Ellen Rodenberg

DH Serie: Waarvandaan No.4

Artist in residence Maak-locatie: Arteventura Gebied: Sierra de Aracena, Andalucia, España 2023 Op 14.10.23 luisterde ik tijdens het tekenen naar het interview van Femke van de Laan met kunstenaar Diana Scherer. Podcast: nooit meer slapen 10.10.23

Locatie: A.I.R. Arteventura, Spanje Installatie van 5 tekeningen die aan 2 kanten zijn bewerkt.

tekening uit de serie: Karakter Karakter zie voor presentatie voorstel de foto van de Arteventura werkplaats. Maaklocatie: AIR Arteventura Gebied: Sierra de Aracena, Andalucia, España 2023 Op 19.10.23 luisterde ik naar Yes, I am a witch van Yoko Ono Ik was aan de tekening begonnen met het luisteren naar verhalen over heksen uit de geschiedenis en het heden. Daarna besloot ik deze muziek van Yoko ono te luisteren. Hierna gebeurde iets niet geheel onverwacht. Storm Babet raasde over de sierra van Arteventura.

Getekend op de achterkant van een doorleefd vel papier terwijl ik luisterde naar een interview van Femke van der Laan met Arnon Grunberg

(vrouwen-zielen-taal) DH. Serie: Waarvandaan No.1 #psycho_sensory_explorations_erf

#scene_seen_in_a_landscape

The paintings of SCRIPT are part of the installation WORMHOLE which the collective EX-MÊKH ( Ellen Rodenberg, Maarten Schepers, Kees Koomen) made for the independend Art Fair for in Athens

A site-specific work for Hybrid_Arte in Madrid, situated in a hotelroom.

#scene_seen_in_a_landscape serie: Karakters, scenes

Voor de online Platforms project, Athens van 2021 maakten we met EX-MÊKH een stage waar we een week lang werkten door steeds werk toe te voegen. Het hele proces is op video vastgelegd. Performance en werk in uitvoering lopen in elkaar over. De foto toont het resultaat van de handelingen. De video is op de site van Platforms te zien.

This year’s theme, A Femmes City, deals with the feminine view of various aspects of the city. How does urban space appear from a women’s perspective, what potential is overlooked, and what development possibilities are held in public space? Who does the city belong to? “ A Femmes City. I interpret the invitation of A trans as a challenge. When do we talk of a female gaze and of a female approach? What does it look like? I decided to engage the men of the EX-MÊKH-collective in this project in order to be able to hold the development of my work against the light of a male/female concept. Two shop windows next to each other, organized with work based on the male/female concept. I had discussions with Maarten Schepers and Kees Koomen about the difference in strategies, upbringing, social behavior and networking. When do we talk about expressing oneself with personal character and where do we observe the influence of gender? To try and make this visible I decided to install one shop window myself, as a woman. I asked the two men to install the second shop window with their work: one female, two men, two painters, one sculptor! The title FeMaler is an apt translation of this mix. For my personal presentation I developed a procedure of applying paint with big strokes on white cardboard resulting in color forms. It is a method with which I leak diluted acrylic paint through cotton sheets. After it dries the sheets are removed and whimsical shapes appear. The results have a watercolor-like character. I think of gardens for the imagination. I think of all the possible associations one single form can already evoke, I think of the mental space being created by this approach. Imagine the memories in the future. Imagine the questions in the future. Imagine the possibilities of the female approach in the future. The cardboard pieces will be installed in a precise manner but the result will look casual. The display in the shop-window must tempt for timelessness and thus create space, the incomprehensibilities will be helpful with this. What is it you see? A curious garden full of life? Or are you „Lost in Paradise”? The second shop window will be of a totally different nature. Maarten Schepers and Kees Koomen have been discussing the installation to be shown. Maarten Schepers has created an over-all design which we can associate with phenomena like show-box, diorama or bijou-box. Kees Koomen will add to this with work based on the muses and the story of Actaeon.