Sep 10, 2021

With its newest edition of Video Club, the Stedelijk Museum is delighted to premiere six new time-based media commissions by Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, Christine Sun Kim, Michele Rizzo, Ghita Skali, and Sung Tieu.

Price
3 EUR + valid entry ticket (and surcharge) for the museum via stedelijk.nl/tickets
Location
Teijin Auditorium Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and online
Time
Sep 10, 2021, 7.30 pm until 9.30 pm
Main language
English
Admission
Book ticket for the live event
The screening of the works will also be streamed live on this page or our YouTube channel
  • Michele Rizzo, Rest, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Michele Rizzo
    Michele Rizzo, Rest, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Michele Rizzo
  • Christine Sun Kim, IOU 4 USA, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Christine Sun Kim
    Christine Sun Kim, IOU 4 USA, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Christine Sun Kim
  • Ghita Skali, The Invaders, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Ghita Skali
    Ghita Skali, The Invaders, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Ghita Skali
  • Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, 12 Interventions for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen
    Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, 12 Interventions for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2021. Collection Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen

Earlier this year Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, Christine Sun Kim, Michele Rizzo, Ghita Skali, and Sung Tieu were invited to create an entirely new work under the banner of the time-based media commissions series Sketches for the Future. Speculating on what Sketches for the Future might look like, the invited artists produced six timely additions to the museum’s collection: 

Michele Rizzo explores recovery, care, and transcendence through movement, while Sung Tieu’s soundscape transports us inside an unknown factory. Christine Sun Kim refers to The Simpsons to express her aspirations for the USA, and Ghita Skali draws on the French parody of the late-1960s TV show The Invaders to comically examine a world order disrupted by Covid-19. Simnikiwe Buhlungu reflects on expressions of futurity and togetherness as she goes about her daily tasks, whereas Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen have devised twelve performative interventions for the museum staff to execute during their working hours.

Together, the works are a testament to the resilience of artistic practice in the current pandemic. In their own ways, each work speaks to the conditions of our present moment, while simultaneously articulating ideas, actions, and attitudes for the days yet to come.

IN this VIDEO CLUB

  • Michele Rizzo, Rest, 2021
  • Sung Tieu, Song Notes for Factories, 2021
  • Christine Sun Kim, IOU 4 USA, 2021
  • Ghita Skali, The Invaders, 2021
  • Simnikiwe Buhlungu, What We Put in the Skafthini (Mixtapenyana), 2021
  • Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen, 12 Interventions for the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2021

PROGRAM

From 7.00pm onwards Registration (on-site)
7.30pm Screening and live stream of commissions starts
8.45pm Conversation and Q&A with Simnikiwe Buhlungu, Ghita Skali and Sander Breure & Witte van Hulzen
9.30pm End of program


Please to view this video.
Watch 'Sketches for the Future' here. Starting 7.30 pm.

Sketches for the Future was made possible thanks to the support of Fonds 21 and the Mondriaan Fund.

After the launch, the works in Sketches for the Future will be on view in the Video Club room in the new collection presentation Tomorrow is a Different Day: Collection 1980-now through 10 December.

about VIDEO CLUB

Video Club is a rotating screening series that highlights the Stedelijk Museum’s renowned time-based media collection. In thematically organized selections, the program presents artworks spanning diverse eras, regions, and artistic movements.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION

Video Club is presented in the Stedelijk’s Teijin Auditorium with barrier-free, elevator access. Seats with backs provided, and early access can be arranged. For questions or requests regarding accessibility please contact publicprogram@stedelijk.nl.

The live stream premiere will feature accessible captioning and visual aids.