On the Edge

The exhibition On the Edge opens on Friday 30 August 2013 at 20.00 hrs. Guest curator of this exhibiton is Roosmarijn Hompe (1986)

The group exhibition On the Edge is about exploring various visual disciplines. As if for the first time, basic questions about the discipline are raised. How is shape created and what are the limitations of the material? What is functionality and what is aesthetics? How do you transform abstract ideas into concrete images that appeal to the imagination?

This multidisciplinary approach leads to a wide range of means of expression. Despite this multitude of options, many are returning to the roots of their discipline: what are the limitations and opportunities of a visual discipline? What can we learn from other disciplines?

The visual artists and designers who are taking part in this exhibition are also exploring the boundaries. Not just of their own discipline but also of their imagination.

With Frank Bruggeman (NL), Lonneke van der Palen (NL), Wies Preijde (NL), Rogier Arents (NL), Jacob Raeder (VS), Maurice Scheltens and Liesbeth Abbenes (NL), Jasper Nijs (NL), Martin Fenne (NL)

Garage Rotterdam staat zondagmiddag 15 september 2013 tijdens 24 uur cultuur in het teken van bijzondere designprojecten van aanstormend talent.

Ontdek de The Energy Collection van Marjan van Aubel, waarbij een servies en tafel wordt gebruikt om energie op te wekken. Laat jij een lampje branden?
Jorn Heidekamp heeft een machine ontworpen om energie op te wekken uit hout. Met ‘Op hout gestookt’ stelt Jorn Heidekamp onze zelfredzaamheid op de proef. Emiel Gilijamse ontwikkelde een methode waarmee gekapt hout ter plekke in de natuur tot een meubelstuk kan veranderen.

Dit programma vormt een aanvulling op de groepstentoonstelling On the Edge waarin negen kunstenaars en ontwerpers de grenzen van hun vak verkennen, maar ook van hun verbeelding. Wat kunnen zij nog van hun eigen en andere disciplines leren?

Brandstof is a regular event at Garage Rotterdam providing background information about the exhibitions. A round table session about the exhibition On the Edge will be held on Sunday afternoon 6 October at 15.00 hrs. The main question is: To what extent should art education be either autonomous or market-driven considering our current economic and political climate?

Art education in the Netherlands has recently been under attack. The autonomy of art education is increasingly under pressure due to current Dutch cultural policy. Fewer visual artists are being trained. What’s more, educational institutions are forced to: offer unique curricula to distinguish themselves, make student selection procedures stricter and focus on creating and marketing top talent.

The ideal of the creative entrepreneur is spreading rapidly and has now been included in the curriculum of design academies. Educational institutions have implemented project-based education and pay more attention to entrepreneurship in their curricula in an attempt to produce market-proof designers and visual artists. What will the implications be for experimenting and researching in art education? Will these graduates have something meaningful to say?

This topic will be debated live by Bas van Beek (designer, former head of designLAB, Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam), Jeroen van den Eijnde (researcher and lecturer at ArtEz Arnhem), Cynthia Hathaway (designer, lecturer at Gerrit Rietveld Academy Amsterdam, Academie van Bouwkunst Amsterdam, Design Academy Eindhoven and others) and Annemartine van Kesteren (Design curator, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, lecturer at Design Academy Eindhoven).

Sunday 6 October 15.00 – 17.00 hrs
Tickets: € 4.50
This round table session will be held in English.
Please register by sending an email to info@garagerotterdam.nl by Thursday 3 October.

Klein Onderhoud is an event with drinks held on the last Friday of each exhibition. On Friday 25 October 2013 from 17.00 – 21.00 is the concluding drink to mark the end of On the Edge.