Antiheld
Als je schrijft moet je risico nemen. Constant tegen die grens aan werken van je eigen positie die overeind moet […]
Als je schrijft moet je risico nemen. Constant tegen die grens aan werken van je eigen positie die overeind moet […]
Generously, the Netherlands lent the Rietveld Pavilion to Estonia for the Venice Biennale. But we could not prevent the work of one of our guests being censored. What does real engagement actually look like?
Niekolaas J. Lekkerkerk’s essay on the primary function of art as a means of finding one’s inscription into contemporaneity, seeks to connect geopolitical turmoil, the Corona pandemic, ecological breakdown, the Black Lives Matter movement, uprising against dictatorships and the enduring migrant crises to the activistic inadequacy of the art workers brigade.
This publication collects first-hand experiences with the Dutch art field, based on the various dilemmas and dogmas that one may encounter in the production and presentation of art. A collectively held ‘I’ offers insight into the stakes of the field, and invites to a reassessment of its hierarchical, closed nature.