Home(Sweet)Home: Actually not that sweet

A total installation by Eleye Boerenkamps and Vita Buivid

In collaboration with curator Nina Folkersma

Exhibition text written by art historian and critic Nadeche Remst

HOME(sweet)HOME: Actually not that sweet is the title for a new installation developed by two artists who are brought up in different generations and cultural, national, social and geographical backgrounds. In this exhibition Vita Buivid (1962, Dnepropetrovsk, now Dnipro, she/her) and Eleye Boerenkamps (1994, Deurne, he/her/they/them) evoke an experience of a home where people are moving. They examine the notion of home as something that is constantly moving. The viewer can merge with the installation that covers all exhibition spaces at Arti et Amicitiae. There will be photo and video works, sculptures, performances alongside stuff and different public activities.

Public Programme (no admission charge for these events)

Sunday 15 September, 2 PM – 4.30 PM, Mending Circle with the Feministische Handwerk Partij (Emmeline de Mooij and Margreet Sweerts)

The Feministische Handwerk Partij is a political and feminist artist movement that is dedicated to studying, repairing, patching up, unlearning and mending. With their gatherings they intertwine needlework and studying they restore the relationship to our immediate surroundings and the damaged world as a whole. Repairing textiles is an exercise in slowing down, embodying and transforming. Bring your own piece of textile and notions to join the mending circle.

Saturday 21 September, 1 PM – 2.30 PM, Interactive Cooking Show on the politics of food by Vita Buivid

Vita Buivid will prepare a dish that can be considered a true symbol of her motherland. She will explain the politic notions around the dish and the role of cooking in the lives of women in Eastern Europe. After the performance, the food will be served.

Thursday 26 September, 7.30 PM – 9 PM, Feminist Reading Group hosted by Nadeche Remst

Join us for an evening with art historian and critic Nadeche Remst as we delve into a text about art and feminism, focusing on the legendary and often forgotten exhibition Womanhouse (1972). During the reading group, we will discuss the text and exchange ideas within the installation space while enjoying a drink. To sign up, please email studioeleye@gmail.com. The text will be distributed via email in advance.

Sunday 29 September, 3 PM – 4.30 PM Finissage and Artist Talk with visual artists Saskia Burggraaf and Brianna Leatherbury about the housing market, property, and alternatives

During this afternoon visual artists Brianna Leatherbury (1995, New York) and Saskia Burggraaf (1989 ?) will present their artistic research and how they deal with the economical and political powers influencing accessibility of houses, buildings, their function and the notion of property. In a Q&A the conversation will open up to the public. This event also marks the final day of the exhibition.