Run, Artist-Run! Workshop
x KABK BA Fine Arts
Friday 22nd November 2024
The students of the KABK (BA Fine Arts) present their public program at the end of the course ‘RUN, ARTIST-RUN!’ that took place this fall at The Balcony. By learning conceptual and practical knowledge on curating and exhibition making, the students developed concrete exercises and tools, leading to the presentation of their own initiative.
one60
Friday, 22th November | 15:00 - 17:00
Dara, Raymond, Julia, and Benni wonder what can emerge when we allow ourselves to respond to an object without purpose. With the intention of challenging perception and detaching from functionality, they invite you to “one60.” Inspired by Erwin Wurm’s one-minute sculpture exercise, this hour-and-a-half workshop encourages participants to engage with a randomly assigned object for just one minute.
The intervention will start with a short introduction, followed by a series of experiments, reflections, and discussions on the theme of distortion. Together, we will explore how simple, everyday objects can transform in meaning and shape when freed from their intended use. This workshop is both playful and thought-provoking, culminating in a space filled with deconstructed objects that reveal new perspectives.
Eulogy for a Bug
Friday, 22th November | 17:00 - 19:00
Hauni, Helmi, and Isil invite you for an unusual memorial event honouring the life of a humble bug whose existence was abruptly cut short. Through this reflective event, we explore themes of neglect, intimacy, and the small, often-overlooked moments that connect us to the world around us.
The evening begins with a lighthearted eulogy and a symbolic "ceremony", followed by a creative writing session. Participants have the opportunity to write and share their own eulogies for things or beings they’ve neglected, creating a space for humor, introspection, and connection.
A Collective Nesting
Friday, 22nd November | 19:00 - 21:00
What defines "home" in today's climate? Amidst the housing crisis and shifting notions of stability, this interactive event hosted by Julie, James, and Louisa explores the meaning of home through the themes of community, resilience, and accessibility.
A Collective Nesting invites you to explore the definition of ‘home’ and the struggle to find one in today’s challenging climate. Stability and intimacy have become scarce luxuries, and homes are increasingly out of reach. Is ‘home’ now a comforting refuge or a fragile, aspirational construct? How can we rediscover ‘home’ through our environments and communities?
Our guest speaker, Joey (they/them), discusses the process of squatting, providing practical instructions on how to squat as a means of building community through active participation. Following Joey's talk, you’re invited to join us for a group weaving activity, a collective experience designed to emphasize the importance of collaboration and community. We weave, play, and connect with each other in a warm and open space, addressing the housing crisis in The Hague and envisioning new ways of finding ‘home’.
Imagining Sustainable Futures in The Hague
Thursday 28th March 2024
The project Imagining Sustainable Futures in The Hague is an educational initiative exploring the role of photography in environmental uncertainty.
Can humans live underwater? Can dogs scuba dive? How does climate change look like Photography transcends mere imagery and imagination to become a powerful agent for change. Created by Thomas Bragdon and Mari Kolcheva (The Balcony), in collaboration with Klimaatmakers and driven by a shared passion for visual storytelling, the program has nurtured dialogue between school students from Johan de Witt Scholengroep and photography professionals shaping a visionary narrative for a sustainable future along the coast of The Hague. This is a new generation’s exploration of their possible futures in The Hague, navigating the challenges of living in climate uncertainty.
Photographers Jana Romanova, Lina Selg and Daan Muller have guided eight high school students exploring visual language. Fatima Günde’s project is concerned with how floods affect not just humanity, but also other species - like the city birds, and Ismaël Halfhide is looking at climate change's effect on our urban landscapes and the ways we will play football in the future. Sharlene Fricke and Aihnhoa Lopez Vargas combine images of drought and water in a mythical collage, provoking questions about the need for fertile soil and clean water. Jacek Kozaczyńska, Lana Ramadan, and Shana Salim experimented with cyanotypes using salt water from the North Sea.
Bermuda Open Studios
Saturday 3rd & Sunday 4th June 2023
The Balcony takes part in Bermuda Open, a yearly open studio event that presents studios of artists with a contemporary practice in The Hague. Bermuda Open third edition presents over 70 artist studios in 12 locations throughout the city centre of The Hague.
Meet the artists working behind the curtain of The Balcony: Arthur Cordier, Carolina Pinto, Valentino Russo, Quinny Schreurs, and Pippilotta Yerna.
All artists were invited to submit an object they believe is relevant to their (studio) practice, to be photographed and displayed as a profile picture. Photos by Téa Boyarchuk. Poster by Carmen Dusmet Carrasco.
Bermuda Open Studios
Saturday 9th & Sunday 10th November 2024
The Balcony takes part in Bermuda Open, a yearly open studio event that presents studios of artists with a contemporary practice in The Hague. The fourth edition presents over 115 artist studios in 27 locations throughout the city!
Meet the artists working behind the curtain of The Balcony:
Pippilotta Yerna (NL), raised in a family of artists, develops a practice deeply devoted to photography as a means of establishing connections and enchanting absurdity.
Annabel Quick (UK) works in video and installation to consider how the human is defined through the animal, and vice versa, with an interest in the varying ecological and cultural understandings of conservation and heritage.
Jiyoung Yim (ROK) is a research-based artist who builds a 'poetic-academic' language upon spatial and sensory elements – through her primary mediums of animation and interactive sculptures, such as a candy or see-saws.
Photos by Goed Folk.
Crossovers Session
Wednesday September 18th 2024
WITH GUESTS Prof. Dr. Carlo Beenakker and artist Cathleen Owens
Explore the fluidity of time, work, and reality with us as we bring together the physicist Prof. Dr. Carlo Beenakker and the artist Cathleen Owens for an evening that cultivates new connections and dialogue across diverse fields of expertise, where meaningful ideas can take root and flourish.
This Crossovers session is devoted to the theme of Time. In a friendly and inviting atmosphere, we’ll explore the notion of time from various perspectives, including scientific, artistic, and social viewpoints. We explore the unexpected intersections of quantum theory and the artist’s perspective on the dynamics of the work-leisure loop, where time is not just a steady flow but a realm of multiple possibilities.
About the guests:
Prof. Dr. Carlo Beenakker, theoretical physicist at the Instituut-Lorentz of Leiden University, a recipient of the Spinoza award and the AKZO-Nobel Science award, shares how the common experience of time as a steady flow in one single direction is challenged by physics.
The artist Cathleen Owens presents about her work, often challenging the boundaries between personal time and public expectations, and the tension between work and rest in the digital age. Together we envision new ways of how the fluidity of time in quantum theory might inspire new ways of understanding work, productivity, and leisure.
