Participants: Alexander Johannes Heil, Angela Bartholomew, Babette Kleijn, Davide Ghelli Santuliana, Farzané Nouri, Iede Reckman, Jiajia Qi, Katherina Heil, Kim David Bots, Maja Klaassens, Peter van Beveren, Rik Möhlmann, Dr. Rob van Gerwen, Sabine Winters, Tatiana Kolganova, Andrea J. Moriel, Luis A. Sánchez, Talia P. Gilbert
Exhibition title: Sensory Threshold LAB 2022 : HOLY GRID!
Curated by: Katherina Heil and Alexander Johannes Heil
Venue: Billytown, The Hague, The Netherlands and Sala de Espera, Tijuana, Mexico
Date: August 12 – September 23, 2022
Photography: Katherina Heil / all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Billytown
“We depart from an empty space, enclosed by grids of industrially produced serial objects. Tiles, windows, window frames, concrete slabs with rectangular cassettes; a monument of advanced “gridization.” Yet, grids do not solely dominate our physical environment. They facilitate and rule cyberspace, our communication technologies, and make each point on the map as good as any other. They emerge as models as we dive deeper and understand more clearly how our brain constructs our reality.”
ST LAB 2022 : HOLY GRID! takes place from August 12th to September 23rd at Billytown The Gallery in The Hague and simultaneously at Sala de Espera in Tijuana Baja California, Mexico.
This is not a curated show but an experiment. In total 18 artists and cultural professionals are working at the two artist run-initiatives about 9000 km apart. They will collectively think and produce. The project’s progress can be visited every Thursday to Saturday during the regular opening hours of the Billytown Gallery. Eventually, the project culminates in a colourful symposium. Maybe there will be workshops, presumably, there will be lectures and talks, and surely there will be art to watch and to experience.
In the beginning, everything is subject to speculation.
We warmly invite you to join us on this exciting journey and hope to see you during the Sensory Threshold LAB 2022 : Holy Grid!
Every Saturday during September, we offer a multifaceted mix of events with workshops, performances, movie nights & lectures.
Please have a look at the social media platforms of Billytown and ST LAB to stay informed about the public program and the upcoming Symposium on the 23rd of September.
-Katherina Heil, Alexander Johannes Heil
(Sensory Threshold LAB – A platform for interdisciplinary exchange)
