The Great Invocation

Garage Rotterdam proudly presents the group exhibition The Great Invocation by curator Pádraic E. Moore. We will start the new cultural season in Garage Rotterdam on Friday, September 3rd with the opening of Moore’s third and final exhibition, on contemporary art as a source of revelation and transcendence.

The opening will take place in two time slots, from 7pm to 9pm and from 9pm to 11pm. Tickets (free) can be booked via the ticket shop (via the menu on the website).

This nocturnal edition of Brandstof, in response to the exhibition The Great Invocation, is an event with contributions by artist Ruchama Noorda, Linder Sterling, Ewoud van Rijn and Dr. Tessel M. Bauduin.

Dr. Tessel M. Bauduin kicks off the evening with a brief lecture entitled ‘The Castle Problem: reflections on automatism and other dimensions in modern and contemporary art’. Bauduin will explore, together with the audience, how ‘automatisms’ remains relevant today within (contemporary) art. Ewoud van Rijn will take over and give a short introduction on his new publication, made especially in conjunction with his works in the exhibition.

In the second part, Garage Rotterdam presents And the space like a root, a new moving image work by Linder Sterling, made for The Great Invocation. In this work, Linder takes vintage softcore pornography as a raw material, activating and obscuring it with a process called ‘mantic staining’. Ruchama Noorda concludes the evening with presenting Rx, a performative PowerPoint presentation. Derived from the Latin word ‘recipere’, the title refers to Rx as used in electronics and telecommunications for ‘the receiver’, but also refers to the medical term for a doctor’s prescription. The PowerPoint presentation is associated with corporate offices and academic institutions, the stuff of proposals and sales pitches. Here, Noorda hijacks the format and uses it for higher, spiritual purposes.

Tickets are 5 euros and can be ordered through the menu on the top right of our website.

For one night only during this exhibition, Garage Rotterdam turns into a unique setting for dinner & drinks. Enjoy good food and great company in a beautiful setting, surrounded by works of art. This is what Natafelen is all about: a culinary night at Garage Rotterdam. The curator Pádraic E. Moore and artists taking part in the current exhibition will join you for dinner and tell you more about their work in-between courses.

Our in-house master chef will prepare a scrumptious four-course dinner. Local and seasonal vegetables are the main ingredients for his dishes. The Gouden Ton, our wine merchant, will serve exquisite wines that have been carefully selected to accompany the food.

We hope to welcome you to our dinner table. You can make your reservation by sending an email to info@garagerotterdam.nl. Let us know the number of people that will be joining you. We would also like to receive your telephone number, as we will contact you to confirm your booking.

Costs four-course menu: € 45.00
Wine pairing: € 25.00