OWNNOW: individual encounters with drawings by René Daniëls. Initiated and curated by Sara Giannini. Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven. June 23-24-25, 2017


















OWNNOW - OPEN CALL FOR INDIVIDUAL ENCOUNTERS WITH DRAWINGS BY RENÉ DANIËLS

As part of the research programme Deviant Practice we invite you to participate in the individual sessions where you will uncover and experience new relations to Daniëls’ practice. The sessions are free of charge and you can sign up individually or with a person you feel very connected to. 

The individual encounters will take place on June 23, 24 and 25 depending on the number of subscriptions and will last 1h30m.
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CONTENT SESSIONS

The focus of the sessions will be constellations of drawings by Daniëls selected from the archives of the René Daniëls Foundation, a great part of which is hosted and managed by the Van Abbemuseum. The drawings span several decades of production and many of them have not been presented in public before. The selection and display of the drawings follow Daniëls’ own scattering of meaning, identity and time. Past and future blur, triggering infinite interpretations. 

What happens when we experience art outside of our rational mind, beyond the rules of language, regardless of the etiquettes? During the workshop you will experience new ways of sensing and relating to artworks by René Daniels in a safe space where all bodies and types of language are welcome to express themselves.

Performance artist Mercedes Azpilicueta and performance artist/reiki practitioner Stav Yeini will help you disconnect from your routines, forget about your roles and expectations and re-discover your body and voice. After the sessions these different languages and gestures will form a new “relational archive” of the works. This archive won’t be based on definitions, categories or chronologies as is common in the museum, but on personal associations, open to future interpretations and imaginations. As Mariam Ghani said “Our Index begins in the gaps where language ends." 

OWNNOW is developed by Sara Giannini (semiotician and curator) in collaboration with Mercedes Azpilicueta (performance artist) and Stav Yeini (performance artist and Reiki practitioner).