Join us for the fina l ART SCIENCE dialogue of Realms of Reality with artist Suzanne Plomp and researchers Srdan Sremac and Elza Kuijk. Miranda van Holland wil l be moderating. The conversation forms part of a collaboration with 3D and will take place in the gallery.
The final ART SCIEN CE dialogue of Realms of Rea lity will center Plomp’s work and further elaborate upon t he core themes of the pieces in the exhibition: the interplay between form and function in religious altarpieces and natural structures in cluding human and arthropod anatomy. These works take as their starti ng point the Spinozian notion of substantia, the idea that e verything in nature is made of the same divine substance. The convers ation forms part of a collaboration with 3D.
Suzanne Plomp is a Dutch artist currently living and working in the Netherlands. She holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Art s from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Her practice takes inspir ation from the dissection of the human form to explore connections be tween the anatomy of humans and arthropods through pencil drawings an d handwoven sculptures. From this place of curiosity and careful obse rvation, the growth, mutation, and metamorphoses inherent to all life can be investigated and revealed in new and beautiful ways. Her work s are held in the collections of the Museum Voorlinden and the Collec tion Jaap Sleper. Alongside her exhibition here at the ART SCIENCE Ga llery, she is also currently showing work in Highlights of the Pa st Year at Galerie SANAA in Utrecht. Other recent exhibitions in clude Jubileum De Aanschouw, C3, Rotterdam, NL; The Livi ng World Around Us, Galerie SANAA, Utrecht, NL; and Prospect s – Art Rotterdam, Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL.
Srdan Sremac is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Li ved Religion and Society at VU Amsterdam, where he is also the co -director of the Amsterdam Center for the Study of Lived Religion. Hi s interdisciplinary research investigates lived religion from both a theoretical and ethnographic perspective. This work encompasses a wid e range of topics, including religion and sexuality, war-related trau ma, religion and extreme violence, religion and film, material cultur e/religion, religion and heritage, visual ethnography, and post-confl ict reconciliation studies. His current work focuses on visual theses , documentary filmmaking and multimodal assessment in higher educatio n. Most recently he published a paper in Lived Religion and Society e ntitled Reclaiming the Self: Dutch Queer Narratives of Trauma, Re ligious Exit and Empowered Sexual Agency.
Elza Kui jk is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lived Religio n and Society at VU Amsterdam. She also serves as the Director of both the Association of Administrators of Monumental Church Building s, and the Utrecht Religious Heritage Foundation. Her dissertation, ' Tussen erfgoed en eredienst: Meervoudig gebruik van vier monument ale stadskerken' (Between heritage and worship: Multiple use of four monumental city churches) explores the conditions and evolutions of interactions between religious and secular actors in various chur ch building environments to explore the frictions and possibilities t hat arise when religion, secular communities, and the arts intercalat e.
DESCRIPTION: Join us for the final ART SCIENCE dialogue of Realms of R eality with artist Suzanne Plomp and researchers Srdan Sremac and Elz a Kuijk. Miranda van Holland will be moderating. The conversation for ms part of a collaboration with 3D and will take place in the gallery . The final ART SCIENCE dialogue of Realms of Reality will center Plomp’s work and fur ther elaborate upon the core themes of the pieces in the exhibition: the interplay between form and function in religious altarpieces and natural structures including human and arthropod anatomy. These works take as their starting point the Spinozian notion of substantia, the idea that everything in nature is made of the same divine s ubstance. The conversation forms part of a collaboration with 3D.Suzanne Plomp is a Dutch artist cu rrently living and working in the Netherlands. She holds a Bachelor� �s of Fine Arts from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. Her practic e takes inspiration from the dissection of the human form to explore connections between the anatomy of humans and arthropods through penc il drawings and handwoven sculptures. From this place of curiosity an d careful observation, the growth, mutation, and metamorphoses inhere nt to all life can be investigated and revealed in new and beautiful ways. Her works are held in the collections of the Museum Voorlinden and the Collection Jaap Sleper. Alongside her exhibition here at the ART SCIENCE Gallery, she is also currently showing work in Highli ghts of the Past Year at Galerie SANAA in Utrecht. Other recent exhibitions include Jubileum De Aanschouw, C3, Rotterdam, NL ; The Living World Around Us, Galerie SANAA, Utrecht, NL; an d Prospects – Art Rotterdam, Ahoy, Rotterdam, NL. Srdan Sremac is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lived Religion and Society at VU Amsterdam, where he is also the co-director of the Amsterdam Center for the Study of Lived Relig ion. His interdisciplinary research investigates lived religion from both a theoretical and ethnographic perspective. This work encompasse s a wide range of topics, including religion and sexuality, war-relat ed trauma, religion and extreme violence, religion and film, material culture/religion, religion and heritage, visual ethnography, and pos t-conflict reconciliation studies. His current work focuses on visual theses, documentary filmmaking and multimodal assessment in higher e ducation. Most recently he published a paper in Lived Religion and So ciety entitled Reclaiming the Self: Dutch Queer Narratives of Tra uma, Religious Exit and Empowered Sexual Agency.Elza Kui jk is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Lived Religio n and Society at VU Amsterdam. She also serves as the Director of both the Association of Administrators of Monumental Church Building s, and the Utrecht Religious Heritage Foundation. Her dissertation, ' Tussen erfgoed en eredienst: Meervoudig gebruik van vier monument ale stadskerken' (Between heritage and worship: Multiple use of four monumental city churches) explores the conditions and evolutions of interactions between religious and secular actors in various chur ch building environments to explore the frictions and possibilities t hat arise when religion, secular communities, and the arts intercalat e. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR