JOB KOELEWIJN
Book launch: Works 1990–2025
Words, rather than images, form the backbone of Job Koelewijn’s artistic practice (b. 1962; lives and works in Amsterdam) and serve as both the source and the material for his work. The conceptual artist works with site-specific installations, video, photography and sculpture, as well as with prose, literature and performative recitation.
To register“Never wishing to create anything other than the power of an art that is at home in its own spirit.”
Job Koelewijn
Since 1 February 2006, Job Koelewijn has devoted forty-five minutes and a few seconds every day – the length of one side of his cassette tapes – to recording his voice whilst reading aloud. These recordings form the basis for painted images and are simultaneously recorded both digitally and on analogue media.
The reading project began as a method, but has evolved into a personal discipline, interwoven with his daily life. Through this ritual, which he has now performed every day for more than twenty years, Koelewijn gives form to the internalisation of text – an essential aspect of his artistic practice.
On Thursday 7 May, the book launch of Job Koelewijn will take place in the auditorium of De Pont Museum. Admission is free, but registration is required.
Programme:
18.30: Reception and welcome
19.00: Start of the programme
- Conversation with author Dominic van den Boogerd
- Manifesto
- Video screening
- Poetry presentation
20.00: Closing and drinks
21.00: Museum closes