Diverse Universe is a nomadic performance art festival, that has taken place annually since 2005. The overall organisation is in hands of the Non Grata Performance Art Group from Estonia. They work together with local organizations all through Europe. In May and June 2012, a group of artists travels to all locations. Local artists are [...]

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Maybe by hearing this name it doesnt ring any bell, but you’re probably familiar with this picture. This (and hundreds of other photos) are from Jon Rafman‘s website 9-eyes.com, what stands for Nine Eyes of Google Street View. This is ongoing blog where he’s posting weird or shocking images that he finds ‘accidentally’ on Google Maps.   But next [...]

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The contemporary artist Urs Fischer, who’s working in Zurich and New York, is a striking appearance. With quiet a lot  of innovative expositions a draw the attention. Be sure to check out more of this artist. For instance what he made for la Biennale in Venetia; a copy of ‘The rape of the Sabine Women’ in.. tallow. Next [...]

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Julien Berthier is a French artist from Paris, probably best known for his Love Love yacht (photo above) which is actually seaworthy. Besides the bizarre, constantly sinking ship, Berthier created many other cool projects in his now 15-year long career. Just have a look below and you see a few, have a look on his [...]

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Machinery and engineering are often centralized in the work of Arte Colder. Colder says: ‘I ​​consider my work as a disguised form of archaeological research into the modern world that makes connections in a mystical way. Excerpts from a world of worship, with links to the cargo cult. (where “primitive” cultures use western objects in their rituals and worship). “ ‘The military industry, the relationship between man and machine, mysticism (medieval alchemy or freemasonry), rituals and religious cults are central [...]

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In the sculpture of Adrián Villar Rojas (born 1980, Rosario, Argentina; lives and works in Rosario), monumentality is juxtaposed with transience. Rendered in clay, the works depend on cracking surfaces—suggesting the inevitable failure of the object, of meaning, and the guaranteed transformation of all ideas and objects back to dust. For his Triennial project, Villar [...]

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Jordy Koevoets artistic working process consists of two major parts. The first part consists of criticizing the outside world. The society we are living in is full of absurdities and banalities. There are many examples to describe the nonsense of the outside world. Mega stores are packed with decoration material, trash and fake art. Different [...]

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Our local artist of this week is Paul Segers. Born in 1976 in Eindhoven and graduated at the academy of Arts in Den Bosch. Segers uses influences from the agricultural and industrial sector and it results in a contrast between cultural and nature. For instance a project from a view years ago; Station 03. “The countryside along the [...]

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She is born in Etten-Leur but works and lives in our own Tilburg. Our local artist today Chantal Rens is doing a lot of different things. A few years ago she did get a lot of exposure when she collaborated with Gummbah for an exhibition including some very unique sweaters. On her blog you can see some other [...]

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Painter Thomas Zipp is born in Heppenheim, Germany but is currently working in Berlin. He is mixing his background as a painter with his interests in sculptures, drawings and installations to a complete exhibition with all this elements in one creation. Two years ago, in 2010, this Berliner did get a lot of attention with [...]

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