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Michiel Ceulers (Whatbar) ‘WHEN _______ BECOMES FORM’ exhibition

Brent — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:00:02 +0000

One of our Whatbar participants, Michiel Ceulers from Belgium, has a new project running in Zurich! Description taken from the Whatspace website:

“Michiel Ceulers’ paintings investigate the medium of paint. At first, these inconvenient, difficult to read, uncompromising and very diverse paintings are hard to grasp but on a second and third look, these small, rather dirty paintings are very precise and sharply handled, cheekily referencing previous historical styles.

Jostling for position in his studio, they are treated roughly and poorly, they lean amongst and against each other (whilst some are still wet) producing scarring and marking. The dirty marks, thumb-prints, ripped and badly stretched canvases are integral to the work. Ceulers is not interested in beautiful or representational pictures, he is simply analysing colour-shapes, brushstrokes, and light. Once his paintings have left the confines of the studio, they cease to be in a constant state of flux and finally become.”

The exhibition is running until May 28th.

For more information check here. Taken from the Whatspace website.

Coming up, new show from Sven-Ole Frahm (Whatbar) at Aschenbach & Hofland galleries

Brent — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 09:00:04 +0000

One of the participants from our Whatbar project, Sven Ole-Frahm, is back soon with a new show at the Aschenbach & Hofland galleries! There’s no date for the show yet, but there are some examples of his work that look pretty promissing! For more examples check underneath here or the link to the Whatspace website!

Taken from Whatspace

[Go see] Whatbar/Destroyed Room artist Bas van den Hurk’s book presentation this Sunday at De Pont!

Brent — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:00:52 +0000

One of the artists of our Whatbar and Destroyed Room projects, Bas van den Hurk, will present his book this Sunday (April 10th) at De Pont in Tilburg. You can find all the information needed in the picture below.

Taken from What Space

[Go see] Revolt & Despair

Linda — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 11:45:00 +0000

Revolt & Despair

Whatbar strijkt voor een één avond neer in Artspace Flipside.
De gehele dag wordt er gewerkt door Vaast Colson, Dennis Tyfus, Koen Delaere en Bas van den Hurk om dit ‘s avonds te presenteren. Aangevuld met Heavy Metal Karaoke, Wouter Jaspers, Ultra Eczema, Remco Torenbosch en DJ Marissa.

3 December 2010
Heel de dag en avond live uitzending via www.citytv.nl
Open vanaf 20.00 uur. Programma vanaf 21.00 uur met tequilla en oesters.
Gratis entree! Voor meer info kijk ook op:
www.whatspace.nl

Artspace Flipside
Tarwelaan 56/58
Eindhoven

London – 18-03-10 – The Boadicea – England – The Non-Obvious-Bar

Charlotte — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Cam Deas @ Whatbar # 8

Charlotte — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 09:00:31 +0000

Cam Deas is an English, predominantly 12 string, guitarist born in London and currently residing in Sheffield. He has released a string of CDr’s on various independent labels, along with a solo LP and split LP with fellow solo guitarist Spoono on Blackest Rainbow, and most recently an improvised 7″ on The Great Pop Supplement. Deas plays his guitar with such raw urgency and crisp production; it’s playing that is hard to define. Deas will spend nearly 10 minutes on the opening track luring you into a quiet and beautiful world before he really unleashes the picking attack on his guitar.
by Dave Miller
Read an interview with Cam here

Listen to Cam Deas @ Whatbar # 8 in London.
Opening: March 18, 2010 | 8:30 pm
THE NON-OBVIOUS-BAR
The Boadicea
292-294 St. John Street
London
8.30 – 12.00pm

For more info check: Whatspace

Michiel Ceulers @ Whatbar # 8

Charlotte — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:11:15 +0000

Michiel Ceulers (B) makes paintings that investigate the medium of paint. At first these inconvenient, difficult to read, uncompromising and very diverse paintings are hard to grasp but on a second and third look these small, rather dirty paintings are very precise and sharply handled, cheekily referencing previous historical styles.

Ceulers produces modest, greasy paintings that live with him; they are his belongings. Jostling for position in his small studio apartment they are treated roughly and poorly, they lean amongst and against each other (whilst some are still wet) producing scaring and marking. The dirty marks, thumb-prints, ripped and badly stretched canvases are integral to the work; he is not interested in beautiful or representational pictures, he is simply analysing shapes in colour, brushstrokes and light. Once the paintings have left the confines of his home/studio they cease to be in a constant state of flux and they finally become.

Rod Barton 2008

Michiel, amongst a lot of other artists, will show some of his work at Whatbar # 8 in London.
Opening: March 18, 2010 | 8:30 pm
THE NON-OBVIOUS-BAR
The Boadicea
292-294 St. John Street
London
8.30 – 12.00pm

For more info check: Whatspace

Hester Scheurwater @ Whatbar # 8

Charlotte — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:00:04 +0000

Hester Scheurwater’s work consists of short films, video performances and installations which try to express desires, fears and obsessions in alarming matter. Through an intuitive way of film making an intimate inner picture is depicted. These pictures show daydreams (fantasies/nightmares) which in a
fragmented manner make a suggestive picture tale visible in which grotesque doll-like women show their incapacity to contact with the outside world. The woman as an object, isolated and absent sometimes thrown back on basic animal instincts “female behaviour”.

Hester is showing some of her work at Whatbar # 8 in London.
Opening: March 18, 2010 | 8:30 pm
THE NON-OBVIOUS-BAR
The Boadicea
292-294 St. John Street
London
8.30 – 12.00pm

For more info check: Whatspace

Alistair McClymont @ Whatbar # 8

Charlotte — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:23:17 +0000

Alistair McClymont (UK) graduated from the Royal College of Art Sculpture School in 2005, he works in sculpture, photography and video. His work investigates the romanticism with which contemporary cultural products have been invested. He uses well-known commodities, brands and logos as recurring themes: a recent series of work has been based around the imagery of the Evian mountain, for instance.

In his most recent work, ‘The Dark Side of the Rainbow’, McClymont has extended his observation of cultural production to the cult status of film and music, merging the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the Pink Floyd album ‘The Dark Side of the Moon’, in accordance with a popular urban myth that the two can be played in perfect synchronisation. The relationship between Dark Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz has been the subject of a long standing urban myth / conspiracy. A search on google reveals the interest in this subject. Even Turner Classic Movies made this conspiracy a topic on their site, The Dark Side of Oz.

Alistair, amongst a lot of other artists, will show some of his work at Whatbar # 8 in London.
Opening: March 18, 2010 | 8:30 pm
THE NON-OBVIOUS-BAR
The Boadicea
292-294 St. John Street
London
8.30 – 12.00pm

For more info check: Whatspace

Tilburg – 05-03-10 – Perron 58 – The Netherlands – The Destroyed Room

Charlotte — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Tilburg – 30-01-10 – Perron 58 – The Netherlands – Whatbar#6

Charlotte — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:00:00 +0000

[Special] Michael McDonald spoofs #4

tijsheesterbeek — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 16:01:20 +0000

As a preheater for the Whatbar #6 this saturday in Tilburg tonight, and the DJ-gig of the official suppliers of smooth YACHT ROCK tunes The Boys Of Summer, Inlog will give you some tribute videos of the King of Yacht Rock, Michael McDonald. Some impersonations are pretty lame (after the break), but some are quite funny. Like the above one. It’s some sort of a V/Vm kind of revision of ‘Sweet Freedom’ with altered lyrics about taking a shit on a toilet… Hmmm…

After the break the failed one. Which proves that even with a big budget, a good impersonation can go wrong.

[Special] Michael McDonald spoofs #3

tijsheesterbeek — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:52:59 +0000

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As a preheater for the Whatbar #6 this saturday in Tilburg and the DJ-gig of the official suppliers of smooth YACHT ROCK tunes The Boys Of Summer, Inlog will give you some tribute videos of the King of Yacht Rock, Michael McDonald. Some impersonations are pretty lame (after the break), but some are quite funny. Like the above one.

It’s from the creators of the Yacht Rock series themselves. They treat him in a very respectful way. And don’t try to imitate his voice or stick a fake beard on him. Which usually is a recipe for disaster… Like the one after the break… eugghh! But big up for the live keyboard playing!)

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCxFTq9CY1E]

[Special] Michael McDonald spoofs #2

tijsheesterbeek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:01:18 +0000

As a preheater for the Whatbar #6 this saturday in Tilburg, and the DJ-gig of the official suppliers of smooth YACHT ROCK tunes The Boys Of Summer, Inlog will give you some tribute videos of the King of Yacht Rock, Michael McDonald. Some impersonations are pretty lame (after the break), but some are quite funny. Like the above one. After the break you can also see the Helloween-clip of the same guy.

The fail-one isn’t funny at all! Dress a woman up as Michael McDonald, let her sing contemporary hits in a Michael-McDonald-kind-of-style isn’t a guarantee for succes. Check it here.

And the Helloween version:

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[Special] Michael McDonald spoofs

tijsheesterbeek — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:41:47 +0000

The next one just isn’t funny. Impersonate Michael McDonald is more than sticking a beard to your face and saying The Doobie Brothers made you eat your own shit… Fail!

http://www.youtube.com/v/kTL7cQfmSAs&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&”> name=”allowFullScreen” value=”true”>http://www.youtube.com/v/kTL7cQfmSAs&hl=nl_NL&fs=1&” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowscriptaccess=”always” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”640″ height=”505″>

Impersonating Michael McDonald is more than put on some beard and pitching up your voice.

Coming up: Whatbar #6 – January 30th, Tilburg

Erik — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:17:25 +0000

Be there.

WHATBAR # 6
BOYS OF SUMMER
KARAOKE
WHATSPACE ARTCOLLECTION
OYSTERS/TEQUILA/BEER

ZWIJSSENPAND
GASTHUISRING 58 TILBURG
START 21:00

Tilburg – 31-10-09 – De Pont – 5041 EA – Whatnight#3

Charlotte — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Tilburg – 17-09-09 – Duvelhok – The Netherlands – Whatnight#2

Charlotte — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Whatnight #2: Who What Where?

metaljelle — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:10:08 +0000

Thursday 17 September around 16:00 the official opening of Incubate (yeah, the festival is than already five days in action, but that’s how official openings work, apparently) will take place in the form of Whatnight #2 @ Duvelhok. Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus were invited by Whatspace for this event. They will do two performances that showcase their anarchistic, and free form mode of work.

The day after Incubate they will drive around Tilburg giving a voice to their feelings of mourning because this year’s festival has come to an end.

We can’t wait!

More info on the artists (in Dutch): WHATNIGHT #2 Vaast Colson & Dennis Tyfus

St. Joost verbiedt eindexamenwerk

Joost — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:16:34 +0000

Misschien ken je Anita en Pleuni van Whatspace. Ze stonden gisteren in NRC. “Op de exposities in Den Bosch en Breda heeft de directie een performance verboden en een kunstwerk met een dode goudvis verwijderd. Anita Hrnic en Pleuni van Tongeren studeerden in Breda af met de performance Bees 2009. Ze lagen daarbij in een glazen kooi en wasten elkaar met honing terwijl het publiek in een lokaal met levende bijen toekeek. De directie had volgens adjunct-directeur Jeroen Chabot vooraf als voorwaarde gesteld dat de veiligheid van de bijen, het publiek en de twee kunstenaars gewaarborgd moest zijn. De school wilde niet dat de examenexpositie schade zou oplopen door een reactie van dierenactivisten.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIqrvUqp7Ok]
Chabot. „Met de bijen ging het goed en het publiek was goed beschermd met imkerkleding. Maar één van de studenten viel flauw, dus kon het onder deze omstandigheden – het was erg warm – niet doorgaan.” Hrnic en Van Tongeren zijn verbolgen. „Ik ben niet tijdens de performance, maar tijdens de examenuitreiking flauwgevallen”, zegt Hrnic. „Als de directie zich zorgen maakt over onze gezondheid, waarom hebben ze er dan geen dokter bijgehaald?” Ze trokken zich niets aan van het verbod en hebben zaterdag en zondag hun performance uitgevoerd tot de directie ingreep. De adjunct-directeur stelt dat het fysiek en geestelijk welzijn van de studenten een verantwoordelijkheid van de academie is.” Lees meer in NRC.

Whatnight #2 @ Incubate: An introduction

metaljelle — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 10:42:40 +0000

On Incubate Whatnight #2 will take place.

Artists giving acte de presance: Vaast Colson and Dennis Tyfus.

The guys from Whatspace made a compilation already to get to know these guys a bit more.

'On A Clear Day I Can See Forever' exposition

metaljelle — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:19:32 +0000

On A Clear Day I Can See Forever
The New Sentimentality
(Der Kleine Niveaualarm)

May 16 - June 7 2009
@BCM - Wilheminapark 53
Tilburg, The Netherlands

Curated and Organised by: Koen Delaere (of Whatbar fame),
Ulrich Wulff and Remco Torenbosch

Tobias Buche , Michael S. Riedel, Joep van Liefland, Thomas Zipp, André Butzer, Andreas Hofer, Wolfgang Flad, Koen Delaere, Thomas Winkler, Hank Schmidt in der Beek, Bas van den Hurk, Bara, Dennis Loesch, Remco Torenbosch, Björn Dahlem.

LINKS:

http://www.whatspace.nl/show/

Google Maps Location

Whatbar #4 performance of Microphonics released

metaljelle — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:07:01 +0000

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A last minute invitation to perform at the Whatbar #4 blog event in The Hague resulted in an impromptu drone piece extending Dirk Serries’ Microphonics concept into more epic and harmonic territory. Significantly less straightforward than the music on his debut album, the twenty-two minutes of Microphonics VI are built upon subtle shifts and intricate thematic ideas. Listening back to the recording, captured straight to tape by Olivier Nijs during the event, tonefloat and dirk serries decided to release the performance in its pure state and as a snapshot of this singular moment in time offering a promising glimpse of future volumes in this ongoing series of guitar resonances.

The vinyl is now available for pre-order.

Whatbar says thank you!!

Joost — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:10:45 +0000

We’ve organized great nights in Tilburg, Roffa, Agga, Bruxelles and Gent with our homies from Whatspace. Did not have the chance to be everywhere? Here’s a small impression of the drinks, oysters, fun, art, music and more. Hope to see you next year cause Whatbar will be back!

Gent – 17-04-09 – Studio Tonnard – Whatbar#5

Charlotte — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Tilburg – 09-04-09 – Bureau Cultuurmakelaar – The Netherlands – Whatspace/whatnight#1

Charlotte — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Whatbar #4 @ Nest

Joost — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:52:41 +0000

The pictures.

Den Haag – 26-02-09 – Nest – Whatbar#4

Charlotte — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Whatbar 3, the pictures

Joost — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:45:43 +0000

Check for more at the Whatspace blog.

Brussel – 20-02-09 – Mobile Institute – Whatbar#3

Charlotte — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:00:00 +0000