1. workshop
      15 – 29 March 2015

      DAI trip Marfa – ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE

      Jon Mikel Euba and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ i.c.w. TAAK
      Marfa, Texas
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    2. Students of If I Can't Dance's course ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE are spending two weeks in Marfa with their artist-tutor Jon Mikel Euba and If I Can’t Dance’s director Frédérique Bergholtz and curator Susan Gibb for an intensive workshop set against the backdrop of Marfa’s desert plains and the legacies of the artist Donald Judd and Minimalism.

      The past half year Euba has been meeting with the students on a monthly basis at the Dutch Art Institute in Arnhem. In each session a new lecture written by Euba is translated live from Spanish to English to generate a workshop for the students, who are asked to engage in 'active listening' by translating the texts into another medium. Euba's lectures build upon a methodology of writing that he has been pursuing over the past four years to think through modes and methods of art production. In Marfa the group will extend upon these collective exercises with Euba in relation to their encounter with the location’s art history. The participating students are Maria Barlasov, Michelle Browne, Charlie Dance, Martha Jager, Jammie Nicolas, Panagiotis Panagiotakopoulos, Marie-Andrée Pellerin, Mathilde Sauzet, Malina Suliman, and Melissa Tun Tun.

      The context of Marfa invites If I Can't Dance to reconsider performance and Minimalism as two fields that were profoundly interlinked in the 1960s, with artists exploring time, duration and presence in relation to theories of perception and phenomenology in sculpture, theatre and dance. In the 1970s Donald Judd moved his art practice from New York to the remote town of Marfa to create a place where his artworks and those of artists like Dan Flavin and Ilya Kabakov could be realised as permanent installations. He also established various studios there for working and living. He and his friends’ works in Marfa include large-scale installations placed with specificity in the landscape and ‘edited’ architecture that provoke a sensory and temporal experience of the work in its location.

      The trip to Marfa is part of If I Can't Dance's yearlong course at the Dutch Art Institute, conceived by artist Jon Mikel Euba and coordinated by If I Can't Dance curators Tanja Baudoin and Susan Gibb. The two-week programme is co-organized with TAAK. 
    1. Through collaborations with educational programmes, If I Can’t Dance aims to create conditions for a shared exchange of knowledge to take place. The workshops we curate provide theoretical reflection and discussion and practical knowledge on working in the field of performance. We follow students’ artistic practice and development, and the workshops feed back into our own programme of activities.

      As part of Edition V, our longstanding relation with the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ in Arnhem continues to develop as we offer two projects in the academic year 2012–2013: Curating Academy with Frédérique Bergholtz and Grant Watson, and Occupation Evacuation Transmission, conceptualized by Ian While, Emma Hedditch and Jimmy Robert. In 2013–2014 we will offer a new course at the DAI. 
    2. Workshops

      1. WORKSHOP AND PRESENTATION

        1 – 5 June 2016

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE at Sonsbeek

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem
      2. WORKSHOP

        29 – 30 April 2016

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (April session)

        
 Frédérique Bergholtz, Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, Itziar Okariz, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ

        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      3. WORKSHOP

        18 – 19 March 2016

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (March session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      4. Workshop

        12 – 13 February 2016

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (February session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      5. WORKSHOP

        8 – 9 January 2016

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (January session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      6. WORKSHOP

        20 – 29 November 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE – DAI trip to Indonesia

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        MKMK, Jakarta and Tanakita Camping Ground, Sukambi
      7. WORKSHOP

        16 – 17 October 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (October session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      8. Workshop

        14 September 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORKS DIVIDE – DAI introduction week

        Jon Mikel Euba, Frédérique Bergholtz, and Susan Gibb
        Designhuis, Eindhoven
      9. Workshop

        17 June 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (June session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      10. Workshop

        20 May 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (May session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Susan Gibb, students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      11. Workshop

        22 April 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (April session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Itziar Okariz, Frédérique Bergholtz, Susan Gibb, students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      12. workshop

        15 – 29 March 2015

        DAI trip Marfa – ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE

        Jon Mikel Euba and students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ i.c.w. TAAK
        Marfa, Texas
      13. Workshop

        25 February 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (February session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Itziar Okariz, Frédérique Bergholtz, Theo Tegelaers and Simone Kleinhout (TAAK), students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      14. Workshop

        21 January 2015

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (January session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Tanja Baudoin, students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      15. Workshop

        10 December 2014

        ACTION UNITES, WORDS DIVIDE (December session)

        Jon Mikel Euba, Tanja Baudoin, students of the Dutch Art Institute/MFA ArtEZ
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      16. workshop

        5 – 11 May 2014

        DAI trip Berlin - Appropriation and Dedication course

        Matthew Lutz-Kinoy, Susan Gibb, students Dutch Art Institute
        New Theater, Berlin
      17. workshop

        11 – 12 May 2014

        Appropriation and Dedication 8

        Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      18. workshop

        7 – 8 April 2014

        Appropriation and Dedication 6

        Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      19. workshop

        10 March 2014

        Appropriation and Dedication 5

        Gerry Bibby
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      20. workshop

        9 February 2014

        Appropriation and Dedication 4

        Emily Roysdon
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      21. workshop

        6 – 7 January 2014

        Appropriation and Dedication 3

        Snejanka Mihaylova
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      22. workshop

        25 – 26 November 2013

        Appropriation and Dedication 2

        Sara van der Heide
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      23. workshop

        6 – 7 October 2013

        Appropriation and Dedication 1

        Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      24. workshop

        27 – 29 June 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #8

        Teresa María Díaz Nerio and Emma Hedditch
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      25. workshop

        25 – 26 June 2013

        Curating Academy #8

        Grant Watson and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      26. WORKSHOP

        30 – 31 May 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #7

        Matthew Lutz-Kinoy
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      27. WORKSHOP

        29 – 30 May 2013

        Curating Academy #7

        Bart van der Heide
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      28. Workshop

        25 – 26 April 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #6

        Jimmy Robert
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      29. Workshop

        24 April – 25 May 2013

        Curating Academy #6

        Grant Watson and Frédérique Bergholtz
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      30. Workshop

        21 – 22 March 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #5

        Jimmy Robert
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      31. Workshop

        19 – 20 March 2013

        Curating Academy #5

        Frédérique Bergholtz
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      32. workshop

        22 February 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #4

        Emma Hedditch
        Dutch Art Institute/ArtEZ MFA, Arnhem
      33. workshop

        21 February 2013

        Curating Academy #4

        Adrian Rifkin
        Dutch Art Institute/ArtEZ MFA, Arnhem
      34. Workshop

        17 – 18 January 2013

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #3

        Emma Hedditch
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      35. Workshop

        16 – 17 January 2013

        Curating Academy #3

        Jacob Korczynski
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      36. Workshop

        29 – 30 November 2012

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #2

        Yael Davids
        If I Can't Dance HQ, Amsterdam
      37. Workshop

        28 – 29 November 2012

        Curating Academy #2

        Susan Gibb, Laura Preston
        de Kunstvlaai, Amsterdam
      38. Workshop

        1 – 2 October 2012

        Occupation Evacuation Transmission #1

        Tanja Baudoin, Frédérique Bergholtz, Vivian Ziherl
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
      39. Workshop

        30 September – 1 October 2012

        Curating Academy #1

        Frédérique Bergholtz and Grant Watson
        Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem
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