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A project questioning the role of a gallery with specificity to a local context: OT301, Amsterdam, NLTRANSCRIPT
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Opening Questions
4bidpublishing
A project questioning the roleof a gallery with specificity to a local context: OT301, Amsterdam, NL
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INDEX
4eword______________________________________1
1 Opening Questions________________________3 Questions proposed by 4bid_______________5
2 Processing OQ____________________________6 Answers to OQ____________________________7 Overview Cards___________________________25 Statistics_______________________________47
3 Presenting Processing OQ_________________51
Conclusion__________________________________52
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4eword4bid is a group of four people that engages in creative dialogue & col-laboration through different mediums: illustration, performance, dance, installation and curatorial practice.
Artist&CuratorIrina Baldini Giacomo CardoniMasako MatsushitaPaolo Paggi
The Gallery is a physical space in which to create, express, expose the product of elaborations, facilitating communication and exchange between individuals and the local community.We like the idea of a small family inhabiting the space and being present to welcome influences from outside the Gallery's door. An independent en-tity that is part of the bigger family, the OT301.The space has for us a double function: at times a 'backstage area' where activities, studies, processes are visible to an 'audience' of visitors in an unofficial manner, and an organized presenting platform that shows work which has been produced in the space.We offer a variety of recurrent activities open to the public: exhibi-tions/open studios, workshops and performances/installations.
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4bid Meaningcompound word4-bid / four-bid(s) / for-bid / forbid(den)today's conception of bid relates to a contest of auction, where an offer is made. 4bid took on the gallery in the OT301 and with that the chance to propose and offer to the public a series of activities.in the past the word bid referred to the act of asking. We do ask you, the audience of this space, to participate, as much as being open to welcome your proposals and questions.antiquely in Sanskrit "bodhati" meant to make one aware, conscious in the moment of offering. When bidding one is aware of the clauses in the cir-cumstance. Awakened, enlightened.
4bidden, or forbidden also suggests our attitude towards working in an art-space, sensitively, taking into account what stereotypes of contempo-rary art might be today, and allowing for not-ordinary to pop-in and have a say.
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1Opening Questions
Opening Questions is a research project around the theme of galleries in today's society and community. 4bid took the chance to question the impli-cations of this name, of this particular space within the cultural center of the OT301 in Amsterdam, both in the specific and by also generalizing to include it into a bigger scene, that of the contemporary art scene of gallery spaces.
4bid group of artists and curators questioning 'Gallery', a space between 4 walls, asked themselves what is people's idea of a space like this and how do they see it.
The research started on the 1st of December 2013 on the occasion of 4bid Gallery Opening from which the name Opening Questions (OQ).OQ lasted two weeks (12 days of opening from 17:00 to 21:00) during which many visitors left a trace.
OQ consisted of 20 questions formulated and chosen by 4bid concerned with the topic of Art Gallery; paper and pen to write and walls to hammer an-swers to. The interactive installation allowed the public to have a say in regards by taking the chance, the time and will, to answer to the ques-tions. This was done by the visitors who physically hammered the answer/s to the space's walls with one or more nails, so to leave the trace that following passers by could look at, be influenced by (as we found out during the project) and feel that their say would leave a tangible trace with words on paper. 4bid stepped out from 'showing' and rather waited for the public to show themselves, to us and to the other visitors.
During the last week of the investigation (end of December) the interac-tive set-up in 4bid was taken down from the walls.Opening Question was then processed in the space set like a backstage area open to the public re-titled 'Processing OQ'.The information was collected, organized and analyzed towards the publi-cation of this catalog whilst visitors kept bringing inputs and answers despite hammer and nail was no longer involved.
The next step consisted in Presenting Processing OQ. 4bid kept on ana-lyzing objectively the information for the first week of January when the Gallery space opened the doors presenting the work in progress in a dif-ferent shape.
We have re-collected all the information, in its richness and intricacy, and gathered it into a catalogue through a meticulous but also playful analysis.
4Instructions given:
Materials:
1 hammerestimated 200 nailsblank A6 cards10 felt markers in colours:black; brown; beige; orange; yellow; red; dark red; purple; blue; emerald green; light green1 grey fine-liner3 full hight walls1 table top
Opening questions
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PARTICIPANTS
you, the visitor who will interact with the objects on the table
the objects on the table: n° 20 questions, pens, paper sheets, hammer, nails
the walls
the pre-recorded voice
RULES
you are all here (see participants list) pick one, more or all the questions you would like to answer
take your time
use pen and paper on the table available to give your answer/s
take your time
grab nail and hammer and find a spot on the wall
pierce the paper with the nail and hang it on to the wall
We ask you to be careful with drinks around the tableThank you
4bid gallery
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Questions proposed by 4bid
1 What do you think an exhibition is?
2 Can you enter a Gallery without feeling a stranger? (foreigner to the gallery land)
3 Why are the Arts vital in our lives?
4 How can the visitor help the space to breathe? (bringing inputs, shifting its narrative and dynamics)
5 Name three artists you know personally
6 Name your favourite three artists
7 How many bananas do you consume daily? Are you interested in being in-volved with gallery activities?
8 Have you shown your work publicly?
9 How many gallerists/curators do you know personally?
10 Do you engage critically when you enter a gallery space? And if so, how is your attitude different from other settings?
11 What is your stereotype of gallery, and what can this gallery’s role be for today’s society/community?
12 How are your feelings regarding the relationship between money and gallery?
13 What are the reasons for which you go to a gallery
14 What is the potential of a gallery space?
15 Do you think a gallery space should be dedicated to arts and artists only?
16 What is your attitude when you go to visit a gallery?
17 What do you wish for the gallery?
18 What can a gallery do to be accessible to all the “other” people, not just the arts elite?
19 Are you interested in engaging with the process of art making?
20 Is any type of gallery accessible to any type of audience?
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2Processing OQ
Processing OQ was the second phase of the research project. The gallery was open as a backstage/workshop where the process of archiving and elab-oration was shown openly to the visiting public.
Despite the hammer was no longer at hand, the questions were still open to answers.
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Answers to OQ
What follows is a re-collection of the answers given to each question, grouped by the number.In addition to those are the answers that were found to be unrelated to any given question.
1* What do you think an exhibition is?
exhibition is showing your art!Art is anything you can get away with
A moment. An event. A vision achieved.Showing non-person
An open space with total freedom of expression..And cake, Nom nom nom
As all acts of art -a substitute for a religious service
A situation of organized creativity
A form of ego-aesthetic (kirkengaard docet)
A FRAME(ING)
un esibizione e' ..un esternare cio' che la sana follia dell'arte desidera per l'artista mutandola in respiro, quel respiro sincopato attimi prima dell'esibizione. G.V.L.
An exhibition has to be something that is able to change the life of one human being.
Masturbation____
AN ORGANIZED SITUATION .
AN EXHIBITION IS SOMETHING TO FREELY LOOK AT (+ drawing of an eye)
A Situation of organized art
I DO :)
(dartboard Drawing, gray structure, emerald and red alternated)
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2* Can you enter a Gallery without feeling a stranger? (foreigner to the gallery land)
Yes, I am always curious! :)
The exit is stranger
YES (SOMETIMES)
Yes
Yes, I just did :)
yes, this one (take this)
3* Why are the Arts vital in our lives?
It was always like this
imagination is more important than knowledge.
to try & make sense of the world.
Art is unique expression for ever or just breathly in the moment....
Art makes this life a bit acceptable
[ARTS] (ambient, relation, trouble, solution) Arts allow us to express our soul without mental filters. We need it. Humans need it otherwise we can become crazy!! THANK YOU GUYS
Because it makes me feel the things.
Context, Content, Contact (front) Why are art vital in our lives. (back)
Art is a expression of your everything. Inside, outside, everywhere. Co-lours, shapes, maps, movements, symbols, air, perspectives. It is being always changeable.
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Because they make us forget that we'll never know the meaning of life and
we'll always keep looking
because the current mankind gives importance to “how?” rather than “what?”
Yes! they fuel our imagination
(dartboard Drawing, gray structure, emerald and red alternated)
They are not
Why are the Arts vital in our lives? I'm a full blooded artist_ it's too late...
ARE OUR LIVES VITAL? (WITHOUT THE ARTS)
only the arts allow you: to breathe ~ to take your time for yourself to meditate to think about the nature of things and human nature to dream ~ to reach the real centre of you. In bocca al lupo ragazzi! Valentina
the arts are vital to people's lives because they are a proof of our spir-itual nature & intellect_ the latter differing ourselves from animals.
They are not
4* How can the visitor help the space to breathe? (bring-ing inputs, shifting its narrative and dynamics)
OPENING THE WINDOW
Smile? Accepting
By bringing in plants
5* Name three artists you know personally
Hynek; Govinda; Eleonora
3 artists ?
MYSELF; MY WIFE; A GUY I MET TODAY
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6* Name your favourite three artists
Acon 50cent Asher
dancers from the “NDT” (Nederlands Dans Theatre) <3
How does one choose? My love for art is in my perception of it – all is mood and circumstance. But: Iain M Banks; Philip Larkin, and Frank Turner have taught about the world and about myself...
Kandinsky, Malevitj; Georgia o' Keeffe
Dadara; Fat Freddy's drop; Schile
Difficult one – David Claerbout; Egon Schiele; Axel Hütte
Gabrielle Mirabassi; Ernst Reysinger; Hopper
my parents, for making this rad piece of art; Daisuke Tanabe, for pictur-ing wonder in mere vibrations; you for interpreting this space in your own unique way.
Maria Callas; Suzanne; Nikki de St.phalle
“HAPPY THREE FRIENDS” (nirvana smile)
Reinis Peterson; Laura Feldberga; Darta Hapanioneka
Artists Rock'n roll me me x me is in a roll stoel
MY WIFE, FRANCIS ALYS, GABRIEL OROZCO (THESE CONTINUE TO EXCITE ME)
7* How many bananas do you consume daily? Are you inter-ested in being involved with gallery activities?
One banana a day keeps the doctor away
banana symbols x3
One banana a day keeps the doctor away
I eat one banana a week
sometimes 2. Yes please.
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SOMETIMES ONE (SOMETIMES NOT A ONE)
1 a day (if I eat more I maybe go bananas??!) not really (i'm not an art-ist myself)
(forbidden sign)
I eat one banana almost everyday, isn't everything like bananas? I do feel interested to participate in the future I would like to have my own exhi-bition but that is a bit of a secret actually
1 x (banana drawing); Yes (email address)
I eat not enough Bananas. Yes, I do.
One every other day
3x //drawing of a banana//
8* Have you shown your work publicly?
Yes
Oui :)
YES
Yes, I have shown my work publicly / also in this space btw/.
I wanna show my work but I never get true possibility yet
9* How many gallerists/curators do you know personally?
A FEW, YES
I am a curator (Lock Projects)
Two every other day
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10* Do you engage critically when you enter a gallery space? And if so, how is your attitude different from other settings?
YES (USUALLY NOT DURING OPENINGS THOUGH)
11* What is your stereotype of gallery, and what can this gallery's role be for today's society/community?
WORKS SPEAK A SORT OF FORMAL|COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE THAT CAN FEEL EXCLUSIVE BUT IS ALSO AT TIMES VALUABLE IN THAT ART LIKE OTHER FIELDS OF RESEARCH IS A SPECIALIZED FIELD WHICH SPEAKS IN A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE WHICH GOES TOWARDS ADVANCING AND CREATING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE WITHIN THE FIELD. THIS CAN FEEL EXCLUSIVE OR ELITIST TO SOME, BUT I DON'T PRETEND TO WALK INTO A CARPENTER'S UNION AND UNDERSTAND THEIR SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE. THIS GAL-LERY'S ROLE CAN BE WHAT IT LIKES TO BE, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? PRIORITIES? WHAT DRIVES YOU IN RUNNING/BEING IN A GALLERY? WHAT DO YOU WANT ITS ROLE TO BE IN THIS SOCIETY / COMMUNITY?
A place of interaction. Free (+ drawing at the front)
To offer people beautiful people
Free drinks
The stereotype of a gallery is a space showing art to a few rich people. The gallery role of today is to show works of unknown artists to a broad audience
Just let it free. No regulations to exhibit or visit.
An opEN unconventional SpacE creating Room for //////////////// art with social exhibit goal
WHITE (In a square) I think square rooms and white walls without windows will really be useful for our understanding of art and life in general. “Hmm, I don't think they have considered the space enough... Still so square and white, like walking through an alien space ship. Do all aliens have the same model?
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12* How are your feelings regarding the relationship between money and gallery?
How are your feelings regarding the relationship between money and gallery?
Circle of life: gallery → money → art →
one can't exist without the other
money can't buy you <3
gallery =/= money =/= art. This is not feeling.
I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER IF IT COULD START TO ALSO SUSTAIN MY OWN WORK/RESEARCH IN A REAL WAY.
13* What are the reasons for which you go to a gallery?
(symbol o copyright) TO SEE SOMETHIN' THAT SOMEONE MADE...
to see new things, visit friends
MANY → TO BE CHALLENGED, TO LOOK/ THINK/ ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD IN A NEW WAY.
Knockin' on heavens door Breaking my nails though
For emotion and chicks
“HAPPY THREE FRIENDS”
(drawing of a house/gallery under rainy and windy weather)
to broaden my horizons, to step out of daily life
14* What is the potential of a gallery space?
That depends on its dimensions
The potential of a gallery space : to challenge the limits of an estab-lished idea about a gallery space with every new exhibition.
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in finito (with infinite 8 symbol)
Free drinks
Artist's head > Art object < visitor's head (drawn in diagram).
LIMITED
€
(a vignette of a dog saying:) SPACE
15* Do you think a gallery space should be dedicated to arts and artists only?
NO, BUT IT IS BY ITS MERE EXISTENCE. COMMUNICATING WITH A PARTICULAR LAN-GUAGE AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND (BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A VALUABLE TOOL / RESOURCE)
No
No
NO-NO-NO!
As long as artist is defined as anyone who creates
16* What is your attitude when you go to visit a gallery?
FOR AN OPENING → RELUCTANT → EXCITED FOR SEEING WORK → EXCITED →
Open. I should become engaged even if I am not prepared
attitude visiting gallery
curious, open minded & heart
WHEN I WALK INTO A GALLERY, IT IS ALWAYS WITH THE HOPE TO BE CHALLENGED/ SURPRISED/ UPSET/ SHOCKED/ … THIS MAKES ME FEEL I SHOW MY ART, BUT DO IT SECRETLY. IT'S GREAT WHEN STRAIGHT -NON ARTISTS SO TO SAY CAN LEAVE THEIR MARK IN GALLERIES. WHEN I ENTER A GALLERY – I KNOW: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
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Open. I should became engaged even if I am not prepared. (not hammered).
17* What do you wish for the gallery?
THIS GALLERY?
Wish
Live long and prosper, may the warmth be with you
Keep up that spirit.
Enlightenment
TO PAS EVERYTHING WHAT
All the best Fresh, experimental, alive, collaboration
That it is not called Gallery
belief; fun; visitors; money; participation; energy; inspiration
I wish the gallery GOOD LUCK
IMAGINATION!!!
(A drawing in emerald green where a guy ride a bike on a serpentine road go toward a hill, a side of the road an house, and some tree, in the sky without colour a yellow and green sun bright with some green clouds)
//scratch card//
18* What can a gallery do to be accessible to all the “other” people, not just the arts elite?
MANY THINGS, DEPENDING ON THE GOALS
be inviting, welcoming & warm...Like you are. Thank you.
In Holland? Free Entrance
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Gallery is a bridge in between any kind of art and the audience. That's why interactions like this one does the work in between artists and audience. Art is nothing without an audience. I don't know anything about audience. I do know about Galleries. I am an artist.
IT CAN SHOW BEAUTY. ART IS ABOUT FEELING GOOD EMOTIONS. SUCESS!
First is should do a revolution on the state education system
19* Are you interested in engaging with the process of art making?
Yes (front) Thank you! Written in capital letter (back)
Yes
Yes, YES, yes, yes
yes!
Engaging
yes
YES
yes
Am I now?
20* Is any type of gallery accessible to any type of audience?
Yes
A “Gallery” does not need 4 walls and a door and a name plate that says ART
Yes (as long as it has a door)
if you let, yes!
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Any type of people should be able to have access to art, all kinds of art available in Galleries mglx
only when they know & care
it should be.
NO
One every other day
YES
Answer with no question number / Statements
(21) WHAT YOU WISH TO DO WITH THIS SPACE?
I think artist should be more independent again and pull off their lazy attitudes. Form collectives, like artists did in the old days and don't be afraid to cross the lines between mediums - For example: Installation can be mixed with performance and collage art. The work can get several meanings by doing this. Amaze yourself again and become your own curator! THE ARTIST AS CURATOR. (21)
NO! NO! NO! Everything is a game, no? no? no? no? no? Yes! I do wish you the yes
I CreaTE.
Are you an Artist?
Why are you an Artist?
Martin Papesch Huleja
Yeas in live I can show my publicly
PROTEST the questions are stupid
to be happy indirectly by making other people happy. -I believe in you-
to be connected is a necessity for everyone. Its just like oxygen! You just can't do without
Blurb WHERE ARE THE DRINKS m.
art
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kut, klote, tering, fuck, iedereen is wel een beetje lief
DIFFERENT KIND OF ART DIFFERENT KIND OF GALLERIES DIFFERENT KIND OF PEOPLE THE SAME COLOUR
I AM AN ARTIST.
Achler daze muur wonen onze buren. Achler deze muur woont de buurt. 20 gezegd. Weeserzuinigmee, jeburtisjeleven. (translate: Acknowledge our neighbors. Behind this wall there are 20.)
YOU NEVER KNOW :)
IKENT BENGELBEAR
please, prego, more films in the new year of P.P. Passolini, thanks grazie buone feste
(a light blu man with halo standing) Live and let life
Fawaz Abdel Majeed abdelrhmarc (signature in arabic?)
Bob der Baumeister
Why Are We HERE XXX
Azizz Haaaa Am a aa
7000€ blijft toch echt 7000€ (7000€ remains 7000€)
my boot in live (drawing)
UP SITE DOWN WHO KNOWS...WHO KNOWS... 4BTHEN
The shit is BANANAS B-A-N-A-N-A-S
Leuk
ThAbo
SEAPTA
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Drawings / Sculptures / Self expressions
(Abstract drawing with a sun/flower, beams and a bird close the sun/flower, under the sun/flower maybe has a road with some squares?).
(drawing with a leaf, a plum, and two flower)
(a big drawing, art nouveau like or a tattoo with signature) GASTRIK
(a drawing made by intersections of Xes)
(plain card)
(drawing with some squares,dots and spirals)
(TWENTY HOLES)
(it is a 3D paper sculpture with two cards, optical art like, one is flat and the other on it like a wave).
(A drawing with a rhino with a crown middle bottom says “doh”, center a pair of scissors, in the middle top a vignette “DUTCH' UN TAGLIO!”, top corners two bird farting, an onion on each bottom corner, signature or tag “GASTRIK JUICE”.)
Answers given after the exposition of OQ
1* What do you think an exhibition is?
a place/oportunity 4 an artist to show them work, ordenadly.
2* Can you enter a Gallery without feeling a stranger? (foreigner to the gallery land)
Yes – more certens dan stranger
Yes but a little bit
If yOu don't feel like a STRANGER is nothing For you TO see in There
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3* Why are the Arts vital in our lives?
Through them we can tell and understand things that we couldn't tell/un-derataad otherwise
Because it's my job :D; and my passion.
4* How can the visitor help the space to breathe? (bring-ing inputs, shifting its narrative and dynamics)
?
5* Name three artists you know personally
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6* Name your favourite three artists
1° Lambert David 2° Jasper Morrisson 3° Yves Klein
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7* How many bananas do you consume daily? Are you inter-ested in being involved with gallery activities?
? Maybe, indirectly > I connect people :)
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I think that is a very hard question to answer. Especially since if are two questions that not seem to be correlated at all. But maybe they are. I am open to this possibility. I would eating more banana's a day increase the need or chance of one to partecipate in gallery activities? Or use? I think not less, since I presume there are many people that eat 0 banana's per day, but them are not so many people that partecipate in gallery ac-tivities. But maybe that is because there are not enough galleries for
non-banana eating people to partecipate in. Still, if there is a correla-tion I think eating more banana's per day increase the chance of one parte-cipating in gallery activities. I eat about 0,5 banana on every per day. When sick I eat more. I liked the exercise of thinking
about the correlation of Question (7). It was quaite the gallery experi-ence. Thnx!
Zèro / None Banana (drawing of sad banana) YES!
8* Have you shown your work publicly?
no
on my own website yes... > http://cargocollective.com/mirenlasnier
9* How many gallerists/curators do you know personally?
One (1)
NONE
Zéro
10* Do you engage critically when you enter a gallery space? And if so, how is your attitude different from other settings?
sometimes (when the artists are present)
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11* What is your stereotype of gallery, and what can this gallery's role be for today's society/community?
make people think (make associations for instance)
a) paintings on walls b) let each person that enters contribute whith his/her own work of art and let this be part of an organic exhibition
12* How are your feelings regarding the relationship between money and gallery?
if possible it's a place for artists to find consumers (selling works)
(sad face) SAD
NO MONEY NO PARTY
13* What are the reasons for which you go to a gallery?
curiosity / meet the artist
(a drawing of an eye at looking something) & (a drawing of a girl reflect-ing)
FOR THE SAME REASON I Fall iN LOVE.. ....TO MAKE MY HEART WORK FASTER THAN MY MIND
14* What is the potential of a gallery space?
expose things, from different artists together, expose those things in a meaningful way, organize in space.
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15* Do you think a gallery space should be dedicated to arts and artists only?
of course not: also for the “public”
FORSOME PEOPLE ART is like a joke that you don't get but still laughing
16* What is your attitude when you go to visit a gallery?
Loocking/ asking/ speeking
No we don't think a gallery space should any be dedicated to answer only in the way it is usually. We would love to see art in a broader perspective. For example the art of medicine. As being homeopaths we think we could reach more people showing the art of the human body in a gallery.
17* What do you wish for the gallery?
if possible also performances and not only “static/ still” work.
I wish every building that is decorated by people, is approached as the vision of an artist, so that every room is a gallery in itself.
(Dollar's symbol) & (news paper's drawn) & ( several painting on canvas in frame drawn)x 10000
18* What can a gallery do to be accessible to all the “other” people, not just the arts elite?
again: presenting performances
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19* Are you interested in engaging with the process of art making?
yes
20* Is any type of gallery accessible to any type of audience?
no
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Cards overview
An indentikit of each individual card
Photo gallery is available on www.4bidgallery.com
All text is transcribed from original (spelling and mistake included).
Abbreviation:C+n=Card+number of identificationC+n+POST=answers given after the exhibition of the project Q+n=Question+number of QCL=Colours of text or drawingPS= Particular Signs
C1aPS G-F-Y letters emphasized, old calligraphyFront:CL- violet text, emerald green stars and underlined text Q14- The potential of a gallery space : to challenge the limits of an es-tablished idea about a gallery space with every new exhibition.Q3- the arts are vital to people's lives because they are a proof of our spiritual nature & intellect_ the latter differing ourselves from animals.Q17- I wish the gallery GOOD LUCKBack:CL- violet text, violet starsNumbers & Questions referred to, written at the back of C1
C1bPS G-F-Y letters emphasised, old calligraphyCL- violet text, emerald green stars and underlined textQ6- Difficult one – David Claerbout; Egon Schiele; Axel HütteQ8- Yes, I have shown my work publicly / also in this space btw/.
C2PS nail hole on the second T of the world Substitute, centre of cardCL- Violet textQ1- As all acts of art -a substitute for a religious service
C3CL- Violet textQ6- Reinis Peterson; Laura Feldberga; Darta Hapanioneka
C4PS nail hole on the exclamation mark full stop, YES is written really big and sinuousCL- Violet text, red numberQ20- yes! (As long as it as a door)
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C5PS nail hole after 1st ME, messy text, traces of nails on paperCL- Violet textQ6- Artists Rock'n roll me me x me is in a roll stoel
C6PS 2 nail hole one centre top and one leftCL- Violet text and green phrase at the bottom of the card Q6- How does one choose? My love for art is in my perception of it – all is mood and circumstance. But: Iain M Banks; Philip Larkin, and Frank Turner have taught about the world and about myself...
C7PS nail hole left cornerCL- Violet text, the word LIKE is in green, number in mixed colours, text in capital and non capital lettersQ7a- I eat one banana almost everyday, isn't everything like bananas? Q7b- I do feel interested to participate in the future I would like to have my own exhibition but that is a bit of a secret actuallyQ3- Art is unique expression for ever or just breathily in the moment....
C8Front:PS nail hole centre between ALL and THECL- light red text, yellow number, green dotsQ17- All the bestBack:CL- Green textQ17- Fresh, experimental, alive, collaborations
C9CL- light red textQ6- Gabrielle Mirabassi; Ernst Reysinger; Hopper
C10PS nail hole in the middle of the O of NOT, big NOTCL- blue textQ17- That it is not called Gallery
C11PS tidy text, number 8 writtenCL- blue textQ18- Gallery is a bridge in between any kind of art and the audience. That's why interactions like this one does the work in between artists and audience. Art is nothing without an audience. I don't know anything about audience. I do know about Galleries. I am an artist.
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C12CL- blue text Q3- Yes! they fuel our imaginationQ13- to see new things, visit friends
C13PS nail hole almost centreCL- blue textQ1- A situation of organized creativity Q3- They are notQ16- open. I should become engaged even if I am not prepared
C14PS each yes is written differently CL- Orange textQ19- yes YES yes yes
C15CL- Light orange textQ3- Because it makes me feel the things
C16PS particular way of writing the number 5, 3 name in capital letter and vertical structureCL- Orange textQ5- Hynek; Govinda; Eleonora
C17PS neat calligraphy, highlighted the word light in side EnlightenmentCL- yellow text and pencil, red numberQ17- Enlightenment
C18PS number written in roman, the text falls towards bottom right. Neat cal-ligraphyCL- red textQ6- my parents, for making this rad piece of art; Daisuke Tanabe, for pic-turing wonder in mere vibrations; you for interpreting this space in your own unique way.
C19PS end of text with a heartCL- red textQ6- dancers from the “NDT” (Nederlands Dans Theatre) <3
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C20Front:PS number 11 written, open to interpretationQ11- drawingBack:PS Answer up side downQ11- A place of interaction. Free s
C21PS nail hole 2 left side and right top, heart and smile symbolsCL- red textQ1-Art is anything you can get away withQ2- The exit is strangerQ3- imagination is more important than knowledge.Q4-Smile? AcceptingQ7- One banana a day keeps the doctor awayQ8- oui : )Q15- NO-NO-NO!Q12- Money can't buy you <3
C22PS italian language, signature, G of signature with scribble.CL- Red textQ1- un esibizione e' ..un esternare cio' che la sana follia dell'arte de-sidera per l'artista mutandola in respiro, quel respiro sincopato attimi prima dell'esibizione. G.V.L.
C23CL- Red textQ1- Showing non-personQ2- yesQ3- because the current mankind gives importance to “how?” rather than “what?”Q11- Just let it free. No regulations to exhibit or visit.Q18- First is should do a revolution on the state education systemQ20- if you let, yes!
C24PS infinite sign drown with 4 colours, nail hole centre of infinite symbol, traces of nailCL- violet, green, yellow, black,light red, black numberQ14- in finito
C25PS nail hole in the middle top on the mail adress, yes surrounded by a drawing of a stamp and banana.CL- black text, yellow in the banana symbolQ7- 1 x (banana drawing); Yes (email address)
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C26PS circular diagram, drawing of a picture from where the nail is placed, Y letter longCL- Brown textQ12- How are your feelings regarding the relationship between money and gallery?Circle of life: gallery → money → art →
C27PS 4 nail holes on 4 corners, precisely written.CL- Emerald GreenQ1- A moment. An event. A vision achieved.Q3- to try & make sense of the world.Q7a- 1. sometimes Q7b- 2. Yes please.Q9- I am a curator (Lock Projects)Q12- one can't exist without the otherQ15- NOQ19- YesQ20- it should be.
C28PS Nail hole on 1st E of expression, the text curves down to the rightCL – Emerald GreenQ3- Art is a expression of your everything. Inside, outside, everywhere. Colours, shapes, maps, movements, symbols, air, perspectives. It is being always changeable.
C29PS nail hole in middle top, big size calligraphyCL- BlackQ17- KEEP UP THAT SPIRIT.
C30PS- big drawing of euro symbolCL- blackQ14- €
C31PS large number 3, no specification of Q's number, bananas word is under-linedCL- 3 in Black and bananas in pencilQ7- 3 Bananas
C32PS neat textCL- BlackQ3- Because they make us forget that we'll never know the meaning of life and we'll always keep looking
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C33PS just a SymbolCL- BlackQ7- (a circle with a diagonal barre in the middle)
C34PS Gallery is underlined and between inverted commas, the word Art is high-lighted and contoured by four lines CL- blackQ20- A “Gallery” does not need 4 walls and a door and a name plate that says ART
C35PS nail hole between 1st and 2nd answer, signature on bottom right side with xx L., Shile is spelt wrongCL- blackQ1- A form of ego-aesthetic (kirkengaard docet)Q6- Dadara; Fat Freddy's drop; ShileQ13- For emotion and chicks
C36PS messy textCL- BlackQ6- Kandinsky, Malevitj; Georgia o' KeeffeQ3- +Q13- to broaden my horizons, to step out of daily lifeQ11- To offer people beautiful people
C37CL- green text, number 14 in light red, number 11 in green.Q11/14- Free drinks
C38PS Y letter longCL GreenQ3- Why are the Arts vital in our lives? I'm a full blooded artist_ it's too late...
C39PS red face drown at the bottom of the paper, a smile at the end of the 2nd Q.CL- Green text, red faceQ1- exhibition is showing your art!Q2- Yes, I am always curious! :)Q3- It was always like thisQ8- I wanna show my work but I never get true possibility yet
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C40PS nail hole between context and content, large calligraphy capital letterFront:CL- green textQ3- Context, Content, ContactBack:Q3- Why art vital in our lives.
C41PS nail hole in the corner on top right, the “n” of masturbation has a long legCL- light greenQ1- MasturbationQ7- One every other dayQ9- Two “ “ “ “ “ “Q14- That depends on its dimensionsQ19- Am I now?Q20- One every other day
C42PS nail hole top middle, one red scribble top left and drawing with pencil, the Q number is large inside the house/galleryCL- pencil and redQ13- (drawing of a house/gallery under rainy and windy weather)
C43PS nail hole middle top, the card is fully covered by the text, messy and signature at the end.CL-pencilQ20-Any type of people should be able to have access to art all kinds of art available in Galleries mglx
C44PS nail hole middle top, phrase written on the top of the card and no Q number.CL- grey penQ7- I eat one banana a week
C45PS nail hole after first Q in the middle top, some errors, and bit mess.CL-pencilQ12-gallery =/= money =/= art this is not feelingQ17-live long and prosper may the warmth be with youQ15-as long as artist is defined as anyone who createsQ19-yesQ20-only when they know & care
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C46Front:PS nail hole middle top, card portrait layout, some signs of cancellationCL- pencilQ1-A FRAME(ING)Q2-YES (SOMETIMES)Q3-ARE OUR LIVES VITAL? (WITHOUT THE ARTS?)Q4-OPENING THE WINDOWQ5-MYSELF, MY WIFE, A GUY I MET TODAYQ6-MY WIFE, FRANCIS ALYS, GABRIEL OROZCO (THESE CONTINUE TO EXCITE ME) Q7-SOMETIMES ONE (SOMETIMES NOT A ONE)Q8-YESQ9-A FEW -> YESQ10-YES (USUALLY NOT DURING OPENINGS THOUGH) Q11-WORKS SPEAK A SORT OF FORMAL|COMMERCIAL LANGUAGE THAT CAN FEEL EXCLU-SIVE BUT IS ALSO AT TIMES VALUABLE IN THAT ART LIKE OTHER FIELDS OF RE-SEARCH IS A SPECIALIZED FIELD WHICH SPEAKS IN A SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE WHICH GOES TOWARDS ADVANCING AND CREATING A CRITICAL DIALOGUE WITHIN THE FIELD. THIS CAN FEEL EXCLUSIVE OR ELITIST TO SOME, BUT I DON'T PRETEND TO WALK INTO A CARPENTER'S UNION AND UNDERSTAND THEIR SPECIALIZED LANGUAGE. Back:Q11-THIS GALLERY'S ROLE CAN BE WHAT IT LIKES TO BE, WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? PRIORITIES? WHAT DRIVES YOU IN RUNNING/BEING IN A GALLERY? WHAT DO YOU WANT ITS ROLE TO BE IN THIS SOCIETY / COMMUNITY?Q12-I WOULD FEEL MUCH BETTER IF IT COULD START TO ALSO SUSTAIN MY OWN WORK/RESEARCH IN A REAL WAY.Q13-MANY → TO BE CHALLENGE, TO LOOK/THINK/ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD IN A NEW WAYQ14-LIMITEDQ15- NO, BUT IT IS BY ITS MERE EXISTENCE COMMUNICATING WITH A PARTICULAR LANGUAGE AND THAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND (BECAUSE IT IS ALSO A VALU-ABLE TOOL / RESOURCE)Q16-FOR AN OPENING → RELUCTANT → EXCITED FOR SEEING WORK → EXCITED →Q17-THIS GALLERY?Q18-MANY THINGS, DEPENDING ON THE GOALS Q19-YESQ20-NO
C47PS nail hole middle top, a gallery drawn under hole and person in the gallery thinking “Hmm, I don't...”, a desk drawn on left bottom there is also written curator / Gallery owner,CL- emerald green, brown, violet, red and text in grey pen.Q11- WHITE (In a square) I think square rooms and white walls without win-dows will really be useful for our understanding of art and life in gener-al. “Hmm, I don't think they have considered the space enough... Still so square and white, like walking through an alien space ship. Do all aliens have the same model?
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C48PS nail hole in the middle top, first part to see somethin' in blue, the rest in black, the Q number resembles a poker fiche in blue, black and red light.CL-blue, black and light red.Q13-(copyright symbol) TO SEE SOMETHIN' THAT SOMEONE MADE...
C49PS nail hole in middle top,1st part of text is emerald green, 2nd part is light green, 3rd part is red, part italic part capital letter, Q number emerald green with #.CL-emerald green, light green and red.Q3-[ARTS] (ambient, relation, trouble, solution) Arts allow us to express our soul without mental filters. We need it. Humans need it otherwise we can become crazy!! THANK YOU GUYS
C50SP nail hole middle topCL- Emerald green Q1- An open space with total freedom of expression … And cake. Nom nom nom
C51PS nail hole middle top, number is red, neat and old calligraphy in the centre.CL-red and text emerald green Q19-yes!
C52PS the nail hole middle top, the Q number is in red and pencil, stile of the drawing is simple.CL- light green, emerald green, yellow, red, grey and pencil. Q17- (A drawing in emerald green, a guy rides a bike on a serpentine road towards a hill, on one side of the road a house and some trees, yellow and green sun bright with some green clouds in the sky)
C53PS nail hole in middle top, a plant drawn in emerald green under the an-swer, tidy calligraphy.CL light green text and emerald green Q4-By bringing in plants
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C54Front:PS nail hole middle, Yes large, framed with emerald green, number 16 cir-cled, number 19 squared, aesthetically tidyCL- light green Q16, emerald Q19Q16- curious, open minded & heartQ19- yesBack:PS Thank you! Written in capital letter
C55PS nail hole middle top, number in green like the drawing of a sun, 1st sentence in violet 2nd in green, violet flower right bottom, tidy overall CL- violet, light green Q18- Be inviting, welcoming & warm... Like you are. Thank you
C56PS nail hole middle top, the answer is a diagram, with a drawing in the middle, the Q number is in light green, tidy.CL- text in orange and light green Q14- Artist's head > Art object < visitor's head (drawing of a diagram).
C57PS the nail hole is in the middle top, a smile after the first answer, tidy, leg of Y and J really long and the first answer is in emerald green and the second one is in violet.CL-green and violetQ2- yes, I just did! :)Q7- 1 a day (if I eat more I maybe go bananas??!), not really (i'm not an artist myself)
C58PS nail hole middle-right, the text have some red and violet decoration, two arrows from the number to the bottom, two eyes in the right bottom, some linear waves/spirals and in the corner with pencil “In bocca al lupo ragazzi! Valentina”.CL-violet text, red number and some decoration. text in pencil.Q3- only the arts allow you: to breathe ~ to take your time for yourself to meditate to think about the nature of things and human nature to dream ~ to reach the real centre of you. In bocca al lupo ragazzi! Valentina
C59PS nail hole middle top, red stars in between green words, number 17 in red surrounded by red, stars here and thereCL- light green text, red starsQ17-belief; fun; visitors; money; participation; energy; inspiration
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C60PS nail hole middle top, the text is inside a ballon, two black stars under the number on the right bottom, dog sitting.CL- black and red Q14-(a drawing of a dog with vignette saying: SPACE)
C61PS nail hole middle left side, text is written with two colours, Q number in violet, large calligraphy, messy.CL- violet and orangeQ17-IMAGINATION!!!
C62PS three nail holes, two in the middle top and one left top, first part of text is in blue, second part “Breacking my...” in orange, messy, the blue part goes over the orange part, the Q number is blue.CL- blue and orangeQ13- Knockin' on heavens door Breaking my nails though
C63PS “IN holland” in violet, Free entrance in red, number 18 in violet with a full stopCL- violet and red textQ18-IN holland? Free Entrance
C64PS nail hole is in the middle top under the text “take this”, the text is in black/red and blue/black, under the text a drawing of a dry tree with some red leaves, and signed on left bottom corner.CL- red, blue, brown, green, pencil, yellow.Q2-YES, THIS ONE (take this)
C65PS nail hole left top, Q number in green and violet, arrow yellow and vi-olet, answer mostly in red, 'NOT ENOUGHT' misspelt. CL- red, violet,light green, yellowQ7a- I eat NOT ENOUGHT BANANASQ7b- Yes, I do!
C66PS nail hole in middle top, the Q number and “An...Space” is light green, “creating room” and “social” is red, “for art with” is brown, “exhibit goal” is grey, has a “4” deleted with red cross, some decorations.CL- light green, red, orange, brown, grey, yellow. Q11- An opEN unconventional SpacE creating Room for //////////////// art with social exhibit goal
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C67PS nail hole middle top, “ANSWER 2 18 QUESTION” in green, the rest in brown.CL- brown and light green textQ18-IT CAN SHOW BEAUTY. ART IS ABOUT FEELING GOOD EMOTIONS. SUCESS!
C68PS- nail hole middle top, text divided half brown and half red. Q number is red. The G letter is long. CL-brown and red text.Q11-The stereotype of a gallery is a space showing art to a few rich peo-ple. The gallery role of today is to show works of unknown artists to a broad audience
C69PS nail hole in middle-top, n.3 in black surrounded by red circle, red drawing in bottom right (maybe a skull or a woman or a cock or a signa-ture).CL- text black and red.Q3-ARt makes this life a bit acceptableQ6-Maria Callas; Suzanne; Nikki de St.phalle
C70PS nail hole middle top, no Q number and Acon is black, 50cent is red and asher is blue. Three names of music artists.CL- black, red and blueQ6-Acon 50cent Asher
C71PS nail hole middle top, large size multi-color text, the number is blue.CL-grey, red, yellow, orange, light brown and blue.Q20-Yes
C72PS nail hole middle top, no Q number, neat text.CL-blue textQ..- DIFFERENT KIND OF ART DIFFERENT KIND OF GALLERIES DIFFERENT KIND OF PEOPLE THE SAME COLOUR
C73PS nail hole middle left, portrait layout, italic calligraphy, tidyCL- red Q1-An exhibition has to be something that is able to change the life of one human being.
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C74PS nail hole middle top and size gets smaller towards the end.CL- pencilQ..- Achler daze muur wonen onze buren. Achler deze muur woont de buurt. 20 gezegd. Weeserzuinigmee, jeburtisjeleven.
C75PS nail hole middle top, PROTEST large size, rounded calligraphy.CL-grey penQ..-PROTEST the questions are stupid
C76PS nail hole under artist centre top. The nail holes make the eyes of a face, the card is folded in half to make a 3D nose, blue pencil and yellow banana at the bottom. No Q number. And some words are highlighted ( Artist and money).CL- blue pencil and text is emerald green, yellow, red.Q..-I am an Artist. I share. We need Money. I don't eat Bananas. I never used a hammer before
C77PS 4 nail holes middle, capital letter and italic, no Q number.CL- pencilQ..- kut, klote, tering, fuck, iedereen is wel een beetje lief
C78PS without hole, diagonal and italic text, it looks like a trial.CL- violet text Q..- Azizz Haaaa Am a aa
C79PS without hole, some capital letters. Text in the middle.CL- blue textQ..- I CreaTE.
C80PS nail hole middle top, no number of Q written, banana in yellow and black, portrait layout.CL- yellow and blackQ7- banana symbols x3
C81PS nail hole in middle top, the text is on the top, tidy, no Q number.CL-blueQ..- WHY ARE YOU AN ARTIST?
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C82PS nail hole middle top, marked exclamation mark, arrow symbol right bot-tom.CL- violetQ..- to be connected is a necessity for everyone. Its just like oxigen! You just can't do without
C83PS nail hole middle top on the K, the card is a SCRATCH AND WIN, Q number is written in black.CL- black Q17- //scratch card//
C84PS nail hole middle top, the answer is a Q (21 Q).CL- black Q..-(21) WHAT YOU WISH TO DO WITH THIS SPACE?
C85PS nail hole middle top, no number of Q, double language (Italian and En-glish).CL- brown textQ..- please, prego more films in the new year of P.P. Passolini, thanku grazie buone feste
C86PS nail middle top, large calligraphy, no Q number, smily face with X eyes. CL- greyQ..-YOU NEVER KNOW :)
C87PS nail hole middle top, traces of effort in hammering, no Q number.CL- light brown Q..- 7000€ blijft toch echt 7000€ (translation 7000€ remains 7000€)
C88PS nail hole middle top, signed in the left corner “BENGELBEAR” and IKENT is surrounded by red square and one red line, no Q number.CL- blue text and redQ..- IKENT
C89PS nail hole middle left, portrait layout, no Q number, the man is drawn with blue pencil and the text with pencil.CL- pencil and blueQ..-(a light blue stick-man with a halo around his head) Live and let life
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C90PS nail hole in the middle, no Q number, little decoration with dots in the left down corner, messy, some letters are large. CL-violetQ..-Why Are We HERE XXX
C91PS two nail holes, one right top and second left bottom, no Q number, weird calligraphy.CL- grey penQ..- to be happy indirectly by making other people happy. -I believe in you-
C92PS two nail holes,one under first line on top left, the second one in the corner of an eye bottom right, no Q number and a drawing of an eye with two tears.CL- yellow text, black, grey, blue, emerald green-pencil drawing.Q1-AN EXHIBITION IS SOMETHING TO FREELY LOOK AT (+ drawing of an eye)
C93PS a nail hole middle top, no Q number, just a drawing (graffiti style), the signature is in red.CL- emerald green, brown, black, grey, violet, yellow, red, light brown, light red.Q..- (A drawing with a rhino with a crown middle bottom says “doh”, center a pair of scissors, in the middle top a vignette “DUTCH' UN TAGLIO!”, top corners two bird farting, an onion on each bottom corner, signature or tag “GASTRIK JUICE”.)
C94PS nail hole right side, large calligraphy, no Q number.CL- violetQ..- art
C95PS nail hole middle top over “like”, Q number is 21 (inexistent) surround-ed in red.CL- violet text and red.Q..- I think artist should be more independent again and pull off their lazy attitudes. Form collectives, like artists did in the old days and don't be afraid to cross the lines between mediums - For example: Instal-lation can be mixed with performance and collage art. The work can get several meanings by doing this. Amaze yourself again and become your own curator! THE ARTIST AS CURATOR. (21)
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C96front:PS nail hole left top, no Q number.CL-pencilQ..-Groeten aan sinterklaasback:CL-redQ..-Martin Papesch Huleja
C97front:PS nail hole middle on letter W, smily face with X eyes , weird calligra-phy, no Q number.CL- greyQ..- UP SITE DOWNback:PS the first part of the text is on top, 4bthen is in the left down corner.CL-greyQ..-WHO KNOWS...WHO KNOWS... 4BTHEN
C98PS nail hole in the middle top, no Q number, tidy, just a signature.CL- blueQ..- (Arabic name) Fawaz Abdelmajeed Abdelrhman
C99PS nail hole middle top, the text is tidy in the top, no Q number.CL- blueQ..- ARE YOU AN ARTIST?
C100PS nail hole middle top, no Q number, text reaching the top and untidy.CL-light green Q..- bluerb WHERE ARE THE DRINKS m.
C101PS two nail holes middle top, large calligraphy, italic, no Q number.CL-Emerald green Q..-BoB der Baumeister
C102PS nail hole after first two lines, one error, the h of when added later on the text, the text curves down like a rainbow and smily face, “anything can happen” in violet, no Q number. CL- black and violet textQ16- WHEN I WALK INTO A GALLERY, IT IS ALWAYS WITH THE HOPE TO BE CHAL-LENGED/ SURPRISED/ UPSET/ SHOCKED/ … THIS MAKES ME FEEL I SHOW MY ART, BUT DO IT SECRETLY. IT'S GREAT WHEN STRAIGHT -NON ARTISTS SO TO SAY CAN LEAVE THEIR MARK IN GALLERIES. WHEN I ENTER A GALLERY – I KNOW: ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
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C103PS nail hole in the middle over the drawing, large drawing of a banana in the middle (black and yellow) and at the bottom spelling of B-A-N-A-N-A-S and diagonal alignment of letters and drawing.CL-black text and part of the drawing, the rest is yellow.Q..-The shit is BANANAS B-A-N-A-N-A-S
C104PS no nail hole, smily face with X eyesCL-greyQ6-“HAPPY THREE FRIENDS” (smily face with X eyes)Q2-I DO :)Q13-“HAPPY THREE FRIENDS”Q17-TO PAS EVERYTHING WHAT 4BTHEN
C105PS no nail hole, no Q number, the card is not the regular one, middle bot-tom a red heart, the text is emerald green.CL- emerald green and red.Q5-3 artists ?Q19- engagingQ17- wishQ16-attitude wisiting gallery
C106PS the first card has three nail holes, the second one two nail holes, no Q number, it is a sculpture. CL no colour Q..- (it is a 3D paper sculpture with two cards, optical art like, one is flat and the other on it like a wave).
C107PS nail hole middle top, no Q number.CL- (none)Q..- (plain card)
C108PS nail hole middle top, no Q number, just a drawing.CL- light greenQ..- (drawing with some squares,dots and spirals)
C109PS two nail holes left top and middle bottom, drawing of a person behind a camera and a laptop (4bid in the gallery), cheese written on top.CL- emerald green Q..- (drawing of 4bid in the gallery).
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C110PS a card with twenty holes.CL- No color Q..- (TWENTY HOLES)
C111PS nail hole middle top, hearts drown above and below letters in light red, letters written in light red, L and K filled in with violet, E and U with greenCL- light red, violet, greenQ..-Leuk
C112PS nail hole middle of a dartboard drawing, Q numbers beside two of the slices drown), alternated colors.CL gray, emerald, red, numbers with pencilQ1- (dartboard Drawing, gray structure, emerald and red alternated) Q3- (dartboard Drawing, gray structure, emerald and red alternated)
C113PS no nail hole, no Q number, just an emerald green drawing, with a detail.CL- emerald green and light redQ..- (drawing with a leaf, a plum, and two flower)
C114PS no nail hole, no Q number, just a drawing, tidy.CL- orange, violet, green emerald, red.Q..- (a big drawing, art nouveau like or a tattoo with signature) GASTRIK
C115PS no nail hole, no Q number.CL- violetQ..- (a drawing made by intersections of Xes)
C116PS no nail hole, no Q number.CL-pencilQ..- (Abstract drawing with a sun/flower, beams and a bird close the sun/flower, under the sun/flower maybe has a road with some squares?).
C117PS an boat in orange with three stick-men in light brown inside and two in brown on top, brown sun with violet beams, violet sea and skyCL- violet text, brown, violet, light brownQ..- my boot in live (drawing)
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C118PS nail hole middle top, zig zag curved frame in orange brown green violet, three flowers outside the frame, one in the middle between Yeas and In.CL- light green, violet, brown, light brown, text in green, orange and violetQ..- Yeas in live I can show my publicly
C119Front:PS nail hole middle top and a red boat middle of the sea (child drawing).CL-redQ..-ThAboBack:PS a red monster
C120PS nail hole middle top and a brown panzer (child drawing).CL- brown Q..- SEAPTA
C121PS nail hole middle top, no Q number, text tidy in the center.CL- blueQ..- I AM AN ARTIST.
C122front:PS no nail hole, the card is broken in half, under “ORGANIZED” a drawing of a sad sun in yellow, some grey and green leaves, a green heart and an arrow pointing out to the sun, the word “art” in orange.CL text in blue and yellow green, grey, orange.Q1- AN ORGANIZED SITUATION . Back: PS a scribble in orange and brown.
C123Front:PS four nail holes, orange scribbles, the paper was ripped off in four piecesCL- blue text and orange.Q..-NO! NO! NO! Everything is a game, no? no? no? no? no? Yes! I do wish you the yesBack:PS the card is full of scribbles in yellow,black,blue,orange and grey.
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C124PS nail hole middle top, text left top, tidy.CL-pencil Q19-yesQ8-yesQ15-No
C125PS no nail hole, the card is folded in half, tidy, text top left corner.CL-blueQ20- YES
C126PS no nail hole, a bit messy.CL- blueQ1- A Situation of organized artQ3- They are notQ16- Open. I should became engaged even if I am not prepared.
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C127-POSTPS tidy, graffiti style, some decorations (diamonds, dollar symbol, and some diamond symbols), some answers are emphasized (12 and 13), signature and tag in greek bottom right.CL- light green, black and light red.Q2- If yOu don't feel like a STRANGER is nothing For you TO see in ThereQ12- NO MONEY NO PARTY Q13- FOR THE SAME REASON I Fall iN LOVE.. ....TO MAKE MY HEART WORK FASTER THAN MY MINDQ15- FORSOME PEOPLE ART is like a joke that you don't get but still laugh-ing
C128-POSTfront:PS tidy and graphically designed, several illustrations to potentiate the answers, portrait layout.CL- light green and black Q6- 1° Lambert David 2° Jasper Morrisson 3° Yves KleinQ8- on my own website yes... > http://cargocollective.com/mirenlasnierQ9- ZéroQ12- (sad face) SADQ13- (a drawing of an eye looking at something) & (a drawing of a girl reflecting)Q17- (Dollar symbols) & (newspaper drawing) & (several framed canvases) ...x 10000
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back:PS date and signature “mel” right corner.Q2- Yes but a little bit Q3- Because it's my job :D; and my passion.Q7- Zèro / None Banana (drawing of sad banana) YES!
C129-POSTPS tidy and graphically designed, a drawing of a man on top of a ladder trying to touch a cloud full of art objects and the text ART)CL- black Q9- NONE
C130-POSTPS the answer is surrounded with a light green and light black frame, text with pencil, Q number is written in black. CL- black, light-black, pencil and light green.Q17- I wish every building that is decorated by people, is approached as the vision of an artist, so that every room is a gallery in itself.
C131-POSTPS a bit messy with some spelling mistakes, tiny calligraphy.CL- black pen Q7- I think that is a very hard question to answer. Especially since if are two questions that not seem to be correlated at all. But maybe they are. I am open to this possibility. I would eating more banana's a day increase the need or chance of one to partecipate in gallery activities? Or use? I think not less, since I presume there are many people that eat 0 banana's per day, but them are not so many people that partecipate in gallery activities. But maybe that is because there are not enough gal-leries for non-banana eating people to partecipate in. Still, if there is a correlation I think eating more banana's per day increase the chance of one partecipating in gallery activities. I eat about 0,5 banana on every per day. When sick I eat more. I liked the exercise of thinking about the correlation of Question (7). It was quaite the gallery experience. Thnx!
C132-POSTPS tidy italic rounded calligraphy, a signature in the middle bottom Lotte & Nidiy.CL- blue penQ16- No we don't think a gallery space should any be dedicated to answer only in the way it is usually. We would love to see art in a broader per-spective. For example the art of medicine. As being homeopaths we think we could reach more people showing the art of the human body in a gallery.
C133-POSTPS “whith” word misspelt, words “test.test” top left corner, first one in light green, second one in pencil.CL- text in pencil and light green Q11- a) paintings on walls b) let each person that enters contribute whith his/her own work of art and let this be part of an organic exhibition
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C134-POSTPS wrong spelling of words, messy and italic calligraphy.CL- black penQ1- a place/oportunity 4 an artist to show them work, ordenadly. Q2- - Yes – more certens dan stranger Q3- Through them we can tell and understand things that we couldn't tell/underataad otherwiseQ4- ?Q5-...Q6-...Q7-? Maybe, indirectly > I connect people :)Q8- noQ9- one (1)Q10- somethimes (when thr artist are present)Q11- make people think (make associations, for instance)Q12- If possible it's a place for artists to find consumers (selling work)Q13 – curiosity / meet the artistQ14 – expose things from different artist together, expose those things in a ... back:Q14-... mening full way, organize in space.Q15- of course not: also for the “public”Q16- Loocking / asking / speekingQ17- If is possible also performances and not only “ static /stil “ workQ18- again: presenting performances Q19- yesQ20– no
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Statistics
The following is a collection of data calculated in percentage on amount of 134 cards. The result is an analysis that allows imperfection of ± 1,49%.
by aesthetic:
36,56% of the cards were aesthetically considered.
29,85% of the cards were spontaneous and legible.
24,62% of the cards were considered and spontaneous.
8,95% of the cards were not classifiable as neither.
82,08% of the cards were landscape.
14,92% of the cards were portrait.
8,95% of the cards were written front and back.
by level of neatness:
40,29% of the cards had a defined order.
14,92% of the cards had chaotic writing and no order.
45,52% of the cards had a general order.
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by addition of elements:
11,19% of the cards used a drawing as the answer.
17,16% of the cards had a drawing as well as a written answer.
28,35% of the cards had written answers and decorations.
5,97% of the cards used drawing and decoration.
by colour:
red was the most used color.21,64%
blue crayon was the least used color.2,98%
violet was mostly used for text.17,16%
blue crayon was the least used for texts.1,49%
violet was used in most quantities.14,17%
light-red was used in smallest quantities.1,49%
yellow was most used for drawings.8,20%
grey pencil was the least used for drawings.0,74%
light-green was most used for decoration.5,97%
blue pencil was the least used for decoration.0,00%
black and light-green were most used to write the numbers to refer to the questions.11,94%
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by holes on card:
67,16% of the nail holes was middle top.
Middle top was the most used location for the nails.
8,2% of the nail holes was right top.
8,95% of the nail holes was left top.
11,19% of the nail holes was center.
3,73% of the nail holes was right center.
3,73% of the nail holes was left center.
2,23% of the nail holes was middle bottom.
2,23% of the nail holes was right bottom.
Middle bottom and right bottom were the least used locations for the nails.
2,98% of the nail holes was left bottom.
14,17% of the cards were not used.
77,61% of the cards were hung by one nail.
8,21% of the cards were hung by more nails.
Just one card was hung with 20 nails.
by language:
2,23% of the cards were answered in Italian. 1,49% of the cards were written in two languages. 2,98% of the cards were answered in dutch. 71,64% of the cards were answered in English.
English was the most used language. 6,25% of the cards answered in English has mistakes.
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19,40% of the cards were not written in a classifiable language. 3,73% of the cards had just name/s written on.
by number of answers per questions:
49,25% of the cards was used to answer to one question only.
5,22% of the cards was used to answer to two questions.
2,98% of the cards was used to answer to three questions.
3,73% of the cards was used to answer to fours questions.
0,74% of the cards was used to answer to five questions.
1,49% of the cards was used to answer to six questions.
1,49% of the cards was used to answer to seven questions.
0,74% of the cards was used to answer to nine questions.
1,49% of the cards was used to answer to ten questions.
The remaining 32,87% of cards was used not to answer to the 20 questions.
by choices in the way of answering:
59,79% of cards had a number written on.
26,86% of the cards answered with a statement and not an answer to a spe-cific question.
32,83% of the cards had answers which were not related to any of the ques-tions.
38,05% of the cards didn’t refer to a question number.
38,05% of the cards had text that was unrelated to the questions, or added unrelated information to the answer.
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3Presenting Processing
OQ
Presenting Processing OQ was a phase in the development of the work in which the Gallery showed to the public the elaboration of the activities. This phase included sharing with visitors the objective analysis and data which arose from organizing the cards.
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CONCLUSIONIn the Gallery setting, the site in which this project was hosted, 4bid considered the information retrieved and formulated hypothetical conclu-sions.
It appeared that people who visited the space and decided to take a chance to leave a trace (whether they simply were allowed to, or were asked to, or truly wanted to) had a general interest in art, feel a need of discussing ideas and expressing themselves.
4bid feels that there is a general necessity for:a space in which to express oneself freely, a space where discussions can take place through an artistic perspective, one where a structure allows for confrontation implying that what is done will be noticed (a room where to show and be seen, often so that others can consume it).
A current visionby 4bid
While discussing about hypothetical conclusions derived from the project, we became aware of how we proposed ourselves to the public and realized that we have asked people to tell us what were their feelings and view-points. By doing this we questioned them on which is their target for a Gallery, and by doing this we inverted the structure (that we imagine a Gallery would have in setting a target for their audience and represented artists) instead of starting our activity in the space by imposing our own.
4bid retrieved the information from the local interaction with the space. The results are relevant to the specificity of this Gallery, therefore if we were to present the same project in another site in Amsterdam or an-other city or country, we would face a question: would people’s needs be different from those of our visitors?
From here onwards
At this point in time we wish not to give at all a definition of our desire for this Gallery, which is clear in the very spirit in which we run it. Our vision of a Gallery is that of a space which facilitates communication between itself and the local community, influences from outside the door. An independent entity where processes are publicly visible, as well as the prevention of work Free of charge for artist and visitor.
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