Tommy Smits
Drawings by Jan
'VRUUGER (des ok al lang geleje)' - Residency by Tommy Smits at Landpark Assisië
At the initiative of Wobby, artist Tommy Smits spent this summer and fall in residence at the creative daytime activities at Landpark Assisië in Biezenmortel. Care organisation Prisma recently opened its new, well-equipped facilities there: a ceramics studio, painting and drawing atelier, and wood workshop amongst others. Prisma's main question was how to make their programme more contemporary and entrepreneurial. With the residence, we were able to give it a first new, artistic boost.
Tommy took residents on a journey through the archives of the 120-year-old care park and asked them what kind of place it actually is. His residence evolved around the concept of 'vruuger' (formerly in dialect), which is the past, but also shapes the present, and may not even be so easy to distinguish from the everyday in our perception. Memories, dreams, and the imagination of time formed the basis for new work by the participants. Using archival materials, existing and new work, Tommy curated a final exhibition in the former Franciscus Chapel.
The collaboration with Prisma leaves us wanting more! We look forward to its continuation.
The group exhibition “VRUUGER (dès ok al lang geleje)” is open weekdays, from 20 October - 24 November (13.00 - 15.30), extra opening on Sunday 19 November.
Location: Franciscus Chapel at Landpark Assisië, Hooghoutseweg 3, Biezenmortel
Drawing by Wim
Exhibition “VRUUGER (dès ok al lang geleje)”
Painting by Wim
Drawings by Danielle