Kunstklanken
Meet the artists of ITGWO24
Into The Great Wide Open and Mister Motley join forces to unveil the art that will settle on Vlieland during the festival for a wider audience. In the podcast Kunstklanken, you will get to know the artists who collaboratively shape the art program for the upcoming festival. On this page, you can find all episodes. The latest episode will be released on Friday, August 30, and is Luuk's report on the art program on the island.
Episode 1: Guillaume Versteeg
In the first episode, Luuk Heezen talks with artist Guillaume Versteeg about the work MacroCosmos II, a collaboration between Versteeg, Laurie Drew, and Skander Jaïbi. MacroCosmos II is a dynamic merging of the physical and the digital, designed as a large, organic sculpture with steel ribs: an audiovisual experience in which the space is constantly in motion. The work invites the visitor to reflect on the interconnections between micro and macro, the visible and the invisible, the singular and the whole. But also on their own role, not only as a spectator but as a participant in an interconnected cosmic journey.
Episode 2: Clinton Kabena
A Heaven of My Own is a harrowing image of the hidden costs behind the pursuit of green energy, particularly in the context of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, created by Clinton Kabena. A car wrapped in cobalt blue fabric, like a shroud reminiscent of the encased packaging of Congolese nkisi (voodoo doll), imbued with spiritual significance and the weight of untold stories. The cobalt blue color symbolizes the mineral cobalt, an essential component of batteries for electric vehicles. Yet this vibrant color also serves as a reminder of the suffering that the Congolese people have had to endure during the relentless quest for this resource. The car, once a symbol of dreams and aspirations, now hangs in stasis, pointing upwards to the heavens but forever grounded by the weight of its consequences.
Episode 3: Tina FarifteH
The public debate about refugees has become harsher, more heated, and polarized over the past twenty years. Populists simplify complex realities into good and evil, victims and perpetrators: 'us' versus 'them'. Their rhetoric often consists of dehumanizing words and metaphors. The Flood examines the malicious metaphor of refugees as threatening water: "a tsunami of refugees"; "our country is being flooded"; "they are pouring into Europe". This rhetoric has gradually been adopted by mainstream politicians and media. It seeps into laws and policy.
Episode 4: Miek Zwamborn
Seaweeds populated the shorelines long before humans emerged on Earth. In all colors and shapes, they move with the rhythm of the tides; they provide support to each other and to others and are capable of much in extreme conditions. In the seaweed lab on Vlieland, visitors can experience the wisdom of seaweeds: taste, touch, listen, and reflect on these explorations and intertwine with them. Experience a consciousness of the endless entanglements with our environment among the seaweeds. Discover their survival strategies and ecosystems and contribute to the Seaweed Manifesto and our ode to the sea.
Episode 5: The art route complete
Luuk Heezen completes the circle. In the fifth and final episode, Luuk takes a round trip along the art route on the Island. Are you still present and do you have a slot free in your schedule? If so, then stroll by all the marvelous works that adorn the island.
