Philippa Driest

sociaal-maatschappelijk, riso-print, Publicatie, printen (2D), DIY, Audiovisueel, Artistiek onderzoek, Archieven

Philippa Driest (1993) is an artist and initiator of KIOSK Rotterdam. She was part of the first year of WHW Akademija, Zagreb (2018-2019), recently finished her MA at the Dutch Art Institute (2021) and BAK Fellowship for situated practice (2021-2022). Her recent research practice revolves around topics of maintenance, community and policy. In her work, she explores different sites of contamination and leakage through publishing, printed matter, performance and multi-media research installations. Her work "Monuments Unseen" is currently on view as part of the unarchive exhibition curated by Wan Ing Que at Roodkapje, Rotterdam.

On Thursday till Saturday, you can find her in the bookshop KIOSK Rotterdam which she founded in 2018. KIOSK Rotterdam is a bookshop, (riso) print workshop and a leaky press. The selection hosts radical/critical theory, fiction, poetry and self-publishing practices. (Pieter de Raadtstraat 35a). Check the website for upcoming events: www.kioskrotterdam.com

**Monuments Unseen, 2025** - The work Monuments Unseen is an exploration of space—physical, political, and historical. On invitation to become an anarchivist of the work "Rats on the Run" by United Fried Front at Roodkapje, I used textiles referring to the material of collective resistance in the form of banners and balaclavas. I collected visual material sampling and remixing imagery found in different archives. Inspired by the speeches of Sunshine and Mustapha Eaisaouiyen in the film "Rats on the Run", I attempt through collage and fabric, to challenge the dominant narrative that is reinforced by statues, buildings, and social monuments. It explores the processes of social justice movements that infiltrate, reshape, and reclaim what has been taken. 'Monuments Unseen' is on view at Roodkapje throughout 2025.

**Destroy the Myths of Power, 2025 (performance)** - The performance "Destroy The Myths of Power" took place at the opening of the Anarchive exhibition at Roodkapje. It contained elements of spoken word, textile, sound recordings and a live action. A fragment of text from the performance: I want to build a home / with people who transform bricks into belonging / We resist, we reclaim / Is this house haunted, or am I haunting this house? / Colonial foundations shall crumble beneath the weight of resistance / In a world built through dispossession, we tear down ownership to rebuild spaces for imagination and belonging / Leaks in the walls speak louder than any locked door / Resistance cannot be contained / Resistance not only runs through the cracks / As the weight of the past crumbles into the soil of the future / The leakages are the silent reminders that no wall is invincible, no structure permanent, no power unshaken

**KIOSK Rotterdam 2018 - 2025 (and ongoing)** - Since 2018 I run a space that started as a 3-month project in a former KIOSK space. KIOSK Rotterdam is a bookshop, (riso) print workshop, and a "Leaky Press". KIOSK functions as a meeting space for artists and critical thinkers. KIOSK emerged out of the need for an independent space for discussion, gathering and meeting. It is a space where practice and theory meet, following the thread of situated artistic practices as a way to express critique to our political, economic and social systems. It started off with a personal selection and grew to a collection of titles informed by people who visited, and shared their research and interests. The selection hosts radical/critical theory, fiction, poetry and self-publishing practices. KIOSK facilitates smallscale risoprinting possibilities and hosts a monthly riso printclub. From Thursday till Saturday you can find me at KIOSK, check for more information the website: www.kioskrotterdam.com

**The Windowshop as Threshold, 2023** - The Windowshop as Threshold is an architectural intervention that holds a collection of zines on the topic of the threshold that emerged out of the current local issues of displacement and gentrification, addressing the impact of the transformation of spaces. The threshold should be understood as a spatial concept: a place in between that helps us to orientate ourselves. It was commissioned by Zine Camp at Piratebay WORM, Rotterdam.

**The Windowshop as Threshold, 2023** - Piratebay WORM, Rotterdam

**A Spectacle Of So Much Glory And So Much Shame, 2022** - This installation involves printed matter, sonic monologue and sculptural elements. It is a story about a community that is constant on the hunt for leakages and cracks, being haunted by possible eviction threats. The community and the leakage start having an affair; the leakage starts to crave attention and hopes to be noticed by the community. The leakage, as a result of neglected maintenance, is a tactic by the owner to slowly and invisible deteriorate the building in order to displace the community and safeguard their assets for a profit-motive. It represents the struggle of the community and the possible threat of eviction in the financial speculation by the owners. The work was part of the exhibition and project: The Hauntologists at Basis Actuele Kunst in 2022 which emerged through collective research from the 2021/2022 BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice. Engaging spectrality as a tactic, it took place in Istanbul, Jakarta, and Utrecht as an evolving and distributed composition of gatherings, artworks, and publications.

**A Spectacle Of So Much Glory And So Much Shame, 2022** - Basis Actuele Kunst, Utrecht

Heerbokelweg tapes, 2020 - ongoing — **Heerbokelweg tapes, 2020 - 2022** - "Heerbokelweg tapes" is a collection of tapes I found in the house on Heerbokelweg, of which my neighbour Idris was moving out in 2020. He gave me the tapes in two boxes that stood next to a plant, a couch, and a bag full of sheeps wool. The collection consists of mixed tapes from radio recordings, prayer songs, tapes by Uzelli records, a Frankfurter shop turned record label, all of them producing a thousand of recordings for guest workers. Artists include Bülent Ersoy, Umit Besen, Ferdi Tayfur, Orhan Gencebay and many more. In 2020 I hosted a weekly radio show at community radio Good Times Bad Times. Heerbokelwegtapes captures the soundtracks of the guest workers’ everyday life. For this collection of tapes I created several collages posters, zooming into the written notes and names revealing and a publication in which they are archived. For the installation I created a wooden box of 2 meters, where all tapes displayed and numbered. This work was presented during the exhibition 'Vocabulary of Hospitality: Knock Knock' curated by Merve Bedir at Gemaal op Zuid, Rotterdam.

**Heerbokelweg tapes, 2020 - 2022** - Publication with collection of collages to accompany the larger works during the exhibition at Gemaal op Zuid, Rotterdam

**Heerbokelweg Tapes, 2020 - 2022** - Dj set and activation of the work 'Heerbokelweg tapes' during 'Vocabulary of Hospitality: Knock Knock' by curator Merve Bedir. The exhibition explores the vocabulary of migration, how it is applied in the city, and uncovers the tangled web of ideas and misunderstandings surrounding 'host', 'guest', and 'hospitality'. The program examines the complexity inherent in the relationship between the 'guest' and the 'host', which involves various tensions. When are the guest and the host strangers to each other? When do they become visitors? What are the barriers of hostility between hosts and guests? In what context are they enemies or hostages of one another? When does the guest or the host become a ghost? 'The First Turk Immigrant and The Nameless Heroes of The Revolution' by Suat Ögüt and collages 'Heerbokelwegtapes' + DJ set by Philippa Driest took place on Saturday, June 4, 2022, at Gemaal Op Zuid, Rotterdam

**Leaky Press, 2018 - ongoing** - The "Leaky Press" is a publishing practice by Philippa Driest, producing zines, publications, posters, and flyers on the GR3710 Risograph. The press works through the act of leaking resources and knowledge, redistributing funds from bookselling and by repurposes leftover materials from other print jobs. It’s driven by collaboration and the connections built through KIOSK.

**Skrenuti Desno, Nakon Dvjesto Metara Skrenuti Lijevo, 2018 - 2019** - "Skrenuti Desno, Nakon Dvjesto Metara Skrenuti Lijevo" is a videowork that taps into the figure of the navigator. During my stay in Zagreb, Croatia in 2018 - 2019, mayor Milan Bandic introduced plans for the future development of Sava River bank on the south side funded by project developer "Eagle Hills" from the Emirates. He announced his intention to build a “City in the City”, Zagreb Manhattan, the execution of which will mean demolition of cultural heritage: the pavilions of the Zagreb Fair (1956). The stated aim was to transform the capital’s Novi Zagreb district into a “new, innovative urban area, with mixed and diverse complementary services, which would improve the overall quality of life of the inhabitants, become a tourist attraction, and form the centre of Novi Zagreb”.

Skrenuti Desno, Nakon Dvjesto Metara Skrenuti Lijevo, 2019 — **Skrenuti Desno, Nakon Dvjesto Metara Skrenuti Lijevo, 2018 - 2019** - The multi-media work "Skrenuti Desno, Nakon Dvjesto Metara Skrenuti Lijevo" was presented at the courtyard of Studio David Maljković in Zagreb. The videowork was viewed inside the car. The installation also included a balloon sculpture on the roof, a glass sculpture and a publication.

Monuments Unseen

Datum: 01-01-2025 t/m 31-12-2025

Locatie: Roodkapje

In samenwerking met: Curated by Wan Ing Que

The work Monuments Unseen is an exploration of space—physical, political, and historical. At Sluts & Squats the artist was drawn to the presence of fabrics in the screening and during the red-carpet moments. Anarchiving, the artist used textiles, referring to the material of collective resistance in the form of banners and balaclavas. She collected visual material sampling and remixing imagery found in the Rotterdam City Archive, the Poortgebouw archive and her personal archive.

https://roodkapje.org/anarchief/

NIMMENSLÂN / NO MAN'S LAND

Datum: 02-12-2023 t/m 03-12-2023

Locatie: Friesland

In samenwerking met: Voorheen de Gemeente, kunstenaars duo SMET

Residency 11:11

Datum: 01-07-2023 t/m 31-07-2023

In samenwerking met: Residency 11:11

During her residency with 11:11, she searched for archival leakages and distilled narratives, voices that haunt these sites. Spending her time digging around libraries and archives such as 56a Infoshop, The Feminist Library, House of Annetta.

https://residencyeleveneleven.co.uk/residency/flip-driest/

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