The Goethe-Institut is currently hosting five artistic research projects as part of the Goethe Investigating programme. Since February 2023, Charli Herrington, Mingus Janssen, Kate Price and Guillem S. Arquer as well as Merel Smitt and Nicola Unger have been working with us and will open their studios during Art Central XL for visitors to look, try and talk. Check the website of the Goethe-Institut for information about their projects (Goethe Investigating - Goethe-Institut Rotterdam - Nederland)
Also on view during Art Central XL in collaboration with CBK Rotterdam: Passages en Passant No. 6 with works by Daniela de Paulis & Benjamin Earl. Passages en Passant is a series of exhibitions in the corridor of the Goethe-Institut Rotterdam in which the works of two artists enter into dialogue with each other.Passages en passant | (passages-en-passant.nl)
Event during Art Central XL
Sharing Humusities Group Reading Session, Sunday 19th of March, 14:00-15:30h, Goethe-Institut Rotterdam.
Research residents Kate Price and Guillem S. Arquer will host a reading group session as part of their ongoing project, Investigating Humus communities in Rotterdam. The gathering will revolve around the notion of humusities, being understood as a term that brings together the many entanglements between humans and humus -the organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.
Planned as a relaxed lazy hang out (together with snacks!), they have invited a small group of Rotterdam-based colleagues to share short texts that speak to the session’s theme. Guillem and Kate are curious to see how the different textures and forms of the passages may sit, wiggle or talk to each other to form a compost of diverse perspectives, assisting in nurturing their project. The session is open to everyone (with all kinds of engagements appreciated) and you are warmly encouraged to bring along your own texts to share, to add to this collective accumulation. All forms (poetry, science fiction, essay, article, etc…) and voices (yours or someone else’s) are very much welcome.
