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New acquisitions exhibition; There’s always going on more than you think
The boundaries between human biology and technology are becoming increasingly less distinct. Since prehistoric times, we have relied on technology to help us – from simple tools like spears and wheels to the complex machines that surround us today. We are becoming increasingly interconnected with visible and invisible aids that support, extend, or restrict our bodies, and the advent of AI has further accelerated this development. We have become biotechnological beings – made of flesh and blood, but also of metals, data and robotics. Technological developments are having an impact on the way we live and work together, and consequently on how we experience our world.
The key question is what this tells us about who we are. There’s always more going on than you think explores how contemporary artists engage with human aspects such as intimacy, physicality, memory and rituals in today’s biotechnological world. The works in this exhibition reflect on this growing interconnectedness, and on the feelings this evokes in us.
The artists
Silvia Gatti and Thomas Kuijpers focus on digital, data-driven systems. Here, the body acts as an interface, and the boundary between human and machine (partly) dissolves. Maja Klaassens and Natasja Alers view the everyday body as a place of transformation and desire, where manipulation and control are at odds with one another. Marenne Welten and Krystel Geerts on the other hand play with our perception of physical reality, and the ways in which the body learns to navigate, absorb and react. They work from an almost physical resistance, scraping, pulling and pressing until a new image emerges. Saar Scheerlings explores processes to discover new forms and modes of expression for traditional materials. This gives rise to surprising, totemic images for rituals as yet unknown. Anthony Ngoya works with damaged, incomplete and overlooked footage. By collecting, layering and transforming, he creates works that blur the boundaries between personal memory and collective experience.
