Wearables - Aura Rendón Benger, Jos Jacob & Nina Iggy, Rowan van As, Smila Zinecker and Cleo Veldman
About this activity.
From mid-August it's time for a big summer residence at Sign! The east of the city of Groningen, an area in transition with semi-urban, rural, industrial places, is the setting for WEARABLES. We welcome artists Aura Rendón Benger, Jos Jacob & Nina Iggy, Rowan van As, Smila Zinecker and Cleo Veldman for a working period in Sign, Y2 and Moshpit of Creation, followed by presentations and public moments.
Wearables is a project about textiles, props, clothing, costumes, seen as body extensions and social aids to social events. For the artists, the creations are used as an explicit means of communication, also in public space. Performing, participating in public life, intervening, 'critical advertisement-like matters' can be discussed. With Wearables, the social aspect is tangible - it has a strong performative spatial link, in which the character of a place is influenced.
About the artists
Aura Rendón Benger makes monumental textiles and refers to skin, body parts and intimacy. She actively brings the spectators the work and herself together. This is because Rendón Benger himself is often present in the installation as a performer, visible or not. During Wearables, the artist creates a new interactive sculpture/installation of textiles.
Jos Jacob & Nina Iggy are working in SIGN on their installation/performance MORI, which depicts the finiteness of humans and the infinite cycle of life. Installation, costume and physiology work together as one. Earlier phases in the development of MORI were and are presented at cooperation partners WORM and Welcome to the Village. The 3rd phase will follow in SIGN in September!
Additional! During Noorderzon Festival, Nina Iggy & Jos Jacob will give a preview of their project MORI, part of CLASH – Revue on August 27.
The sculptural and the performative come together in Rowan van As's work. He takes his 'material' from popular culture and comments on it. His objects form the basis for an action and betray a primitive kind of interactivity. Bringing phenomena together in an illogical connection creates a new meaning. The many small industrial companies around Moshpit of Creation will certainly inspire him.
Smila Zinecker investigates in cities and public spaces how stories can arise through various dynamic processes. In doing so, she focuses on different types of urban development that arise from capitalist structures and commercial systems. During the work period in Y2, Smila investigates the archetypes of the city of Groningen, which will form the basis for new work.
Cleo Veldman likes to create new human forms through distorted interactions, based on the relationship mainstream and the outsiders. Veldman makes masks that turn herself and other people into characters. In doing so, she explores how to push personal and interpersonal boundaries. For the work period, Veldman plans to make a TV show with costumes and characters within Y2's space.
Wearables | Aura Rendón Benger, Jos Jacob & Nina Iggy, Rowan van As, Smila Zinecker, Cleo Veldman
Working period: August 15 to September 17, 2022
Presentations, opening, public moments: 17 to 30 September 2022. Keep an eye on our website and socials for the programme, activities and route.
Working locations:
SIGN (Winschoterkade 10): Aura Rendón Benger, Jos Jacob & Nina Iggy
Moshpit of Creation studio (Duinkerkestraat 26): Rowan van As
Y2 studio (Damsterdiep 299): Smila Zinecker & Cleo Veldman
SIGN.
SIGN is een levendige en experimentele projectruimte voor actuele interdisciplinaire kunst op nationaal niveau. Zij biedt jonge kunstenaars een podium voor verdere profilering, ontwikkeling en intensivering van hun kunstenaarschap. Daarbij wordt nieuw werk geïnitieerd in bijzondere contexten en wordt de nodige reflectie gegeven. Presentaties zijn er in SIGN, op allerlei locaties, en in openbare ruimte met een variatie aan omstandigheden, invalshoeken, disciplines.
SIGN wordt ondersteund door Mondriaan Fonds Kunstpodium Basis 2025-2028 en door de Gemeente Groningen voor dezelfde periode.
Location.
SIGN
Winschoterkade 10
9711 EA Groningen
tel 050-3132651 of 0623631796
www.sign2.nl
Y2 Damsterdiep
Damsterdiep 299
9711EG Groningen
tel 050-3132651 of 0623631796
www.sign2.nl
Moshpit of Creation
Duinkerkenstraat 26
9723BP Groningen
tel 050-3132651 of 0623631796
www.sign2.nl