2016
Bunkerexhibitions 2016 curated by Hannah Hagen
Bunkerexhibition #27 – Most Efficient Merijn Koelink
Photographer Merijn Koelink noticed that the familiar glow of light bulbs in public space is increasingly being replaced by colored LED light. In the Most Efficient series, Koelink captured this phenomenon at various locations in the Netherlands. With these photos he reflects on how our perception of public space changes, now that the night also turns pink, green or blue.
Bunkerexhibition #28 – Light Sequence Panagiotis Tomaras
Panagiotis Tomaras (GR/NL) Panagiotis Tomaras
As an audiovisual artist and filmmaker, Tomaras works with film, live projections, installations and photography. His work appeals to the audience’s senses and explores the influence of light and sound on the human body. Furthermore, the relationship between the body and space is a recurring theme. Tomaras is ideally suited to filling a space such as the bunker with his work, whilst making use of the venue’s distinctive characteristics. In the Bunker, we showcased the work Light Sequence, a three-metre-long panel on which colour patterns are visualised. The light installation is controlled by a programmed computer. The various patterns follow one another seamlessly, are stored and thus influence the subsequent light images that emerge. The installation is accompanied by a soundscape that fills the space.
Bunkerexhibition #29 – Moiré Studies Nicky Assmann and Joris Strijbos
For the project Moiré Studies, Nicky Assmann and Joris Strijbos create kinetic light installations based on the principle of the moiré effect. They explore the qualities of moiré patterns in an analog way, through installations consisting of a static grid and a moving light source. For this exhibition, the artists created two new installations, custom made to the space. Moiré Studies fills the Bunker with patterns of light and shadow, thus each establishing a relationship with the space in its own way.
Bunkerexhibition #30 – The Walking Thinker Dinu Comendant our choice KABK graduate 2016
The Walking Thinker in fabric
Because it was Dinu’s first exhibition we asked Juan Manuel Giraldo to help him build it. The Bunker can be a quite intimidating and overwhelming space. Juan and Dinu worked well together. After the exhibition we moved the concrete statue, which is very heavy, outside. It is still standing there 10 years later and suits the concrete bunker very well.
The Walking Thinker in concrete
Bunker 2016 curated by Hannah Hagen, assisted by Gaby Brinkman
Hannah was the only one who managed to get some funding for the exhibitions, in 2016 en 2017. She is meticulous, thorough and has a good eye. Well actually in 2019 Dewi was granted some money too. But it was not enough that time. A plan is more important than the actual work, or so it seems…
We also hosted
Haagse Parkpracht
Haagse Parkpracht was a unique, multidisciplinary dance performance by Lonneke van Leth Dans that was held on August 26 and 27, 2016. The audience made a musical and theatrical boat trip along the waterfronts of The Hague’s Westbroekpark, where dance, theater and the natural environment merged.
Dramtune whiskey tasting and music nights
Kees Kingsize
Dieuzelande, Myong, Rayke & Mary
The JFK’s & The Fantasy Orchestra with Mary van Gaalen Lichtveld
Winter 2016
Waterkant used an old red Peugeot, given to us by Ritse and Frits Mol as shopping cart in summer. We were in the lucky circumstance we didn’t need the car in winter, so Nina could use it. She went to Greece-Lesbos to help boat refugees, picking up people who washed ashore and spare them the long walk to the refugee centre. They even went all the way to the border of Syria, and called the car Ferrari.
