Shaping Bonds at IDFA

March 18 — 21‍
‍Shaping Bonds at IDFA | Het Documentaire Paviljoen, Amsterdam (NL).

‍For the annual program of Shaping Bonds at Het Documentaire Paviljoen, I am showing an installation comprised of ritual ceramics, Stinky Mirrors, and will also give an opening talk and guide two meditations.

Comprised of ritual ceramics with water, rotting wood trunks, lights, scents and sounds, the installation Stinky Mirrors is part of an ongoing exploration of ways of relating to the less pleasant aspects of our environment. Engraved and sculpted on the surface of the ceramics are slithering depictions of hybrid insect-amphibian creatures, fragments of ancient human cultures, and the anthropogenic symbology of current-day tech-conglomerates. The work Stinky Mirrors presents pools for seeing ourselves and challenges the colonial and capitalist frameworks that render the current anthropogenic demise as a universal human enterprise, forfeiting how historical, material and colonial developments are at the source of it.

Shaping Bonds is also presenting The Book of Silence (Agnieszka Polska). The augmented reality installation Future Botanica (Polymorf), several films, audio-walks, and workshops.


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• Wednesday, March 18th, from 19:30 — 21:00: Opening talk "Humans Take Note!", Venus Jasper together with Madeline Schwartzman (US).
• Friday, March 20, 17:00 —18:00, and Sunday, 22 March, 14:00-15:00: Guided meditation "Sink, Rest, Rot", Venus Jasper together with Moss Berke (US).
• Wednesday, March 18 to Saturday, 21 March from 12:00 — 22:00: My installation "Stinky Mirrors" on show at Het Podium.

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• Wednesday 18 to Saturday 21 March from 12:00 to 22:00
  Sunday 22 March from 12:00 to 19:00
  General info here.
  
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Stinky Mirrors is made possible by Amsterdam Fund of the Arts and stems from an EKWC residency made possible by Amsterdam Fund of the Arts, Stichting Stokroos (Seed Grant), PPO Werktuig en EKWC Grant (OCW, Province of Noord-Brabant and Oisterwijk Municipality).

XOXO
VENUS

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