Art space 411 presents "The Spring Salon Kuiperdomingos Projects".
In April-May 2024, a Spring Salon salon will be organized by Art Space 411, this time in Amsterdam. Curators Hans Kuiper (Amsterdam) and Tiny Domingos (Berlin) invited 37 artists from Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, London, Marseille and Haarlem.
The aim of the exhibition is to honour artists who, outside the museum and gallery circuit, create independent spaces and initiatives to present practices with the visual arts as a starting point. For the curators of this project, these spaces are sanctuaries of cultural participation and inclusion, beyond institutional, commercial and political interests, essential for new perspectives.
Opening April 5th, 5pm at the Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, in Amsterdam. The show runs till May 3rd 2024.
Artists: Arjan van Amsterdam, Wafae Ahalouch, Nina Boas, Eline Boerwinkel, Rene Bosch, Tiny Domingos, Bella Easton, Frank Diersch, Andre Evers, Archi Galentz, Rosie de Graaf, Alissa Guillouet, Kirsten Hutsch, Patrick Huber, Sina Khani, Hans Kuiper, Anton Laiko, Ute Lindner, Claudia Mulder, Eva van Ooijen, Paul Ouwerkerk, Martyn F. Overweel, Luciano Pinna, Antonio Rego, Maarten Rots, Ivo Schouten, Jorrit Sinke, Kata Unger, Marjolein van Veen, Sander Veenhof, Sjimmie Veenhuizen, Gerard Veldman, Steffen Vogelezang, Ilja Warmerdam, Andreas Wolf, Marius van Zandwijk.
Art space 411 presents "The Spring Salon Kuiperdomingos Projects".
We know some films can be boring, but when boring becomes a style, we have something eyebrow raising. Now ´Creeps of the Middle East´didn´t already promise much last time and I wonder why I keep torturing myself with watching two characters at the cemetery for 10, I repeat: 10 minutes, but this ´movie´is only watchable at the end of the day, laying in your bed, with beer, chips and cheap apple pie next to your bed, a bed that already hurts your back, and you hope to fall asleep but you can´t because you are mesmerized by this new episode of The Creeps.
If you even then, start trying to find out which cemetery it is, `is it in Berlin, in the west of Germany or in Paris`, then there is some coaching needed for the Creeps team. When a casting director, out of desperation, starts to act, trying to save the ´main character´s performance, you know it´s going to be a tough sit.
My dear friends and radio lovers, I know you are not too fond of video, film or anything visual, being already overwhelmed by the visual pulp thrown at you day by day, so I can´t ask you to have a look at this maybe most boring movie of the year. As I said boringness turns out to become an art form, with here and there a laugh or a strange grin appearing on my face, especially when mr Sina Khani shouts out ´Ouagadougou!´
Now , I happen to have visited that splendid, sandy town in Burkina Faso, stayed in the only 5 star hotel ´RAN´to keep the huzzlers away, also being protected by the King of Art himself, mr Papa Adama, nowadays roaming the streets of Amsterdam, if he survived at least the last winter in the Park in Amsterdam, selling his paintings. Yes, hearing Sina Khani, shout out Ouagadougou, I start to wonder, where the hell did he get that from?
That can only be inspired by the King of Art himself. ´Putin!´, Khani even starts to shout at his sister, cousin or whoever it is bringing him his old paintings in a Volvo with a Dutch license plate, clearly in one of the outskirts of Berlin in the beginning of autumn. Did it take you so long to create this episode?
Sina Khani, you need another main character next to you (why not mr Papa Adama himself?) in which your humour and brilliance can shine, now there seems to be a void next to you, in almost every image you appear. Ok, I was warned, the announcement before the film of the suicidal thoughts of the main character should have me know better and even, mind you, the viewer is warned that we are going to watch...comedy!
Are mr. Khani and his team afraid the Woke Thought pölice will come and haunt them? Or, even worse, mr. Putin sends one of his former commie death squads because you are messing with the great leader´s image? Take care, take care, when people like Putin, whether you call your former girl friend that, or the man himself, happens to turn his eye on the Creeps of the Middle East, he might die from ...boredom and by that mr Khani might do humanity even a favour...
In this episode the guest actors, a whole bunch of ladies, appearing to audition for the role of Sina´s girl friend, of which a black haired wild looking girl convinces the most, save the Creeps again on the edge. Bless them. But mr Khani really has to get some more pepper in his acting and use his stand up experience and become free again, like he was in art school at the age of 23. Hoppa!
The Inspector
Image Marie van der Pol , to be seen at the Lentesalon/ Sporing Salon of Kuiperdomingos Projects in Amsterdam, opening coming Friday in Amsterdam, Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, Amsterdam.
Art space 411 presents "The Spring Salon Kuiperdomingos Projects".
In April-May 2024, a Spring Salon salon will be organized by Art Space 411, this time in Amsterdam. Curators Hans Kuiper (Amsterdam) and Tiny Domingos (Berlin) invited 37 artists from Amsterdam, Berlin, Hamburg, London, Marseille and Haarlem.
The aim of the exhibition is to honour artists who, outside the museum and gallery circuit, create independent spaces and initiatives to present practices with the visual arts as a starting point. For the curators of this project, these spaces are sanctuaries of cultural participation and inclusion, beyond institutional, commercial and political interests, essential for new perspectives.
Opening April 5th, 5pm at the Amstelkerk, Amstelveld 10, in Amsterdam. The show runs till May 3rd 2024.
Artists: Arjan van Amsterdam, Wafae Ahalouch, Nina Boas, Eline Boerwinkel, Rene Bosch, Tiny Domingos, Bella Easton, Frank Diersch, Andre Evers, Archi Galentz, Rosie de Graaf, Alissa Guillouet, Kirsten Hutsch, Patrick Huber, Sina Khani, Hans Kuiper, Anton Laiko, Ute Lindner, Claudia Mulder, Eva van Ooijen, Paul Ouwerkerk, Martyn F. Overweel, Luciano Pinna, Antonio Rego, Maarten Rots, Ivo Schouten, Jorrit Sinke, Kata Unger, Marjolein van Veen, Sander Veenhof, Sjimmie Veenhuizen, Gerard Veldman, Steffen Vogelezang, Ilja Warmerdam, Andreas Wolf, Marius van Zandwijk.
Art space 411 presents "The Spring Salon Kuiperdomingos Projects".
AI-specialisten luiden de noodklok: "de toekomst van de mensheid staat op het spel". Sommigen spreken zelfs van een gevaar van verdwijnen van de mensheid in de, mischien, wel niet zo verre toekomst, hierdoor.
Luister en huiver Een gesprek tussen een A.I-specialist, 2 kunstenaars en de nieuwe gast...
Creeps from the Middle East, episode 2, part 2. ‘The Tears of Sina Khani’. The long time between the publication of the episodes makes it impossible to keep up with the story line, if there was any in the first place. Of course it’s charming to witness the creative process “in the making”, but it irritates. And not in a fun David Lynch confusing way. But in a Sina Khani insults his audience without any reason why way. From the previous episode I remember a suicidal sister, a gay pimp, a ratty dog, a trip to Berlin in a cheap Renault Twingo, a club scene, a little boy dressed as a bossy girl, a bed scene with a lame book instead of hot sex, a Freudian mother and a musician buddy who interrupted the story line JUST when it was getting a hint of a flow. That’s what we call an edit fail, a concept misery, a proof of artistic weakness.
The ‘Aha effect’ is lacking, and so my hope of a good watch.
Instead of following up on those mildly promising plot elements we see see Adelheid Roosen sleeping. Come on, guys. You have a once in a lifetime chance to work with such a legend, and you let her speak out a lullaby? Not even sing it? Make use of your cast!
We involuntarily witness an insider scene of Sina Khani being on Michiel Lieuwma’s Open Geesten podcast, where they chat about Star Wars and Werner Herzog. Wait, did I get it right? Did Michiel Lieuwma just compare himself to George Lucas. Oh Lord. Pathetic. But then, the first and last interesting moment: Sina Khani slaps his ass. OK, not bad. I like that.
Talking about asses. Mohsen Namjoo. This guy is a toxic narcissist BUT a genius musician. I saw him perform in De Stadschouwburg in front of the Queen of Holland. She had tears in her eyes. Real ones. Not fake ones like you, Sina Khani. You cast him as film critique. No one cares. Use him for what he’s good at. Singing like a mentally challenged Persian shepherd or one of his sheeps but with Down Syndrome.
You imitate Stefan Ruitenbeek from “Keeping It Real Art Critics” (KIRAC) probably because he is in a meningitis coma that is as artificial as his talent for framing and cinematography
You cast exterminator Tarik Sadouma, who obviously doesn’t want to collaborate with cockroaches anymore… and now he found you, Sina Khani. The OFFICIAL parasite of the Amsterdam art scene. Luckily he roasts the heck out of you. But what is the casting he talks about? Who is Fleur? Who is the fucking pigeon from Azerbaijan? A few more unanswered questions for the viewer. Luckily no one cares about them. Well done, Team Creeps.
And I want to see Sohrab Bayat as the asshole Sohrab Bayat IS, not as an impression of yourself. Take off your silly wig and shove that stick that you pulled out of your butt back in. Because you can only wish that Jini van Rooijen aka Jini Jane will touch you. Don’t you ever put her name in your mouth again! You are even less attractive than Sid Lukassen or Michel Houellebecq. At least they got to make out with that swine. Or that other turkey, if you know who I mean. Isa Moleman or something
Good night and sweet dreams.
PS: The voice of reason sounds like a lame art school teacher who repeats the same lines over and over every year.
Interview conducted by Hans Kuiper via Zoom with curators Witte Wartena (Berlin, Germany) and Euan Gray (Edinburgh, Scotland). They organized a big drawing exhibition in Amsterdam.
Ilja Warmerdam en Hans Kuiper tonen vanaf 4 september de nieuwste tekeningen die we maakten tijdens het verblijf in een atelier in Drenthe. Opening zondag van 15.00-17.00 uur, Het Seinwezen, Kinderhuissingel 1, Haarlem. Kom langs!
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