All pictures are made by Inez Ishizaki
De Backstage Academy is een beeldende kunstpresentatie op de KunstRAI waar alumni van een Nederlandse kunstacademie hun werk presenteren. Dit jaar heeft een jury bij de ArtEZ Academie in Arnhem uit de vele inzendingen werk van een exclusief aantal kunstenaars van de bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) geselecteerd. Het werk vormde een diverse tentoonstelling die het artistieke talent van de jonge, opkomende kunstenaars weerspiegelt. Ook de installaties, sculpturen en videokunst zullen bij de Backstage Academy verrassen.
The Backstage Academy is an art presentation at the KunstRAI where alumni of a Dutch art academy showcase their work. This year the jury of the ArtEZ Academy in Arnhem chose an exclusive selection of artists from the bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research). The work formed a diverse exhibition which reflects the artistic talent from young, upcoming artists. One will be in for a surprise by the installations, sculptures and video art shown at the Backstage Academy.
Participating artists of Backstage Academy 2024
Andrew Veloso Watkinson – Bart Pols – Carmen Molenaar – Fie Andersen – Frida Berntsen – Gideon Kramer- Hankyul Jeong – Inez Ishizaki – Jamell Saman – Levi Overvest – Laila Saber Rodriguez, Arushi Nayar, Fatima Ali Naser, Ju-Yeoul Han – Larissa Esvelt – Lesse Melijn van der Veer – Puck Melk – Ro Smit – Ster Borgman – WONNE – Xam van Kempen – Yip Stals – Ingmar de Wijk – Ida Leijting – Fie Bekkers Andersen
Curator: Jo-Lene Ong 王 裕 玲
All pictures are made by Inez Ishizaki
De Backstage Academy is een beeldende kunstpresentatie op de KunstRAI waar alumni van een Nederlandse kunstacademie hun werk presenteren. Dit jaar heeft een jury bij de ArtEZ Academie in Arnhem uit de vele inzendingen werk van een exclusief aantal kunstenaars van de bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) geselecteerd. Het werk vormde een diverse tentoonstelling die het artistieke talent van de jonge, opkomende kunstenaars weerspiegelt. Ook de installaties, sculpturen en videokunst zullen bij de Backstage Academy verrassen.
The Backstage Academy is an art presentation at the KunstRAI where alumni of a Dutch art academy showcase their work. This year the jury of the ArtEZ Academy in Arnhem chose an exclusive selection of artists from the bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research). The work formed a diverse exhibition which reflects the artistic talent from young, upcoming artists. One will be in for a surprise by the installations, sculptures and video art shown at the Backstage Academy.
Participating artists of Backstage Academy 2024
Andrew Veloso Watkinson – Bart Pols – Carmen Molenaar – Fie Andersen – Frida Berntsen – Gideon Kramer- Hankyul Jeong – Inez Ishizaki – Jamell Saman – Levi Overvest – Laila Saber Rodriguez, Arushi Nayar, Fatima Ali Naser, Ju-Yeoul Han – Larissa Esvelt – Lesse Melijn van der Veer – Puck Melk – Ro Smit – Ster Borgman – WONNE – Xam van Kempen – Yip Stals – Ingmar de Wijk – Ida Leijting – Fie Bekkers Andersen
Curator: Jo-Lene Ong 王 裕 玲
All pictures are made by Inez Ishizaki
De Backstage Academy is een beeldende kunstpresentatie op de KunstRAI waar alumni van een Nederlandse kunstacademie hun werk presenteren. Dit jaar heeft een jury bij de ArtEZ Academie in Arnhem uit de vele inzendingen werk van een exclusief aantal kunstenaars van de bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research) geselecteerd. Het werk vormde een diverse tentoonstelling die het artistieke talent van de jonge, opkomende kunstenaars weerspiegelt. Ook de installaties, sculpturen en videokunst zullen bij de Backstage Academy verrassen.
The Backstage Academy is an art presentation at the KunstRAI where alumni of a Dutch art academy showcase their work. This year the jury of the ArtEZ Academy in Arnhem chose an exclusive selection of artists from the bachelor BEAR (Base for Experiment, Art and Research). The work formed a diverse exhibition which reflects the artistic talent from young, upcoming artists. One will be in for a surprise by the installations, sculptures and video art shown at the Backstage Academy.
Participating artists of Backstage Academy 2024
Andrew Veloso Watkinson – Bart Pols – Carmen Molenaar – Fie Andersen – Frida Berntsen – Gideon Kramer- Hankyul Jeong – Inez Ishizaki – Jamell Saman – Levi Overvest – Laila Saber Rodriguez, Arushi Nayar, Fatima Ali Naser, Ju-Yeoul Han – Larissa Esvelt – Lesse Melijn van der Veer – Puck Melk – Ro Smit – Ster Borgman – WONNE – Xam van Kempen – Yip Stals – Ingmar de Wijk – Ida Leijting – Fie Bekkers Andersen
Curator: Jo-Lene Ong 王 裕 玲
Accompanied text about the installation:
In this work the corners of the eyes will always be occupied by a singing mouth. The selection of faces shown here are part of a larger and ongoing installation titled ‘Reminiscence, The Quiet Force of Unusual Wind Gusts and A Musically Driven March’. The installation consists of multiple big charcoal drawings and detailed illustrations that are positioned like coulisses in a decor to divide the space. The faces together act as a choir that envelops the viewer, framing the view both from the inside of the installation and from the outside. Highlighting the expressions of the mouth on a much larger yet intimate scale, was to find a way to capture the performer within the Japanese storytelling tradition of the lute players. A close-up of a multitude of their expressions which summon a cinematic and audio-visual scenery.
Accompanied text about the drawing:
De Stoomdragers/The Steambearers (2023)
Sentient mounds of fur bear a resemblance to a foggy day in the mountains. As the heat coming from their large bodies provides a cover of steam, they can be gone in the next moment. During their fleeting presence these beings further animate their quiet surroundings. The Steambearers brings an ephemeral quality to large masses of land, whilst it also continues to explore a recurring subject in Ishizaki’s work: fur and steam. The interest in these textures emerged in an earlier work ‘Dog in the Bathhouse series’ in which hybrid dog-human figures continue their daily washing routines in a communal bathhouse. Her aim remains to itch one’s senses with haptic visuality and to create a connection between the changing weight and wetness of fur to one’s own skin.
Accompanied text about the installation:
In this work the corners of the eyes will always be occupied by a singing mouth. The selection of faces shown here are part of a larger and ongoing installation titled ‘Reminiscence, The Quiet Force of Unusual Wind Gusts and A Musically Driven March’. The installation consists of multiple big charcoal drawings and detailed illustrations that are positioned like coulisses in a decor to divide the space. The faces together act as a choir that envelops the viewer, framing the view both from the inside of the installation and from the outside. Highlighting the expressions of the mouth on a much larger yet intimate scale, was to find a way to capture the performer within the Japanese storytelling tradition of the lute players. A close-up of a multitude of their expressions which summon a cinematic and audio-visual scenery.
Accompanied text about the drawing:
De Stoomdragers/The Steambearers (2023)
Sentient mounds of fur bear a resemblance to a foggy day in the mountains. As the heat coming from their large bodies provides a cover of steam, they can be gone in the next moment. During their fleeting presence these beings further animate their quiet surroundings. The Steambearers brings an ephemeral quality to large masses of land, whilst it also continues to explore a recurring subject in Ishizaki’s work: fur and steam. The interest in these textures emerged in an earlier work ‘Dog in the Bathhouse series’ in which hybrid dog-human figures continue their daily washing routines in a communal bathhouse. Her aim remains to itch one’s senses with haptic visuality and to create a connection between the changing weight and wetness of fur to one’s own skin.
Accompanied text about the installation:
In this work the corners of the eyes will always be occupied by a singing mouth. The selection of faces shown here are part of a larger and ongoing installation titled ‘Reminiscence, The Quiet Force of Unusual Wind Gusts and A Musically Driven March’. The installation consists of multiple big charcoal drawings and detailed illustrations that are positioned like coulisses in a decor to divide the space. The faces together act as a choir that envelops the viewer, framing the view both from the inside of the installation and from the outside. Highlighting the expressions of the mouth on a much larger yet intimate scale, was to find a way to capture the performer within the Japanese storytelling tradition of the lute players. A close-up of a multitude of their expressions which summon a cinematic and audio-visual scenery.
Accompanied text about the drawing:
De Stoomdragers/The Steambearers (2023)
Sentient mounds of fur bear a resemblance to a foggy day in the mountains. As the heat coming from their large bodies provides a cover of steam, they can be gone in the next moment. During their fleeting presence these beings further animate their quiet surroundings. The Steambearers brings an ephemeral quality to large masses of land, whilst it also continues to explore a recurring subject in Ishizaki’s work: fur and steam. The interest in these textures emerged in an earlier work ‘Dog in the Bathhouse series’ in which hybrid dog-human figures continue their daily washing routines in a communal bathhouse. Her aim remains to itch one’s senses with haptic visuality and to create a connection between the changing weight and wetness of fur to one’s own skin.
Framed work on the right is from the artist Frida Berntsen