Blossom

With Philip Janssens, Hans Köhler, Georg Nees, Sylvia Roubaud, Manfred Robert Schroeder, Samantha Thole, Edward Zajec and Vilko Žiljak.

What if technology is not adequate and sufficient? This question has become superfluous in our day and age of machine learning. What’s more, in this start-up society we tend to look down on impossibilities. We use words like ‘opportunity’ and ‘challenge’ in stead. And we learn algorithms to get to know our habits so they can be of use to us, whether we asked for it or not. Technology is there to serve us and if it doesn’t exist, we create it.

Having said that, the first visual artists started using algorithms and formulas to generate images as early as the 1960s. The range of options was obviously much more limited at that time, but this art form was popular in the Netherlands, Germany, France and Croatia. Despite its mechanical nature, these works of art
often resemble patterns from nature, biology and astronomy. The Blossom exhibition shows how these unusual works of art relate to the work of contemporary visual artists.

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

Garage Cafe #8 will open its doors again on the 29th of November, for 6 presentations and performances of 10 minutes, food, drinks, and time to discuss.

Speakers:
Kwinnie Lê
Zuzanne Loch
Milica Jovicevic
Pim Steinmann
Jean-Philippe Paumier
Julie Slauke

Thursday the 29th of November
Doors open & soup by Lonneke Jonker: 18.00 hrs
Start presentations: 19.30 hrs
Entrance €2
Language: English

Do you want to know more about the artists, art works and the creation process of the exhibition Blossom? Join curator Bas Hendrikx for a guided tour and learn more about the background of this exhibition.

Entrance: €2
Museumcard or Rotterdampas: free entrance

Brandstof | Secret Gardens
with Samantha Thole, Bas Meeuws en Bas Hendrikx

Flowers are typically Dutch..
Although flowers wilt quickly, they have always been popular components or materials for artists to work with. In the Brandstof, Secret Gardens we examine the works of artists and Avantgarde florists.

Production company HotelRebel (Rotterdam) is commissioned by the Dutch Flower Council to create a series video portraits – EXPOSÉ – about the inspiring floral artists, both home and abroad. The serie is broadcasted in four countries. We see how flowers are immortalised in ice, sugar and bouquets by true floral artists.

One of them, Bas Meeuws will be there to tell you about his work. He creates digital flower still lives that exhibit many similarities with paintings of the golden age.

Artist Samantha Thole, that created the flower murals for Blossom, teaches us about her research gendered botany. She tells us about the hidden stories in horticulture and shows us that flowers can be used as a form of protest.

For one night only during this exhibition, Garage Rotterdam turns into a unique setting for dinner & drinks. Enjoying good food and great company in a very special venue. Being surrounded by works of art. This is what Natafelen is all about: a culinary night at Garage Rotterdam. The curator Bas Hendrikxs and several artists taking part in the current exhibition will join you for dinner and tell you more about their work in-between courses. Diner Diner €40, wine-arrangement (optional) €20

Master Chef Laurence van Bergeijk will prepare a scrumptuous, vegetarian three-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.

Please make your reservations by 11th January 2019 before 12:00 hours at info@garagerotterdam.nl with the subject: Natafelen | Blossom. Let us know with how many you will be joining us!