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BK2B

FINE ART DEPARTMENT
GERRIT RIETVELD ACADEMY

O P E N I N G @ K I N D R E G A R D S
T E M P O R A R Y G A L E R Y S P A C E
21 MAY 2010 - 17:00 / 22:00

BK2B the 2nd year of fine arts from the Gerrit Rietveld Academy will have a group exhibition at our temporary gallery space currently located at Admiraal de Ruijterweg in Amsterdam.

Practical Information:
Open: 22 – 23 may 1 – 6 pm
24 – 27 may 3 – 8 pm
Address: Kind Regards, Admiraal de Ruyterweg 97, Amsterdam

BK2B is a project devised to investigate and develop an artistic practice for a group. The title of the exhibition is derived from the name of the students class that identifies them as a group.

The working method for this group project was based on the children’s game "Chinese Whispers". This is usually played by a group sat in a circle and starts when one person whispers a short phrase to their neighbor. That neighbor then whispers what they thought they heard to the next one, and so on, until it reaches the person who started, who then announces to the group what the original phrase was. The last person then reveals what the phrase has transformed into through the chain of misunderstandings.

For this project the first participant wrote down a "whisper" and passed it on to the next who used this material as a point of departure to create a work for this exhibition. That participant then wrote down their idea as a reaction to the phrase they were given and the work it produced, and passed it on to the next artist.
And so on.
BK2B applied this method to their artistic process since it serves the intention central to their basic concept - which was to create a group process in which the works were linked and the artists influenced each other.

The works from this process will be on view for the first time at this exhibition, inviting the audience to investigate the workings of this chain reaction and its underlying relations.

Participants:
Re'em Aharoni, Haviv Ajzenberg, Jeppe Lauge, Felicia v. Zweigbergk
Duarte Castel Branco, Simeon Cieslinski, Lena Glucksman-Nilsson, Nervous Neighbour, Lisa Jacobs, Ewa Rocco K Kenell, Yukari Matsumoto, Alejandra Silva, Robert Alex Petersen, Alfa Rós Pétursdóttir, Allan Rand, Linn-Marie Staalnacke, Kristina Schroeder, Rosalie Vos, Mr. Masaharu

Curatorial Advice: Alexandra Landré
Kindly supported by: Kind Regards, Frank Ammerlaan, Gerrit Rietveld Academie

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www.rietveldacademie.nl