

Printproofs publication “HMK {Hotel Mariakapel} 2008 -2010 Reunion”

The publication HMK {Hotel MariaKapel} 2008 – 2010 reunion is a reflection on the programme of artists initiative HMK for the period 2008 – 2010, the years in which Daniël Dennis de Wit and I worked as curators and directors. The book is designed by Michiel Schuurman and printed bij robstolk in 10 different spotcolors. It contains contributions specially designed for it by a wide range of artists. The book contains a glossary with information on all projects which have taken place at HMK between 2008 and 2010, and biographies of the artists involved in them.

On 11 December at 4 pm, the first copy will be presented to cultural councillor Peter Westenberg of the Municipality of Hoorn. We would like to celebrate this special occasion with you with glühwein and pastries. More information on that will follow soon.

Pavlov E-labs: Family Features #2

Jantine — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:43:14 +0000

A trailer of the video Pavlov made for this edition of their series Pavlov E-labs, themed “lines of belonging”, is now on youtube. It features some clips regarding Family Features, the project I just realized together with Jan Klug, Mineke … Continue reading →

Pavlov E-labs: Family Features

Jantine — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:33:59 +0000

Family Features, our contribution to the Pavlov e-labs project ‘lines of beloning’ is nearly there. Try outs will be this Wednesday, premieres Thursday, and your last chance to come over is on Saturday. Tickets at Noorderzon. Wish us luck!

Pavlov e-labs: Lines of Beloning

Jantine — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:27:21 +0000

It fits snugly with the RC21 “struggle to belong” conference: At the moment, computerwizard and multi-instrumentalist Jan Klug and myself are working on an interactive installation for Pavlov E-labs, an organization initating art/science crossovers. Both Jan and I have worked with Pavlov before, and are very excited to do so again.

We are collaborating closelywith genetic Biologist Jean-Christophe Billeter and historian Mineke Bosch. Our joint project will be presented during Noorderzon 2011

Dinner with Pavlov’s Nathalie Beekman, Mineke, Jean-Christophe, Jan and myself to go over the plans

RC21: The struggle to belong

Jantine — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:12:19 +0000

This Friday I will be presenting my work at a conference themed “The Struggle to belong”. The conference is held at UvA, Amsterdam, and is organized by RC21, a research comittee of sociologists focussing on urban and regional development. Also presenting are Thuur Caris, Natasha Tailor, Filipp Tantillo.

Art Babes

Jantine — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 19:00:08 +0000

I am participating in Daan Samsons faux pas project ‘Artbabes’. He collaborated closely with the excellent Jeronimus van Pelt. You may encounter my picture over the staircase at the fair until 13 February, at Daan Samsons website, or here.

self-writing poem #1, in Dutch

Jantine — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:59:47 +0000

What is selfwriting poetry?

Jantine — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:44:49 +0000

It’s a poetry excersise I like to do a lot. It often leaves me feeling somewhere in-between making a crossword puzzle and consulting the Ouija board.

You start by selecting two snippets of text from different sources, for instance some unsolicited mail tossed and a magazine paragraph. You cut out the individual words, selecting without restriction those that appeal to you. Also cut out most of the verbs and lots of words like ‘the’ and and ‘but’, which will help you glue together the more pronounced words in a way that makes sense to you.

Start playing around, making combinations. You’ll find that sentences start forming pretty easily and some words just seem to belong together.

I do this in Dutch usually, but I made one in English last night to accompany this post. In this case I used a snippet from a flap text for a crime novel and one from an out-of-date travel guide.