Esper Postma – Por algo será – opening April 28th

Esper Postma – Por algo será 

Until: Sunday May 27, Thu – Su, 14-18 hrs

Esper Postma poses questions about the idea of objectivity and the way we organise our environment according to rigorous judgement and strict ways of thinking. Which values and meanings are being attributed to elements in our environment? How are these conditioned by the context that they are placed in? This can be a physical context, like architecture, or  a conceptual one,  in the form of for instance [removed]#160;

How does the connection between these categories find expression? He deals with these questions by using transpositions and displacements as a way of creating. By the recontextualisation of environments or events the viewer is being stimulated to relate to them in a different [removed]#160; He doesn’t only exhibit an image, but also a way of thinking that invites the viewer to reflect on it but at the same time provides an alternative.

At P/////AKT Postma is presenting a new work dealing with the complexities of reconstructing a personal history. Por algo será (there must be a reason) is a two channel video projection based on one person’s experience from the Dirty War, the state terrorism during the military dictatorship in Argentina from 1976 until 1983. Actress Paula Juan Lima was invited to write a script based on her memories of the night of the military coup, when her mother was arrested, and to take on the role as a director for their reenactment. The resulting installation considers the way that memories and stories are constructed and become mediated, by showing on and  off  stage footage and interweaving images and events into an associative composition.

Please join us for a double bill at the Oost Bloque!

Also opening at DE SERVICE GARAGE: Feiko Beckers – The Arranging of Books by Color

Thanks to:

Stadsdeel Amsterdam Oost

Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst

VSB fonds

Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Noord Holland