animation below 		The Living Creature, an arts project by: Sarah Buist, Geeske Harting, Jessy Rahman, Wim van Egmond, Sonja van Kerkhoff, Joke van Stuijvenberg, Jacqueline Wassen.
 London SE16, Buses: 1, 47, 188, 199, P11, P13, P14, Tube: Surrey Quays
exhibition and performances and exhibition and performances and exhibition and performances                                       
the postcard

front to back: geeske harting (embedded painting) jacqueline wassen (bottle-topped portraits) sarah buist (pompoms) sonja van kerkhoff (child reading) joke van stuijvenberg (branching floor) wim van egmond (plankton) jessy rahman (background paintings)

As part of InterAction during the Bermondsey Carnival

The Living Creature present:


an installation:
  • CafeGallery
    (By the Pool, Southwark Park, London SE16 tel: 0171 237 1230
    Buses: 1, 47, 188, 199, P11, P13, P14, Tube: Surrey Quays)

    open: 11 am - 5 pm May 27, 28   *   11 am - 8 pm May 29 - 31

performances:
  • "Tabula Rasa" in the Arts marquee, Bermondsey Carnival

    Sat, May 29, 4 - 5 pm  &   Sun: May 30, 1.30 - 2.30 pm
    The public fill the artists´ pages.

  • "The Living Creature" in the Rose garden, Southwark Park

    Mon, May 31, 1 - 2 pm  &   3 - 4 pm
    On entering the gardens, the public encounter a community of individuals engaged in a variety of actions and interactions.



        The artists          The animation may take a few minutes to arrive.


Sarah Buist, born in Aotearoa / New Zealand and based in London, Sarah makes installations and sculptures that create worlds with other rules. Her installation, "Yes, maybe" consists of 50 hanging moving pompoms seen through a row of doors. "Sweet Conversation" is a sculpture of larger than life-size table and chairs made of sugar cubes. See: bahai-library.org/bafa/b/buist.htm for more about her work.
Geeske Harting, based in the Hague, Geeske makes paintings and installations with the themes of isolation and protection, often with irony. She is a member of Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, a collective of artists who coordinate international arts exchanges.

Jessy Rahman, born in Suriname and based in the Hague, makes paintings, installations and performances with a connection to the processes and reactions that take place within a cell or an organism. In "Aquarium", a painting of enlarged micro-organisms was placed inside a fish tank so that the organisms depicted grew on and around around the painting during the exhibition. He is a member of Quartair Contemporary Art Initiatives, a collective of artists who coordinate international arts exchanges. See bahai-library.org/bafa/r/rahman.htm for more about his work.
Wim van Egmond, based in Rotterdam, he makes photographs, videos, installations and performances connecting science and art, with a focus on the microcosm. See http://www1.tip.nl/~936927/home.htm for more about his work.
Sonja van Kerkhoff, born in Aotearoa / New Zealand and based in the Hague, she makes two and three dimensional work, videos, and performances in which her children often play central role, not as cute or passive icons but as serious participants in the world of culture and politics. She coordinates and co-edits an arts quarterly, Arts Dialogue. See bahai-library.org/bafa/v/kerkhoff.htm for more about her work.
Joke van Stuijvenberg, based in the Hague, she makes sculpture, installations and performances with a focus on altering the meaning and form of particular objects or stories as affected by various cultural conditions. See bahai-library.org/bafa/v/stuijvenberg.htm for more about her work.

Jacqueline Wassen, based in Maastricht, she works as an illustrator, and makes two and three dimensional work and performances. See bahai-library.org/bafa/w/wassen.htm for more about her work.

For more information or to contact any of the artists above email Sonja
at sonjavank(at)hotmail.com