Burgerbegroting 2022 "Artists Come Out to Play, Won't you?"


by Selin AYDINOL

Artworks on the image are made by Sara Plantefève-Castryck 

Theme of the project: Cultuur op straten en pleinen

Name of the project: Artists come out to play, won't you?

Project Leader: Selin AYDINOL

Participants: Veroniek van Samang, Gilles De Decker, Aurélie Bayad en Selin Aydinol

Budget: € 7.500

What is Burgerbegroting?

De inwoners van district Antwerpen beslissen samen over 1,4 miljoen euro of 10% van het jaarlijkse budget. Dat doen ze al elk jaar sinds 2014. Zo bepalen zij welke thema's ze belangrijk vinden en welke plannen in uitvoering gaan. Zij kennen immers de lokale noden best.

De inwoners van district Antwerpen besteden het geld in 4 stappen (over 2 jaar): 

Step 1 : thema’s kiezen en geld verdelen | Burgerbegroting Kick-off 

Step 2 : ideeën indienen 

Step 3 : projecten kiezen | Burgerbegrotingfestival 

Step 4 : projecten realiseren 

Deze schaal en deze manier van werken, is uniek in België en ver daarbuiten. We ontvangen dan ook regelmatig bezoekers uit andere steden en landen die willen leren uit onze ervaring. 

Basisprincipes: ontmoeten, diversiteit en beslissen

Elke burgerbegroting is anders. Dit is wat wij écht belangrijk vinden:

About this project

The purpose of this project is to bring artists and art to the public space. Breaking the ice between artists and the public by performing and installing art in the public. With banners and flyers, we will make sure the neighbors of the locations we chose know about this project. During the event, we will create a welcoming environment to encourage people to engage with us. 


The plan is to pick a group of artists to make public artworks in June 2022. During June, artists will be installing their artworks and performing their art among the people. We will have flyers and banners ready before the activity begins. We will create a welcoming environment for the public so they can ask questions to the artist or participate if they would like to.


Each artist will perform a different project. There will be more info on their projects, once it's approved by the government.

Veroniek Van Samang   Visual artist

Bio: Veroniek Van Samang behaalde haar master in de schilderkunst in 2013 aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten in Antwerpen. Eerder studeerde ze hier een aantal jaar mode en later keramiek. In 2015 stak ze haar pedagogische master op zak en na een aantal jaren lesgeven startte ze in 2018 haar derde master in onderzoek in de kunsten aan Sint-Lucas School of Arts, Antwerpen.

 

Van Samang schildert met olieverf op doek, maakt levensgrote totems in keramiek en ontwerpt assemblages met mixed media. Ze verenigt sculpturen, schilderijen en objecten in installaties die ruimte specifiek en sociaal-artistiek gericht zijn.





De natuur met al haar vormen en kwaliteiten is voor Van Samang een onuitputtelijke inspiratiebron. Spiritualiteit, psychologie, boeddhisme en hedendaags sjamanisme vormen de basis van haar onderzoek. 

Contact:  Website / Instagram / Facebook / Kunst in Huis

Portfolio                                                                                                                                               all images are provided from the artist's website

'Regardless grown'   800 x 800 cm   2017Spuitverf, onkruid, dals, koord
'It’s a nice dream'   60 x 60 cm   2018Olieverf op hout en canvas
'Coupe tropical'   10 x 15 cm   2018hout, zeegras, naald en draad, acrylverf, olieverf
'Van gras naar hemel'   70 x 37 cm   2019hout, linnen, olieverf, kaarsvet, beton, papiertape

Gilles Dedecker   Visual and performance artist

Bio: In mijn praktijk probeer ik mijn dagelijkse impressies, indrukken en herinneringen weer te geven in beelden. Het is een manier om de chaos van de prikkels te structureren en te categoriseren. Dit geeft een vorm van rust en laat mij toe om een eigen archief op te bouwen. Ik creëer een eigen visie van de wereld die ik waarneem. 


De impressies vertrekken vanuit het landschap dat ik rondom mij ervaar en vormen een antwoord op het ontheemdingsgevoel. Ik ervaar dit niet in mijn directe omgeving en geef dit ook weer in verschillende reeksen. Dit stelt mij in staat om een onderwerp grondig te onderzoeken en uit te puren. Vandaar dat ik ook vaak een paar elementen uit een herinnering of impressie neem als basis voor die reeksen. Vervolgens ga ik op zoek naar de beeldende link aan de hand van associaties.

Contact:  Website / Instagram / Facebook / Kunst in Huis

Profile picture © Cato Crevits 

Portfolio                                                                                                                                               all images are provided from the artist's website

A Radiator, Water and Bath Toys 
The Plumber, Bathtubs and Stuutjes 
Facader: "A Pharmacy and an Ant Eater" 
Performance "woodworkshop" with Peter De Blieck 

Aurélie Bayad   Photography and video artist

Bio: After completing a BA in photography at the Royal Academy of fine  Arts of Antwerp, I went to an Erasmus at UMPRUM in Prague where I decided to explore video art. From that Erasmus resulted an endless fascination for video art, installation and performance, as  well as a renewed interest for my photographic practice. In 2021 I completed a master in fine arts at  KASK in Ghent.  

In 2020 I was selected to participate in a dual residency with AAIR (now MORPHO) in Antwerp  and the Meetfactory in Prague, where I met various artists and curator from the Eastern Europe.  Following this residency I participated in Кров з очеи (blood from eyes) for the pavilion Джерело,  in Kiev, Ukraine. I will also have a show at the TIC gallery in Brno, in Czech Republic in the  spring 2022.  




From 2016 onward I participated in Various exhibitions in Belgium. In 2020 I was selected to  participate in the .Tiff program, which is part of the Fotomuseum of Antwerp. Every year they  select 10 promising photographers to be part of the .tiff magazine as well as an exhibition and a  variety of networking of opportunities. It resulted in a group show in the summer of 2021.  

Contact:  Website / Instagram / Facebook / Kunst in Huis

Portfolio                                                                                                                                               all images are provided from the artist's website

Selin Aydinol   Visual artist & art curator

Bio: Selin Aydinol moved from Istanbul to Antwerp in 2016. She received her painting master diploma in 2019 from Royal Academy Antwerp. Her first exhibition was “Omg Is Pink The New Black?” (2019, Feb) curated by Spank Moons. Followed by “To Be Antwerp” exhibition in Geukens en De Vil Gallery (2019, Nov), “Zonder Kunstenaars Geen Kunst” in Muhka, Nick Lodgers (2020, Feb), a group show with Chantal Akerman, Fred Bervoets, Leo Copers, Ria Pacquée and more. Most recently “De Nieuwe Garde” exhibition by Kunst in Huis in Zuiderpershuis for Antwerp Art Weekend 2021.


Selin makes abstract paintings with acrylic and lacquer on wood. She first draws a figurative image, then makes them abstract by gridding the image. These smaller sections of the image become separate paintings as Selin paints them. The inspiration of this method was generated from her childhood. Selin changed houses many times growing up. 

Each time she had to learn new rules and habits of that neighborhood to be able to integrate into it. She saw that changing the country you live in is the same. You need to learn and integrate to be able to coexist. The figurative image she draws in the beginning is a metaphor for “a new place/ neighborhood/ country” Then she grids the image. The grid represents the rules/ laws/ habits of that place. Her painting each section into paintings represents the idea: “One person can not represent a whole neighborhood. One neighborhood can not represent a whole country. Everyplace has similar negativities. If you want to stay, you must discover what’s good around you.” The act of painting is discovering what’s good.


Artistically by turning a figurative image into several abstract paintings, Selin wants to emphasize on how much she values abstraction. She is very attracted to abstract art. However, she doesn’t quite get why an abstract image affects her the way it does. This mystery inspires her to make these kinds of works. Selin also believes that as opposed to figurative paintings, abstract paintings have more room for interpretation and expression. Her latest paintings on canvas are half figurative and half abstract. She doesn’t want to only paint on wood. She also  wants to paint on canvas with different subjects.

Contact:  Website / Instagram / Facebook / Kunst in Huis

Portfolio

'three'   30 x 40 cm 2020Acrylic & lacquer on panel
'nine'   30 x 40 cm 2020Acrylic & lacquer on panel
'Viraj'   16 x 24 cm 2020Acrylic & tape on paper
 Untitled   16 x 24 cm 2020Acrylic & oil pastel on paper