SEEN #15: Cecilia Fox & Nicole Kuiper
About this activity.
SEEN #15: Cecilia Fox & Nicole Kuiper
Friday 23 Februari, 20.00 – 23.00
WEP, Van Leeuwenhoekstraat 44 | Free Entrance
‘Art’
‘Artist’
‘Academia’
‘Art Scene’
At first glance these concepts seem straightforward, but what do they really mean? What does it really mean to be an artist? How does an artist become successful? What is even success? Well, what is even art? How do you find your way into the art scene? What is the role of the academia?
In the upcoming SEEN, Cecilia Fox and Nicole Kuiper, will dissect the controversies of these concepts, and many more. The two artists will join forces to bring some light into the uncertainty every art-lover holds but never tells.
Nicole Kuiper’s (1998) art practice focuses on the exploration of norms, and systems in relation to herself and her sociopolitical context. With the goal to rebuild her own definitions, Kuiper uses video collages to reflect on topics such as art, feminism, and labour. Inspired by her own experiences, advertisement aesthetics, and her fascination with absurdist philosophy, her works transform heavy topics to light-hearted with the aim to open discussions, and proof that life is not set in stone. Quoting Nicole, ‘As an artist, and human being, we have the power to rewrite our narrative, why make ‘things’ seem like a higher truth?’.
Cecilia Fox’s (1994) art practice embraces amateur aesthetics and DIY technologies, infiltrating various mediums like comedy, books, music videos, and more. Her work playfully incorporates scientific research methods, marketing strategies, and pop cultural references. Her artistic roots lie deep in performance art and writing. While combining contradictory elements, her work showcases vulnerability alongside cynicism and autobiography intertwined with fiction as it seamlessly blends the obnoxious with the self-conscious, spontaneous with scripted. Throughout her work, she explores her own identity and self-presentation as an uneducated mentally ill female artist.
Stichting WEP.
WEP is een kunstenaarsinitiatief met atelierruimtes en een projectruimte waar met regelmaat exposities en evenementen door WEP geprogrammeerd worden.
Location.
Stichting WEP
Van Leeuwenhoekstraat 44
9727JE Groningen
www.stichtingwep.nl/