ARTIST TALK – HANS CHRISTIAN VAN NIJKERK / HIROKO TSUCHIMOTO
Date: Tuesday 14th of february 18.00 - 20.00
Place: Nordiska Gästateljén Malongen, Nytorget 15 C, Stockholm
Language: English
We welcome you to an artist talk by Hans Christian van Nijkerk (NO/NL) and Hiroko Tsuchimoto (JP/SE) at the guest studio of the Nordic Art Association.
Van Nijkerk works and lives in Bergen, Norway. He was invited on a residency by the Nordic Art Association at this studio to collaborate for the first time with Stockholm-based performance artist Hiroko Tsuchimoto on the topic of "Discomfort".
They organized a 3-day workshop, hosted and performed in 2 performance events about this topic at Fylkingen earlier this month. Their artist talk will focus primarily on the highlights and low points -keeping with the discomfort theme- from these events.
About the artists:
Hans Christian van Nijkerk works primarily with performance art. His audiences are often expected to give direct feedback on his performances or even participate, making them an integral part of the work or even comprising the work itself. He enjoys performing at unconventional sites in public spaces, where audience reaction is often very different from a traditional stage: less predictable, less polite. This also presents the challenge of working with negative feedback, or with no feedback at all from unwilling or unaware audiences.
https://vimeo.com/hanschristianvannijkerk
Hiroko Tsuchimoto’s works can be described as political, in the sense that they problematize our views and actions. In her performances she investigates the cultural construction of authority, borders and dichotomies. Through pushing and pulling her audience, she divides the visitors according to arbitrary systems, like nationality, fortunetelling or phrenology. The arrangements are carried out in silence, with body- and eye contact as means of communication. This leaves the spectators with a funny, disorienting feeling, bordering on uneasiness.
https://vimeo.com/hirokotsuchimoto
this residency project was made possible with the support of:
