Animalia

Join us on Friday, January 31 for the opening of our new exhibition Animalia!

At the invitation of curator Imke Ruigrok, 13 international artists take you into a world full of fabulous, lettable and wild creatures, performances, voodoo and homour. This group exhibition invites you to consider the worldly stage from another point of view; animals.

With work by: Semâ Bekirovic, Melanie Bonajo, Tom Claassen, Niek Hendrix, Idiots, Juul Kraijer, Paul Kooiker, Francesco Merlini, Femmy Otten, Khvay Samnang, Charlotte Schleiffert, Jessica Segall, Simon Wald-Lasowski.

Art Rotterdam After Party with a talk by Melanie Bonajo.

During Art Rotterdam, Garage Rotterdam is organizing a special evening with DJ & Drinks on 6 February for Art Rotterdam VIPS, curators, gallery owners and other guests.

BRANDSTOF – SATURDAY 7 MARCH 2020
ANIMALIA DURING MUSEUMNACHT010
Brandstof x Museumnacht010
8 PM – 1 AM with DJ, drinks & bites* (vegan|no animalia)

During Museumnacht010, we have a special Brandstof event, complementing the Animalia exhibition. Garage Rotterdam will open its doors for a festive nocturnal edition. The program invites you to take an in-depth look at our relationship with animals. Can we adopt a non-human perspective, abandoning the human-centered worldview? Garage Rotterdam invites you to engage in a both serious and humorous conversation with the artists.

The evening starts off with a short lecture by animal ethicist Willem Vermaat, after which artist Jessica Segall will talk about her displayed work ‘Uncommon Intimacy’, a film in which the artist swims with wild animals. The evening will be concluded with a talk between Edo Dijksterhuis and Semâ Bekirovic, focusing on her booklaunch ‘Reading by Osmosis’, in which she gathers work by non-human ‘artists’ such as animals, wind, fire, seaweed, and time.

Timetable

08.00 pm – Doors open
08.00 pm – Introduction by curator Imke Ruigrok
08.30 pm – Lecture on animal ethics by Willem Vermaat
09.30 pm – Book presentation ‘Reading by Osmosis’ by Semâ Bekirovic with Edo Dijksterhuis
10.30 pm – Talk about Jessica Segall’s (Un)common Intimacy
from 11.00 pm – Legendary dj’s HENK & FATIMA

With an energetic mix of Persian pop, Arabic funk and Middle-Eastern hiphop HENK & FATIMA invite you to sweat like a hot & spicy hummus on the dance floor. Be ready to immerse yourself in a dizzying trip along the best oriental hits and all time Dutch classics.

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March 7, 2020, 8 p.m.

Brandstof x Museum Night010
Brandstof is the in-depth program for the Animalia exhibition (1 February to 19 April 2020).

Curator Imke Ruigrok gives a special tour through the mythical animal world of Animalia. Join us and learn more about Animalia and the participating artists.