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Conversation
14 July 2023, 12.44
Join our Team! BAK, basis actuele kunst is hiring. The overview of multiple vacancies within our organization can be found here. This page will be continuously updated throughout the upcoming months, so be sure to refer to it for the latest news.
Presentation
14 June, 18.00–2 July, 18.00 2023
14 June — 2 July, 2023 Wed — Sun, 12.00—18.00 Opening: 14 June, 18:00—21:00 Events program and performance details: https://www.instagram.com/hkumafa/ More info on MA Fine Arts, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht: https://exposure.hku.nl/p/hkumafa HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in partnership with host, BAK, basis voor actuele kunst present Refractions, the graduation exhibition of the […]
Exhibition
27 May 2023, 23.59
Ultradependent Public School unfolds as the public negotiation of a curriculum to learn what we really need to enact the worlds we really want. Emphasizing study as a radically collective, public labor that lives in-between institutionalized hierarchies, UPS inhabits the edges between formal classrooms and everyday life.
Performance
23 May, 20.00–24 May, 21.30 2023
In this performance, three caregivers and artists – Jija Sohn, Aleksandra Lemm and Nica Roses – share their vision on body-oriented caregiving through dance. Care constitutes relations between individuals in society as a necessary element in building a community. Landing on Feathers is a performance for those who are in need of care, and those who are hired to care. It is a performance where the audience can also experience the first steps in making their approach to care more conscious and attentive, even to strangers.
Screening, Conversation
23 January 2019, 19.30-21.30
The Dutch premiere of the film Yugoslavia, How Ideology Moved Our Collective Body (2013) by artist and filmmaker Marta Popivoda. The event is organized by artTrace foundation and is a part of Eastern Neighbours Film Festival (ENFF) On Tour program.
Gathering
29 December 2018, 10.00-23.00
Cultural event marking the 50th year of the Filipino people’s struggle against imperialism, bureaucrat capitalism and feudalism, organized by the National Democratic Front of the Philippines International Office and the Linangan Art and Culture Network.
Gathering
25 November 2018, 19.30-22.30
Oud-Utrecht presents their yearbook of 2018 (event is in Dutch).
Gathering
24 November 2018, 15.45-19.00
Gathering organized by Mapping Slavery, work group Gepeperde Straten (an initiative of the City Council of Utrecht), BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, and Tori Oso Utrecht.
4 November 2018, 16.00-17.15
Protest in de stad Utrecht tegen de verbreding van de A27 en een oproep voor het kabinet om te investeren in duurzame mobiliteit. De afsluiting met rondetafelgesprek vindt plaats bij BAK, basis voor actuele kunst.
Performance
3 June 2018, 16.30
Concert of cellist Maya Fridman, organized by Gaudeamus on the occassion of Utrecht Centraal on 3 June 2018.
Gathering
19-21 May 2018
The Closing Academy in Utrecht is the final event of the Urban Heat research programme. During the three days artists participating in the platform will present performances developed during the project and see each other’s work. The shows get contextualized by other art work at SPRING.
Book Launch
5 March 2018, 19.00-22.00
Book launch of the Dutch translation of A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, organized by publisher Uitgeverij Chaos (event is in Dutch).
Congress
12 February 2018
The European Youth Parliament organizes a 5-day conference in Utrecht, with the theme Towards a Sustainable Europe, Embracing Innovation. The last day of the conference takes place at BAK.
