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COME CLOSER - Artist Talk #3

Tuur & Flup Marinus & Ariadna Estalella Alba / Dennis Tyfus

05 August 2024
headerfotoCOME CLOSER - Artist Talk #3 - Foto © Tom Cornille

A stage and a guided walk: collective engagement is at the core of these artworks by Dennis Tyfus and Tuur & Flup Marinus & Ariadna Estalella Alba in COME CLOSER. What is the role of the collective where artists, performers, and audience necessarily come together? Moderator Zeynep Kubat engages in a conversation with the artists.

Sound recording Artist Talk

In this third COME CLOSER Artist Talk, moderator Zeynep Kubat, independent curator, engages in a conversation with Dennis Tyfus en Tuur & Flup Marinus & Ariadna Estalella Alba. What binds these artists is that they create space for communal gatherings and interaction within the sculptural environment of the Middelheim Museum.

Dennis Tyfus considers De Nor (2018) as a social sculpture: a place for events and performances. The guided walk A Walk In The Sculpture Park (2024) also facilitates personal experiences with the collection. You are no longer passively observing, but actively participating in an artistic process. In a shared experience with others.

Both artworks also play with breaking down boundaries. Around De Nor (2018) there is fencing, but at the same time, you are both inside and outside. The transitional zone allows for both inclusion and exclusion. A Walk In The Sculpture Park (2024) questions the physical boundaries of the museum: you explore a piece of the museum in a completely new way.

The artworks foster a sense of interconnectedness. They encourage you to reconsider your relationship to the environment and to each other. And thus to pause and reflect on your own role in community building and social cohesion.

You can listen to the entire recording below (in English).

 

On COME CLOSER

This is the third of four Artist Talks in the context of COME CLOSER (07.06 - 29.09.2024). It took place on 03.08.2024 in the Braem Pavilion (Middelheim Museum).

  • Artists: Dennis Tyfus en Tuur & Flup Marinus & Ariadna Estalella Alba
  • Moderator: Zeynep Kubat
Artist Talk #3: Dennis Tyfus - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Dennis Tyfus - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Ariadna Estalella Alba - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Ariadna Estalella Alba - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Tuur Marinus - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Tuur Marinus - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Flup Marinus Tyfus - Foto © Tom Cornille
Artist Talk #3: Flup Marinus Tyfus - Foto © Tom Cornille
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Series: COME CLOSER

Middelheim Museum and DE SINGEL jointly explore the space between Sculpture and performance. Discover remarkable sculptures, installations, performances, and presentations by about 25 artists from Belgium and abroad.