30 years of SIGN | Anniversary exhibition 'UP-DATE'
About this activity.
SIGN celebrates its 30th anniversary! Various activities will take place between December 21, 2019 and January 1, 2020, including the anniversary exhibition UP-DATE in which 30 artists represent the history of SIGN and show recent work. The exhibition will be festively opened on Saturday, December 21 at 5 p.m. with an opening word by Moniek Baars (chairman of SIGN) and Paul de Rook (Culture Councilor of Groningen), the presentation of the anniversary book and performances by Elmar Kuiper, Arie de Fijter and Sanne Bax.
Since 1989, SIGN has been a national platform for young artists, and organizes non-stop presentations and activities in its own space on the Winschoterkade, but also at other locations and in public spaces. The thirty participating artists of UP-DATE have previously collaborated with SIGN, including on previous exhibitions, projects in public space and as part of a project with SIGN partners.
With UP-DATE, the group of artists shows a current state of affairs and thus forms a cross-section of thirty years of SIGN. The participants are: Bernardo Zanotta, Berndnaut Smilde, Adrien Tirtiaux, Eduard Bezembinder, Feiko Beckers, Philippe Wolthuis, Alban Karsten, Susanna Inglada, Martijn Schuppers, Wouter Osterholt, Marjolijn Dijkman, Reinier Kranendonk, Steven Jouwersma, Aymeric Mansoux & Marloes de Valk, Bert Scholten, Pelle Schilling, Aimee Terburg, Lee McDonald, Salim Bayri, Kimball Holth, De Onkruidenier, Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson, Arie de Fijter, Jip de Beer, Florent Poussineau, Hidenori Mitsue, Machiel Braaksma, Willehad Eilers, Sanne Bax, Elmar Kuiper, Henry Byrne.
Special opening hours of SIGN during UP-DATE | Mon to Sun: 12pm to 5pm. Closed on Christmas & Boxing Day (25 & 26 December).
You are cordially invited to the anniversary party on December 31. Be welcome from 9 p.m. until the new year, with the band Santa Fé, DJs: Begane Grond & Ijipaai, performances, karaoke and more!
SIGN.
SIGN is een levendige en experimentele projectruimte voor actuele interdisciplinaire kunst op nationaal niveau. Zij biedt jonge kunstenaars een podium voor verdere profilering, ontwikkeling en intensivering van hun kunstenaarschap. Daarbij wordt nieuw werk geïnitieerd in bijzondere contexten en wordt de nodige reflectie gegeven. Presentaties zijn er in SIGN, op allerlei locaties, en in openbare ruimte met een variatie aan omstandigheden, invalshoeken, disciplines.
SIGN wordt ondersteund door Mondriaan Fonds Kunstpodium Basis 2025-2028 en door de Gemeente Groningen voor dezelfde periode.
Location.
SIGN
Winschoterkade 10
tel 050-3132651 of 0623631796
www.sign2.nl