The Elemental

Quartair
Toussaintkade 55, The Hague
28 August - 19 September 2026

open: Thurs - Sunday, 12noon - 6pm
opening, performance, film festivals, workshops, a walk with Spinoza | facebook event page | PR
Tag our show #quartairelemental #nzhague



motorized sculpture & sound work - Jesus Canuto Iglesias
A mirror sheet shimmers and moves reflecting the spaces
while the materiality of it transmits field recordings made in
the elements of Aotearoa New Zealand


Detail of video still - Tai Timu - Denise Batchelor


Astrid Nobel: Ground control, 2018
clocks, North Sea sand, metal, 158 x 84 x 28 cm.
photo: Gert Jan van Rooij


Hooiruiter / Hayrick, 2023 - Anna J van Stuijvenberg


Detail - Kawiti Wiremu


Curated by Sonja van Kerkhoff @sonjavank

19 visions from the north and south of our blue planet

Artists from the South seas (Aotearoa New Zealand)
& artists from the North sea
on what's elemental - our climate, our world
and ways art creates pathways


A.A.M. Bos Aotearoa / New Zealand works on the Mokopōpaki website

Anna Borrie Madrid (Aotearoa / New Zealand) @anna.borrie

Anna J. van Stuijvenberg The Hague & West Maas en Waal annajvanstuijvenberg.nl

Astrid Nobel The Hague & Ameland astridnobel.nl, @astridnobel

Cle Tukuitonga Australia & Aotearoa / New Zealand @backonthewhenua

Denise Batchelor Hokianga, Aotearoa / New Zealand denisebatchelor.com | @batchelordenise

Dr P Aotearoa / New Zealand works on the Mokopōpaki website

George Nuku Rouen (Aotearoa / New Zealand) facebook.com/george.nuku | georgenuku.com

Jessy Rahman The Hague (Suriname) jessyrahman.nl

Jesus Canuto Iglesias The Hague (Spain) jesuscanuto.com | @jesuscanuto

Kawiti Wiremu, Ōtaki, Aotearoa / New Zealand @kawitiwiremu | nzcarvings.wordpress.com

Ludmila Rodrigues The Hague (Brazil) ludmilarodrigues.nl | @thebodyoftheaudience

Phil Dadson Auckland, Aotearoa / New Zealand wikipedia | trishclark.co.nz | @phildadsonic

Pietertje van Splunter The Hague pietertje.net | @pietertjevansplunter

Sanne Maes, The Hague & Bayacas, Spain sannemaes.nl | @sannemaes_

Sonja van Kerhoff, Kawakawa, Aotearoa / New Zealand & The Hague sonjavank.com | @sonjavank

Thom Vink, The Hague haagsekunstenaars.nl

Yair Callender The Hague haagsekunstenaars.nl | institutobuenabista.com | @yair_callender

Zeger Reyers The Hague zeger.org | Rotating Kitchen, 2023





video projections, featuring on the right
Voicing the winds: Kōea O Tāwhirimātea – Weather Choir
A project by Phil Dadson in various Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (Pacific Ocean)
locations as part of the World Weather Network
A two-year (2022/23) project originating from Art Angel in London, UK,
to promote innovative perspectives on the global urgency .
of climate change around the planet.


Progamme of events | when are the artists in the gallery?

vr | Fr: 28 Aug 7pm | 19.00 opening - Māori welcome will start at 7pm.
Gather at the entrance on the street.
Photographs, filming and sharing on social media is welcome.
Tag our show #quartairelemental #nzhague

8pm | 20:00 - 21:00:
The Elemental Performance Festival:
programme of about 9 performances, each about 15 min long.

1. Hooiruiter / Hayrick - Anna J van Stuijvenberg

2. bEcoming sHirts bEcoming cLose - Ellen Rodenberg

3. Sound Performance - Jesus Canuto Iglesias

4. Performance - Anna Borrie

5. Parking spaces for important visitors - Sen McGlinn

6. The disappearance (a response to genocide) - Sonja van Kerkhoff


za | Sat: 29 Aug, Noon-1pm:
Draw a kiwi: Life drawing session where a New Zealander is the model. Bring your own drawing materials. Anatomical tutoring is optional. Refreshments supplied. Cost €5. Maximum 20 participants. Booking required. Email sonjavank2@gmail.com before 26 August.

za | Sat: 29 Aug, 16:00-17:30:
Ask a kiwi tea party: Ask anything of our artists who will talk about their art practice and who will ask the other artists there about their practice. It will be a tea party and an opportunity to meet the visiting New Zealand artists in this exhibition

zo | Sun: 30 Aug event may be added

vr | Fr: 4 sept event to be added

zo | Sun 6 Sept, 12-13:30: Tāonga pūoro - make a pūtangitangi: - Sonja will give a run down on the revival of Maori traditional musical instruments, demonstrate a few and you can make your own pūtangitangi to take home. Maximum 20 participants.
Cost €5 per participant. Booking required. Email sonjavank2@gmail.com before 1 Sept

zo | Sun: 13 Sept, 16.30-18.00:
The Monument(al): - Sonja will give a talk (in English) about the history of this old bakery and its function over the past decades as a contemporary art space, finishing with a brief outline of New Zealand Maori buildings and uses as these relate to the current exhibition.
Historic monuments are open that day as part of openmonumentendag
Booking optional. Email sonjavank2@gmail.com before 10 Sept

vr | Fr: 18 Sept, 20:00-21:00: the 4th One Hour International film festival: info on the 3rd OHISFF: sonjavank.com/ohisff
Programme of films less than 5 minutes long will be announced by 1 Sept.
The event might be live streamed.

za | Sat: 19 Sept, 13.00-14:30
A walk with Spinoza - soundwalk and discussion We will start in the gallery, then walk from the gallery into the park the Palace gardens paleistuin paleistuin and back. Followed by refreshments and discussion. Soundworks and artists to be listed here by 1 Sept
Limit: max 20 participants. Register by emailing sonjavank2@gmail.com before 5 Sept.

za | Sat: 19 Sept, 15:00-18:00
Performances then Make a Garden finnisage / final event
Help, watch or document us making a garden from the works in the exhibition. Refreshments supplied.
Performance programme to be announced by 5 Sept

Artists in the gallery / Supposten / Invigilation

Fr 28 aug, 19:00-22.00: Anna B, George, Sonja, Sen | top menu
Sat 29 aug, 12:00-13.30: Anna B, Sen, Sonja 13.30-18.00: Anna B, Sen
Sun 30 aug, 12:00-18.00: Anna B / George

Th 3 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Astrid
Fr 4 Sept, 12:00-18.00: ??
Sat 5 Sept, 12:00-18.00: ??
Sun 6 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Astrid

Th 10 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Ludmila
Fr 11 Sept, 12:00-18.00: ??
Sat 12 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Jessy
Sun 13 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Anna J 16:00-18.00: Sonja

Th 17 Sept, 12:00-18.00: ??
Fr 18 Sept, 12:00-18.00: ?? 19:00-22.00: Sonja
Sat 19 Sept, 12:00-18.00: Anna J


PR + documentation

17 Aug: gates close to the courtyard, Jessy's work, pou by Dr P with Sen McGlinn, painting by Pietertje, videos by Thom + Mekhlla Harrison + Phil

18 Aug: painting by Pietertje, progress on video works (soundscape by Sonja) / Jesus' motorized sculpture, Dr P Broodthaers works + corner pou with Sen

19 Aug: Astrid's clock hour glass of north sea sand, progress on video works, Zeger's ceramic, Kawiti's pou/pole, Cle's raranga/weaving, Dr P Broodthaers works + corner pou with Sen





Projects with Sonja + others   Sonja's c.v.