My work is about potential, \r\npotential in words, terms, terms of words, invisible things, , things we do(n't) understand, and others that keep us obsessed, including obsession itself. The question: What do we allow ourselves? has become both 'the bane of my existence' and my 'raison d'être' and seems to dance on that spectrum throughout my life and work. try to do nothing in order to understand everything. Which has resulted in experiences lived as a Performer, Host, Rapper, Director, Producer, Lover, Friend, Ceramist, (education) (web) (graphic) (fashion) (Set) designer, Educator/Lecturer, Train conductor, Writer and hustler. The work gets done in order to help myself (and others?) see the relativity of things and the potential of that relativity. This approach results in projects that are whimsical, funny, creative and a bit rascalous. \r\nJannes van Arkel (1997) was born in Rotterdam, graduated Willem de Kooning academy with Honours in 2022, did research at 'The School ' under supervision of Pablo Hanon, interned with Maarten Bell and was in Residency at Koen vanMechelen. Currently teaches and creates workshops, makes music, and practices art and design.
Ceremoney
Ceremoney – een happening waarin Jannes van Arkel (kunstenaar/advertiser) de waarheid achter waarde onthult. Samen ontdekken we dat waarde niet in geld zit, maar in mensen zelf!
In deze anti-eredienst bestrijden we advertising met advertising, geloof met geloof en cynisme met vertrouwen. Want advertisers manipuleren ons idee van geluk, met beeld en geluid laten ze ons geloven dat we meer spullen nodig hebben om ons nog beter te voelen.
Free* monsters
The exhibition Free Monsters toys with the concept that nothing is free. It might seem free at first, and it's presented as such, but nothing ever is.
The Dutch like to say gratis monsters, translating as ‘a free sample’. These words inspired Jannes van Arkel to explore the idea of Free Monsters. How could anything be free, when so much energy is used to create?
What are people willing to do to get a free monster? If Jannes gives something away, maybe the person who is interested in the free
Murphy's circus #4
Made beasts with the people!
Murphy's circus #2
Performance about the placebo effect and a tarot I made based on the Placebo effect.
'Return to form'
Hosted, designed and directed an exhibition at Hammerstraat.
Productie: De laatste zeemeermin
A performance about finitude, greed and the environment. 'The last mermaid' Died several times that night and we consumed her flesh in the innocence of a family dinner, tapping a leche de tigre cocktail from her tail and chopping pieces of her magical and delicious meat trough-out the performance
Internship Maarten Bel
Worked on Maarten's cadeautjesland as an internship
Graduated with honours
Graduated with honours from Advertising at willem de kooning with my "place-est-beaux" project.
The unthinkable experiment (residency at Koen Vanmechelen)
In the summer of 2021, 30 curious young people between the ages of 17 and 27 set out together to explore the meaning of freedom. Coming out of a series of worldwide lockdowns, they laid the foundations of our library for the new world, a cabinet of curiosities, a wunderkammer, the library of the future.
In the fertile zone between fantasy and research, art and science, nature and culture, they took up the challenge of imagining the future together. In their quest, they were inspired by the LAB
Resident at 'The School'
I took care of events, communication, education and performances at the art community of Hasselt.