Opening Exhibition Anan Striker ‘Dog Is My Pilot’
Instituto Buena Bista
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14 December 2023 19:00 t/m
14 December 2023 21:00
‘Dog is my pilot’ is an exhibition by current Artist In Residence, Anan Striker, at Instituto Buena Bista. The show explores recognizable daily life observations, collaborations and experiences during Anan’s stay on the Tropical Rock: Dushi Kòrsou.
You are cordially invited to the opening on the 14th of December at 19:00 at Instituto Buena Bista. The opening will feature a live performance by Anan and a soundscape specially made for this occasion by Rozaly.
During this exhibition you will also be able to see what the IBB students have worked on this academic year.
Nos ta topa!
About the artist
/\/\/\/\/, Anan Striker
painter, sculptor, typographer, lithographer, image poet and tape jockey (Assen, NL, ‘88).Fascinated by everyday life, I draw inspiration from ‘the everydayness’: sports, music, typography, love and art. I do not limit myself in my choice of subject, but combine and assemble: an event in life, someone you meet, everyday news, a winning game from your favorite sports team, or an object that I found of particular interest. Intuitively I transform these into drawings, sculptures and installations. I have an eye for detail, not losing sight of the big gesture at the same time.
Playing, investigating, recognizing, accurately equaling any coincidence, I create images, in which the ‘nostalgia of things’ contains a great meaning. Just like I do in my choice of subject, I do not allow myself to be caught in a single technique. My work is a mix of greetings, references and memories, recognizable and accessible. Herky-jerky within the context of the whole; perhaps a search for grip on life. All in all, I make poetic, alienating adaptations of reality.
Exhibition Details
Date: 14 December 2023
Time: 19:00
Location: Instituto Buena Bista, Mohikanenweg 8
As always, please park outside on the parking lot of Klinika Capriles and walk inside. If you, or someone you are coming with, needs assistance please let us know beforehand by sending an e-mail to outreach@institutobuenabista.com
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Questions? No problem! Drop us an e-mail at outreach@institutobuenabista.com
Instituto Buena Bista
The Instituto Buena Bista, Curacao Center for Contemporary Art, IBB, started in 2006 as an artists initiative with the goal to create a solid platform for art and art education.
As an art institute that offers preparatory training for young talents, the IBB deals with all the aspects of art and art education that make a follow up to an art academy or creative schooling possible. The educational components don’t limit themselves to the students but also cover a broad area of the Curacao and Caribbean art towards the local society. The social engagement and added value of art for the society is also very present in the IBB structure. Being situated on the premises of the Capriles psychiatric clinic is not only a statement of the social engagement of the IBB but also a reflection of the concepts that IBB strives to achieve as well; collaboration, exchange and development.
The clients of the clinic participate on a regular basis together with the students in workshops and classes. This, as part of an initiative by the clinic and the IBB to make the clinic more accessible to the public and to create more insight in the psychiatric world.Projects in public spaces have become a regular activity by the IBB. In these projects the students work together with patients of the clinic, students from other schools or people from organisations that participate in these activities.
The IBB students get a special role where they have to support and guide the participants and at the same time experience responsibility towards their creations and others.
Website: https://institutobuenabista.com