Closing Event

Closing Event of the ART SAFIENTAL Biennale
Sunday October 20th, 11-16:00, in and around the Berghotel Alpenblick

11:00
Book presentation ILEA BOOK2: “What if? Letters to the Future”
Author talk with Ishita Chakraborty and Annemarie Bucher
Berghotel Alpenblick

12-14:00
Food event, activation “Breastworks” by Paloma Ayala, with Sascha Skraban
Behind Berghotel Alpenblick

14:00
Artist talk and work presentation “M ü.M.”
with Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller
In und vor Berghotel Alpenblick

Permanent:
– Video-Documentary Ernesto Neto: „From Earth to Earth“
– Preview ILEA BOOK2: „What if? Letters to the Future“

And the last chance to see all the works of the Biennale in Safien-Platz, Tenna, Thalkirch and Versam by: Ravi Agarwal & Paulina Lopez / Paloma Ayala / Magali Dougoud / Hemauer/Keller / Monica Ursina Jäger / Ola Maciejewska / Sujit Mallik / Vibeke Mascini / Farah Mulla / Ernesto Neto / QUARTO / Stefanie Salzmann / Renae Shadler / Andrea Todisco / Huhtamaki Wab 

Land Art Conference

3.10.2024: Kunstmuseum M. & Land Art Flevoland, Agora, Lelystad, NL

Why is land art particularly relevant today? What are its new manifestations? How do we deal with these often impermanent works of art? And how does land art shed light on the urgent ecological and social issues of today?

Through the Land Art Lives program, Kunstmuseum M. and Land Art Flevoland will jointly investigate these questions at an international conference scheduled for October 3, 2024, in Lelystad.

What is Land Art?
Land art is an idea, impulse, or movement that utilizes the landscape as a place for artistic creation. Art that is all about the landscape, that lets one experience it, experiment with it and reflect on it.
The early era of land art was closely associated with the anti-institutional ethos of the 1970s, as well as other art forms stemming from it, including performance, minimalism, conceptual art, and new media. Since then, the institutions that artists opposed at the time have embraced land art. The genre has evolved into a form of commissioned art, and its ideas have evolved accordingly. Meanwhile, a history, a canon, and a vibrant, multifaceted, and developing practice characterise the field.

Land art has been and continues to be created all over the world, from Russia and Japan to Brazil, America, and Europe. This art form is particularly associated with large-scale, monumental works of art situated in the vast American desert. It is clear that this image needs to be adjusted.

International Conference
On October 3, 2024, the supporting program of Land Art Lives will come together during an international conference in the Agora Theater in Lelystad. We will start the day with several international speakers. In the afternoon, parallel working sessions on the future of land art will take place. The day will be moderated by Meta Knol. In addition to the program, there is plenty of opportunity to meet and delve further into reading and archival material.

Speakers
Humberto Moro of the Dia Art Foundation (United States) will give a lecture on the ways Dia manages iconic land artworks in America and how they deal with current developments there. Afterwards, Anja Novak of the University of Amsterdam will discuss with him the Dia Art approach in the context of Flevoland. Britta Peters of Urbane Künste Ruhr (Germany) has years of experience at Skulptur Projekte Münster and talks about her programmatic approach in the Ruhr area. Lisa Le Feuvre of Holt/Smithson Foundation (United States) will join her in conversation after the event.

Afternoon sessions
Following this inspiring input, participants will engage in afternoon discussions. Various topics and questions will be discussed in a number of parallel sessions. What is the specific dynamic between land art and the public, and is there, in response to the major spatial task facing the Netherlands, reason for new land art? Three special guests will participate in each session, including Johannes M. Hedinger (ILEA), Marjolijn Dijkman (Enough Room for Space), Anne-Marie van der Weide (Mecanoo), Orlando Maaike Gouwenberg (Sonsbeek Foundation), Benno Tempel (Museum Kröller Müller), Simone Vermaat (RCE), Mieke Conijn (IJsselbiennale), Lydia Beerkens (SRAL) and many others.

The program team consists of the curators Anne Reenders (Kunstmuseum M.) and Martine van Kampen (Land Art Flevoland), Lot Meijers (production), Anne van de Dool (texts) and Michel Langendijk (communications).

Under My Gaze

Review of the performance on 15.9.24 in Valendas:
UNDER MY GAZE by RENAE SHADLER
Participants: Emeka Ene / Dorota Michalak / Renae Shadler (performance), Samuel Hertz (sound)
supported by Aerocene Foundation
Work description   /  CLIP 1  /  CLIP 2

Performance in Valendas

The performance UNDER MY GAZE and workshop by Renae Shaedler will be shown on September 15 in Valendas – as part of the Valendas village festival.
Performance: 11.15 am – 12.45 pm
Workshop: 2.30 – 4 pm (also for families with children)
Participants: Emeka Ene / Dorota Michalak / Renae Shadler (performance), Samuel Hertz (sound)
program village festival

Bloch on its way to India

After years of standstill due to the pandemic and political unrest, and after several failed export attempts, Bloch finally left Antofagasta, Chile, on 18 July. After a short stop in San Vicente and a stopover in Hong Kong, the journey continues to India, where it is expected to arrive in Nhava Sheva at the end of September.

In India, a tour of almost two years is planned. It will begin with an exhibition and residency at the Sunaparanta Goa Centre for the Arts, followed by appearances at the Serendipity Festival Goa. After that, a tour to Kochi, Bihar, and Delhi is planned, with collaborations involving numerous Indian artists. To prepare this programme, a preparatory trip already took place in 2023, including visits to Mumbai, Goa, Kochi, and Delhi, and meetings with many institutions, curators, and artists.

In the media

Media reports on the Art Safiental Biennale (in German, English, French, Portuguese, Russian and Japanese) will be posted on the press page on an ongoing basis.

THE HOLE

Review of the artist talk and work presentation by ILEA artist in residence SUJIT MALLIK, who presented his work THE HOLE and spoke about his farm collective Saagwala in New Delhi and the dialog between art and agriculture. The one-month residency was made possible thanks to a Research Grand from Pro Helvetia.
> Work description

Artist Talk

Please join us  for a work presentation and talk with Biennale artist and current artist in resident at ILEA at Berghotel Alpenblick in Tenna

SUJIT KUMAR MALLIK
THE HOLE (listening station)
Berghotel Alpenblick Tenna
Aug 1, 4pm
talk with curator Johannes M. Hedinger
Followed by BBQ by Sascha at Alpenblick Tenna

Sujit will present his newly developed work THE HOLE (listening station) and talk about the dialog between (wo)man and planet and between the human and the more-than-human.
As an artist and farmer, Sujit digs through time and the stories of soils (and the earth). As part of his ILEA residency, he dug a hole to be able to listen into the ground in a very analog way. Visitors are invited to listen into the Alpine soil of Tenna via a thin, over 1-meter-long tube. A cushion with a hole, a mat to lie on and earplugs for the ear facing away from the hole are provided so that visitors can optimally immerse themselves in this meditative journey. After the listening experience, participants are invited to share their thoughts in a notebook (“hole journal”). The project aims to sharpen the senses and to re-experience the soil as a central force in our lives.

ZOMBIE MERMAIDS (Performance)

Review of the performance day on 20.7.24 in Safien Platz:
Magali Dougoud, Laure Boer and Myriam Jarmache performed ZOMBIE MERMAIDS, A SONG FOR FUTURE WATERS by MAGALI DOUGOUD.
Duration 35 min. Followed by an artist talk with the curator Josiane Imhasly
> Work description

📷 by: Artemis Tsakiri (1, 3),  Josiane Imhasly (2), Johannes Hedinger (4,5)

THE SECOND BODY

Review of the performance day on 20.7.24 in Safien Platz:
Leah Marojevic performig THE SECOND BODY by OLA MACIEJEWSKA.
Duration 60 min. Followed by an artist talk with the curator Joanna Lesnierowska.
> Work description:

📷 by: Johannes Hedinger (1, 2, 3, 6), Ola Maciejewska Studio (4), Thomas Rickenmann (5)