Dear friends of the Toolbox,
First of all, we would like to wish you a happy end to the year and a good start to 2025, with lots of inspiring moments and developments that promote the common good.
Of the many exciting exhibitions at Toolbox in 2024, the last one runs until 4 January 2025 and ends with a performance at the closing event to which we would like to invite you.
All the best and see you soon,
your Toolbox Team Finland-Berlin
Closing: motifs récurrents
You are warmly welcome to join the finissage of Motifs récurrents
Closing: Saturday 4. January 2025 13:00-18:00
Performance by Guda Koster & Frans van Tartwijk 15:30
Since 2015, Guda Koster and Frans van Tartwijk have been creating performances with sculptural figures, which are mostly made from various sorts of textiles. The sculptures incorporate influences from abstract art, avant-garde fashion and traditional ritualistic figures.
The performances are done in public space. The puzzled passers-by may wonder what the true nature of these surreal apparitions is. Are they machines or performers? Are they male or female? This ambiguity raises questions about identity, existence, and the boundaries between art and reality.
Seit 2015 machen Guda Koster und Frans van Tartwijk Performances mit skulpturalen Figuren, die meist aus verschiedenen Arten von Textilien gefertigt sind. In die Skulpturen kommen Einflüsse aus abstrakten Kunst, Avantgarde-Mode und traditionellen rituellen Figuren zusammen.
Die Performances finden meist im öffentlichen Raum statt. Die Passanten fragen sich vielleicht, was die wahre Natur dieser surrealen Erscheinungen ist. Sind sie Maschinen oder Performer? Sind sie männlich oder weiblich? Diese Mehrdeutigkeit wirft Fragen über Identität, Existenz und die Grenzen zwischen Kunst und Realität auf.
www.fransvantartwijk.nl/performances/
https://gudakoster.nl/project-type/performance
