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annual report 2022

Cover Katelijne de Corte – unwrapping on a ferry - platvvorm Back page Willy at Supermarket, closing the cabinet of Giel Louws

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Roel van der Linden | Lípa Art Collection

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Luděk Rathouský | The Mirror of Eternal Abandonment

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Supermarket Independent Art Fair | Stockholm | Sweden

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Entre act I The making of possible the longest painting in the world

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Katelijne de Corte | artist initiative platvvorm | DeinzeBE

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Entre act II Giel Louws | reprise

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CONFLUX

artist group Slipvillan | Stockholm | Sweden

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teamCAESUUR | Long stories, short movies

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Colophon / links

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About CAESUUR

Lípa Art Collection | roel van der linden Prague, Czech Republic click here for the catalogue 4

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The Lípa Art Collection is the art collection of Roel van der Linden. Lípa is the Czech translation of the word ‘linden’, the tree to which the Dutch name of Roel refers. He exchanges his own work with the work of artist friends and in this way he created a collection of over 80 works of art.

‘The ultimate goal is to have our own museum and this exhibition is a step in that direction. We showed a selection of art from the collection and during the opening there was music by artist Legs Boelen and we introduced and we experimentted with the Lípa metaverse gallery.’

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Luděk RathouskýCZ | The Mirror of Eternal Abandonment Workingperiod in coperation with Luxfer Open Space, Ceska Skaliçe, Czech Republic stop-motion of the creation of the work click here for the catalogue 9

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Luděk Rathouský | The mirror of eternal abandonment The ideological essence of the installation, created on the site during the fortnightly residence, is the situation that may have taken place during 1665 in Amsterdam. Here the emigrant Jan Amos Comenius met the old and abandoned, impoverished Rembrandt van Rijn.

The idea of such a situation is the driving emotion, with which Rathouský created a monumental painting and a subsequent installation lit by candles. As part of the local collaboration, he turned to friends around the Caesur gallery with a request: to send him their first supposed memory.

From these sources, the author created a series of dra-wings on handmade paper, where fragments of respon-dents' memories are ephemerally present. Please see next page.

Aging, disillusionment, hopelessness, abandonment, home loss. The emigration of intellectuals from Central and Eastern Europe is a phenomenon that has lasted for over three centuries and the possibility that it will recur is still rele-vant.

"My sense of a possible conflict in eastern Ukraine is linked to the anxiety of a possible invasion by Putin's Russia, which may try to disrupt Europe and launch a re-satelliteization of (not only) my country,“ the author wrote in his annotation to the future residence in Middelburg at the end of February.

His fears soon came true.

Luděk Rathouský (* 1975) is a Czech artist based in Prague and Brno. In addition to his author’s artwork, he is also a founding member of the significant art group Rafani, which intervenes in many artistic genres. They won an award at the Jihlava Documentary Film Festival for their film debut 31 Ends 31 Beginnings. In Brno, he works mainly as a professor 12and head of the painting studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts.

He is also a curator, a husband and a happy father, as he likes to add.

Jihlava Documentary Film Festival for their film debut 31 Ends 31 Beginnings. In Brno, he works mainly as a professor and head of the painting studio at the Faculty of Fine Arts. He is also a curator, a husband and a happy father, as he likes to add.

Since 2010, Rathouský has been focusing on finding of a specific painting language, based on panel painting of the 13th and 14th centuries. He developed the technique of false punching, where the metal layer is applied using ordi-nary room rollers and sheet metal. Controlled coincidence, metallized structures and careful filling of gaps with pastel or high-layer paint create an expressive impression.

However, it is a very time-consuming process referring to the meditative aspects of the medieval approach to matter.

It is the roller pattern that has been present in Rathouse's painting for two decades that has become, so to speak, his distinguishing feature. However, it does not use wall decorative ornaments as a sign but mainly as a narrative element, where the decorative motif functions not only as a visual filling of the surface, but also as a structural expres-sion of hidden content, an ornamental narrative abbrevi-ation that seems to replace the absence of a living element. Simple motifs, transferred from their interior role, acquire aesthetic independence and distinctive meanings.

Rathouský plays a sneaky Blind man’s buff with a viewer, where meaning becomes ornament and ornament becomes meaning.

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The first 100 meters b troel van der linden in Ceska Skaliçe

ruimteCAESUUR committed itself to an idea of roel van der linden from Prague: create the longest painting in the world in togetherness. roel himself painted the first 100 meters in the Czech Republic.

Here in Zeeland, the addition is made by children of different origin – from Zeeland, Syria, Ukrain, Yemen, Irak, Iran, Libanon, etc. - at a number of primary schools.

The children were supervised by the artist and art teacher Bo de Jong. A dozen artists made their painted contributions at those schools – while assisting Bo. Hans travelled to Ceska Skaliçe in the Czech Republic where they, together with Jorieke Rottier – who had a residency there – handed over the more than 150 meters of painting to Roman Reijholt of Luxfer Open Space, one of the organisers in the Czech Republic for his project.

This part of the program was supported by the Hurgronje Family Fund and the Frits Lensvelt Foundation.

Entre act I Possibly the longest painting in the world in cooperation with roel van der linden and Luxfer Open Space Catalogue ( Dutch) Video drone 20

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Handing over to Roman Reijholt of Luxfer Open Sace in Česká Skalice

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Katelijne de Corte | artist initiative Platvvorm | DeinzeBE 26

katelijne de corte (°1977, Gent, België) katelijne de corte is a visual artist, ethicist and organiser. she organizes her artistic practice as a collection of exer-cises (essays), collaborations and encounters in which the personal enters into a relationship with the (inter)human, existence and continuous meaning-giving. it deconstructs and reconstructs, finds and rearranges. since october first 2017, in addition to her personal artistic practice, she has also developed the platvvorm artists initiative. this work, developed for and with ruimteCAESUUR, shows the traces of, among other things, a collaboration. a collaboration designed in deinze by jonas lescrauwaet. the objects that shaped the exhibition were brought to the space of CAESUUR during and by means of four boat trips across the western scheldt, from flushing to breskens and from breskens to flushing with/by various people. click here for the catalogue in the making . . . supported by

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artist group Slipvillan | Stockholm | Sweden Madeleine Aleman, Jannike Brantås, Rikard Fåhraeus, Laetitia Deschamps Fåhraeus, Masoud Shahsavari CONFLUX

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CONFLUX

is where two or more streams float together to make a river.

We are five artists from the artist run organisation Slipvillan in Sweden that let our art join.

Both in our minds and here in Middelburg.

How things are joined is what matters.

When five smaller rivers merge into one big one, it roars forward with mighty power.

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video opening word by Annika | video closing ceremony

Performative ceremony at ruimteCAESUUR Conflux opening, 2022.

In accordance with the art works of the Conflux exhibition presented in Middelburg in November in 2022, the artist group wanted to give attention to the great magic of waters, without which we cannot survive but seldom praise.

Through a short ceremony at the opening the group connected water personally, addressing a glass of water pouring it into a glass pot saying: To Me Water Represents The Unconscious, The Childhood, The Meeting of ideas and The Life.

By both acting and saying; the water was somehow activated; turning it into its various magical meanings.

After the gallery closing time the pot with collected water was brought by the artist group to a canal of Middelburg; both somewhat bringing water back to both its source and its ending in the sea, aggregating personal and different aspects of the magic of waters.

Also this part when water was brought into the canal water was documented in a short video.

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long stories, short films For years, during the dark months of the year in December and January ruimteCAESUUR by means of video projections, showed ‘poets on the window’, curated by F. van Dixhoorn, Last year we started to resume the tradition. From more or less the same idea: bringing contemporary art into the public space of the street by means of light.

In 2022-2003 we ‘uesed’one window. This year we showed the videos on four different locations.

Participating artists are: Nicola IvanovCZ | Jean GodecharleBE | Ying LiuCH Hester van Tongerlo | Noortje Haegens | Marinus van Dijke Harriët Rademakers | Annelies JahnAU | Hans EnemanBE Just Quist | Menno en Paul de Nooijer

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Authors Nikola Ivanov | www.instagram.com/nikolaivanov Jean Godecharle | www.jeangodecharle.com Ying Liu | www.strangerying.com Hester van Tongerlo | www.hestervantongerlo.com Noortje Haegens | www.noortjehaegens.com Marinus van Dijke | www.marinusvandijke.nl Annelies Jahn | www.instagram.com/anneliesjahn Françoise and Paul&Menno de Nooijer | www.denooijer.org Hans Eneman Harriet Rademakers Neighbours Berbel Esmé & Bert Gertrude & Jan

teamCAESUUR | LONG STORIES, SHORT FILMS videos on the windows in public space

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Jean Godecharle | Watou_v1

Nicola Ivanov | Day For Night

Nicola Ivanov | Later Before I Forget

Ying Liu | 108,883

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Noortje Haegens | for a while

Noortje Haegens | eye

Marinus van Dijke | The Great Underwater Show

Marinus van Dijke | the water comes

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Annelies Jahn | Yellow: Walk #4074, 2020

Annelies Jahn | After the rain

Françoise and Paul&Menno de Nooijer | PAINTING BLACK

Harriet Rademakers | The tide and the weeds

Hans Eneman | from MIND! NEVER MIND! - Angel

Hans Eneman | from MIND! NEVER MIND! - The Crossing

Hester van Tongerlo | 02-12-2014

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Locations in the Lange Noordstraat Middelburg

Lange Noordstraat 23 | Gertruida & Jan

Lange Noordstraat 66 | Esmé & Bert 50

Berbel | Lange Noordstraat 33

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Lipa Art Collection Exhibition Overall design Text Groundplan Performer Cook Lípa virtual/NFT Photos Catalogue

roel van der Linden for Lípa & teamCAESUUR Dominika Kramerova for studio kumi roel van der linden Jeroen van der linden Legs Boelen Bram Meulenbeld Dennis Jilst Sanne van der Linden Hans Overvliet

Luděk Rathouský | The Mirror of Eternal Abandonment Exhibition Luděk Rathouský | Prague | Czeck Republic Production teamCAESUUR in cooperation with Luxfer Open Space, Ceska Skaliçe, Czech Republic Roman Rejholt and Kate Štroblová Text Luděk Rathouský Stop-motion Luděk Rathouský Photos Willy van Houtum | Hans Overvliet | Roman Rejholt Catalogue Hans Overvliet Supermarket Independent Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden Exhibition presenting ruimteCAESUUR, Giel Louws and Hans Overvliet Production teamCAESUUR Photos Willy van Houtum, Kenneth Pils ( for Supermarket ) Funding Mondrian Fund

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Entre act I | Longest Painting Concept roel van der linden Art teacher Bo de Jong Involved artists Giel Louws | Wim Hofman | Mohamad Abo Zarraa leon riekwell | Bert Dorrestijn | Liesbeth Labeur | Michiel Paalvast Menno de Nooijer | Kianoosh Gerami | Hans Overvliet | Ko de Jonge Production Hans Overvliet for teamCAESUUR Jacomien Kodde voor stichting Cultuurkwadraat Drone video Thierry langeveld Editing video Menno de Nooijer Funding Frints Lensvelt Foundation, Hurgronje Family Fund Catalogue Hans Overvliet Katelijne de Corte | platvvorm Guests on the ferry Harriët Rademakers | Sylvia Hubrouck Photos Katelijne de Corte | Willy van Houtum | Hans Overvliet Harriët Rademakers | Giel Louws | Sylvia Hubrouck Production / organisation Jorieke Rottier voor ruimteCAESUUR Special support Marcel Bregonje | Michiel de Wit | Jody Strie

Entre act II | Giel Louws | wormhole Concept and production Giel Louws

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Artist group Slipvallen | Stockholm | Sweden | CONFLUX Concept and production Madeleine Aleman, Jannike Brantås, Rikard Fåhraeus, Laetitia Deschamps Fåhraeus, Masoud Shahsavari Photos Rikard Fåhraeus, Masoud Shahsavari, Willy van Houtum Special funding Region Stockholm Catalogue hans overvliet Long stories, short movies Artists

Production Photos Video editing Neighbours Special funding Catalogue

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Nikola Ivanov, Jean Godecharle, Ying Liu Hester van Tongerlo, Noortje Haegens Marinus van Dijke, Annelies Jahn Françoise and Paul&Menno de Nooijer Hans Eneman, Harriet Rademakers teamCAESUUR | Jorieke Rottier and Willy van Houtum Joan Kruse Jochem Weststrate Berbel Esmé & Bert Gertruida & Jan Province of Zeeland / pilot | special thanks to B. Lippe hans overvliet

teamCAESUUR Willy van Houtum | Jorieke Rottier Giel Louws | Hans Overvliet annual report 2022 Hans Overvliet in 2022 ruimteCAESUUR was supported by the happy share holders & ditto friends of CAESUUR the municipality of Middelburg | the Province of Zeeland Family Fund Hurgronje | Frits Lensvelt Foundation Kattendijke / Drucker Foundation | Mondrian Fund Region Stockholm | Westerschelde Ferry We thank the Middelburgse / Veerse Bode for their efforts to help us dearly in our communication with the local people . . .

About CAESUUR Since 1995, some hundred plus exhibitions of contempo-rary art have been made in ruimteCAESUUR (spaceCAESUUR). From 1999 on at the Lange Noordstraat 67 in Middelburg.

Visual arts, in relation with the contemporary art discourse, are always the guiding principle for an exhibition, but a historical and social perspective also determine our choices. ruimteCAESUUR stands for the autonomy of art embedded in larger systems, and puts the artist’s oeuvre at the center of organizing its (solo) exhibitions.

Young, novice as well as "arrived" artists are offered a platform in order to present their work in a non-commer-cial environment.

Real meeting and learning from each other play important roles within the annual planning of ruimteCAESUUR. We form a private initiative, without any profit motive, with Willy van Houtum and visual artist Hans Overvliet at its core; they form the board of the CAESUUR foundation. teamCAESUUR is more than completed by the artists Jorieke Rottier and Giel Louws. The unique composition of this team crosses borders of art practices, gender, and gene-rations.

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Back Willy at Supermarket, independent Art Fait, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2022 closing the cabinet of Giel Louws fort he last time

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