Open Space: Pensive Vivifier

Fri 8 March
→ Thu 9 May
Times vary

Presented by The Grey Space

Pensive Vivifier joins the Open Space residency program at The Grey Space, in which they will develop their practice by exploring the merging of the physical and the digital through performative live collages. Open Space takes on the form of an ongoing exhibition and public events.

Pensive Vivifier is an art collective consisting of Janne Kosmos, Tes Wolters Bos and Silva Westera. Their practice is always expanding and incorporating new elements and disciplines to reflect on identity, transformation and the fragmented and saturated world on our screens. Fluid movement, intuition and curiosity guide them to combine installations, videos, music compositions and perfor­mances. They apply a musical approach to structure and practice association as a methodology. Their sources are footage and material hijacked from TikTok, YouTube, PrnHb and books, and everyday life.

Events

During the first week of their residency they work on KOSMOSE – a multimedia project, based on the idea that the entire cosmos is one symbiosis. On Friday March 8 we kick-off the Open Space residency during HOOGTIJ by presenting KOSMOSE as an ongoing video installation and bringing it to live with a performance at 20:30 and 22:00. Admission is free.

More events will be announced soon.

Exhibition

Opening times exhibition:
Thu 17.00-22.00
Fri 17.00-22.00
Sat 17.00-22.00

Meet the makers:
A schedule of times at which you’ll be able to meet Pensive Vivifier will be published soon.

Open Space

Together with makers and the audience, we approach our own programs in a relational way: as communication and ongoing interaction. How can an artistic practice act as a conversation piece? During a two-month residency, a maker is invited to appropriate (a part of) The Grey Space. In addition to space, resources and tools, we open up our network, provide feedback and actively involve the audience during public events. At best, our Open Space program affects the thinking of both audience and maker – and thus relationality becomes radical.

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