Timo Demollin
artist page
Artist page — Sep 2, 2020
In the Presence of Absence, the bi-annual show of proposals for the museum collection, presents 23 artists (collectives). This artist page includes a text on the work and an artist contribution.
The International Colonial and Export Trade Exhibition of 1883 ran from May to October in the open area of Amsterdam now known as Museumplein. Timo Demollin’s installation Visit (1883–2020) comprises old prints of scenes from this colonial world fair, on loan from the Stedelijk library and displayed at various locations throughout the museum. Prints such as these were sold to visitors and helped sustain the Netherlands’ colonial consciousness in the longer term. The distribution of the prints around the galleries occupied by In the Presence of Absence replicates the layout of the site of the world fair, which featured displays of not only objects, plants, and animals, but also members of colonized communities from what were then Dutch colonies. In consensus with the artist, the curators of In the Presence of Absence took the decision to omit from the exhibition four prints displaying stereotypical representations of these communities and their living environments. Demollin has substituted these images with inventory numbers that can be used to consult them in the museum library.
For the duration of this exhibition, the original ground plan indicating the location of the various pavilions making up the world fair has been added to the timeline next to the stairs leading down to Stedelijk BASE, where the permanent collection is displayed. The timeline shows milestones in the history of the Stedelijk Museum, such as landmark exhibitions and the establishment of the Stedelijk, which opened on Museumplein twelve years after the colonial world fair.
Visit (1883–2020) investigates the symbiotic relationship between industry, cultural consumption, and exhibitions. This site-specific installation, which sees museum visitors reproducing the route taken by visitors to the world fair, emphasizes the urgency of the need for critical self-reflection and the responsibility, shared by institution and spectator alike, to actively devote attention to the history and establishment of institutions, collection policies, and knowledge structures.
Timo Demollin’s (b. 1988) work encompasses context-specific installation, sculpture, video, and text, through which he conducts his inquiry into the property relations and institutional structures affecting the arts. He studied at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. Demollin’s work has been exhibited at puntWG in Amsterdam, Gastatelier Leo XIII in Tilburg, and Pompgemaal in Den Helder.
Artist Contribution
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Copy number |
Shelfmark |
Title |
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2019/2000 |
WTT Doos 7 |
Internationale koloniale en uitvoerhandel tentoonstelling te Amsterdam : officieele wegwijzer |
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2019/2001 |
WTT Doos 7 |
Souvenir de l'exposition internationale coloniale 1883 Amsterdam |
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2019/2002 |
WTT Doos 7 |
Kermis van koophandel : de Amsterdamse wereldtentoonstelling van 1883 |
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2020/0388 |
241 D 35 |
De koloniale vertoning : Nederland en Indië op de wereldtentoonstellingen (1880 - 1931) |
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ING023790 |
Doos WTT 5 |
Catalogus van de Nederlandsche Afdeeling der Galerij van Schoone Kunsten [fotocopie] |
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2018/2316 |
Doos WTT 6 |
Souvenir de l'Exposition Amsterdam 1895 [leporello met foto's] |
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[CatSM 01693] |
SMA 1898-3 |
Rembrandt : schilderijen, bijeengebracht ter gelegenheid van de inhuldiging van Hare Majesteit Koningin Wilhelmina [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1898] |
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retro212 |
SM 2 |
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van schilderijen en teekeningen door Vincent van Gogh [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1905] |
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[CatSM 01668] |
SMA 1906-2 |
Catalogus van de tentoonstelling van Ned. Indische kunst, kunstnijverheid en huisvlijt in het Stedelijk Museum te Amsterdam [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1906] |
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[CatSM 01625] |
SMA 1913-7 |
Koloniaal-aardrijkskundige tentoonstelling ter gelegenheid van het veertigjarig bestaan van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch aardrijkskundig genootschap [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1913] |
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2015/1715 |
ZKW Doos 64 |
Catalogus van de tentoonstelling ter herdenking van het 300-jarig bestaan van Batavia [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1919] |
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[CatSM 01564] |
SMA 1919-10 |
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van Oost-Aziatische kunst = Catalogue de l'exposition d'art d'extrême orient [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1919] |
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[CatSM 01301] |
SMA 1936-13 |
Catalogus der tentoonstelling van Aziatische kunst in particuliere en openbare collecties in Nederland [tentoonstelling Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1936] |
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1993/0551 |
1 A 33 |
Museumplein 1866 - 1988, de museumterreinen te Amsterdam : een inventarisatie van de plannen |
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1997/0210 |
23 B 100 |
Het Museumplein : een groen stadsplein in het hart van Amsterdam = Herinrichting Museumplein |
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1999/1590 |
40 A 2 |
Siebe Swart : Museumplein (werk in uitvoering) = Museumplein (work in progress) |
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2003/0438 |
82 F 1 |
Panorama Museumplein [ned. ed.] |
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2007/2254 |
82 F 2 |
Museumplein Panorama [eng. ed.] |
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R2004/0526 |
66 F 54 |
Stedebouwkundige maatregelen betreffende het Museumplein en omgeving : advies van de Amsterdamse Raad voor de Stedebouw |
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2011/1456 |
133 D 49 |
Visie Museumkwartier : vormgeven aan het culturele hart van Amsterdam |
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2011/3002 |
122 A 18 |
2008 Museumplein en omgeving : experts aan het woord |
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2015/3667 |
206 B 9 |
Nota van uitgangspunten [herinrichting van het Museumplein] |
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2017/0171 |
215 D 41/I-II |
Outline masterplan Museumplein Amsterdam |
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Knmap00475 |
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Sven-Ingvar Andersson [Knipselmap/Clippings folder] |
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Knmap06703 |
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Carolien Gehrels [Knipselmap/Clippings folder] |
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20001495 |
KN SM Alg 1999 |
Het nieuwe Museumplein |
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200009035 |
KN SM Alg 2005 |
Laissez faire met een torenhoge ambitie. Job Cohen over zijn creatieve stad Amsterdam |
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200009724 |
KN SM Alg 2006 |
Een steen van de wethouder [Carolien Gehrels] |
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200011518 |
KN SM Alg 2008 |
'Blockbuster hoort aan Museumplein' : Stedelijk Museum en Van Gogh Museum willen grote tentoonstellingen niet naar de Zuidas verplaatsen |
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200011568 |
KN SM Alg 2008 |
Kapitaalkrachtige toerist op niveau naar het plein [Museumplein] |
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200012175 |
KN SM Alg 2009 |
Musea krijgen alle ingang aan het Museumplein : [interview] Judith van Kranendonk, directeur-generaal van OCW |
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200012586 |
KN SM Alg 2010 |
Tussen ezelsoor en badkuip : hoe de massamens zijn weg vindt naar het museum |
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200012973 |
KN SM Alg 2010 |
Fixatie op amusement : Janneke Wesseling over het toenemende populisme in Nederlandse musea |
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200013269 |
KN SM Alg 2011 |
Cultureel hart is tragedie van gras : gesprek met vijf directeuren over het Museumplein |
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200013540 |
KN SM Alg 2011 |
Closed for business on Amsterdam's Museumplein : why part of the Stedelijk, most of the Rijksmuseum and all of the Van Gogh Museum will be shut too |
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200013748 |
KN SM Alg jan 2012 |
Profiteer juist van de cultuurtoerist : bereid Amsterdam erop voor en pas het Museumplein aan |
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200014332 |
KN SM Alg juni 2013 |
Rumoer op het plein : de grote drie musea over hun merkenbeleid ; over de positionering van 't Rijks, Van Gogh en Stedelijk |
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200015414 |
KN SM Alg april 2015 |
'Kiezen voor kwaliteitstoerisme' [Museumpleindebat] |
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2005/2484 |
DVD VD 3 A 2 |
Het Museumplein [Video] |
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200016077 |
T 587 |
Ontleren in het museum : tweegesprek tussen Nancy Jouwe en Jelle Bouwhuis |
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200016107 |
T 1378 |
Decolonial aesthesis and the museum : an interview with Rolando Vázquez Melken |
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200016108 |
T 1378 |
Temporality and universalism in the contemporary ethnographic museum : two collection presentations at the Tropenmuseum |
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1999/1075 |
36 B 12 |
Destination culture : tourism, museums, and heritage |
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2000/1550 |
44 B 13 |
Cathedrals of urban modernity : the first museums of contemporary art 1800 - 1930 |
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2004/0509 |
61 C 17 |
The ephemeral museum : old masters paintings and the rise of the art exhibition |
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2008/0619 |
173 A 47 |
Ethnics and trade : photography and the Colonial Exhibitions in Amsterdam, Antwerp and Brussels |
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2012/2088 |
56 F 48 |
John Knight : autotypes |
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2016/1752 |
209 C 60/I-II |
De moderne museumwereld in Nederland : sociale dynamiek in beleid, erfgoed, markt, wetenschap en media |
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2017/1610 |
220 C 19 |
The global work of art : world's fairs, biennials, and the aesthetics of experience |
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2018SAN/208 |
229 B 25 |
Universal experience : art, life, and the tourist's eye |
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2018/2247 |
232 A 25 |
Triple bond : essays on art, architecture and museums |
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