The Hague is full of experimental artists’ initiatives, art spaces, galleries and exciting museums. To celebrate this, the third edition of The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend will take place from 10 – 12 September. In collaboration with more than 18 art institutions and initiatives from The Hague, and together with the Royal Academy of Art The Hague (KABK Den Haag) Graduation Show, the weekend will be filled with events, exhibitions, performances, openings, art tours, artist talks and more. The Grey Space in the Middle will present the following program:
Thursday
10:00 – 23:00 (ongoing) – RNDR – re:place (installation)
10:00 – 23:00 (ongoing) – WYSIWYG – Screen Reflection (installation)
18:00 – 21:00 – Karel van Laere – Casting (installation)
18:00 – 21:00 – Thursday Dinner Session – Anastasia Loginova + Sophia Bulgakova (dinner, make a reservation here)
21:00 – 23:00 – DutchAfro (dj)
Friday
10:00 – 23:00 (ongoing) – RNDR – re:place (installation)
10:00 – 23:00 (ongoing) – WYSIWYG – Screen Reflection (installation)
18:00 – 21:00 – Karel van Laere – Casting (installation)
21:00 – late – music program t.b.a.
Saturday
10:00 – 02:30 (ongoing) – RNDR – re:place (installation)
10:00 – 02:30 (ongoing) – WYSIWYG – Screen Reflection (installation)
21:00 – 02:30 – Radio Tonka (music, find the program here)
Karel van Laere is a performance and video artist who explores bodily boundaries and tests his own endurance. A recurring theme in his work is the opposition between the human body and technological systems. ‘Casting‘ is a sculptural installation, specifically realized for The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend. In this work, he explores current issues such as the human right to breathe clean air, the present topic of distancing and isolation, and the connection between safety and invisibility. ‘Casting‘ has been made possible with the support of We Are Public / In Art We Trust, Stroom Den Haag and The Grey Space in the Middle.
‘re:place’ is a new real-time interactive installation by RNDR that will camouflage and erase all persons passing by the windows of The Grey Space in the Middle. Open 24/7, the installation is a reaction to the new reality we live in since the start of COVID-19 and the measures taken by governments worldwide to limit the number of infections: ‘social distancing’, lockdowns, and (self-) quarantine. ‘re:place‘ has been made possible with the support of the City of The Hague and The Grey Space in the Middle.
Cinema Platform WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) offers another option for watching film from the outside in. As WYSIWYG enjoys questioning and playing with other ways of presenting film, this screening investigates the ambiguous space between a solution and a temporary fix. ‘Screen reflection’ shows the works of Mark Prendergast and Jean-Baptiste Castel.