Recording in Wood
2014 | happening - installation
10 Rock musicians were asked to play on a stage in the gallery for 4 hours. 12 Artists were asked to recreate as much of the equipment as possible with the given materials and their own tools during these 4 hours. After the performance, the stage and recreated equipment was installed as an installation.
Steven Jouwersma slept for 2 weeks in the 37PK gallery and mingled himself during the night in the local rock music scene of Haarlem to find people who were willing to play at the gallery.
The 12 musicians played their songs and jammed together for exactly 4 hours inside the gallery. A group of 10 artists who Jouwersma invited, took the task of documenting the equipment of the musicians with the use of wood leftovers from the gallery during this 4h session. The end result is exhibited as an installation.
Musicians: Roel van Bakkum, Renato Cannavacciuolo, Tristan Driesenaar, Armand Giesbergen, Bart van Hasselt, Coen van Hasselt, Rogier Herman, Maaike Kleijn, Ewout Mueller, Rik Stikkelorem, Jan Tromp, Joost Verhagen.
Artists: Feiko Beckers, Carlotta Bailly-Borg, Gijs Deddens, Klaas Koetje, Bart Nijstad, Astrid Nobel, Eva Sauermann, Eva Schippers, Alex Winters, Philippe Wolthuis.
The installation was part of the group show "Strange Rituals", 37PK in Haarlem. Curated by Martijn Lucas Smit, with Ron Amir and Maria Noel Dourron.
*Thanks to all people involved. Special thanks to gallery 37PK for their open mind, Joost Verhagen for leading the band, Bart van Hasselt for helping with transport and doing the sound.