About this activity.

seedbeds | 5-week programme

Katie Ceekay 

February 2 – March 2, 2025

seedbeds is a five week public programme extending artist Katie Ceekay’s current research on commoning, resource distribution and collective critical discourse. She is looking for ways in which artists and the wider public together can get access to skills and environments that are often either gatekept or can feel intimidating, including both essential skills and essential community. She attempts to ‘common’ the resources she has received through her current funding - Groningen Visual Arts Stipend LAND -, such as money, expertise and physical space.

From February 2nd until March 2nd, there will be five seedbed sessions at NP3 | RE:Search:Gallery, totally free to attend, including snacks, tea / coffee and a nice environment to come together in. The sessions alternate weekly between Sundays and Fridays, including focus on both skills transference (seedbedSkills) and sessions intended as shared working spaces (seedbedWork).

Each session has a limited capacity and sign up is required: send an email to katie.ceekay@gmail.com stating which event(/s) you wish to sign up for, or book a spot for the whole programme. Please include your dietary needs.

seedbed 1 Sunday 2nd February, 15.15 - 16.45
Basic Admin for Creatives     (seedbedSkills)

Workshop host: Zwaan Ipema (business director NP3 and owner Zii)

seedbed 2 Friday 7th February 15.45 - 17.45
Collective Reading & Discussion on texts from:     (seedbedWork)

(1) Art/Commons: Anthropology beyond Capitalism by Massimiliano Mollona, and 

(2) Inclusions: Aesthetics of the Capitalocene by Nicolas Bourriaud
(no pre-reading required)

Session hosted by Katie Ceekay

seedbed 3 Sunday 16th February 10.15 - 12.45

Body Doubling     (seedbedWork)

Bring whatever you need to work on and use the space as your Sunday office

Includes (free) breakfast by Katie

Session hosted by Katie Ceekay

seedbed 4 Friday 21st February 14.00 - 17.00

Open Letter Workshop: Political Change through Art Activism     (seedbedSkills)

Guest workshop hosts: 

Koen Bartijn (director VHDG) & Sepp Eckenhaussen (art researcher & organiser)

seedbed 5 Sunday 2nd March, time: tba (check www.np3.nu).

Finissage of the current exhibition Political Frequencies by Katie Ceekay and Ra’fat Ali
& the final surprise seedbed!

NP3.

NP3 is een tentoonstellings- en onderzoeksruimte voor hedendaagse experimenterende kunst. Zij beschikt over drie unieke locaties in de stad van Groningen met ieder een eigen architectuur, functie en uitstraling: RE:Search:Gallery aan de Hofstraat 21, de containerkunsthal MOBi aan de Suikerlaan 41 en eMMa het 24/7/365 interactieve programma in de Videobusstop van Rem Koolhaas op het Emmaplein.

Location.

NP3 | RE:Search:Gallery
Hofstraat 21
9712JA Groningen
tel +31(0)50 - 2044 783
www.np3.nu/