Opening MYBODY.COM
MYBODY.COM is an international group exhibition about the body as a portal, product and projection of larger political structures.
The body as a battlefield of power structures.
Alexis Blake
Köken Ergun
Juliette Goiffon & Charles Beauté
Christian Jankowski
Patricia Kaersenhout
Jenny Lindblom
Shana Moulton
Richtje Reinsma
The Rodina
Suzie van Staaveren
Bas de Wit
The exhibition MYBODY. COM reflects on the body as a battlefield of power structures. It exhibits the human body as a map, leading the way through historical events, rulers and market systems. The exhibition not only looks at how political structures of the past affect the bodies of those who live and work today. It also focuses on the future in order to visualize the role assigned to the body in a world that is becoming more and more analytical, abstract and mainly digital.
The exhibition is accompanied by an extensive context programme developed in collaboration with various gyms in The Hague. Keep an eye on the agenda for more information.
Partners: Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (KABK), Hidden Gym, Fit For Free and Mister Motley.
Photo: CC BY 2.0 (cropped and saturated): Filip Bossuyt
MYBODY.COM is an international group exhibition about the body as a portal, product and projection of larger political structures.
Nest and Mister Motley invited Reinsma to create an audio work for MYBODY. COM, inspired by Hans Ulrich Obrist’s book ‘do it: the compendium’ (2013), a collection of instructions from various artists for performances and visual art.
During MYBODY.COM Hidden Gym organises three tailor-made workouts around BODY, MIND and SOUL.
Doe een keer per maand mee aan een leuke workshop op woensdagmiddag, speciaal voor Verwende Nesten.
A cultural tour along artists’ initiatives, galleries and art institutions. Hoogtij takes place four times a year on Friday evenings in the city centre of The Hague. The locations can be visited from 19.00 – 23.00 hours. Admission is free everywhere.
In addition to the exhibition MYBODY.COM, which can be visited all night, during Museumnacht you will have the special opportunity to draw a model, under the supervision of art teacher Sarina Missot. On a special stage a bodybuilder will be ready, prepared and in oil, to be drawn by you.
Within this performative installation, these two worlds – in their differences and similarities in the approach to emotionality – come together, in an attempt to reinforce each other’s emotional pretensions towards the spectator/listener in a radical and innovative way.
During MYBODY.COM Hidden Gym organises three tailor-made workouts around Body, Mind & Soul.
Doe een keer per maand mee aan een leuke workshop op woensdagmiddag, speciaal voor Verwende Nesten.
Experiment with various materials and techniques to create your unique sports shoe prototype for in outer space. What requirements does it have to fulfill? You have to think about this, because everything works differently in space!
During MYBODY.COM Hidden Gym organises three tailor-made workouts around Body, Mind & Soul.