Dirk van Lieshout

public space - residency - artistic research

I look for a direct relationship with the place or location where I work and investigate what the necessity is in that place. I am working this out into a new work. Concepts such as movement and performance characterize my work. Movement always refers to something to come; the future, coincidence often plays a role in this. With performance there is the possibility of direct contact with the environment and the possibility, the attempts to shift or change something in it. These concepts are translated into drawings, models and installations. My works do not offer a complete story or an unambiguous message. They are fragmentary staging of situations that can be interpreted in several ways.


residence in Arita, Japan; https://cri-arita.com

Residencies / exchange

  • 01-06-2023 t/m 31-08-2023
  • In collaboration with: EKWC
  • Location: Arita Work Center, Japan; https://cri-arita.com/, Arita
  • I would very much like to use a working period in Arita (JP) to investigate Japanese tea culture and tradition and to connect it with porcelain and performance. At the invitation of the Mondriaan Fund, I am given the opportunity to work for 3 months in the laboratory of the porcelain factory in Arrita (JP) and to develop and perform a public performance in collaboration with employees of the porcelain factory.
  • https://cri-arita.com

Acknowledgments

    Scholarship
  • Support Mondriaan Foundation (basic grant)

  • 2021.2023
    Scholarship
    Pricing
  • Dolf Henkes Nomination

  • 2023