In Support is an exhibition program in three parts taking place from June 10 to September 2, 2017, at De Kijkdoos (Amsterdam), a row of outdoor vitrines accessible to the public 24/7. Each of the three strands (each lasting one month) will open with a performance held publicly on the street and will address a different aspect of the notion of support: “Support as Intimacy and Proximity”, “Violence of Support”, and “Support Structures”. The program lifts off from the principal that support – as a call for togetherness and relationally as opposed to the atomized individuality of today’s precarious subject – is essential in our world of plural crises, and asks how artistic practices can themselves be practices of support. In Support, an experiment in exhibition-making outside the white cube scenario, is curated by Baha Görkem Yalım in company with and in response to contributions from a number of visual artists (Giulia Crispiani, Anne-Xûan Llanes, and Dan Walvin), two performance artists (Leon Filter and Aldo E. Ramos), and a scholar (Süreyya Karacabey). In Support
June 10 – September 2, 2017
De Kijkdoos
Weesperstraat 51, Amsterdam
Open 24/7
1. In Support: “Support as Intimacy and Proximity”
June 10 – July 8
Performance:
“How Far Can You Be?” by Aldo E. In Support: “Violence of Support”
July 15 – August 7
Performance:
“Bent” by Leon Filter
July 15, 19.00
3. In Support: “Support Structures”
August 12 – September 2
Performance:
“Epic Intervention” by Süreyya Karacabey
August 12, 19:00
Note: All performances take place at De Kijkdoos, Weesperstraat 51, Amsterdam. Web-archive: www.insupport.tk
Curation and theoretical framework:
Baha Görkem Yalım
Artists:
Giulia Crispiani
Leon Filter
Anne-Xûan Llanes
Aldo E. Ramos
Dan Walvin
Baha Görkem Yalım
Lecturer:
Süreyya Karacabey
Bibliography:
Céline Condorelli, Support Structures
Roland Barthes, “Dark Glasses” in A Lovers Discourse: Fragments
Gilles Deleuze, Foucault
André Lepecki, Choreopolice and Choreopolitics
Graphic / web design:
Bram van den Berg
Editor:
Phil Baber
Technical support:
Suat Öğüt
PR support:
Suzan Kalle
Müge Yılmaz
In Support is supported by the AFK (Amsterdam Fund for the Arts).
