Program & SHOW

Midseason

 

deadline application: 14 aug, 17:00

program: 13 OCT - 16 dec 2023

show: march  2024

 

This year's midseason program is open for applications!

application form

 midseason '21, table top role playing game w/ Tom K Kemp (S03E01)

 

Sign up for our 9 week program and learn to become more confident and aware of your own position and practice as a professional artist. During this program you will meet some of het resort's previous residents, get introduced to the fine art of networking, work on your writing and presentation skills, go on trips and meet fellow artists!

 

The program runs from October 13th till December 16th 2023 and in February/March 2024 you will participate in a group exhibition on a surprise location organized by het resort.

 

In this year's program we teamed up as always with Kunsthuis SYB, new to the mix are Into Nature and Kunstpunt Groningen. Expect a lot of expertise from all these great spaces. SYB Circles will provide writers and curators to reflect on your work and help you with writing. Into Nature will provide activities with one of their international artists participating in this year's biënnale. Kunstpunt provides a lot of information about possibilities for starting artists and art in public space.

 

 

dates

deadline application: August 14, 17:00

selection: August 25

program: October 13 – December 16

exhibition: March 2024 (t.b.a.)

 

 

program (monitoring excluded)

The program is divided into clusters. Last year's participants said they would have liked that, so we changed it.

 

13 + 14 OKT / #1 WEEKEND @ INTO NATURE

9 + 10 NOV / #2 REFLECTING AND #3 WRITING @ KUNSTHUIS SYB (these data are 99% sure)

11 NOV / FIELD TRIP to X

23 NOV / FIELD TRIP to KUNSTPUNT GRONINGEN

24 NOV / OPTIONAL / “Cultural entrepreneurship” day – for all midseason alumni

25 NOV / #4 ARTISTS AMBITIONS + #5 ONLINE PRESENCE

15 + 16 DEC / #6 PRESENTING AND CURATING + #7 WRITING PROJECT PROPOSALS

MARCH 2024 / #8 EXHIBITION

 

 

selection

Six artists will be selected to participate. First you need to be able to say yes to the following criteria:

  • you are self-taught and started your practice after 2020 or you graduated from a dutch art school (BFA) in 2021, 2022 or 2023
  • you want to grow into a professional art practice and want to invest time and energy in this program and the people part of it
  • you’re interested in site-specificity
  • you want to expand your network and invest in new relations
  • you are open to criticism and want to know how fellow artists, curators and art critics perceive you and your work.
  • you live in the Netherlands and are able to travel to participate on trips and join group meetings
  • you are registered as a business and can sent an invoice for your fee

 

Selection will be based on:

  • artistic quality/potential, motivation, ability to reflect and site-specificity
  • 50% Groningen based / studied x 50% elsewhere based / studied

Note: In total there will be 7 participants. One is selected by Into Nature from their own talent program.

 

 

 

application

Fill in this form before August 14, 17:00.

 

We ask the following:

  • personal info
  • motivation as to why you want to participate
  • information about your practice
  • reflection on your development and an insight into your ambitions
  • portfolio (max 10 mb, max 10 works, max 15 pages)
  • CV

 

what you'll get

  • A free 9 week program where you will learn to become more confident, aware and visible as a professional artist. Where you will get personal feedback from all the coaches. Insight in ways to present and maneuver yourself on your own terms within the artworld.
  • Nice field trips
  • A lot of new contacts
  • A great mix of peers from Groningen and peers who live in other parts of the country.
  • A resort souvenir
  • An group exhibition at an exciting location in 2024 with a fee of €1740 excl 9% VAT, material budget of €500 and travel compensation – fee is based on https://kunstenaarshonorarium.nl/

 

 

F.A.Q.

Yes, the program is free

Yes, you will receive an artist fee and can send us an invoice before the start of the exhibition (not before the start of the program)

Yes, you will get compensation for travel expenses for traveling due to the program

Yes, any other expenses are your own responsibility.

Yes, this program is in English.

No, this is not a full-time program

No, you can not apply if you are still in HBO or master education.

No, you can not apply if you have a master's degree. This program focuses on a different level of experience. Only if you really feel like you need it (for instance: if you went from your bachelor directly into a masters program)

LAST YEAR'S PROGRAM       unfold to read

  • #1: Introduction: city cruise & cocktails

    Marijke Klamer: "In the morning we met at the resort headquarters with Gisanne en Ellen. We got some beautiful red rain hats as a gift with our names embroidered on them. Then we did a round of introducing ourselves to each other. We spoke about the things we like to do but also about recent failures we had, which was a nice thing to talk about because we realized that it’s often just a part of the process or can lead to new ideas. In the afternoon we went on a boat tour through the canals of Groningen, it was fun to look at the city from a tourist perspective. Afterwards we went to the forum to end the day with some cocktails. "

     

  • #2: field-trip to ship gouwzee & photoshoot

    Michiel Teeuw: "After a short bike ride, we arrive at a rectangular building, of ribbed silver metal with a blue lining at the top. To the right, tons of cars pass by. To the left is water with tons of boats like BREG and CAS. We walk over tons of autumn leaves, underneath a small plate roofing and end up in the shipyard. Planks, plates, rods and other gibberish rest against the walls. To get to the ship, we have to jump on and off other ones, walk on small paths, and thus we arrive. The boat is very slanty, and as Siem remarks, you can see the layers of history. The renovation of the ship Gouwzee that Benne and Servaas (Stichting Historische Haven Hoogkerk) started is also related to this history: they are planning to organise art exhibitions on this ship. It will be placed in Hoogkerk, where a historical harbor will host eight ships giving different stories of nautical history. Someone used to live on this boat - he disappeared.

     

    Marijke asks why boats have round windows. Servaas answers that

    [ i ] Ships have round windows because square windows break more easily when the force of water pushes against them.

     

    The group wonders about the etymology of "patrijspoort". Apparently, I found out later when googling, it is a comparison to the "arse" or fallopian tube opening of a <partridge>, where the eggs would come through - poort used to be a synonym for asshole. Good to know.

     

    There is an engine in the boat. It could be working within three days, Servaas mentions, but the ship will not be moving. That would require a lot of extra money and burocracy. In the living room of the previous inhabitant, I find a copy of Kafka's Process. We wander around the ship, exploring all the corners and such - after which we go upstairs to do our photoshoot. The air of autumn has arrived and slightly cuts through our clothing."

  • #3: presenting & reflecting on work | w/ syb circles

    Siem de Boer: “On this day we came together with the midseason residents and two special guests: Alina Lupu and Anika Mariam Ahmed at SYB in Beetsterzwaag. Sadly Arnisa Zeqo (the director of SYB) couldn’t join us for the day. Together with their experienced eye we tried dissecting our works in different rounds of presenting and questioning, to get to know each other better.

     

    We all spent a part of the day talking about our recent works that we felt represented us artistically. We got to know each other a little better and how we feel moving forward in the art field. The talks were interesting and explorative, where critical questioning resulted in exciting new views about our practice but also about our way of questioning. As a group we found some deeper connection from the various invitations in each other's practices.”

     

  • #4: Visiting Museum aan de A and ship Pelikaan

    Sjors Smit: "On a rainy, very windy Thursday we visited ‘Museum aan de A’ the former maritime museum of the city of Groningen, now in transit towards being an institute showcasing a broader view of the city’s history. We were welcomed by Wicher, the museum's curator, and followed him through a room filled with the penetrating smell of oil. The museum harbors itself within two 14th century warehouses featuring its characteristic steps & little rooms. After our brief introductions, we headed to the collection in search of inspiration for our upcoming projects. The broad variety of tools, materials and other objects, curated in a chronological order, gave a strong impression of how distinctive the city’s nautical history truly is.

    The overwhelming amount of information the museum had to offer was followed by our first visit to the turquoise ship where our exhibition will take place, the ‘Pelikaan’. Peter, our skipper, was iconically swabbing the deck when we walked up. He shook our hands and invited us below deck as it was still pouring. The interior was showing that the ship is being used as a youth hostel, polished and filled with large communal tables. We nosed around, all looking attentively for potential spots to mount our artworks-to-be on/in/under. I think we all realized today that the game is on, four weeks to go, let's make it happen."

     

  • #5: how to group show with Esther de Graaf

    Sojung Lee: "In the morning, we gathered to have a workshop with artist Esther de Graaf. It was a day after the intense exploration in the museum, so everyone seemed fully charged with new ideas. After a short introduction, Esther proposed the kick-off activity: jotting down something that came to our mind. It could be any word, but we were told not to make sentences as much as possible. Even a sort of alien language was acceptable. It was quite difficult not to make sentences in the beginning as my thought was logical, but it was gradually falling apart while I was filling a piece of paper. In the end, I found it was a good activity for waking up my brain (I was traveling back and forth between my consciousness and unconsciousness).

     

    After that, she asked us to think about what we wanted to show in the final exhibition, how to set the environment to unify it as a group show, and what we can do on a bigger scale to take over the entire ship and surroundings. We shared our ideas, which let us open up a discussion over planning the final show precisely. In the afternoon, we had our own time to digest all these inputs. We wrote down administrative and technical questions to ask the Het Resort team. Indeed, we have started to shape it."

     

  • #6: how to write a project plan with curator Arda van Tiggelen

    Wooryun Song: "From 10 am, we gathered on Zoom with curator Arda van Tiggelen. We introduced ourselves and talked about what we had for breakfast to warm up our meeting. In the beginning, we reflected on our project plan and then had constructive feedback from each other. We discussed what is missing in the proposal, and what could be better in the proposal. It was very helpful to look at each other’s proposals and learn from them as well as listen to Arda’s viewpoint. After the session with Arda, we went in-depth into the proposal individually with Gisanne, and we also got some other tips from Ellen. It was a pretty intense day for me, but it was truly useful for organizing my thoughts and being more concise in planning in order to make new work. It’s getting thrilling the fact that we have only 3 weeks left!"

     

  • #7: how to write an artist statement with Anika Mariam Ahmed

    Siem de Boer: "During this meeting hosted by Anika Mariam Ahmed (SYB CIRCLES) we got glimpses inside each other's art speak and language use while writing artist statements. Some big and some small texts were presented and looked through by the fellow midseasoners and Anika herself. We found insight into displaying our practice within text and came to interesting points concerning artists' cultural background and the use of the English language. How do we speak to certain people and do we have to be blandly english all the time? We discovered that through our backgrounds many different types of writing developed next to our practice, which could be both very intimate but also sometimes written a little better. Anika gave us tips on how we could utilize these personal narratives and bring that over effectively to existing but also new audiences."

     

  • #8: online presence w/ Ellen de Haan

    Michiel Teeuw: "Today, we met with Ellen (co-director het resort) to discuss online presence and websites. We started by surfing together and showing our favorite and inspiring websites. I love being online and looking at cool sites, so it was really interesting to see what inspires others. Marijke found the WimCity site from Wim Delvoye which was really funny and stylish, and Siem had found this super cryptic net-diagram that could be browsed through. Wooryun showed us a super minimal website, which just had a selection of images which could be clicked through. Sojung selected a very designed website with a very specific typography and layout, with lots of purple. I picked Robby Müllers photo-archive website which I found very poetic and cinematic. After this, we started discussing our own websites. We actually only had time to discuss Siem's and my website, but it was really in-depth! In February we will continue this process."

     

HET RESORT IS supported by:

Mondriaan Fund, Gemeente Groningen

Fill in before August 14, 17:00.

 

We ask the following:

  • personal info
  • motivation as to why you want to participate
  • information about your practice
  • reflection on your development and an insight into your ambitions
  • portfolio (max 10 mb, max 10 works, max 15 pages)
  • CV

 

what you'll get

  • A free 9 week program where you will learn to become more confident, aware and visible as a professional artist. Where you will get personal feedback from all the coaches. Insight in ways to present and maneuver yourself on your own terms within the artworld.
  • Nice field trips
  • A lot of new contacts
  • A great mix of peers from Groningen and peers who live in other parts of the country.
  • A resort souvenir
  • An group exhibition at an exciting location in 2024 with a fee of €1740 excl 9% VAT, material budget of €500 and travel compensation – fee is based on https://kunstenaarshonorarium.nl/

 

F.A.Q.

Yes, the program is free

Yes, you will receive an artist fee and can send us an invoice before the start of the exhibition (not before the start of the program)

Yes, you will get compensation for travel expenses for traveling due to the program

Yes, any other expenses are your own responsibility.

Yes, this program is in English.

No, this is not a full-time program

No, you can not apply if you are still in HBO or master education.

No, you can not apply if you have a master's degree. This program focuses on a different level of experience. Only if you really feel like you need it (for instance: if you went from your bachelor directly into a masters program)