In “Geen Flikker Op TV” designer and visual artist Mika Schalks investigates their bittersweet relationship with the screen, queer storytelling and broadcast TV aesthetics, using stop-motion animation experiments, light boxes, and other objects. The title of their project refers both to the flickering of a TV screen and to the derogatory term still used for gay people in the Netherlands today, ‘flikker’. By exploring the history of queerness on Dutch television, Mika is developing a narrative in which the red, green and blue lights of the screen come to life.
Schedule
13 November
12:00–18:00 Regular program
18:00–22:00 Opening event
14 November
12:00–18:00 Regular program
Mika Schalks is a designer for animation, film and real life. Aiming to translate issues close to their heart into witty visual displays, Mika combines analog child-like making and digital design techniques.