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TEXT.ME Young CuratorsText Me.  Over het project Door Irene Xochitl Urrutia & Bettina Pelz Begin oktober 2021 ontmoetten we elkaar voor het eerst op het Media Art Festival (MAF), een tentoonstellingsproject met opkomende licht- en mediakunstenaars in Leeuwarden,...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsDeconstructing the Projection Beam On ‘RGBW’ by Dawid Liftinger and Camilo Sandoval   By Bettina Pelz and Irene Urrutia Through an open door, we can see a stream of flickering color fields circling through a space. The artwork ‘RGBW’ by...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsOn feelings, interaction and senses On Tessa Langeveld's 'there's something warm in everything'   By Alexia Alexandropoulou A “breathing” lamp offers soft, rhythmic illumination at the heart of a video installation. Slowly, fragments and...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsStaying suspended in motion On Martina dal Brollo's 'Polarized View'   By Anne van Lierop The last time I spoke to Martina was a little over a year ago. Coincidentally, it was about the exact same work. Martina was graduating from the Frank...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsStaying suspended in motion On Joris Bosma's 'Derailed'   By Guiliana Grippo Placed in the very last corner of a labyrinthic exhibition space we find ‘Derailed’, a work by Joris Bosma. The piece consists of a 150 cm tall, tubular structure,...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsIS THE ARTWORK ONLY WHAT WE SEE? On Paula Nishijima's 'Game of Swarms'   By Syrine Bettaleb aliVisual art has served for hundreds of years to ensure the documentation and archiving of traces of human life. This documentation was first...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsA second life On Samira Arrami's 'Pulse'   By Neja KaiserRichard Wagner based his idea of 'the consummate artwork of the future' on Gesamtkunstwerk, frequently translated as 'total work of art',  according to which all or many art forms are...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsNew Material World On Lan Hsin Tu's 'Could they be worn or not?'   By Bettina Pelz One of the artworks on display at the entrance hall of the Media Art Festival is by Lan-Hsin Tu. It is an installation composed of a series of textile...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsThe cycle of creation in three layers On Haifa Ouerfelli’s 'Imaginarium'   By Famkje ElgersmaThe quiet and calm atmosphere invites the audience to the main hall. The various installations make the light shimmer in different colors and soft,...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsTIME IS A DESERT OF BEING THAT SURROUNDS US On George Mazari’s 'DREAM OF DESERT LAND X1'   By Emily Sarsam In 2016, the artist George Mazari came across the traces of the ancient desert city of Balkh during a family trip to his parent’s...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsA synaesthetic experience On Britt van den Boogaard's ‘Trance Machine’   By Kenza Jemmali Entering the Young Masters exhibition of the Media Art Festival, I heard many sounds, perceived light and, as I started walking through the exhibition,...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsThe ordinary fight or fighting the ordinary? On Elif Satanaya Özbay’s ‘Boxer, Ring, Cycle’   By Sara Mari BlomClose your eyes. Listen. Pounding beats, insistent, irregular grunting. Familiar and eerie at the same time. Following this loud...

TEXT.ME Young CuratorsEver felt like you don't belong? On Samantha Pellarini's The Non-Human Institute for Humanity   By Katerina KallivrousiSamantha Pellarini's project The Non-Human Institute for Humanity offers a platform where you can freely explore your...