Two evenings for stray images and sounds, curated together with Julia van Mourik in 2011
In April and May, I guest-curated two editions of Lost & Found, a monthly programme curated by Julia van Mourik and one or several guest(s).
Lost & Found is held in the former Theatrum Anatomicum in De Waag, Amsterdam, where Rembrandt painted his famous paining ‘the anatomical lesson‘. In its thirteenth year of running, Lost & Found is still sold out within ten minutes after opening.
April edition
Especially for Lost & Found author and philatelist John Tingey came over from London. His book ‘The Englishman Who Posted Himself and Other Curious Objects’ details the story of W. Reginald Bray who, early in the 20th century, mailed many strange objects – including himself. Breure and Van Hulzen, two young artist about to head to Nigeria for their Nollywood project, gave us a real taste of the Nollywood world and its suffusing in religion by inviting a Nigerian minister to speak. Sander Veenhof and Steven Jouwersma spoke about the projects they set up in Cameroon for Elopement.
Also on show were slides of a great-uncle in Africa, a presentation by Martijn Kleppe on news photography gone wrong, and a photographer driving his Ford F250 into Point Sublime in the summer of 1984 to photograph a sunset.
May edition
For the eving of May 6, artist Constant Dullaart joined us in curating. We followed a trail of nighttime neon light in London in the 60′s in a hallucinating film on homosexuality, rape, disgust and incredulity. My friend Alicia told about life without a fullfledged legal identity. Kristin Lucas told about her project ‘refresh‘. JODI realized a laptop performance over distance, Ubermorgen told about the Vote Auction project they set up during the 2000 USA presidential elecotions (Gore vs Bush), and a film by artist Cindy Moorman about a small village called Loo.
Reviews of both events can be found on the Mediamatic website or via the links below. They are in Dutch.
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- The audience of Lost & Found in De Waag, Amsterdam
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- John Tingey showing early mail art
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- Breure & Van Hulzen
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- May flyer by Pinar and Viola – front
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- May flyer by Pinar and Viola – rear
