TALKING TRASH opens again
A project by artists Jeanne van Heeswijk & Paul Sixta

This time its part of ‘In the balance’

21 AUGUST - 31 OCTOBER 2010

“In the Balance: Art for a Changing World features works by Australian and international contemporary artists that respond to ecological concerns. The exhibition reflects the diversity of environmental debates and concerns within and beyond Australia today, and features works that address a spectrum of issues including sustainability and recycling.”

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
140 George Street
The Rocks
Sydney, Australia

Thierry
http://www.castelvandammequartet.com

Luis in Berlin

Ben crossing the yellow fields

self in Berlin

self at PAF

my breakfast

Ben just left the kitchen

brushing teeth. my toothbrush has a surprising ashtray taste to it. I am afraid it might have touched the old carpet-like wallpaper

Lucy helps Sigbjorn clean his room

bread in the oven

procrastinating

filming Ben in the yellow field

Lucy just released a small caterpillar back in to the garden

after dinner ping pong

Images taken with iPhone using the ‘crossprocess’ app

I’m off to PAF from 6th till 21th of May.
http://www.pa-f.net

C3West and Goulburn Regional Art Gallery are delighted to invite you to the opening of

TALKING TRASH
PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH WASTE

A project by artist Jeanne van Heeswijk in collaboration with Paul Sixta

Wednesday 14 April 2010  6 - 8PM

At Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, cnr Bourke 8 Church Streets,  Goulburn Australia
To be opened by Pru Goward MR Member for Goulburn with an Introduction by Judith Blackall,
Head of Artistic Programs, Museum of Contemporary Art Sydney

The exhibition runs from 15 April - 29 May 2010
Please RSVP to  02 4823 4494 by friday 9 April 2010

From September to December 2009 the Rotterdam-based artists Jeanne van Heeswijk and Paul Sixta interviewed 25 participants from households in Goulburn and the Sydney suburb of Liverpool. They questioned these volunteers on how they have tried to reduce their waste.

The interview approach unearthed disparate responses and reasons for waste, from the practical and personal to the metaphorical. They revealed an increasing awareness of waste (or wastefulness) and individual frustrations at the enormity of this problem and its impact on their daily lives.

The artists then scripted and filmed a series of narratives based on these personal stories. The Talking Trash exhibition presents these 25 narratives in the form of three minute video fictions, alongside an installation of photographic stills and personal objects gleaned from the project’s participants.

10 januari t/m 28 februari

Amnesie van een Landschap:
Een dag uit het leven van een provinciale weg

Een project van kunstenaars Jeanne van Heeswijk, Brechtje Schoofs, Paul Sixta, Aram Voermans, Marten Winters en historicus Annet Van Otterloo

Het gebied rondom de N470 is aan een sterke verandering onderhevig. Een dag uit het leven van een provinciale weg doet onderzoek naar de invloed van deze veranderingen op de gebiedsbeleving van bewoners, weggebruikers en betrokkenen.

Tegenover de fysieke reis over de weg die Delft, Zoetermeer en Rotterdam met elkaar gaat verbinden, zet het project de mentale reis die weggebruikers afleggen. Waar gaan hun gedachten naar toe? Veranderen die gedachten wanneer de route verandert? Nemen weggebruikers hun herinneringen aan de oude wegen mee naar de nieuwe weg?

Om de verschuiving in beleving van het landschap zichtbaar te maken is met 120 actieve weggebruikers een roadmovie geproduceerd. De roadmovie toont de mentale routes van de weggebruikers. Samen vormen zij een film van 12 uur; Een dag uit het leven van een provinciale weg.

Amnesia of a Landscape:
A day in the life of a countyroad
A project made by artists Jeanne van Heeswijk, Brechtje Schoofs, Paul Sixta, Aram Voermans, Marten Winters and historian Annet Van Otterloo

The project portraits an inquiery into the changing landscape perception due to the arrival of the new countyroad N470. This road now connects the Dutch cities of Delft, Zoetermeer and Rotterdam. During a phyisical journey along this road the project focuses on the mental aspects. What are a motorist thoughts? Will they change as the route and scenery changes? Will they bring their memories of the old road along to the new one? In an effort to visualize the changes in the landscape a 120 active motorists are cooperating to feature in this roadmovie. The roadmovie will show their mental journeys wich can be seen as individual mini roadmovies at www.eenbekendeweg.nl. Eventualy the 120 mini roadmovies will form a 12 hour movie; a day in the life of a countyroad.

Opening January 10th at 16:00

galerie RAM
Blekerstraat 10
Rotterdam

Until the end of the year I’m in Australia filming with Jeanne van Heeswijk.

20 short videos shot in Goulburn around the theme “waste”.

I will be attending the PAF Summer University  31/7 - 9/8

“PAF (=PerformingArtsForum) is a place for the professional and not-yet professional practitioners and activists in the field of performing arts, visual art, new media and internet, theory and cultural production, who seek to research and determine their own conditions of work.”

PAF