[removed] hrs: bar open
[removed] hrs: reading of a commissioned text by Hannah Chris Lomans and a performance by Nadh Lingyun Cao

P/////AKT is thrilled to kick-off the first edition of the public program for the series Turning to Dust and Bones, of which Anders Dickson’s solo exhibition marks the first part and which will continue with solo projects by Koen Kloosterhuis, Kristina Sedlerova-Villanen, Aslan Goisum, Giulia Cenci and Rodrigo Hérnandez. Throughout the series, that will run until April 2023, we will be closely collaborating with Asha Karami and Fabienne Rachmadiev, representing DIG – the Internet Guide of literature magazine De Gids and invited to contextualise the series through contributions in writing and events.

Performance: Nadh Lingyun Cao – a Vortex, a VormVole

Each id-entity is idiosyncratic, visible or invisible, material or immaterial, audible or inaudible, as well as those queered.
The concurrent urge for evanescence and emergence, id est, the common.
Worlds that [removed];
A peripheral language that to be felt.
Soma, liquefy, solidify, [removed];
Space contains, opens, the inexplicable.
Be that strange tissue into the vibratory volume.
Omnipresence is neither an optical illusion nor a fiction, 
it is the actuality of the real and the whole.

Nadh Lingyun Cao’s performative practice explores myth, magic, spirituality and healing. Their curiosity for the vastness of the space is the impetus in the making, often feeling the volume of their work is guided by some mysterious forces, unconscious for the cerebral. Their performance is heavily influenced by Buddhist and Taoist philosophy, such as the concept of impermanence, the practice of non-self, non-attachment, wu wei, zi ran and qi etc.

Nadh originally comes from China, currently lives and works in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Retrospectively, they received BFA degrees from Gerrit Rietveld Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Reading: Hannah Chris Lomans 

Hannah Chris Lomans is a writer. They studied Creative Writing at ArtEZ and participated in the Slow Writing Lab, an open master’s degree program organised by the Dutch Foundation for Literature. For Hannah Chris, whose writing departs from both a longing for and belief in transformation, text is a place that allows them to embody a radical, yet precarious fluidity. In 2020 they attended the Paris writers residency of deBuren, a Flamish-Dutch House for culture and debate, and published the chapbook Blijf de kou wegstrijken at Wintertuin Uitgeverij. Their texts appeared [removed] in magazine for literature De Gids and NRC Handelsblad and on platforms such as Brainwash Festival, Wintertuinfestival, Nieuwe Types, Perdu and Frontaal. Currently they are working on their debut book which will be published by
De Bezige Bij.

Anders Dickson 
Powercells, the commons

24 April – 29 May 2022
Thu – Sun, 14 – 18 hrs

Anders Dickson’s multifaceted practice invites intimate encounters with an obscure, weird mirror of the ubiquitous [removed]; Themes ranging from spirituality, memory, and ‘high strangeness’ are coloured by traces of Americana as the artist implements them into his [removed]; Hallucinatory paintings bleed into space in the form of sculptural objects, photography and video, assembled in immersive installations.
At P/////AKT Dickson is presenting an immersive installation consisting of new works. The projects marks the first episode of Turning to Dust and Bones.

Anders Dickson (USA) exhibited his work at The Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2022); Kayoko Yuki Gallery, Tokyo (2021); Wschod Gallery, War-saw (2021); Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam (2021); 15 Orient Gallery, Paris (2020); The Oracle, Berlin (2018); Vleeshal, Middelburg (2018); Gisela Capitain Gallery, Cologne (2017); The Beach Office, Berlin (2017), and Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin (2017). He attended the De Ateliers (2017-2019), The Staedelschule in Frankfurt am Main, and the Staatliche Akademie der bildenden Kuenste, Karlsruhe. Dickson is also member and co-founder of the netherlands-based artist initiative Root Canal ([removed]).

Photograph by Charlotte Markus.

Root Canal – I’ll Never be a Star, I’ve Always Been the Moon

24 April – 29 May 2022
Thu – Sun, 14 – 18 hrs

Fourteen artists, musicians and writers were invited to contribute to the mix tape I’ll Never be a Star I’ve Always Been the Moon, initiated by the artist collective Root Canal. As a constructive answer to the difficulties of organizing physical exhibitions in the past year, the mix tape is recorded on classic tape cassettes, which are sent out to potential listeners and bring a group exhibition to their homes. Every contributor received carte blanche for the content of their recording, with the sole restriction that it could not be longer than 5 minutes. The resulting mix tape – an eclectic amalgam of contributions ranging from spoken word to noise poetry to dream interpretations, alternated among others with Finnish rap, garage punk and cover songs – is presented in the P/////AKTSALON.

Contributing artists: Yong Xiang Li, Elif Saydam, Kuupuu featuring Draama-Helmi, echo+seashell  featuring Torus, Luzie Meyer, Manuela Gernedel, Nicolas Ceccaldi, Michiel Huijben, No Ice!!!, TRJJ, Vittorio Brodmann, Lonely Boys, VE holdings featuring Sakeul and Mona Varichon, Zoë d’Hont

Root Canal consists of the artists Anders Dickson, Frieder Haller, Henna Hyvärinen and Thomas Swinkels. In 2017, they started their exhibition practice in an attic in the east of Amsterdam where the four lived together. Upon leaving their attic space, the initiative has continued to exist nomadically. They curated exhibitions in various unofficial but invaluable exhibition spaces locations, such as a camper van, bedrooms, a gallery basement, as well as at the Vleeshal Center for Contemporary Art, Middelburg, NL.

UPCOMING

Koen Kloosterhuis
26 June – 31 July 2022
Thu – Sun 14 –18 hrs
Opening 25 June, 20-24 hrs

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P/////AKT would like to thank:

Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam Fund for the Arts and 

Stadsdeel Amsterdam Oost.