‘The woods that see and hear’ exhibition has now closed
dertien hectare looks back at a successful edition of its biennial exhibition. ‘The woods that see and hear’, developed by New Zealand-born curator Sarah Farrar, addressed issues of ecology and the changing landscape through projects by national and international artists. The exhibition received over 3200 visitors, with strong attendance of the education programme for primary and secondary schools. Extensive information about the artist projects and accompanying events can be found on this website.
Currently dertien hectare is finalising the publication ‘The woods that see and hear’ which will be presented at the end of August 2010. More information about the book launch will follow on this website.
dertien hectare thanks all of the people who have been part of our 2010 exhibition and we hope to see you again in 2012!
The next dertien hectare exhibition will be presented in the summer of 2012. dertien hectare will announce the new curator in the beginning of 2011.
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Forthcoming publication: The woods that see and hear
This bilingual (English and Dutch) publication offers extensive visual documentation of each of the twelve projects presented as part of ´The woods that see and hear´, as well as an introduction by the exhibition’s curator and five additional texts prepared specifically for this publication. These texts include three interviews by artist Eve Armstrong with people intimately connected with the exhibition site and its surroundings; a text by Koen Kleijn written in response to Marjolijn Dijkman’s ongoing project ´All Alone Among the Stars´; and a work of fiction by Nathalie Hartjes that approaches the human vs nature relationship from the perspective of two erstwhile lovers.
Price: €12,50. The publication can be pre-purchased at the dertien hectare site, or viainfo@dertienhectare.nl
Into the woods – Review (Dutch)
Review by Koen Kleijn in de Groene Amsterdammer.
Midsummer night’s dream – a report
Nathalie Hartjes contributed to art magazine’s Kunstbeeld blog with a report on dertien hectare’s Midsummer night’s dream. The text can be found on the Dutch pages, some photo’s of the event are included here. read more…
Opening of ‘The woods that see and hear’
The opening of ‘The woods that see and hear’ last Saturday was a success! The audience was a nice mixture of art professionals, curious new visitors and old friends. After a short welcome by Frans van Lokven (chairman of dertien hectare), a speech from the curator Sarah Farrar, and a speech by director of art centre CBK ‘s-Hertogenbosch, many visitors joined guided tours through the exhibition. read more…
Our visitors’ forest pictures
dertien hectare placed the forest in the urban environment with a poster campaign. Check out the photos our visitors have sent in of themselves in front of the forest wallpaper. Pick up you own set at dertien hectare, the CBK ’s-Hertogenbosch, or request one by e-mail via info@dertienhectare.nl, send in your photo, and receive a free copy of the expected publication ‘The woods that see and hear’.
Niek van der Pas
Adri & Marjo uit ’s-Hertogenbosch
Daniel Willemsen
Illona Willemsen
Jens
Introducing
Sarah Farrar
Sarah Farrar (New Zealand, 1980) is an independent curator and art writer based in Amsterdam and London. From 2007-08 she participated in the Curatorial Programme at de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam. Before moving to the Netherlands, Sarah was employed as Curator at City Gallery Wellington, a contemporary art museum in New Zealand, where she worked from 2003-07. Sarah has curated over thirty exhibitions of contemporary art, design and architecture and has contributed texts for international art magazines including Artlink (Australia) and LINO (Australia), and art publications in New Zealand, the Netherlands and Belgium. read more…
Two artworks at the CBK ’s-Hertogenbosch
As part of the exhibition ‘The woods that see and hear’ two artworks will be shown at the CBK ’s-Hertogenbosch in its new home at the former Koning Willem II cigar factory. These works are ‘Acid Rain’ (2006-10) by Bright Ugochukwu Eke (NG) and ‘Notes From a Cretaceous World’ (2010) by Nick Mangan (AU). www.cbks-hertogenbosch.nl
