Exhibition: Fragments

Thu 11 May — Sun 14 May | Door Open Space

Join us for the exhibition opening on Wednesday 10 May at 5 PM (Free entry!)

At the dawn of the 21st century, Western civilization is being forced to accept the reality that we will never have a complete understanding of the world in which we live. The more we attempt to measure, calculate, and control using binary reasoning, the more this mode of existence disintegrates within unbounded earthly realities. As the Cartesian way of categorising the world around us continues to fall short, what are the fragmented realities we can move towards? When we perceive with different ears and instruments, what can we (re)learn?

The exhibition Fragments invites you to navigate between nine works by artists who challenge our perspective on our surroundings, identities, beliefs, and interactions with non-human actors. The works carry a duality between something falling apart while simultaneously offering a chance to rearrange and explore new compositions. The artists use a wide variety of artistic instruments, sonic storytelling, and mystical world-building as inspiring and critical media, inviting us to discover our environments in new ways.

The exhibition is part of the 8th FIBER Festival edition, happening from May 11 - 14 at various locations in Amsterdam

Wed | Exhibition opening - 17:00—00:00 (free entry)
Thu | 13:00—22:00
Fri | 10:00—22:30
Sat | 10:00—22:30
Sun | 10.00—17:00

Free guided tour for visitors: Sat 13 and Sun 14 May | 12:00 - 13:00

Location: Door Open Space
Tt. Vasumweg 31, 1033 SB Amsterdam

Selected works

Fragments brings together a range of art forms, from film installations and sound art to media art, in which artists create compositions of sound, 3D graphics, film, character design, ceramic sculpting or code. We invite you to enter immersive spaces and experience instruments that amplify the unheard.

Biological_data_transmission (2022), Myles Merckel (UK/NL)

Dislocation (2022), Josèfa Ntjam (FR)

Edaphon (2023), Christine Hvidt (DK/NL)

Floating Codes (2022), Ralf Baecker (DE)

Perpétuité I (2021) Félix Luque Sanchez & Vincent Evrard (BE)

Prosthetic Sensorium (2022), Jan Christian Schulz (DE/NL)

The Dust (2021), Tianzhuo Chen (CN)

The Lights Which Can Be Heard (2022), Sébastien Robert (FR/NL)

Xenofossils (2023), Erik Peters (NL)