BE LONGING

when: October 2, 2024 - October 27, 2024
where: EXboot

Seungjoo Kim is an Artist from Korea, who specializes in drawing and painting.

They have been drawing for their whole life. Growing up as an artsy kid in Seoul, attending art school at an early age formed their life around art. Feeling stuck in the education system and society, they moved to the Netherlands when they turned 18. Fine Arts at HKU, 2017-2022. After graduation, they had their time at de Nijverheid as an artist in 2023. As an Asian person, and artist who does not have any relatives in the EU, getting a visa to stay in the Netherlands was tough.

Seungjoo is now living in England for 2 years. Not knowing where to live, and how to form life has been the repeating question in recent years.

Art reflects the artist. The story of life. How they are yearning to make a happy life.

The journey to find somewhere they feel truly belong.

“I want to be happier, healthier, and wealthier.

But how, where?”

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Current exhibition

This exhibition is closed. This is showing at EXboot now:

Oct 2

Oct 26

Ancestral Murmurs

Iyanla Etnel

Ancestral Murmurs is a performance video that explores the weight of silence passed on from generation to generation.Through heavy, slow movements, the work reflects how this inherited weight shapes the body and its ability to move forward.

where

Nijverheidskade 15
3534AZ Utrecht

EXboot is vanwege de unieke en beperkte omvang van de cultuurhistorische locatie enkel te voet te betreden en niet rolstoeltoegankelijk. Er zijn (nog) geen voorzieningen voor slechthorenden.

Een groep jonge mannen kijkt door het raam van de EXboot naar binnen

Always at EXboot

Het zandpadmuseum

"I cherish both my present and my past. In addition to being a place for groundbreaking art, one of my rooms also houses the Zandpad Museum. Here, I share the story of my illustrious past and introduce you to people who know me well—inside and out. Take a seat on my stool, gaze out the window, and listen to the many stories surrounding my existence."

Short documentary ‘Het Zandpad’

In the 'Zandpad Museum', you can watch a short documentary about the origins of the Zandpad. The Zandpad used to be a strip of boats in the river Vecht, where sexworkers could fullfill their profession legaly. The documentary features numerous audio fragments of conversations with various people involved, including a former sex worker and former mayor Aleid Wolfsen.

This Zandpad documentary was created by Sylvie Kamphuis & Jaap Pronk (directors), Bram Engelaar (camera), Doenja Abel (production), Twan Bracco Gartner (music), and Bald Beeld (editing). Special thanks to the interviewees: Aleid Wolfsen (former mayor of Utrecht), Brenda Oude Breuil (criminologist at Utrecht University), Jannie Teunissen (De Tussenvoorziening), the former sex worker, and the former client of the Zandpad.

The documentary was made possible with support from the Municipality of Utrecht, K.F. Heinfonds, Mondriaan Fund, and RTV Utrecht.

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