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Proximity Music: ‘Fluid Anatomy’ by Ioana Vreme Moser

During Rewire Festival (April 4-6), once again Quartair will host the joint exhibition program by iii, Proximity Music: Echoes of Entropy. For this year, iii has selected artist Ioana Vreme Moser to present Fluid Anatomy at our project space.

installation ‘Fluid Anatomy’ by Ioana Vreme Moser. Photo by Dana LaMonda

Powered entirely by water and air, Ioana Vreme Moser’s Fluid Anatomy uses oscillators, valves, pumps, and connecting hoses to create a dynamic analogue installation responding to the environment of Quartair. Taking inspiration from mid-twentieth century “liquid computers” (powered by the flow of liquids), Vreme Moser highlights the beauty and resilience of this alternative computational model to question present-day technological narratives. As the installation passes from one rhythmic pattern to another, the public is invited to walk amongst fragile fluidic bodies and experience the intriguing play of forms and sounds that water and air produce.

Ioana Vreme Moser is a Romanian sound artist interested in hardware electronics, speculative research, and tactile experimentation. In her practice, she uses rough electronic processes to obtain different materialities of sound. She places electronic components and control voltages in different situations of interaction with her body, organic materials, and environmental stimuli. Vreme Moser’s works feature personal narrations and observations on the history of electronics, and their production chains, wastelands, and entanglements in the natural world.

The installation is produced and curated by singuhr projekte, with support of Musikfonds, Bezirksamt Pankow, Berlin. Technical support: Dorian Largen, Jan Rohmer, FabLab.ro. And special thanks for research support: Benjamin Bühling

Proximity Music: Echoes of Entropy presents a series of works that help us understand how chaos and entropy act as forces of creation and catalysts for change while critically examining their impact on our present-day world. Drawing inspiration from the second law of thermodynamics, where entropy signifies the inevitable drift towards disorder, the artists delve into the consequences of these forces on our environment, socio-political systems, and human interactions. Taking these complex and ephemeral relationships as their starting point, the participating artists make chaos tangible by navigating the complex interplay between disorder, chance, and creation. Rather than evoking fear, the works embrace unpredictability and the beauty of uncontrollability. Curated by Yannik Güldner, featuring works by Zimoun, Navid Navab, Natalia (Nika) Sorzano, Ioana Vreme Moser, Coralie Vogelaar, Chris Salter & Marije Baalman, Aura Satz.

Entrance to the Proximity Music exhibition is free. Opening hours: from 12:00 to 20:00.

Proximity Music is the joint exhibition program initiated by iii and Rewire. It seeks to connect music, architecture, technology, ritual, and play through physical experiences engaging with all the senses.

Full info: instrumentinventors.org/agenda/proximity-music-echoes-of-entropy

Drawing Inventions

From February 27 to March 16, Quartair will present Drawing Inventions 2025. The forty-seven participating artists have followed the Drawing Inventions Academy, a master program guided by Arno Kramer, Caren van Herwaarden and Marisa Rappard. In this masters, artists are encouraged to reflect on their owns and each other’s works and make new steps in their development. The works of this exhibition have been selected under the supervision of Arno Kramer, visual artist and advocate of drawing art as an autonomous discipline in the Netherlands.

Opening on March 1st, 16.00 –18.00
Hoogtij on March 7th, 19.00–23.00
Finisage on March 16, 16.00 – 18.00

Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday, between 12.00 and 18.00

Participating artists: Ana Rocha, Anja Sijben, Anna J van Stuijvenberg, Anne-Marie Joosten, Carien Vugts, Cindy van Woudenberg, Dick van Dijk, Egbert Jan Brink, Esther Eggink, Gerard Pouw, Godelieve Smulders, Hellen Abma, Helma Mostart, Hils Robbé, Ike Smitskamp, Inge van der Storm, Ingrid Pasmans, Iris Frerichs, Jeroen Paalvast, Josė Krijnen, Kai Kuper, Lea Adriaans ✝, Maja Badnjević, Mara Liem, Marie-Josée Comello, Marieke Smink, Marielle van den Bergh, Marijke Breuers, Marijke de Pous, Marike Hoekstra, Marjolein Spitteler, Mark Schalken, Marly Hendricks, Michiel Knaven, Monique van Stokkum, Nelleke Bosland, Rita Rutten, Sander Wiersma, Sarah Linde, Sonja Hillen, Sophie Mastenbroek, Susana Mulas Lastra, Teodora Ionescu, Thea Zweerink, Tienke Zijlstra, Ursula Metzler, and Wilma Stegeman.

Drawing Inventions 2025 (detail) at Quartair, The Hague from Feb 27 to March 16, 2025

Tabaria Café: A Year in Exile

Tabaria Café is a pop-up café bridging past and present, aiming to honour and preserve Palestinian culture. Tabaria Café began as a dream of resistance, rooted in the history of exile and the fight for liberation. One year later, it has become a space of solidarity, community, and hope for Palestinians and the SWANA diaspora in the Netherlands.

From Friday, February 7th through Sunday 9th, each day from 1 PM – 6 PM, Quartair created a space for gathering and reflecting on what Tabaria Café has been built together, sharing its journey, and the ongoing struggle for justice and liberation.

We were honored to feature Maisara Baroud, a talented Gazan artist, whose mural from his collection ‘I’m Still Alive’ will be part of the exhibition. Through timelines, stories, and art, we honor the resilience of the past and the hope of the future.

I’m still alive, reproduction of mural series by Gazan artist Maisara Baroud

The centre piece of the exhibition was a mural reproduction of Gazan artist Maisara Baroud from the collection I’m Still Alive. Contorted bodies are illustrated in various states of being, from a calm figure whose stillness is about to be disrupted by missiles in the background, to figures whose pain of loss is expressed in dispositions of death and grief. Despite being forced to move his family ten times, Baroud continues documenting the destruction happening around him. The title I’m Still Alive is a testament to his resilience and resistance against a genocidal occupation.

Our deep thanks to the volunteers who painted it Quartair.

Program:

Feb 7
Broadcast on how to preserve Palestinian heritage Radio
Intuitive Embroidery / Tatreez workshop (14.00-17.00)
Evening: The Bonfire Diwan: Storytelling inside/outside, recorded by radio (18.00-20.00)

Feb 8
Crochet workshop (all day)
Evening: Film screening: Bye bye Tiberia/Jenin Jenin/Arna’s Children (17.00-18.30)

Feb 9
Collective Brunch (13.00-15.00)
Music evening (17.30-18.30)

*A Year in Exile:* Intuitive Embroidery / Tatreez workshop at Quartair

The program also included on-going Learning Palestine: 12-hour radio programme; a reading corner, a craft corner, and letter writing: dedicated to palestinian political prisoners.

couleur locale

tentoonstelling van 23 november t/m 15 december
opening 23 november van 19 tot 23 uur – met optreden van danser charlie skuy
openingstijden vrijdag t/m zondag van 13 – 17.30 uur
HOOGTIJ #79 vrijdag 29 november van 19 – 23 uur – ève-marie dalcourt danst een special voor haar gemaakte choreografie van dimo milev

met:

lieske van de seijp
john mckellar
nies vooijs
luka smišek
annemieke louwerens
merel van erpers roijaards
willem marijs
siem salaboem
guus rijven
scott van kampen wieling
hélène penninga
ellen yiu

met dank aan vino vero ecologische wijnen

Quartair’s closing exhibition of 2024 is an ode to The Hague’s art scene. The title refers not only to local talents, but also to the different hues, or the subjectivity of each participating artist. The exhibition, curated by Annemieke Louwerens, presents works from different disciplines by artists either born or currently based in the city. From recently graduated KABK alumni to some of the longest established artists, what connects them is their playful creative processes.

Photography, paintings, sculptures, installations and video works come together in a dynamic symbiosis, where each work bears its own story while engaging in a dialogue with the other works in the space. By presenting these pieces side by side, a cross-pollination will occur, where new meanings and interpretations may be born. The public is invited to explore the interrelations that will emerge from this context.

During the opening, on November 23, dancer Charlie Skuy (NDT) performed among the artworks. During Hoogtij, on November 29, dancer Ève-Marie Dalcourt performed a choreography by Dimo Milev.

A Million Kites

On Saturday, November 2nd, 2024 we read testimonies and poems by children from Gaza from the recently published book ‘A Million Kites’: www.amillionkites.com. Guided by Leila Boukarim and Asaf Luzon, in both English and Arabic, we processed emotions and grieved together. This evening was supported by the brave volunteers of Tabaria Café.

A million kites testimonies and poems from the children of gaza book

Bad Objects

Quartair presents Bad Objects, an exhibition that explores the enchanting yet unsettling nature of the doll’s house. In this show, Lore Pilzecker, Kiara Amartya, Ghazale Moqanaki, Marieke Peeters, and Ghazal Faghihi share different perspectives on the idea of the doll’s house.

Bad Objects | 11-20 October, 2024

When one thinks of a doll’s house, one might think of their personal history and origin –childhood, toys, and magic– but one could also think of the doll’s house as a representation of wealth disparity, or as a catalyst of horror. When buying a ‘real’ house is steadily becoming a disappearing reality for many, there is solace in the fantasy that the doll’s house provides in imagining our ideal world. In how it invites us to dream.

Bad Objects is organized by Ghazale Moqanaki and Marieke Peeters, both graduated from the Master Artistic Research program at the KABK / Royal Academy of Art in 2023. They often work together and are currently developing an immersive theatre project entitled Garbage Mansion, to be presented at the Zaal 3 of The National Theater, The Hague, 2025.

Opening:
Friday, October 11th, 19.00 – 22.00
Performances:
Lore Pilzecker 19.30 – 19.50
Ghazal Faghihi 20.30 – 20.50

Exhibition hours: from Friday to Sunday, 13.00 – 17.30
Free entrance.

Museumnacht: Saturday, October 12th, 19.00 – 01.00
Performances:
Lore Pilzecker 19.30 – 19.50
Ghazal Faghihi 20.30 – 20.50
Lore Pilzecker 22.00 – 22.20
Ghazal Faghihi 23.00 – 23.20

Bad Objects was made possible with the generous support of Stroom Den Haag, Mondriaanfonds, Museumnacht Den Haag, and Amarte Fonds.

30 years gallery Ramakers

This September we share our space with a special neighbor, in the occasion of their 30-year jubilee: Ramakers gallery (Toussaintkade 51).

From September 1st to October 6th, 2024
Open from Thursday to Saturday, 12:00-17:00.
Sundays, 13:00-17:00.
Read more on: galerieramakers.nl

With works by Eelco Brand, Guido Geelen, Judith Maria Kleintjes, Marian Bijlenga, Hieke Luik, Michel Hoogervorst, Sjoerd Buisman Warffemius, Klaus Baumgärtner, Maarten Brinkman, Veron Urdarianu, Jan van Munster, Reinoud Oudshoorn, Ton van Kints, Christien Rijnsdorp, Willy de Sauter, André Kruysen, Cor van Dijk, David Nilson, Johan de Wit, Yumiko Yoneda, Bob Bonies, Michael Jacklin, Niko de Wit, Ossip, Vittorio Roerade, Frank Halmans, Julie Cockburn, Pat Andrea, Michael Johansson, D.D. Trans, Geert Baas, Joncquil, Maria Roosen, Ton of Holland, Wido Blokland, Babs Haenen, Mat van der Heijden, Ien Lucas, Azul Andrea

Ossip ‘3-2-2019 F.I.E.R.’ assemblage 130 cm h x 90 cm x 45 cm, 2019

Galerie Ramakers, also located at the Toussaintkade, nearby Quartair was founded in 1994. For their jubilee, the founder Catalijn Ramakers, wanted to generously showcase all their artists, therefore the space needed to be expanded beyond Ramakers, spilling into Quartair’s space. A walking path was opened between our backyards, so that the visitors can easily walk between the two venues. Two-dimensional works are shown in their gallery at nr. 51 and Quartair is furnished with three-dimensional works.

header image: nog zonder titel 2023 – 2024; artwork by Johan De Wit (BE) papier, harsen, ijzerpoeder, pigmenten 66 x 50 x 14 cm

Seeing Sounds

Seeing Sounds is an interdisciplinary performance by Kaja Majoor featuring Diederik Smulders on the cello, Ricardo Oliveira on percussion, and Majoor on the violin.

The program includes graphic scores by Morton Feldman, Mark Applebaum, Pauline Oliveros, Anas Qadamani, along with original scores by Kaja Majoor.

Saturday, 24 August, 2024 at 16:00 – free entrance

With Seeing Sounds, Majoor investigates how graphic scores can be used to create visual representations of sounds, giving both synesthetes and non-synesthetes a chance to experience music in a multi-sensory way. Exploring the phenomenon of synesthesia through graphic scores, illustrator and violinist Kaja Majoor combines different disciplines through colours, shapes and movements. The scores are projected on a screen in order to give the audience the chance to follow both the improvised music as well as the score.

Recently graduated at the Royal Conservatoire Masters in violin (NAIP / New Audiences and Innovative Practice), Majoor has been working on the project Seeing Sounds for the past two years. As an outcome she has created 5 graphical scores to be performed in collaboration with cellist Diederik Smulders and percussionist Ricardo Oliveira, as a trio at Quartair. Before the concert, Kaja will give a lecture on graphic scores, synesthesia, and her NAIP Master journey.

Photos by Martin Majoor

Acts of Publication

Upcoming Saturday, July 6th, we will be hosting a movement workshop focusing on practices of “dribble”, dodging, “esquiva”.

“Dribble” as in dodging obstacles through sudden quick movements, aims to achieve a loose body. The loose body means a body living in the present, a body ready to fight; a body that dances to handle the everyday, surviving societal and colonial violence. At the same time, it dances to write history, to celebrate memories, to shake control and colonial “peace”. On this day we will move in order to write narratives, and imagine ways of publishing knowledge through dance and orallity.

Parcela de Tierra is a movement research collective created out of the need of shared spaces for bodies displaced from their own environments. Organised by designers, activists and performace artists Elisa de la Serna and Lara Silva Santos, they invite Yadhira de León to facilitate this workshop.

Parcela de Tierra seeks to reclaim space and to question Eurocentric, institutional and repressive environments in which popular culture has little to no room to flourish. It strives to hold space and to facilitate performances based on improvisation, connection and affection. Collaboration with grassroots initiatives is an essential part of the collective’s practice, for the creation of a support network that transcends institutional borders. Check out their other events planned this week.

Saturday, July 6th
16:30 doors open
17:00-18:20 movement workshop on dodging, “esquiva”, protection, self-defense and theatrical games
18:20 break
18:40-19:30 round table discussion about the challenges of publishing and re-imagining ways to publish
19:30-20:00 cooling down and closure

Free entrance.

centre OFF gravity

Ildikó Horváth: artist in residence, 17– 28 June

Quartair is proud to have Ildikó Horváth as artist in residence this month. By developing a spatial audio installation and a series of performances, the artist highlights the relevance of aural perception, searching for the role that sound plays in our relationship with Earth and gravity. Inspired by kinetic toys such as spinning tops or roly-poly toys, her material research centers ceramic objects of various sizes and shapes that can be animated to maintain motion for a certain time, while the audio technology interacts with the ceramic pieces.

The resulting work aims to facilitate a conscious listening exercise that is integrated with tangible matter, movement and digital technology. In the work digital sound processing is understood and employed as an interface between various physical realities: installation objects, sculptures, audience, performers and maker, in order to embrace bodily experiencing and sensory encounters with fellow entities.

During the 2 week long period at Quartair, Ildikó will further develop the installation setup along with the soundscape, diving deeper into the possibilities regarding composition and narrative. She will closely work together with movement performers from various backgrounds: Melody Nolan (circus), Niek Vanoosterweyck (mime) and Amit Palgi (dance), focusing on the feedbacking dynamics between performers, movement and sound.

Open rehearsal, Wednesday, 26th June at 20:00
the public is welcome to the joint performance by Melody, Niek, Amit and Ildikó.

Conceptual and sound design support: Zeno van den Broek, Michele Abolaffio, Mark Ijzerman
Audience interaction advising: Ludmila Rodrigues
With the generous support of Creative Industries Fund NL, Mondriaan Fund, Het Niemeijer Fonds and The Grey Space in the Middle

Visit also: ildikohorvath.com