Angelica Falkeling

audiovisueel - collage - dekolonisatie - design - DIY - ecologie - economie - educatie - gender - installatie - LGBTI+ - literair - mens - objecten - performance - schrijven - sculptuur - soft sculptures - textiel

Angelica Falkeling (they/them) is a white queer Scandinavian artist, performer, costume designer and seamstress based in Rotterdam. They work across art, fashion and theatre. Their versatile art and craft practice focuses on tacit knowledge, unfolding garment histories, paying attention to ethical narration, and performing fun. Their studio practice moves between their laptop and making, closely tied to the movement of the computer's invention mirroring a loom's punchcards 1822. They browse and employ crochet, embroidery, knitting, and sewing in their multi-media practice. They connect vulnerability, hard (metal) and soft (textile) materials, and skilled and unskilled labor as joint sequences in installations. They often collaborate with others and host events in communal spaces, approaching fiber arts as a material and relational practice. Their work has been exhibited and performed at CCA Glasgow, Het Nieuwe Instituut, Museum of Contemporary Art Sofia, Rib, SIGNAL Malmö, Temporary Gallery, Tensta Konsthall, Textielmuseum Tilburg

Above the Couch

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

15-12-2023 t/m 20-01-2024
In samenwerking met: Gemeente Rotterdam
Locatie: an other world project space , Rotterdam
Above the Couch is a solo exhibition consisting of drawing, paintings and textile works.
https://anotherworldproject.space/?Above_the_Couch_Angelica_Falkeling

Kleurstoff

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

09-04-2022 t/m 13-11-2022
In samenwerking met: curator: Adelheid Smit
Locatie: Textielmuseum, Tilburg
Tacit Knowledge is a video installation commissioned by the Textielmueum, Tilburg, as part of the group exhibition; To Dye For, curated by Adelheid Smit. To Dye For as a whole, delve into the origins of and stories behind the dyes in our textiles.
https://www.volkskrant.nl/privacy-wall/accept?redirectUri=%2Fcultuur-media%2Fin-het-textielmuseum-in-tilburg-leer-je-alles-over-kleuren-en-voor-wie-wil-je-kunt-ze-ook-proeven%7Eb44c6e63%2F&authId=ac65785e-47a5-4caf-99db-cc47c8ac9c83&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F&referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

The Herbarium as a place for storing ideas

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

08-04-2021 t/m 31-05-2021
In samenwerking met: curator: Irina Batkova
Locatie: Museum of Contemporary Art, Sofia
The Herbarium project explores the work environment in contemporary culture in which ideas are created and exchanged. The focus of Herbarium is to compile a collection of sealed creative energy in boxes (40х40х10, 40x20x10 or 20х40х10) of different generations of artists around the world. The contents of each box are accompanied by a description and a sound file with the artist's voice.
https://herbariumcollection.com

A Malmö Trilogy Chapter I: Armaturer

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

14-03-2020 t/m 14-06-2020
Locatie: Signal I Center for Contemporary Art , Malmö
group exhibition together with Sara Lindeborg and Selma Sjöstedt. The artists have been invited to work on one exhibition which will be told in three chapters throughout the spring. Each chapter has a leading voice, yet each chapter is the sum of a collaborative exploration that guides us through the multiple folds that compose a practice. Idiosyncratic, unexpected, inconsistent bare meanings we like.
https://www.signalsignal.org/a-malmo-trilogy-armaturer-2/?lang=en

The Hoodie

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

30-11-2019 t/m 23-08-2020
Locatie: Het Nieuwe Instituut, Rotterdam
Het Nieuwe Instituut and curator Lou Stoppard have invited a range of artists to respond to the themes of the project with a new work created from their own individual perspective and practice. In their mixed-media installation What We Are Made Of, Angelica Falkeling looks at cotton: the material most hoodies are made from. Falkeling uses audio and sculptural elements to explore the cotton industry's impact on the societies it touches and our climate.
https://thehoodie.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/commissions/what-we-are-made https://www.tubelight.nl/the-hoodie-special-1-hoodies-en-het-werk-van-angelica-falkeling/

Emotional Channel

Tentoonstelling / presentatie

29-11-2018 t/m 02-12-2018
In samenwerking met: Anna Maria Łuczak
Locatie: Rib , Rotterdam
Rib welcomes Angelica Falkeling and Anna Łuczak as they present their latest work, Emotional Channel, the result of their residency at Skafftfell Art Center in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. The presentation includes a live-performance-set on Friday November 30 and an exhibition the following two days.
https://www.archive.ribrib.nl/events/emotional-channel-angelica-falkeling-anna-luczak https://artviewer.org/angelica-falkeling-and-anna-luczak-at-rib/ http://www.guestrooms.xyz/bittersweet-reality/

Repair

Performance

06-10-2017 t/m 06-10-2017
Locatie: TENT, Rotterdam
Repair is set in a TV studio during rehearsals for a talk show. The director, guests and musicians get involved in a conversation whose script is based on spontaneous events, conversations and educational TV programs. The starting point of the performance is the figure of the 'joykiller', a feminist concept with which theorist Sara Ahmed designates someone who does not adhere to the conventions that are supposed to deliver happiness and satisfaction, and thus opens space for new possibilities.
https://www.tentrotterdam.nl/event/repair/, https://www.metropolism.com/nl/features/33339_gender_tekst_garage_tent

Erkenningen

One year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2017

Stichting Bekker – la Bastide Fonds
2017

Werkbijdrage Jong Talent, Mondriaan Fonds
2018

International Culture Exchange Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2018

International Research Grant, The Danish Arts Foundation for Visual Art
2018

Incidentele Bijdrage Buitenland, Cbk Rotterdam
2018

Stichting Het Niemeijer Fonds
2019

Ontwikkeling- en Onderzoekssubsidies – O&O Research Grant, Cbk Rotterdam
2019

Two year working grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2020

Project Grant, Mondriaan Fonds
2021

Droom en Daad
2021

winner of best film, EXIT filmfestival, Sweden
2022

private collection
, Sweden, Germany, The Netherlands

Textielmuseum Tilburg collection
2022, Tilburg, Netherlands

Stadsarchief Rotterdam
2022, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Fair Play
2016
printed magazine, p. 37-42
Paletten #306 - editors Sinziana Ravini and Fredrik Svensk

The Home as a Stage
2016
printed publication, p. 21-24
Publication Studio Rotterdam / The Piet Zwart Institute - editor-in-chief Connie Butler

An Ecology of Conversation text in 'Crooked Elbow, Serpent Brain'
2017
printed graduation publication, p. 32-36
Publication Studio Rotterdam / The Piet Zwart Institute - editors Nathalie Hartjes and Yin Yin Wong

Of course, there are world to come: moments of learning
2017
online journal and audio interview with Jack Halberstam
Showroom MAMA - editor Nathalie Hartjes

Letter to NRR
2017
online journal
The Nomadic Reading Room - editor-in-chief Connie Butler

Living Through Hands
2018
expanded publishing (silkscreen on textile)
commissioned by madewithmaud (a project by Katherine MacBride) for Glasgow International, Glasgow and Jan Van Eyck Academie,Maastricht - editor-in-chief Katherine MacBride

Gallery Malmo, Edinburgh Unauthorized content obtained by secret agent Angelica Falkeling
2019
printed magazine and online journal, p. 18
Alta Vista Updates No. 1 Will Epoxy Kill You? - editors Kah Bee Chow and Julia Selin

Dream Show: Konstnärer på stan
2020
printed magazine and online journal, p. 16 – 18
Alta Vista Update No. 2 Artists in Malmö Have Big Dreams - editors Kah Bee Chow and Julia Selin

What We Are Made Of
2020
printed artist book and audio book
Publication Studio Rotterdam - editor Katherine MacBride, with contributions by Rianne Groen and Vivian Sky Rehberg,

Out of Stock
2020
online fashion journal
Out of Stock / Akademie Schloss Solitude - editor Edith Lázár

The Whole Sell
2021
online artist publication
PRAKSIS, Oslo - Nina Sarnelle & Ida Falck Øien

Arch Angelica
2021
online journal
guest rooms.xyz - Romuald Demidenko

Deep Pockets
2021
magazine, Sprout Issue 4
Subbacultcha and San Seriffe - Will Pollard