HKU VERS 2018 | Her Sanitary

when: September 15, 2018 - September 30, 2018
where: EXboot

In september EXboot will open her doors as an exhibition area. Just like ‘big brother’ EXbunker, EXboot will kick off the cultural season with ‘HKU Vers’: the most remarkable graduation project of a student from the Art academy in Utrecht (HKU). EXboot selected the work of Emma van Doorn.

Steel and plush. A lot of pink and a bit of black. Abandoned and playful. Pop Art and De Stijl. Contradictions are the idiom of Emma van Doorn; She combines high ánd low culture with a mindful attitude and a postmodern swing. She questions the truth that is so often claimed with no doubt. Hence she dismantles the world and brings it back to seperate elements with a slightly abstract character: a bubble bath with balls, a tribal hug, a sanitary attribute molded in epoxy. And sometimes she pops up herself. With a humorous undertone she asks her sincere question: Is the art world too elitist and has it become isolated from real life? The world of ‘the white cube’ opposite ‘the stranger in the night’? In EXboot Emma van Doorn knows how to bring these worlds together again with enticing visual means. Pst! … do you dare?

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Current exhibition

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

Numerous small, colorful buttons of different sizes and shades are scattered over a light-colored, textured surface.

Apr 2

Apr 26

De Unbuttoning

Judith Spil

Suddenly, something falls to the ground: what could it be? Something that was previously hidden has just become visible through the falling of a button. Judith Spil explores how vulnerability can be made visual. In this work, she uses buttons. Everyday objects often appear in her work. The falling buttons detach from the canvas and form a continuously changing landscape on the floor.The buttons are connected to a thread that is slowly being pulled, and inevitably another button will fall. This happens slowly, just like when you share vulnerable parts of your life. You reveal parts of yourself, bit by bit. It's an irreversible process: once you share something with someone, you can't go back. It might strengthen your bond, but it also feels like something is falling away. A protective layer is missing; something is now being exposed. It's a beautiful, yet painful process in which you give away a part of yourself, which could connect you with other people. You take a risk by doing this, because you never know how others will react to your fragility.

where

Nijverheidskade 15
3534AZ Utrecht

Due to the unique and limited size of the cultural-historical site, EXboot is only accessible on foot and is not wheelchair accessible. There are no facilities for the hearing impaired (yet).

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

Always at EXboot

The sand path museum

I cherish both my present and my past. Besides a space for high-profile art, one of my rooms also houses the Zandpad Museum. Here, I'll tell you about my illustrious past and introduce you to people who know me well—inside or out. Sit on my stool, gaze out the window, and listen to the many stories surrounding my life.

Short documentary 'The Sand Path'

The Zandpad Museum is screening a short documentary about the history of the Zandpad. You'll also find numerous audio clips of conversations with various people involved, including a former sex worker and former mayor Aleid Wolfsen.

This Zandpad documentary was made by Sylvie Kamphuis & Jaap Pronk (director), Bram Engelaar (camera), Doenja Abel (production), Twan Bracco Gartner (music), and Bald Beeld (editing). Thanks to the interviewees: Aleid Wolfsen (former mayor of the Municipality of Utrecht), Brenda Oude Breuil (criminologist at Utrecht University), Jannie Teunissen (De Tussenvoorziening), the former sex worker, and the former client of Zandpad. The documentary was made possible in part by the Municipality of Utrecht, KF Heinfonds, Mondriaanfonds, and RTV Utrecht.

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