with Frederique Bergholtz
April-June 2006

This project explored different approaches to presentation, with specific attention to the performativity of the work of art: the relation between what an artwork “says” and what it “does”, it’s meaning and its effect.

Lieke Snellen, With Wood and Boxes, 2006

The project resulted in an exhibition in two parts at De Veemvloer in Amsterdam (June 11-16 & 22-27, 2006), entitled Over the last century there have been many developments. Each of the participants was asked to present their work twice: once in an intimate version in the front room of De Veemvloer, and once in the large exhibition hall.

Lieke Snellen, Doing with Wood and Boxes, installed at the exhibition at De Veemvloer, Amsterdam, June 2006

Project leader was curator Frederique Bergholtz (the Netherlands). She was a curator at Marres, Maastricht, and is currently one of the curators of “If I can’t dance I don’t want to be part of your revolution”, a programme of performances and art projects realized in collaboration with Huis aan de Werf in Utrecht, De Appel in Amsterdam and other partner institutions. She has worked with Bik Van der Pol, Mariana Castillo Deball, Deimantas Narkevicius, Hinrich Sachs and many other artists.

Invited guests for this project were curator Dorothea von Hantelmann (Germany) and art historian Marga van Mechelen (the Netherlands).

Niels Vis, Suspense, rotating wall with lenses, De Veemvloer, Amsterdam 2006

Ruth Legg, Light Switch, sculptural intervention at De Veemvloer, Amsterdam, 2006