Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola at P/////AKT

Artists: Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola

Exhibition title: Artist Crisis Center II: Tact Gear (The Space Conductors Are Among Us – Part 5)

Venue: P/////AKT, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Date: November 19 – December 13, 2020

Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and P/////AKT, Amsterdam

Under the title Tact Gear you will find a portable version of Artist Crisis Center – a physical manifestation of metaphysical space for discussing as well as creating, transporting and exhibiting art. The modestly sized (fig. 1), collapsable (fig. 7-9) backpack includes:

A
a portable table (fig. 2)
B.1.
Artist Crisis Center user manual (fig. 2)
B.2
a sketchbook (fig. 2)
C
an endless blues pencil (fig. 2)
D
a medium size primed canvas ready for painting (fig. 2)
E
an extra large primed canvas ready for painting (can be used as a yoga mat or
temporary bed) (fig. 3)
F
a necktie to bring some class to any outfit (fig. 2)
G
a functional bag (fig. 2)
H
a paintbrush with extra long handle to maintain/cover distance (fig. 2)
I
a compartment with built-in answers to all the big questions (cannot be opened by
any physical means) (fig. 2)
J
an opportunity to reach for those unattainable answers (fig. 2)
K
an easy to prepare meal (fig. 2, 4 and 5)
L
a waterproof coat (fig. 2)
M
a room to grasp, hold and in which to be touched by something (fig. 2)
N
a studio with a skylight (fig. 12)
O.1.
an art gallery that can be expanded by joining in union with fellow backpack owners
(fig. 13, 14, 16)
O.2.
a temporary housing solution (fig. 14)
P
a flag to declare your ideals to the world (fig. 18-19)
Q
an outfit for a special occasion (fig. 20)
R
an extension for yourself (fig. 21-22)
S
contemporary art (fig. 23)

The project is realized in collaboration with 427 Gallery (Riga, Latvia).

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About The Space Conductors Are Among Us

As a platform for contemporary art, P/////AKT aims to allow its artists to create their own mental space inside its walls – an always changing environment for the visitors to immerse themselves in. In 2020 The Space Conductors kick oﬀ the three-year program Hey! Where is My Mind? and shed their light on what P/////AKT might mean as a space in itself; a crisis center for artists, an exhibition space reflecting its own nature, a construction among other constructions and a place that is subject to gentrification and geopolitical forces.

The participating artists are Stian Ådlandsvik (Oslo, NO), Augustas Serapinas (Vilnius, LT), Stephan Blumenschein (Amsterdam, NL), Ieva Kraule-Kūna and Elīna Vītola (Riga, LV) and Anu Vahtra (Tallinn, EE).

Artist/writer Brenda Tempelaar (Schoonhoven, NL) moderates an additional public program consisting of texts and events throughout the year, departing from her ongoing research into the social and physical space of art within contemporary life.

P/////AKT’s program is supported by Ammodo, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, Mondriaan Fonds.

About P/////AKT

P/////AKT is a non-profit exhibition space for contemporary art that organizes and facilitates large scale solo presentations through which the audience gets the opportunity to gain insight in the thinking space of the artists.

P/////AKT provides a platform for exceptional, emerging artistic talents, who distinguish themselves through their unique and authentic language and who are capable of giving a diﬀerent view on the current way of thinking. They are stimulated to work out new developments and are given the opportunity to present their work to a relevant audience. Furthermore, P/////AKT always asks the artists to produce new work that relates to the specific nature and dimensions of the given space and to present their own mental space as an overall presentation within the given context.

Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola, Artist Crisis Center II: Tact Gear, installation view, P/////AKT, 2020. Photograph by Charlott Markus, courtesy of P/////AKT Amsterdam

Kaspars Groševs – artist and founder of 427 Gallery – participating in the exhibition Artist Crisis Center II: Tact Gear as ‘artist in crisis’. Photograph by P/////AKT.

Ieva Kraule-Kūna & Elīna Vītola, Artist Crisis Center II: Tact Gear, installation view, P/////AKT, 2020. Photograph by Charlott Markus, courtesy of P/////AKT Amsterdam