Adriënne van der Werf

Curator, researcher & 
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Publiek Park 2023

with Jef Declercq, Koi Persyn & Anna Laganovska

exhibition

Albertpark, Harmoniepark & de Provincietuin, Antwerp (BE)
Grenswerk 
15.09.23 - 01.10.23

The second edition of Publiek Parkinhabited the urban green area of Harmoniepark, Koning Albertpark and the garden of the Provinciehuis. Publiek Park highlighted the various layers of stories public green spaces contain by bringing together visual art, performance, music, film, word and more.

Urban parks inherently serve as spaces of exhibition, with artistic and historical monuments on display, functioning as an archive of the city. As precious side-effects of human desire for nature, culture, remembrance, leisure, freedom and control, parks encapsulate both location-specific and universal narratives. The exhibition and programme of Publiek Park is created to complement and illuminate what is already present at these three green spaces, forming a promenade through intricate histories, complex presents and imagined futures.

During Publiek Park, you are invited to enjoy an exhibition with the works of 18 local and international artists, as well as a public programme, created in collaboration with various cultural partners.

In addition to the presentations at the parks, artworks can be seen at TICK TACK, Moonstreet, Red Herring Salon, Annie Gentils Gallery and LLS Paleis.

Participating artists:
019, David Bernstein, Christiane Blattmann, Alessio Ragno Capone, Jonas Dehnen, Nico Dockx, Lise Duclaux, Jakub Jansa, Monika Emmanuelle Kazi, Jiyoung Kim, Metahaven, Mathias Mu, Yemo Park, Paola Siri Renard, Leander Schönweger, Hussein Shikha, Pei-Hsuan Wang & Guy Woueté

Financially supported by the Flemish Government and District Antwerp.




Bodies of Work

In the summer of 2022 the temporary organisation Bodies of Work landed in Kunsthal Extra City's chapel. The space was inhabited by six different exhibitions and events co-curated by the participants of the 2021-22 class of the Curatorial Studies postgraduate programme at KASK & Conservatorium/ School of Arts.

Kristina Sedlerova Villanen
Entrance
26.05–12.06.2022
Curated by Natalia Barczyńska & Amanda Hakoköngäs

Francisca Khamis Giacoman
Caer Ascendiendo
17–19.06.2022
Curated by Adriënne van der Werf & Josue Aliendre Carvani

Simon Fujiwara, Anna Jermolaeva, Nikolay Karabinovych, Yuri Leiderman, Voin de Voin & Hanayo
Just Like Arcadia
24.06–10.07.2022
Curated by Alexandra Tryanova

Hamed Dehqan
built in the midst
14–24.07.2022

Eva Giolo, Eva L’Hoest & Mélanie Peduzzi
The Consolation of Water Lilies
28–31.07.2022
Curated by Valentina Bianchi & Natalia Barczyńska

Alise Anna Dzirniece & Jānis Dzirnieks
Snowflake Blockbuster
05–28.08.2022
Curated by Anna Laganovska & Bas Verwaetermeulen

Graphic design & identity
Curated by Myrna D'Ambrosio & Arno Huygens
a programme of exhibitions and events

Kunsthal Extra City
Bodies of Work 
17.06 – 19.06.22


Caer Ascendiendo
Francisca Khamis Giacoman

Solo Exhibition and Performance

Francisca Khamis Giacoman relates the fragmentation of diasporic memories into performances and audio-visual installations. She ties together material family archives and collective memories into different solidifications of in-between states of being.

Stories of migration unfold at the boundaries of fiction and materiality. After receiving a package from her family in Chile, she uses the same gesture, and brings forth a new object to the chapel at Kunsthal Extra City. This object folds the fabric of her research together with memories of her family’s business manifesting the multitude of states of in-between-ness that permeate her life.

Co-curated with:
Josue Aliendre Carvani

Dramaturgy in collaboration with:
Andoni Zamora Chacartegui

Performers:
Francisca Khamis Giacoman, Anabel Pérez Lubián

Music:
Antonio Duarte

Sound piece:
Arif Kornweitz

Graphic Design:
Oriol Cabarrocas

Outfit:
Avoidstreet


exhibition


Kunsthal Extra City
Bodies of Work
17.06 – 19.06.22





Publiek Park

with Jef Declercq, Koi Persyn & Anna Laganovska

The exhibition collected works of 22 international artists, outlining an alternative promenade that entailed unknown and unseen locations and spaces of the Citadelpark. Publiek Park was supplemented with an elaborate Walking Guide,  designed by Victor Verhelst, that counts 332 pages of historical research, artist contributions and essays by seven writers and thinkers.

The four days of Publiek Park were each dedicated to a specific public programme, encompassing experimental music by KRAAK, open-air analogue screenings by Art Cinema OFFoff, guided tours and drawing sessions by MSK.

With works of Kristaps Ancāns, Ines Claus, Marc Cosyns, Koba De Meutter, Marcin Dudek, Helen Anna Flanagan, Mark Grootes, Polina Kanis, Gaëlle Leenhardt, Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe, Quenton Miller, Mountaincutters, Anthony Ngoya, Shalva Nikvashvili, Jacopo Pagin, Laure Prouvost, Clara Spilliaert, CMMC, Evita Vasiļjeva & Xuan-Lin Wang

This outdoors group exhibition is the  result of a year of  teamwork with the Young Friends of S.M.A.K.  and with the great help of all the volunteers, Eline Harmse, Camille Bladt, Jan van den Maagdenberg, Annabelle van Son and Maya Jacobs. And more so because of our partnersship  Vrienden v/h  S.M.A.K., S.M.A.K., MSK, GUM, 019, KRAAK, Monterey, Art Cinema OFFoff, BLANCO, Kunstencentrum Voo?uit, Ensemble, Tumult.fm, HISK and Bocca.

With support of the Province of East Flanders, City of Ghent, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and SIGN Groningen. 
exhibition

Citadelpark, Ghent (BE)
Young Friends v/h S.M.A.K.
01.07.21 - 04.07.21

Publiek Park Wandelgids / Walking Guide

with Jef Declercq, Koi Persyn & Anna Laganovska

Still for sale here

Following the walking route of the exhibition, the Walking Guide provides historical information about the park’s locations, collected by two researchers (Maya Jacobs and Annabelle van Son). The publication is supplemented with diverse reflections and various essays by seven contemporary thinkers (Marc Cosyns, Els De Vos, Lisa Lambrechts Cruz, Anna Luyten, Samuel Saelemakers, Marjan Sterckx and Bart Verschaffel) and contributions of the exhibiting artists.  

With support of the Heritage service of East-Flanders.


publication

Citadelpark, Gent (BE)
Young Friends of S.M.A.K.
01.07.2021