Underdeveloped

During the opening of Underdeveloped on Friday 13 September at 7pm, the winner of our Spoiler open call will be announced.

Spoiler is an opportunity for (young) curators to curate the bookcase in the front space of Garage Rotterdam with artists’ publications. The front space will then serve as a ‘spoiler’ for the exhibition Underdeveloped in the main exhibition space of Garage Rotterdam. Curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe are the jury in the selection process for the first guest curator(s), inviting proposals that explore the theme of food and ecology.

Underdeveloped by our new curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe opens on Friday 13 September at 7 PM. Free entry!

Artists: Autonomy Lab (WdKA), Bellina Erby & Yen-Ting Kuan, Cooperativa Cráter Invertido, De uitpluizers, Hassan Omar Ahmad, Marishka Soekarna, ook_anders, Patrick Mudekereza, Reading Sideways Press, Spoiler (TBA), Tomi Hilsee, Vincent van Velsen, Zoë Cochia / Niffo Galerie

Unlike our previous exhibitions, Underdeveloped won’t be ‘finished’ during the opening. This unique exhibition will unfold over the coming months at Garage Rotterdam, exploring diverse forms of art-practice and working methods. Afisina and vanhoe view art not as an individual achievement but as a collaborative process. Over the upcoming months at Garage Rotterdam, they aim to create a space where artists can connect their ideas and experiences with the input of visitors. Underdeveloped emphasizes community and development over definitions or conclusions. 

Don’t miss the start of Underdeveloped during the opening next Friday 13 September at Garage Rotterdam. There will be music, food, drinks, live events and workshops. We will also announce the chosen curators of our Spoiler open call.

Garage Rotterdam x Casco Art Institute
Underdeveloped study session: What about self-publishing?
Organised by Reza Afisina, reinaart vanhoe, Aline Hernández and Jip van Klaveren
Pre-opening event on Friday 13 September 2024 at Garage Rotterdam. Free entry!

Join our curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe, together with Aline Hernández and Jip van Klaveren from Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons (Utrecht, NL), for a collective study session inaugurating Underdeveloped: exploring various forms of art practice and working methods, using the title of the show as a starting point for reflection.

During the session, you are invited to explore the multidisciplinary editorial projects of Reading Sideways Press (RSP) and Taller XD – Cooperativa Cráter Invertido, both featured in Underdeveloped. This session will serve as a starting point to learn about collective study, self-organisation, and self-publishing, and to delve into the possibilities of independent editorial production and distribution.

What can the editorial projects of RSP and Taller XD teach us about economies that operate on principles of generosity, friendship, trust, and time? What can we learn from the conditions that inform these projects’ practices and interests? And how can we build on the knowledge, imaginations, and experimentations of RSP and Taller XD locally?

The collective study session takes place on 13 September, 2024 at 5 PM, extending into the opening of Underdeveloped at 7 PM where we will continue exchanging in a more “nonkrong” way by chit-chat and hanging out. No preparation is needed. The session is designed to create time and space for collective exploration of selected publications from both RSP and Taller XD—by reading fragments, listening to each other, and contextualising through storytelling. The outcome of the session will be a “harvest” that will stay on the exhibition.

The session also connects with Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons’ exhibition Hidden Arts: What do we do when no one sees us (Utrecht, 31 August-13 October, 2024), focusing on alternative economies of collectivity, shared resource building and arts organising.

Are you not able to join the session on Friday 13 September at Garage Rotterdam? More study sessions will be held at various institutional settings, including Casco’s headquarters, on Friday evenings from September 13th to October 6th. Stay updated through the Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons’ website (https://casco.art/), newsletter, and social media (https://www.instagram.com/whereiscasco/).”

This event will be held in English.

Organise your own event at Garage Rotterdam!

The exhibition Underdeveloped aims to create a connected chain of events. Besides the activities which already take place, you can also add your own activity in a collective Underdeveloped Google calendar.

View all activities in the collective Google calendar here and add your own meet-up: https://tinyurl.com/5ezn77tb

Brandstof is Garage Rotterdam’s re­curring program that delves deeper into the themes of exhibitions. Join us during Brandstof: warming-up during the Underdeveloped opening weekend of 14 and 15 September 2024, where curators Reza Afisina and reinaart van­hoe – together with the artists and the audience – take a closer look into collective working methods. Free entry during the opening weekend!

Saturday 14 September, 12 – 3 PM | Rumpi at the kitchen & a weaving workshop by artist Lena Poyard

Sunday 15 September, 12 – 3 PM | Ceramics workshop by Spoiler curators Floor van Meeuwen and Jorien Ketelaar

On Saturday, you can take part in rumpi at the kitchen* and a weaving workshop by artist Lena Poyard. On Sunday, you can join a ceramics workshop organised by the Spoiler curators Floor van Meeuwen and Jorien Ketelaar. During the opening weekend, you are also invited to join a collective ‘Underdeveloped’ writing session with curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe, who will be present on 14 and 15 September at Garage Rotterdam.

* ‘Rumpi’ is an Indonesian term that refers to the act of ‘chit-chatting’ or engaging in casual conversation.

OPEN CALL! Garage Cafe #2.4

Garage Cafe is a test-site-with-audience for experimenting, showing research projects, new collaborations, performances and all other types of artistic work.

For the #2.4 edition of Garage Café we are looking for fellow artists, designers, creatives, students and former students who are working on exciting (new) projects and feel the need to share this with an engaged audience.

Garage Cafe #2.4 will open its doors again on the 17th of October 2024 for 5 presentations and performances of 10 minutes accompanied by food, drinks, and time to discuss.

This open call closes on the 18th of September 2024. The event will take place on the 17th of October 2024 at 6 PM at Garage Rotterdam.

Do you want to present your project at Garage Rotterdam? Apply via https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeVbDSO_gx9HP9T-mB17CXA0yuKtC5DN691fEVoNtXOsNrfxA/viewform

Design visuals: Eva Garibaldi

Garage Café is supported by Erasmusstichting and Gemeente Rotterdam

Through gather­ings, re­-modeling and collective working methods taking place live at Garage Rotterdam, Afisina and vanhoe aim to create a space where artists can connect their ideas and experiences with the input of visitors.

The first Underdeveloped exhibition addresses social and cultural urgencies in Rotterdam, using the space of Garage Rotterdam and the online platform lumbung.space as a digital living room and publishing tool for visitors to share both processes and outcomes with. Underdeveloped aims to build a connected chain of events, emphasizing community and development over definitions or conclusions.

Be welcome to talk, watch, read, cook, eat, print and more….

Garage Rotterdam offers free guided exhibition tours with every exhibition (entrance tickets are €2,00). Reserve a guided exhibition tour for yourself or a group via info@garagerotterdam.nl.

Garage Rotterdam is open every Wednesday until Friday from 12.30 – 5.30 PM. Exhibition tours will be hosted in either Dutch or English.

Join us during an exhibition tour at Garage Rotterdam in our upcoming exhibition Underdeveloped by curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe.

Upcoming Saturday 28 September! Play with RSP: Family & Neighbors warming-up
2 – 5 PM. Free entry!

Join the artists Nuning, Andy & Cahaya of Reading Sideways Press (a publisher of books for art, literature and sport) for some ‘loopschooling’, also known as running technique excercises at Garage Rotterdam. No fitness or prior experience needed!

Reading Sideways Press (RSP) was founded with the intention of bringing various research practices and explorations under one banner. RSP’s books combine its founders interests in the contemporary art and alternative cultural production, combined with their interest in sports and urban cultures.

The event Play with RSP, forms the backdrop to Andy’s discussion of his podcast ‘Everyday Runners’ and his running-related drawings. Nuning and Cahaya will hold a pencil sharpening and drawing activity where they discuss how they draw together. Both activities aim to create space for reflection, quietude, play and sharing.

Due to neighborhood day in Hoogkwartier we offer free entry to this event and our exhibition Underdeveloped on Saturday! Care to donate? Pay as you please at Garage Rotterdam. Donations will be used for further activations of Underdeveloped.

Garage Café returns on the 17th of October 2024 at Garage Rotterdam!
Walk-in 6 PM – start presentations 6.30 PM

Garage Café is a test-site-with-audience for makers to show their experiments, research projects, new collaborations, performances and all other types of artistic work.

On the 17th of October, the artists Desperate Hobbies, Nesie Junyi Wang, Lisette Alberti & Rising Lai, Louisa von Moreau, Nik van der Meulen & Rosa Schuurmans will present their projects with the audience.

Tickets (€2,00) can be purchased at our door. You are also invited to enjoy a vegetarian soup created by Lonneke Jonker (€5,00) during the evening.

Design: Eva Garibaldi

Garage Café #2.4 is supported by Gemeente Rotterdam and the Erasmusstichting.

Make zines from rice paper, ceramics in the front space of Garage Rotterdam and enjoy a delicious soup on Saturday 19 October and Sunday 20 October, together with Spoiler curators Floor van Meeuwen and Jorien Ketelaar.

This event takes place on Saturday and Sunday from 2 – 4 PM and costs €2.00 (exhibition ticket Underdeveloped), free entrance with Museumjaarkaart or Rotterdampas.

Join us on Saturday 2 November at Garage Rotterdam for an afternoon with the artist Crater Invertido, showcasing work in the exhibition Underdeveloped by curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe.

There will be food, books, music, alongside the exciting Spoiler program! (rice typography making & silkscreen slogan session)

A Garage Rotterdam exhibition ticket of €2,00 also grants you access to the day program.

Part of the project mul-thee-fuhngk-shuh-nl by Spoiler curators Floor van Meeuwen and Jorien Ketelaar, are two events on Saturday 2 November from 2 to 4 PM.

The first event is a collective rice typography making that will be part of a soon released rice zine (16 nov). The second event includes collected slogans from visitors which will be silkscreened to make fabric patches to repair your clothing.

Bring your t-shirt and to silkscreen on it and bring your garments that need repair to mend it right away! Soup and tea will be served.

You can attend both events with a Garage Rotterdam exhibition ticket of €2,00. Free entry with Rotterdampas and Museumjaarkaart.

On Sunday the 13th of October you are invited to join a clothing sharing fundraiser for mutual aid organizers in Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt organized by the 𝒟𝑜𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝓉 𝒵𝑒𝓁𝒻 𝒲𝑒𝓇𝓀𝓅𝓁𝒶𝒶𝓉𝓈, 𝒢𝒶𝒷𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒶 & 𝓂𝓊𝓁-𝓉𝒽𝑒𝑒-𝒻𝓊𝒽𝓃𝑔𝓀-𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒽-𝓃𝓁 at Garage Rotterdam.

Bring clothes you don’t wear anymore, get free clothes, swap them for new ones, eat vegan soup with us and contribute to a new zine in the making!

Everything for free! Suggested donation of €10,- (or pay what you can). You are also invited to add groups to the donation list.

This clothing sharing fundraiser is part of the exhibition Underdeveloped in Garage Rotterdam.

Natafelen: a travel of flavors at Garage Rotterdam

Friday 15 November | 6 PM

Join us during the upcoming special edition of Natafelen, where curators Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe invited Homesick Canteen – part of the exhibition Underdeveloped – to prepare joyful dishes. Expect to be surprised by a travel of flavors, vegetarian options will be available!

Homesick Canteen is an initiative by the artists Bellina Erby and Yen-Ting Kuan. Homesick Canteen collects how people from different cultural and geographic backgrounds use the recipe to archive emotions, memories and relational ties. It aims to explore the inner world and mental support of diaspora people and develop a possible coping strategy through casual conversation in the kitchen. With a special menu, they strive to offer a sense of home and comfort during Natafelen at Garage Rotterdam.

Take_a_way collective will serve coffee and tea. This evening will also showcase the tableware created during the Spoiler project MUL – THEE – FUHNGK – SHUH – NL by Floor van Meeuwen & Jorien Ketelaar.

Dinner | €50,00 (excluding drinks) Reservations via info@garagerotterdam.nl

This edition of Natafelen is made possible with the help of Stichting Mano

Part of the project mul-thee-fuhngk-shuh-nl by Spoiler curators Floor van Meeuwen and Jorien Ketelaar are two events on Saturday 16 November. View the full programme below!

12 – 3 PM | Workshop by the Rotterdam-based artist duo Family Dinner

Family Dinner works on the intersection of food, community and art. For this event we will be making a vegan soup and ink (from the food scraps) and discussing the theme of Process. Do you want to join the workshop? Fill in this form. Limited spots available!

5 – 9 PM | Release rice zine + rice dinner.

Join us for the release of the collective made rice zine. With contributions from friends, acquaintances and visitors of Underdeveloped we bundled memories, recipes, thoughts and illustrations all around the theme of rice. We will also serve some experimental rice dishes.

You can attend both events with a Garage Rotterdam exhibition ticket of €2,00. Free entry with Rotterdampas and Museumjaarkaart.

On Sunday 17 November, a bustling sellonbike sale will take place at Garage Rotterdam*. This is your chance to find unique objects while picking up your ceramics made during the Spoiler project MUL – THEE – FUHNGK – SHUH – NL.

*Open call: would you like to be part of the sellonbike sale? Send an email to pers@garagerotterdam.nl mentioning what you would like to sell during the day.

Sunday 17 November is also your last chance to visit the exhibition Underdeveloped, curated by Reza Afisina and reinaart vanhoe and there will be music by the two bands Periot and Voos. Don’t miss it!