Is a space for artistic research, experimentation and imagination. Set up by Bartels in an attempt to articulate and enclose the fringes in the scope of her artistic practice. To explore the absurd, bizarre, boring and (un)usual fascinations at a certain point in time. To dive into the potential of fragmentary bits an pieces, creating analogies between
concepts, questions and ideas. Blurring fiction and reality, where nothing is what it seems and vice versa.
Serious play or playful seriousness.
Schmilblique derived from Schmilblick
The Schmilblick is an imaginary object created by the French humorist Pierre Dac during the 1950s. It is absolutely useless, and can therefore be used for anything, being rigorously entire. Pierre Dac himself credits the brothers Jules and Raphaël Fauderche with its invention.
The word quickly became very popular in French language and was sometimes used as a synonym for thing or stuff, or something designating a strange or unknown object. Nowadays, this word is frequently used to refer to some limited help provided by someone to solve a difficult problem. The idiom is actually 'Faire avancer le schmilblick' (To make the schmilblick move/get ahead, literally). Also, advancing a subject.
Ouvroir | Faire avancer le schmilblick
is a space for artistic research, experimentation and imagination. To explore the absurd, bizarre, boring, the (un)usual. To dive into the potential of fragmentary bits an pieces, creating analogies between concepts, questions and ideas. Blurring fiction and reality, where nothing is what it seems and vice versa. Serious play or playful seriousness.
Set up by Karin Bartels in an attempt to articulate and enclose the fringes in the scope of her artistic practice.
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INTUITIVE ATLAS |
PERISCOPE & POSTCARD VENDING MACHINE
A selection of the Intuitive Atlas could be viewed via a persicope on the facade of the new building of Museum van Bommel van Dam. This object of analogue "magic" offered literally a different perspective on the environment.
Gift packages with surprising postcards from Venlo could be purchased via a vending machine next to the periscope for
€ 0.50. The postcards evoke countless associations and memories. They allow for a different outlook on the city and provide new stories. Through the postcards the journey will be continued, so new perspectives can be added to the city's Intuitive Atlas
Karin also made the audience part of her journey and her findings through workshops and presentations on location.
Intuïtieve Atlas van Venlo, periscope & postcard vending machine, exhibition public space, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo (NL)
Photo with Periscope by Ania Liesting
