arts letters & numbers - averill park, new york, usa
In 2015 was Bart Drost artist in residence bij Arts Letters & Numbers in Averill Park, New York, USA.
In 2016 werkte hij er gastbegeleider van 'zoetrope sun', de jaarlijkse zomerworkshop van ALN.
HAUS26 - 2016
Arts Letters & Numbers in
Averill Park, NY offers a summer workshop every year for artists,
musicians, architects etcera. From various disciplines on a specific
theme examined. In 2016 the theme was "zoetrope sun". Bart Drost was
invited to contribute as a visiting artist for four weeks.
During
his stay, he developed an interactive series of meetings with
twenty-three individual participants. But first he built his own house with a view, a view at the inner side.
So right next to the large
workshop of aln - the mill - I built from leftover materials which I
found my own little house. With a table, two chairs, something on the
wall, flowers, a clothesline, a small veranda and a door with a latch on
the inside. A suitcase. And a mailbox.
At that point I had no idea
yet how the project would develop itself exactly. First I had to build.
It surely would be grand and comprehensive, this four-week workshop.
Guests would come every day to work with the group of participants:
dancing, movement, mime, drawing, expression, and so on. And at the end
there would be a intensive two-day festival.
Thinking of the
zoetrope I realized that there was something special about it: you can
focus on the outside of the zoetrope or you can focus on the inside.
Both entities exist at the same time, you know for sure. But you only
can observe one of them.
In my opinion it was about the inside
and the outside and suddenly I new what my project would be about. I
wanted to work with the individual participants. I wanted to share a day
with each of them. To talk with them, to exchange ideas. I was curious
about them. Who are they? What moves them?
So no spectacular workshop at my place, no big gestures; keep it small."
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