Opening 27th November from 18:30
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74

During their stay as artists in residence, Aurélie, Kirsty and Ling experimented at AGA LAB and present their outcomes.

Aurélie Sorriaux is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. Her photographs are visual explorations through memory, experience and the complex state of existence. She examines the question of ourselves and the traces as layers of history.

Her previous projects examined the delineation of the family’s heritage across generations and how this history culminates in ourselves, along with a mapping of geographical landscapes, studying visible traces of time left upon the earth’s surface. During her two months as an artist in residence at AGALAB, she experimented with the silkscreen and the photopolymer process to deepen these two concepts. 

Kirsty Nicoll is a Scottish artist based in Leiden. Primarily a painter, her focus for the residency was silk screen printing in order to bring a more graphic quality to her work. As film photography is an integral part to her practice, developing and printing in the darkroom were also goals for the residency. 

Her project aimed to explore the Netherlands relationship with nature. Comparing to the wilderness of Scotland, her first observation on moving here was how nature is contained. Through its integration into the designs of city streets to filling the interiors of Dutch houses. This has an abstract quality; although everything you see is natural, it is an illusion as it was planned and created by man. Her aim at AGA LAB was to visualise and combine these conflicting ideas of design and nature.

Ling Chiu has been working in the lithography department for her second AIR visit and has produced a series of works based on historic, found, and encountered pigeon specimens in London. 

"Pigeons are where people are, all around the world, in every nook and cranny.  They make homes where they can, however, they can, just like us.  It's not their fault that we call some of them doves, and others flying rats, underneath, they're all the same."

́Imagination cures surveillance ́ is a multidisciplinary collaboration between a fashion brand @irinagusakova and a graphic designer @bramromkes. Inspired by the dystopian story set in distant future, the collaboration explores the themes of surveillance, suppression and need for protection through the transformable, multifunctional garments, graphics that mimic infra-red scans, which is a technology used in surveillance programs.

To further reflect on the collaboration theme, the transformable tent and a climbing wall created for the exhibition reference the utilitarian nature of the garments and the outdoor aesthetic of the brand.

Opening night on 13th of November from 18:00 till 21:00. with drinks.
Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74, Amsterdam 

This exhibition explores the development of Ed Catley’s recent work, including 12 works on paper printed at Letterpress Amsterdam from April 2018 to October 2021. The British artist (b.1969, Wolverhampton) frequently travels to develop new processes that reflect the technological and cultural changes taking place within contemporary fine-art printmaking.

In recent years we have all seen profound changes in the way images can be manipulated and presented. ‘MOKUM A’ displays new ways of incorporating digital workflow with traditional methods, and demonstrates the importance of new technology in the manufacture of artworks.

The exhibition also makes a contribution to the debate about formalism in contemporary fine art, and explores the juxtaposition between ‘resolved’ optical experiences and ‘unresolved’ psychological responses - an intelligent ‘post-abstract’ figuration that could not have existed before the information age.

Ed Catley has exhibited across the UK and internationally. His work is held in permanent collections in Europe, North America and the Middle East. He is also the curator of the Printing in Dutch exhibition.

Tuesday 26th - Thursday 28th of October 2021, 11.00-17.00.
FINISSAGE: Thursday 28. October, 17.00-20.00.

DE BOUWPUT - Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74

A group exhibition about knowledge, acquired through the experiment. To what extent do these outcomes influence the oeuvre or the practice of the artists?

In addition to the physical exhibition, there will be a podcast in which the artists will talk to each other. Moderated by Merlijn Geurts. From the 14th till 17th of October.
DE BOUWPUT - ferdinand Huycstraat 74

Opening Friday the 15th, but we have cold beers on all days!

Artists:
Carmen Schabracq
Atelier Eelkman
Akmar
Maurice van Tellingen
Eric Martijn

Het jaarlijkse, internationale ExploreZ Festival komt er weer aan!

Een bruisend programma vol theater, solo’s, conferenties, muziek en bijzondere gasten. Met o.a.:

The Eternal Feminine - Emily Bannister
Indigenous Heritage - Eva Geia Huisman
Best Off ExploreZ
Het Alfabet van onzekere tijden - ZID Theater
Rebel - Naïma Baraka
Een Stad, Vele Gezichten
Laat me niet alleen - Daan Bosch
HISTORIA - Issam Zemmouri
FATE - Future Academy on Tour in Europe

Upcoming: Bouw Zine Fair 2021
September 18th and 19th 13:00-19:00

We are happy to announce our first ever zine fair. We have an incredible group of arts that will be presenting their zines, illustrations, prints and more

Key moments:
🍋 Saturday at 17:00 — margaritas for everyone by @piloncito.nl — Fresh!
⚡️ Sunday at 16:00 — official launch of the ’74’ Magazine with all the exhibitions we had in De Bouwput the past 2 years — Funk!

🎨 Artists & publishers:

@terry.bleu
@thefinalbaws
@riso_pop
@knustpress
@mmmmatches
@hiroaki_onuma
@melaniecorre
@jeroenfunke
@marnixpostma
@peimsloot
74 Magazine (@hesselderonde @clarystolte @irmaoldenburgfilmmaker)

Ferdinand Huyckstraat 74, 1061HW  Amsterdam, NL