ABOUT - ABOUT -
SURF = Surfacing Unused Realities Forum.
In these times of avoiding the inevitable, we try to connect in digital ways. We hope you will join us in order to create new ways of communicating. Let’s plan, contemplate, act, overthink, speak, disagree, empower and (de)construct! It will be something better, different, or something that will be like we never experienced before. Although we are in a non-chosen solitude, this doesn't mean we can't invite people. In our sanctuary we can have digital visitors, and we become visitors of the others as well. We are all on the same page and 'the other' is not existing anymore. Let's make this event an example of nearness in remoteness.
⌇ ầl ⌇ go ⌇ rầ ⌇ ve
How do the codes we write influence our soundwaves? A sonic performance by algoraver Nesso.
⌹ deciphering ⌹ distortions
What biases lie within the algorithms we use? A talk.
⍨ aDVeRSARIAL ATTACk
How can we take back our future, as a generation controlled by surveillance capitalism, cookies and trackers? A discussion.
((( s℮☈v℮☈ b☈℮ach )))) \\\
How does the architecture of our servers and data center influence our biopolitics and identities? A performance by Karina Sheikh.
╬ colonial ╬ network
How does the colonial geography of the cable network colonize our internets? A discussion.
▣ GRAZING in CYBERSPACE
How can we browse the web in a non-linear, associative way? A workshop by Michiel Teeuw.
[---> OUTCOMES]
can you hear my ___ \\\
What silent sounds (co)exist in cyberspace? A performance by Tin E Zheng and Livia Ribichini.
homo 🃟 ludens 🃟 and 🃟 Bear 🃟
Why, how, and what does a human play, and what implications follow? A talk by Leo Delfgaauw.
☄ ULTRA-DENSITY-ROOMS
How can we create, maintain, and care for our online discursive communities? A talk with Rui Jun Luong.
☯ d0ubLe ☯ buBbLE
How do our online communities relate to offline ones, and should they? A discussion.
whisper ↜↝ club \\\
(AFTERPARTY) an hour-long whisper session.
USER PROFILE: KARYNA SHEIKH
favorite artist:
Hito Steyerl, Michael Costiff, Ruby Gloom, Jean-Michel Basquiat
motto:
World is decay, life is perception.- Democritus
favorite website:
mollysoda.exposed
weirdest job ever done:
A vocal performance at a bar
USER PROFILE: RUI JUN LUONG
favorite artist:
David LaChapelle, Toiletpaper magazine
motto:
"It's important to me that people are able to be themselves and are able to express them, there is beauty in everyone."
favorite website:
toiletpapermagazine.org
weirdest job ever done:
Artist
USER PROFILE: TIN E ZHENG
favorite artist:
Francis Alÿs
motto:
Don't work too hard to make things happen
favorite website:
thegeese.hotglue.me
weirdest job ever done:
Art tutor for public exam
USER PROFILE: JENS HOLS
favorite artist:
Recently I really liked Sara Cwynar! Though I also fell in love with Alicja Kwade, Paulo Nazareth..
motto:
Woman creates life Men creates art I create nothing
favorite website:
coolors.co
weirdest job ever done:
Cleaning churches?
crust: cupping
Jan Herman de Boer will ceremonially open our shared space, with a performance.
L0st sp@c℮s ~~~
A welcoming essay by Yvonne Zeegers on the politics of pathos in the living space.
⚞ ℮nacting th℮ virtual ⚟ |||
How does the perception and position of digital/virtual art(ists) change now everyone is online by necessity? A panel discussion with Helia Rafie, Swaeny Nina Kersaan and Hannah Neckel.
☹☹☹ money talk
How will the current/coming economic collapse influence (freelance) creatives? Can art still be a commodity? Should it be? A group discussion.
[---> OUTCOMES]
purrrrrrrrrvision ◕
(LUNCH BREAK) cat sounds and other relaxation by Sekaiology.
---> video coming soon
p℮rformativ℮ ⚖ antidot℮s |||
How can making or viewing art, in these turbulent times, help us to ground, balance and bring calmness? A panel discussion with Mylan Hoezen, Hinke Ann Eleveld and Sekaiology.
dom℮stic ⛝ mat℮rials ⛝
What can you make inside your house? What are the possibilities of creation within these restrictions? Is everybody an amateur now, or are we all artists? A group discussion. [---> OUTCOMES]
⏚ analog mod℮s un/distanc℮d ⏚ |||
How can art, that is using physical presence, maintaing connection during times of isolation, distancing and home-staying? A panel discussion with Eleni Tsompanidou, Angelo Messios and EDO.
face_without_a_body
a performative intermezzo by Swaeny Nina Kersaan.
⛚ sanitary ⛚ curator ⛚ |||
How can curators and organisers help to bring art to a public, in times where they hardly can leave their houses, and how can they present their artists in deep meaningful ways? A panel discussion with Ellen de Haan, Radina Kordova and Johann Kööp.
♨ new horizons
A conclusive essay by Frederiek Bennema on the outside world.
USER PROFILE: HINKE ANN ELEVELD
favorite artist:
mierle ukeles
motto:
let life be art
favorite website:
joanjonasvenice2015.com
weirdest job ever done:
selling booze in a supermarket
USER PROFILE: SWAENY NINA KERSAAN
favorite artist:
hito steyrel, nam june paik, kate cooper
motto:
no use for innocence, no time for modesty
favorite website:
cat-bounce.com
weirdest job ever done:
having complainments calls for/with artificial intelligence, not that weird huh?
USER PROFILE: ANGELOS MESSIOS
favorite artist:
tehching hsieh
motto:
feel and experience
favorite website:
bashar.org
weirdest job ever done:
artist
USER PROFILE: FREDERIEK BENNEMA
favorite artist:
pablo helguera
motto:
you should be afraid of taking risks and pursuing something meaningful. but you should be much MORE afraid of staying where you are.
favorite website:
rug.nl/library
weirdest job ever done:
i've done so many different jobs: from cleaning the hospital blood transfusion site to administering a christian nonprofit fund, working from the spare room in the chairman's house.
USER PROFILE: ELENI TSOMPANIDOU
favorite artist:
allan kaprow
motto:
"avoid any short sentence that claims to be able to expresses your beliefs or purpose."
favorite website:
operatingmanualforfloatingin.space
weirdest job ever done:
being an artist is by far the weirdest job I have ever done.
USER PROFILE: RADINA KORDOVA
favorite artist:
at the moment I am very interested in pan daijing.
motto:
irrational thoughts should be followed absolutely and logically.
favorite website:
careeraddict.com/how-to-answer-what-is-your-favourite-website
weirdest job ever done:
installing radiators
USER PROFILE: YVONNE ZEEGERS
favorite artist:
hamja ahsan
motto:
"don't set an alarm if you snooze all morning"
favorite website:
tonnusoosterhoff.nl
weirdest job ever done:
handmodelling
USER PROFILE: LIVIA RIB
favorite artist:
robert henke and bill viola
motto:
in life you must always try
favorite website:
patatap.com
weirdest job ever done:
busker
USER PROFILE: MYLAN HOEZEN
favorite artist:
depends on the day: today David Lynch
motto:
take in the good
favorite website:
thecreativeindependent.com
weirdest job ever done:
walking in ski suits on the beach in ibiza (7 weeks)
USER PROFILE: JOHANN KÖÖP
favorite artist:
Max Siedentopf
motto:
one man's trash is another man's treasure
favorite website:
google.com/maps
weirdest job ever done:
folding promo boxes for outdoor plants
USER PROFILE: JAN HERMAN DE BOER
favorite artist:
atm Guy Ben Ner but ask me tomorrow and i'll probably pick someone els
motto:
throw the game and get rich!
favorite website:
laurelleavesawardmaker.com
weirdest job ever done:
I organised workshops for children in a little museum together with 6(!) other people but there never showed up more than 5 kids, that was quite weird.
USER PROFILE: ELLEN DE HAAN
favorite website:
sandspiel.club
weirdest job ever done:
undeclared administrator for a flower bulb farmer when i was 15
USER PROFILE: HANNAH NECKEL
favorite artist:
cecile b evans
motto:
*~feels over reals~*
favorite website:
tumblr.com
weirdest job ever done:
converyerbelt worker at audi screwing cars together
USER PROFILE: HELIA RAFIE
favorite artist:
hito steyerl , ryan trecartin
motto:
LET ME MEDIATE YOUR REALITY
favorite website:
wwwwwwwww.jodi.org
weirdest job ever done:
BARTENDING!!!!!
USER PROFILE: EDO
favorite artist:
marzia ransom
motto:
appreciate more
favorite website:
wikipedia.com
weirdest job ever done:
my first job was working in a race track
CREDITS - CREDITS -
SURF = Hannah Neckel + Johann Koöp + Dinnis van Dijken + Livia Ribichini + Hinke Ann Eleveld + Jens Hols + Michiel Teeuw.
Logo by Hannah Neckel. Website by Livia Ribichini and Michiel Teeuw.
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