Making Public


No Linear Fucking Time
21 December 2021

On 3 December 2021 "No Linear Fucking Time," an exhibition with gatherings, an online publication, and a symposium, opened at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

No Linear Fucking Time II

A conversation with performance artist Tehching Hsieh, taking part in BAK’s project No Linear Fucking Time, writer Amelia Groom, and writer and curator Adrian Heathfield.

No Linear Fucking Time I

On 3 December 2021 "No Linear Fucking Time," an exhibition with gatherings, an online publication, and a symposium, opened at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Symposium As for Protocols
6 July 2021

Symposium As for Protocols I

Symposium As for Protocols: To Hold Things Together 20-21 May 2021. Curated by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and presented by Vera List Center, New York.

Symposium As for Protocols II

Symposium As for Protocols: To Hold Things Together 20-21 May 2021. Curated by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and presented by Vera List Center, New York.

Symposium As for Protocols III

Symposium As for Protocols: To Hold Things Together 20-21 May 2021. Curated by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and presented by Vera List Center, New York.

Symposium As for Protocols IV

Symposium As for Protocols: To Hold Things Together 20-21 May 2021. Curated by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and presented by Vera List Center, New York.

Symposium As for Protocols V

Symposium As for Protocols: To Hold Things Together 20-21 May 2021. Curated by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht and presented by Vera List Center, New York.

Fragments of Repair
7 May 2021

Fragment of Repair/Gathering V

On Thursday 24 June 2021, the fifth gathering of Fragments of Repair/Gatherings took place as a live broadcast from BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Utrecht.

Fragments of Repair/Gathering IV

On Thursday 10 June 2021, the fourth gathering of "Fragments of Repair/Gatherings" took place as a live broadcast from BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Utrecht, and Paris.

Fragments of Repair/Gathering III

On Thursday 13 May 2021, the third gathering of "Fragments of Repair/Gatherings" took place as a live broadcast from BAK, basis voor actuele kunst Utrecht, and Granville, Ohio.

Fragments of Repair/Gathering II

On Sunday 2 May 2021, the second gathering of "Fragments of Repair/Gatherings" took place as a live broadcast.

Fragments of Repair/Gathering I

On Saturday 17 April 2021 BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht presented the online opening program of "Fragments of Repair" (17 April–1 August 2021).

Prospections
2 July 2020

Prospections is BAK's digital forum for anticipatory and propositional discourse, research, and intervention, driven by the urgencies that shape the world at present. Bringing together lived experience, documentation and documents, analysis, and foresight research, Prospections appeals to the potential of imagination-based tactics in shaping what’s to come. At the same time, it is conceived as a modest solidarity framework for supporting the work of neighboring artists, thinkers, and activists.

In Proximity

"In Proximity" is an ongoing series featured on BAK's digital forum "Prospections," in which artists discuss their practice and work in relation to present unfolding urgencies.  

Live online event

Practicing Tactical Solidarities: A Roundtable on Mutual Aid, Emergency, and Continuous Care Part of BAK's digital forum Prospections, this is the video registration of an online event.

Propositions #10
25 May 2020

"Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise" was a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht on Saturday 7 December 2019, from 13.00–21.00 hrs. The symposium probed the question of how to institute spaces for art in the face of the pressing urgencies of the present.

Propositions #10 V

Video registration of "Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise", a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #10 IV

Video registration of "Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise", a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #10 III

Video registration of "Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise", a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst.

Propositions #10 II

Video registration of "Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise", a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #10 I

Video registration of "Propositions #10: Instituting Otherwise", a one-day public symposium on the civic practice of art institutions, organized by BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Tony Cokes
29 April 2020

Tony Cokes I

A conversation between artist Tony Cokes and scholar, writer, and curator Irit Rogofff, that took place on the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Tony Cokes: To Live as Equals at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #9
2 April 2020

"Propositions #9: Deserting from the Culture Wars", part of BAK's long-term trajectory "Propositions for Non-Fascist Living" (2017-2020), took place from 13-17 November 2019 at BAK, and consisted of trainings, lectures, and panel discussions.

Propositions #9 IV

"Propositions #9: Deserting from the Culture Wars", Day 4, 16 November 2019, 19.30 hrs at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #9 III

"Propositions #9: Deserting from the Culture Wars", Day 4, 16 November 2019, 19.30 hrs at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #9 II

Propositions #9, Day 3, 15 November 2019, 19.30 at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Propositions #9 I

Propositions #9 day 1, 13 November 2019, 19.30: Opening lecture "Deserting from the Culture Wars: An Introduction" by art historian, critic and writer Sven Lütticken.

Trainings for the Not-Yet
20 February 2020

Trainings for the Not-Yet, 14.9.2019-12.1.2020 at BAK, basis voor Actuele kunst. An exhibition as a series of trainings for a future of being together otherwise, convened with a multitude of collaborators by Jeanne van Heeswijk and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

Trainings for the Not-Yet I

From 7-10 November 2019, BAK joined forces with Le Guess Who? festival 2019. Besides hosting several of the festival's events, this special performance was part of the program.

Trainings for the Not-Yet II

This lecture is based on the Diego de la Vega Coffee Co-op, a cooperative by Fran Ilich (based in Mexico and New York City) where coffee and politics meet.

Trainings for the Not-Yet III

In the spirit of "Open Access", a conceptual framework for accessibility Papalia developed, the public is invited into a collectively envisioned space emerging from the principles of trust and mutual care.

Trainings for the Not-Yet IV

In the spirit of "Open Access", a conceptual framework for accessibility Papalia developed, the public is invited into a collectively envisioned space emerging from the principles of trust and mutual care.

Trainings for the Not-Yet V

On Wednesday 4 December 2019, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht proudly presented a lecture by Distinguished Professor David Harvey - Disrupting Neoliberal Urban Governance: New Organisational Forms for the Future.

Instituting for the Contemporary
23 April 2019

On 11, 18 and 25 April 2016, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, hosts three public editorial meetings in the context of the exhibition Unstated (or, Living Without Approval).

Propositions #7/5
10 January 2019

With Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture, London) and Hilde Brontsema (Milieudefensie, Amsterdam).

Wietske Maas

An introduction by Wietkse Maas (BAK basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht) as part of the Propositions for Non-Fascist living #7: Evidentiary Methods (Propositions #7/5: Sense).

Samaneh Moafi

A lecture by Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture, London) as part of the Propositions for Non-Fascist living #7: Evidentiary Methods (Propositions #7/5: Sense).

Propositions #7/5 I

A discussion with Samaneh Moafi (Forensic Architecture, London) and Hilde Brontsema (Milieudefensie, Amsterdam).

Hilde Brontsema

A lecture by Hilde Brontsema (Milieudefensie, Amsterdam) as part of the Propositions for Non-Fascist living #7: Evidentiary Methods (Propositions #7/5: Sense).