Arnoud Holleman i.c.w. mugmetdegoudentand "Immovably Centred"

Performance- and videoproject of Arnoud Holleman (NL) i.c.w. mugmetdegoudentand

Opening: Sunday 1 June, from 5 pm onwards in de Appel

“Immovably Centred” is a cross-over production that integrates theatre and visual art, by writer and artist Arnoud Holleman (NL, 1964) in collaboration with the mugmetdegoudentand theatre company. “Immovably Centred” is an exhibition in de Appel combined with a series of live performances featuring different actors and artists. Registrations of these performances will be incorporated into the video installation running continuously at de Appel arts centre through 22 June.

The title “Immovably Centred” derives from the inscription penned by poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) in his lyrical biography of Auguste Rodin of 1902: ‘The hero is he who is immovably centred.’ In his book Rilke portrays the legendary Rodin as a man of superhuman genius. Holleman himself described Rodin in a recent interview as “one of the first artists who made art personal and whose creative skill was fuelled ‘from within’” (Tubelight 49/02.03.2007). In “Immovably Centred” Holleman portrays a contemporary artist who still identifies with this kind of artistic practice. The complex interrelationship between megalomania and the concomitant fear of failure it engenders is meticulously laid bare.

List of dates and performers:

31 mei, 4 pm Try Out: Debbie Korper, actrice. Marcel Musters, actor. (language Dutch)

1 June, 8 pm Debbie Korper, actrice. Marcel Musters, actor. (language Dutch)
4 June, 7 pm Gerardjan Rijnders, film director. Joke Tjalsma, actrice. (language Dutch)
5 June, 7 pm Marian Boyer, director platform Theaterauteurs. Beppie Melissen, actrice (language Dutch)
6 June, 7 pm Jacqueline Blom, actrice. Ton Kas, actor (language Dutch)
7 June, 7 pm Hans Aarsman, writer/photographer. Tom Jansen, actor (language Dutch)
8 June, 7 pm Cas Enklaar, actor. Hilt de Vos, actrice (language Dutch)
10 June, 8 pm Ann Demeester, directrice de Appel. Axel Rüger, director of the Van Goghmuseum and Sophie Berrebi, art historian, curator and lecturer in the history and theory of Photography at the University of Amsterdam(language English)
11 June, 7 pm Arnoud Holleman, Nickel van Duijvenboden, writer/photographer. Johan Leestemaker, economist (language Dutch)

Reservation required via reservation@deappel.nl