Replacements

ReplacementsFor Expanded Performance at Stroom Den Haag, artist

Vlatka Horvat created the work Replacements. It is a work

that unfolded over time and involved the partici pation of

the Stroom sta! - everyone from the curators and the

director to the librarian and the receptionists. Each day for

the duration of the exhibition a di! erent member of the

sta! selected an object from anywhere in the building and

relocated it to the exhibition space for the day, replacing the

object that had been placed there the day before. As each

object was dislocated from its everyday place and function,

it was temporarily re-imagined as an art object, put in new

spatial and social relations with other objects in the

exhibition space and with people who encountered it there.

In addition to displacing objects and removing them from

their context, Replacements playfully disrupted the work

routine of people working at Stroom, engaging them in a

sort of a game of call and response and recasting them as

performers/installers/decision makers in a project. "is

booklet documents the projects.

Arnold 29 / 9

A #at hedgehog It was a mascot from the Binckhorst

manifestation we organized. 29 / 9

30 / 9Rozemarijn

Glass of water Some time ago we had multiple leakages in the space. 30 / 9

Bas 3 / 10

3 / 10A ruler

Besides the fact that it looked really good there in the space, it is a sort of symbol for what I do at Stroom.

4 / 10Liesbeth

4 / 10Coat rack with Beekeeper suit

One of the most unusual objects one would expect to !nd in an art institute.

5 / 10Connie

5 / 10Mirror

"e reason I chose this mirror is the reference to one of the two paintings by Leidy Churchman. In that painting there are two large circles and the vinyl on which he painted re#ects, just like the mirror.

6 / 10Annechien

6 / 10

7 / 10Francien

7 / 10Yellow Chair

"e Yellow Chair was the !rst crowdfunding action undertaken by Stroom and my !rst encounter with Stroom.

10 / 10Arno

10 / 10Art Calendars with artists from "e Hague

It is an addition to the exhibition: an amateur minimalist sculpture. And artists who come to pick up their calendar,

have to activate the sculpture.

11 / 10Jane

11 / 10Bobbin

Generosity: my personal interpretation of what Expanded Performance should generate.

12 / 10Dorien

12 / 10 Fruit bowl I wanted to test whether visitors would take fruit from the bowl.

13 / 10Arianne

13 / 10

14 / 10Nies

14 / 10

17 / 10Hildegard

17 / 10 Clock Take time! Experience this process consciously.

18 / 10Francien

18 / 10Map with archival material

"is map has for years been drifting around my desk and it suddenly caught my eye again when I was in our archive.

19 / 10Cora

19 / 10Bag with laundry

A laundry bag that was hanging around in the kitchen for a long time.

20 / 10Annechien

20 / 10

21 / 10Riet

21 / 10

24 / 10Ira

24 / 10

25 / 10Anousjka

25 / 10

26 / 10Peter

26 / 10

27 / 10Arianne

27 / 10

28 / 10Marjolijn

28 / 10

30 / 10Vincent

30 / 10 Pedestal A pedestal from our pedestal plan in the city of "e Hague.

01 / 11Lidwien

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2 / 11Mirthe

2 / 11

3 / 11Maaike

3 / 11 Drawing A drawing I made as a child and that I keep on my desk.

4 / 11Francien

4 / 11 Canvas tote bag Expanded Performance as rehearsal for our future programming.

7 / 11Bas

7 / 11

8 / 11Liesbeth

8 / 11 Flyer rack Just because it looked nice and I wanted to show the yellow cards.

9 / 11Dorien

9 / 11 Trash can I wanted to see if visitors would use it.

13 / 11Arno

13 / 11

Co!ee machine and water cooker Mixing o$ce space, workspace, public area and exhibition function by re-placing an essential element and activity of the people working at Stroom.

I actually wanted to replace the copy machine but that was impossible. I am rather jealous of the pigeon holes Lidwien replaced.

15 / 11Connie

15 / 11Roll of wrapping plastic

Here the same logics apply as with the mirror I replaced. "e color and shape resonate with the paintings of Leidy Churchman.

16 / 11Francien

16 / 11Collection of bicycle bells

"ese bells are the remnants of an exchange project we once did. It inspired our idea to let people exchange an old canvas

bag for a new Expanded Performance bag.

17 / 11Anousjka

17 / 11

18 / 11Annechien

18 / 11

21 / 11Vincent

21 / 11 Head by Rob Scholte It stands in the book case in front of my desk and I look at it every day.

22 / 11Jane

22 / 11 Selection of artist portfolios I wanted to put the artist portfolios front center.

23 / 11Arianne

23 / 11

24 / 11Nies

24 / 11

25 / 11Marieke

25 / 11 A cooking pot At Stroom you always get served good food.

28 / 11Ira

28 / 11

29 / 11Peter

29 / 11

30 / 11Hildegard

30 / 11 Telephone No contact, the line is dead

1 / 12Nies

1 / 12

2 / 12Marieke

2 / 12 An empty beer crate It was fun

5 / 12Lidwien

5 / 12

6 / 12Anousjka

6 / 12

7 / 12Vincent

7 / 12 Peter’s slippers

8 / 12Nies

8 / 12

9 / 12Marjolijn

9 / 12

12 / 12Bas

12 / 12 Light bulb box "at the light may continue to shine!

13 / 12Maaike

13 / 12 Bear statue My favorite animal

14 / 12Dorien

14 / 12 Newspaper Shocking headline

15 / 12Unknown

15 / 12

15 / 12Maaike

15 / 12Performance furniture

We used this piece of performance furniture during the !nissage of Expanded Performance

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Artist

Vlatka Horvat

Participants

Annechien Meier

Anousjka Minnaard

Arianne Olthaar

Arno van Roosmalen

Arnold Mosselman

Bas Mulder

Connie van Driel

Cora Roorda van Eijsinga

Dorien Jansen

Francien van Westrenen

Hildegard Blom

Ira van der Valk

Jane Huldman

Lidwien Nielander

Liesbeth Nieuwenweg

Maaike Lauwaert

Marieke Klos

Marjolijn van der Meij

Nies Vooijs

Peter de Rooden

Riet Vooijs

Rozemarijn Lucassen

Vincent de Boer

Design

Niels Berk

A project by Stroom Den Haag,

www.stroom.nl