ONCE IN A LIFETIME
OUDE KERK, AMSTERDAM
MAY 12 – AUG 28, 2016

THIS EXHIBITION ABOUT LIFE AND MORTALITY IS A ONE-TIME COLLABORATION BETWEEN OUDE KERK AND HUMANISTISCH VERBOND. CURATOR NINA FOLKERSMA SELECTED NEW AND EXISTING WORKS OF EIGHT NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED ARTISTS: DANIELLE VAN ARK (NL, 1974), MICHAËL BORREMANS (BE, 1963), STAN BRAKHAGE (US, 1933-2003), AMIE DICKE (NL, 1978) FOLKERT DE JONG (NL, 1972), JOB KOELEWIJN (NL, 1962), MUNTEAN / ROSENBLUM (AT & S, 1962) AND YEHUDIT SASPORTAS (IS 1969). FOUR OF THEM MAKE NEW WORK ESPECIALLY FOR THIS EXHIBITION. THE EXHIBITION CONSISTS OF A CAREFULLY SELECTED COMBINATION OF EXISTING AND NEW WORKS, RANGING FROM PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND SPATIAL INSTALLATIONS TO FILM AND VIDEO WORKS. AS A WHOLE, THE EXHIBITION OFFERS A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND REFLECTIONS ON THE MYSTERY OF LIFE AND DEATH.
CURATED BY NINA FOLKERSMA

IMAGES © OUDE KERK, ROBERT GLAS

„THE TWILIGHT OF OUR HEART“ INSTALLATION , PERFORMANCE , FILM, 2016 THE BACK DROP OF THE INSTALLATION SHOWS A ROAD IN FLAT, PERIPHERIC URBAN FIELDS WITH A CITY FAR OFF ON THE HORIZON AND A STRONG VANISHING POINT. THE MAIN PART OF THE PAINTING IS A VAST, CLOUDY SKY. THE PAINTED PART REFERS TO CLASSICAL DUTCH LANDSCAPES AND RUYSDAEL’S ATMOSPHERIC SETTINGS IN PARTICULAR. THE ROAD CONTINUES OUTSIDE THE PAINTING ON THE FLOOR, ON IT IS A ROAD BLOCK. THE BLOCKED WAY CONNOTATES LIFE, DEATH AND TRANSCIENCE IN A MORE GENERAL WAY BUT ALSO THE ACTUAL POLITICAL SITUATION IN EUROPE. THE FIVE SINGERS STAND AND SIT AS ONE GROUP ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THEY PERFORM A MOTET BY THE RENAISSANCE COMPOSER MORALES WITH TWO BIBLICAL TEXTS SUNG SIMULTANIOUSLY: EMENDEMUS IN MELIUS“, AND AS A OSTINATO CANTUS FIRMUS: „MEMENTO, HOMO, QUIA PULVIS EST EST, ET IN PULVEREM REVERTERIS.“