
Maintenance IDR
Documentation of Maintenance
Exhibition In De Ruimte - Ghent







































Maintenance
Onderhoud is het geheel aan handelingen waarbij we onze lichamen in een leefbare staat houden, zonder noodzakelijkerwijs iets nieuws te produceren. Deze zorgarbeid is een constante stroom van acties die blijvend moet worden uitgevoerd en vaak onzichtbaar is.
Gedurende drie dagen wordt de ruimte schoongemaakt, worden de performances gerepeteerd en onderhouden we elkaar door gesprekken te voeren met de bezoekers en de deelnemers. Vrijdag werken we rondom ruimte, zaterdag staat het onderhoud van het lichaam centraal en zondag brengen we alle performances bij elkaar bij het officiële presentatie moment.
Elke dag openen we de tentoonstelling om 15u waarna we performances, installaties en onderhoud presenteren van Bilal Abbas, Ines Bodlovic, Leon de Bruijne, Katinka de Jonge, Lara Garcia Diaz, Palatine Gentils, Gabrielle Gobeaud Bianco, Sam Gunst, Hannes Legrand, Bjornus van der Borght, Charlotte Symoens, TH.PR.AR, Bert Villa en Pierre Berthet
Elke dag wordt er onderhoudswerk gepresenteerd van 15u - 20u
Elke dag wordt er eten geserveerd rond 19u
Het startpunt voor Maintenance is MANIFESTO FOR MAINTENANCE ART 1969! door Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Deze Amerikaanse kunstenares zag de noodzaak van onderhoud in en voerde verschillende performances uit waarbij ze museumvloeren schrobde en balletten maakte met vuilniswagens. Zo belichaamde ze nieuwe invalshoeken op onderhoud die wij in deze context willen herverkennen. Deze nieuwe blik wordt vastgelegd op het manifest wat tijdens het programma zal worden aangepast.
Vrijdag 01/02 (15u - 20u)
Ruimte
Installaties, maintenance & performances
Zaterdag 02/02 (15u - 20u)
Lichaam
Installaties, maintenance & performances
Zondag 03/02 (15u - 22u)
Ruimte / Lichaam
Installaties, maintenance & performances
Women and children first
Maintenance is een onderdeel van Women and children first georganiseerd door De Vooruit. Tijdens dit focus programma organiseert het kunstencentrum verschillende gesprekken, voorstellingen, performances en workshops waarbij privilege in de grootste zin van het woord wordt besproken. Zie https://www.vooruit.be/nl/agenda/themas/10/Women_and_children_first/voor het volledige programma.
Maintenance wordt onderhouden door In De Ruimte, De Vooruit, Stad Gent en alle betrokkenen.
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Maintenance is the act of keeping our bodies and spaces in existence, without producing anything. This labour of care is a continuous line of work that is always present but mostly unseen. During the exhibition a microcosmos will be created in which the space, bodies and materials will be maintained by rehearsing the performances, cleaning the environment and engaging with each other. On Friday we will work around space, while on Saturday maintaining the body will be our focus. On Sunday we will present all the performances during the official presentation.
Every day we will open the exhibition at 15u by lighting the work Carbon by Bert Villa after which we will present performances, installations and maintenance by Bilal Abbas, Ines Bodlovic, Leon de Bruijne, Katinka de Jonge, Lara Garcia Diaz, Palatine Gentils, Gabrielle Gobeaud Bianco, Sam Gunst, Hannes Legrand, Bjornus van der Borght, Charlotte Symoens, TH.PR.AR, Bert Villa and Pierre Berthet
Every day work will be on show from 15u - 20u
Every day food will be served around 19u
Our starting point is the MANIFESTO FOR MAINTENANCE ART 1969! by Mierle Laderman Ukeles, an American artist that involved maintenance work within her art practice and created maintenance art by scrubbing the museumfloors and creating various ballets with garbage trucks.
Friday 01/02 (15u - 20u)
Space
Installations & maintenance
Saturday 02/02 - 15u - 20u
Body
Installations & maintenance
Sunday 03/02 - 15u - 22u
Space / Body
Installations, maintenance & performances 16u - 19u
Women and children first
Maintenance is part of the focus programme Women and children first. During this event De Vooruit hosts various conversations, performances and workshops. See https://www.vooruit.be/nl/agenda/themas/10/Women_and_children_first/ for the full programme.
Maintained by In De Ruimte, De Vooruit, Stad Gent & all the participants