Projects Zuid.

Yi-Fei Chen

#Fellowship 2024
Yi-Fei Chen is a versatile artist and designer who, in her fellowship at Zuid, investigates how objects can empower people by combining psychology, creative thinking and self-expression. She guides participants in designing their own personalized objects, allowing them to not only express their creativity but explore new perspectives on themselves as well. Chen will also continue her previous theme of tears and develop a new work related to Tear Gun, her artwork acquired by the museum in 2022.

During the 2016 Dutch Design Week, she showcased Tear Gun, a device designed to collect and freeze real tears. Chen conceived this symbolic artwork to illustrate her personal challenge of expressing her thoughts and feelings.

Cihad Caner

#Fellowship 2023
Artist Cihad Caner made the film (Re)membering the Riots in Afrikaanderwijk in 1972, or Guest, Host, Ghost-ti in 2023 during his time at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. For this work, Caner looked for traces of the riots that took place more than fifty years ago in the Afrikaanderwijk, some of them just around the corner from De Hillevliet. The film is not an exact retelling of this story. Instead, it questions how we remember, and explores the subjective nature of memory, whether personal or collective. While making this film, Caner partnered with Zuid for a series of workshops at schools in Rotterdam-Zuid. As part of his Fellowship, he is developing this work further, looking beyond the history of the 1972 riots. This research will be presented during a public programme at the end of the year.

Metincan Güzel

#Commission
For this project, artist Metincan Güzel explores shop interiors of Rotteram Zuid, Whose owners migrated mostly from different cities in Turkey. Guzel considers these as diasporaric scenographies, that due to certain elements, can be described as magical, causing a spatial shift to either existing and imaginary places and times.

The project aims to reveal conscious and unconscious knowledge of the Turkish diaspora in creating imaginary spaces. Güzel recognized a theatrical tendency in the way these spaces are put together by the shopkeepers, creating stages that invoke both the here and there. 

The knowledge uncovered in the research reveals new perspectives on political questions about juxtapositions that arise within the diasporic context, such as the idea of being both in place and displaced. Güzel opens up a conceptual discussion of what local knowledge, artistic production, and theatricality within this context can be, and creates opportunities to establish recognition of the described practices within the cultural field.

Quentley Barbara

#Commission                                                                                                  Visual artist Quentley Barbara creates huge cardboard sculptures of the people who play an important role in his life, with the aim of sharing their stories to inspire others and to motivate and support those portrayed. He uses cardboard and duct tape to make his work and often deliberately leaves imperfections, as this reflects human characteristics. He is currently working on a portrait of his good friend Johainel, whom he met on Curaçao, where they were both born. They moved to the Netherlands together to study and sat next to each other on the plane. In the Netherlands, Johainel fell ill and was diagnosed with MS; a serious condition affecting the nervous system for which there is no cure. Years ago Quentley already promised his friend that he would make a portrait of him. With the work he wants to show his strength, tell his story, honor him and offer him support.  

Gemma Medina Estupiñán and Alessandra Saviotti

#Fellowship
Gemma Medina Estupiñán and Alessandra Saviotti from Arte Útil are curious to know what it feels like to give/receive something. This could be a gift, but also time or asking someone to help you with something you can't do. Gemma and Alessandra have been working together since 2012 and are interested in other forms of learning and working together. One part of their work relates to the archive of Arte Útil which is available here, and was set up by the artist Tania Bruguera on the occasion of her exhibition 'The museum of Arte Útil' (2012) at the Van Abbemuseum. Now they are also looking in de Hillevliet for ways in which we can be meaningful to one another.

This program is part of the collaboration between RASL (Rotterdam Arts and Sciences Lab) and Zuid. Boijmans Van Beuningen. This will come together in a Summer Studio in July 2023, Supporting Structures: Re-Imagining Ways to Wellbeing Through the Arts and Sciences.

Pris Roos

#Commission
Pris Roos is an artist, curator, researcher and storyteller. The toko is a great source of inspiration for her: a place of meeting, colours, smells, food, stories and a mix of people from different backgrounds. In her work she reflects on themes such as identity, migration and memory.

For her new project Hoffie, Pris investigates how different values ​​of the toko can be translated into the spaces of Zuid. Boijmans Van Beuningen. She invites makers and artists to think about this. Together they will portray various local residents and work on a public children's library with books that everyone can identify with. The door is open to anyone who wants to participate.

Archive Zuid.

Zuid. Boijmans Van Beuningen works with various artists and regularly organizes activities. View the archive of the art projects, events, workshops and more below.