Katinka van Gorkum

zine, video, schrijven, performance, Literair, Lichaam, LHBTIQ+, Gender, Experimenteel, Documentair, Digitale technologie, cross-over, Conceptueel, Autobiografisch, Artistiek onderzoek

Katinka van Gorkum (Rotterdam, 1988) is a visual artist, performer and writer interested in the interior as a figure for interiority. Van Gorkum's life and practice are intimately intertwined, with the concept of 'a house' at the center. She sees a house not as a fixed concept but as a skin, a part of the surface with which people cover the world around them. Through the private domain, she investigates the interior world of humans.

2015 - Waiting Until the Show is Over - For the duration of one hour, the artist sat on a chair, waiting until the show was over while other performances took place in the same space, getting the attention from the spectators.
2015 - Talk Show - The starting point for this installation was the idea of a talk show on television: from politics to fashion, within this context every subject can be discussed. The sets for these tv shows often resemble a living room, functioning as an extension of the living rooms in which the talk show is being watched. In this installation, the potential set for a talk show was covered in photographs taken in the home of the artists’ parents. The private is on public display. Without the fourth wall, no conversations could take place.
2016 - Antoine Dansaertstraat, b401, open - On the occasion of the exhibition De Context, the door of the artists' bedroom was removed and placed in Museum Flehite, Amersfoort, for the duration of the exhibition.
2016 - To be... Polly D. - In the video To be…Polly D. Van Gorkum used alter egos to fictionalize an autobiographical storyline. The primary one, Polly, looks like a thinner drag-queen version of singer Dolly Parton. She first emerged during some intense theme-parties (bordering on performance art) at the artists' home. To be... Polly D. is a short documentary fiction that treats the life of Polly according to two other alter egos: Zuster van der Gaag, the nurse of an institution where Polly was treated, and K. van Gorkum, a glossier version of the artist herself. Their stories recall meeting Polly, Polly moving to different houses, at a certain moment becoming depressed and having to move to an institution, going on holiday, and having a relapse. The story of Polly is a distorted version of Van Gorkum's autobiographical story, including bouts with depression. As Van Gorkum put it, she 'didn't have to make up any of it.' Text by Pia Louwerens
2016 - And I'm standing on the edge of some crazy cliff - The work And I’m standing on the edge of some crazy cliff deals with the fear of becoming homeless. The work consists of the remains of Van Gorkum’s previous works, such as Talk Show, for which she printed pictures of her parental home on textile and Monkey – The Omniscient, a work about instincts and illusions. As in the animal kingdom, people too have the primal urge to mark their territory. Van Gorkum defines this in an image as we recognize throughout our daily rituals. As the wanderers on the street are clinging to the luggage they can’t let go of, Van Gorkum recycles the material that was once used to shape her dreams to visualize her nightmare.
2019 - Distance Learning in Close Proximity - In Distance Learning in Close Proximity we explore Van Gorkum's virtual research space as if it were an Airbnb. On stage is a performer looking at her computer screen. We follow her as she explores her new temporary stay, trying to apply the instructions given by the hosts.
2019 - Dear Visitor (research portfolio) - This video-portfolio was made while completing a post-master trajectory at a.pass - Advanced Performance Studies in Brussels - which is a platform for artistic research(es). Feel free to skip, skim and scroll through the video as you please.
2020 - An Opening Speech - This opening speech was written and performed on the 25th of june 2020 when Stichting B.A.D, after months of lockdown due to COVID-19, created an exhibition visible from the street. The speech was a personal investigation on what subjects can be spoken about and by whom, and on how to remain curious in times of crisis.

Artist-in-residence bij Stichting B.a.d. Rotterdam

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Locatie: Rotterdam
In samenwerking met: Stichting B.A.D.

Gedurende tien maanden was ik artist-in-residence bij Stichting B.a.d. in Charlois. Ik heb deze periode gebruikt om me te richten op het schrijven van literaire fictie. Ik volgde tijdens mijn residency meerdere schrijfcursussen (o.a. bij The Writers Guide to the Galaxy) en deed via Stichting B.a.d. mee aan de atelierroutes Groot Atelierweekend Rotterdam en South Explorer. Voor deze exposities maakte ik twee zines met eigen teksten, een installatie met tekst en droeg ik eigen werk voor.

https://www.foundationbad.nl/guest-studios/guests/

A.pass, post-master at Advanced Performance and Scenography Studies, Brussels, BE

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Locatie: A.pass
In samenwerking met: A.pass Brussels, Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, Stichting Theodora Niemeijer Fonds

a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies) is an artistic and educational research environment that welcomes research practitioners, from all professional backgrounds in an international self-organized, collaborative and trans-disciplinary program.

At a.pass I have started exploring the notions of interior and interiority in virtual space using the design program SketchUp.

You can see my activities at a.pass in my video portfolio in the link.

https://apass.be/blockboard/my-case/?user=126

Guest teacher at Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague

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Locatie: Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten
In samenwerking met: KABK

From 2013 - 2016 I worked as a guest teacher at the Royal Academy of Arts The Hague. During one semester a year I created a workshop for the second year students at the Fine Arts Department.

From 2020-2021 I worked as a guest teacher doing studio visits with the second, third and fourth year students at the Fine Arts Department

The Holls Collective

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In samenwerking met: Mondriaan Fund (for presentation at Art Brussels), Stroom Den Haag

From 2013-2017 I was part of The Holls Collective:

"The Holls Collective is a group of eight artists, who use their group dynamics as both subject and medium. While retaining their individual practices, the members of The Holls operate as an interdisciplinary machine, involving physical labour, longevity and endurance to create performances, videos and space-invading installations."

http://www.thehollscollective.com/about

20 B - Artwork in public space for the Municipality of Rijswijk

Locatie: Brede School Muziekbuurt
In samenwerking met: Gemeente Rijswijk

20B is a permanent sculpture for the playground of the new location of a primary school. The work consists of 8 elements that are derived from a working period during which the artist installed her studio inside the school. Where the school focuses on learning and facts, the world on the playground stands for play and fiction. 20b is an attempt to turn the playground into a place where memories find shelter, reality can be questioned and stories begin.

https://katinkavangorkum.com/20B-1
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