About
Maria
Hlavajova
General and Artistic Director of BAK
Maria Hlavajova is founding general and artistic director of BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht, since 2000. In 2008–2016 she was research and artistic director of FORMER WEST, which she initiated and developed as an internationally collaborative research, education, publication, and exhibition project, culminating with the publication Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989 (co-edited with Simon Sheikh, 2017). Hlavajova has instigated and (co-)organized numerous projects at BAK and beyond, including the series Propositions for Non-Fascist Living (2017–ongoing), Future Vocabularies (2014–2017), and New World Academy (with artist Jonas Staal, 2013–2016), among many other international research projects. In 2011, Hlavajova organized the Roma Pavilion titled Call the Witness in the context of the 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, and in 2007 she curated the Dutch Pavilion titled Citizens and Subjects at the 52nd Venice Biennale, Venice. In 2000, Hlavajova co-curated Manifesta 3 in Ljubljana, titled Borderline Syndrome: Energies of Defense. In addition, Hlavajova is co-founder (with Kathrin Rhomberg) of the tranzit network, a foundation that supports exchange and contemporary art practices in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia. Hlavajova lives and works in Amsterdam and Utrecht.
RELATED CONTRIBUTORS
- Kader Attia
- Wietske Maas
- Kader Attia
- Maria Hlavajova
- Wietske Maas
- Stefano Harney
- Adrian Heathfield
- Massimiliano Mollona
- Louis Moreno
- Irit Rogoff
- Nora Sternfeld
- Clara Balaguer
- Merve Bedir
- Gabriel Fontana
- Nicoline van Harskamp
- Jeanne van Heeswijk
- Femke Herregraven
- Walidah Imarisha
- Jumana Manna
- Claudia Martínez Garay
- Natasha Matteson
- Jason Allen-Paisant
- Yuri Pattison
- Rachael Rakes
- Susan Schuppli
- Rolando Vázquez
- Isshaq Al-Barbary
- Merve Bedir
- Olga Bryukhovesta
- Anfisa Doroshenko
- Jun Saturay
- Evelyn Wan
- Zoénie Liwen Deng
- Max Haiven
- Timur Si-Qin
- Amanda Piña
- Elvira Espejo Ayca
- Andrea Elera
- Sarafina Paulina Bonita
- Jerrau Oehlers
- Black Audio Film Collective
- Edward George
- Lynnée Denise
- Laura Grace Ford
- collectief freethought
- Paul Purgas
- Paul Rekret
- xin
- Ollie Zhang
- Stefania Pandolfo
- Wayne Modest
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne
- freethought collective
- Adrian Heathfield
- Massimiliano (Mao) Mollona
- Irit Rogoff
- Nora Sternfeld
- Stefano Harney
- Louis Moreno
- Denise Ferreira da Silva
- Rachael Rakes
- Denise Ferreira da Silva
- Sven Lütticken
- Catherine Malabou
- Achille Mbembe
- Françoise Vergès
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La Colonie - Sven Lütticken
- Catherine Malabou
- Achille Mbembe
- Françoise Vergès
-
La Colonie - Olivier Marboeuf
- Omedi Ochieng
- Stefania Pandolfo
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore
- Chris Cyrille
- Souleymane Bachir Diagne
- Olivier Marboeuf
- Wayne Modest
- Omedi Ochieng
- Rolando Vázquez
- Ruth Wilson Gilmore
- Chris Cyrille
- Barby Asante
- Tony Cokes
- Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh
- Pablo Helguera
- Serubiri Moses
- MTL Collective
- Caitlin Schaap
- Barby Asante
- Tony Cokes
- Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh
- Pablo Helguera
- Serubiri Moses
- MTL Collective
- Caitlin Schaap
- Antonia Alampi
- Avishek Ganguly
- Canan Marasligil
- Ilse van Rijn
- Jonas Staal
- Thiago de Paula Souza
- Thiago de Paula Souza
- Isshaq Al-Barbary (Campus in Camps)
- American Artist
- Jota Mombaça
- Carmen Papalia
- Joy Mariama Smith
- De Voorkamer
- Yallah Sabaya
- Welkom in Utrecht
- Jeanne van Heeswijk
- Kristina Országhová
- Whitney Stark
- Yasmin Ahmed
- Matthijs de Bruijne
- Mitchell Esajas
- Triwish Hanoeman
- Natalia Kulik
- Andrea Phillips
- Laura Raicovich
- Shay Raviv
- Mustapha Seray Bah
- Diana McCarty
- Dan McQuillan
- Johannes Paul Raether
- Dina Mohamed
- Rose Hammer
- Tom Holert
- Bini Adamczak
- Tom Holert
- Rose Hammer
- Natascha Sadr Haghighian
- Jonas Staal
- Terra Critica
- Bini Adamczak
- Diana McCarty
- Dan McQuillan
- Dina Mohamed
- Johannes Paul Raether
- Natascha Sadr Haghighian
- Terra Critica
- Chloë Bass
- BASIC ACTIVIST KITCHEN
- We Are Here
- Homebaked Bakery
- De Voorkamer
- Adelita Husni-Bey
- Patricia Kaersenhout
- Shumaila Anwar
- Habiba Chrifi-Hammoudi
- Adrian Piper
- Denise Valentine
- Nancy Jouwe
- Black Quantum Futurism (Camae Ayewa and Rasheedah Phillips)
- Beatrice Catanzaro
- Kolar Aparna
- Mehbratu Efrem Gebreab
- Fran Ilich
- Ying Que
- Bakudapan Food Study Group
- Michael Rakowitz
- Afrikaanderwijk Coöperatie
- Superuse Studios
- Freehouse
- W.A.G.E
- Philadelphia Assembled
- Staci Bu Shea
- Laced-Up Project
- Zein Nakhoda
- Homebaked Community Land Trust (CLT)
- Homegrown Collective
- Selçuk Balamir
- Joska Ottjes
- Irene Calabuch Mirón
- Ethel Baraona Pohl
- Elke Uitentuis
- Abdulaal Hussein
- Paul de Bruyne
- New Women Connectors
- Lieneke Dwars
- Stranded FM
- Welkom in Utrecht
- Gabriel Erlach
- Ultra-red
- Goldsmith.Company
- Extinction Rebellion Utrecht
- Angel Bat Dawid
- Hamada al-Joumah
- Urban Front
- David Harvey
- Miguel Robles-Durán
- Jessica de Abreu
- Haseeb Ahmed
- Katayoun Arian
- Patricia Kaersenhout
- Charl Landvreugd
- Lukáš Likavčan
- Mick Wilson
- Frente 3 de Fevereiro
- Pelumi Adejumo
- Charm Mone
- Arjuna Neuman
- Fazle Shairmahomed
- Laced-Up Project
- Narges Mohammadi
- Sky Deep
- Extinction Rebellion (XR)
- New Women Connectors
- Zuzana Jakalová
- Mira Keratová
- Michal Janák
- Martin M. Šimečka
- Lukáš Likavčan
- Clare Butcher
- Chandra Frank
- Ola Hassanain
- Cecilia Vallejos
- Matteo Lucchetti
- Amal Alhaag
- Ayesha Ghanchi
- Maria Guggenbichler
- E. C. Feiss
- Marion von Osten
- Maria Papadimitriou
- farid rakun
- Joanna Warsza
- Simon Sheikh
- Marina Vishmidt
- Tiong Ang
- René Francisco
- Margo Slomp
- Marquard Smith
- Buse Aktaş
- Tiong Ang
- Şafak Çatalbaş
- Jeremiah Day
- Adnan Devran
- Iris Ergül
- İnci Eviner
- René Francisco
- Sara van der Heide
- Marijke Hoogenboom
- Job Koelewijn
- Jan Yongdeok Lim
- Winston Nanlohy
- Andrés Novo
- Sırma Öztaş
- Sarah Pierce
- Falke Pisano
- Alejandro Ramirez
- Vivian Sky Rehberg
- Heekyung Ryu
- Ecem Sarıçayır
- Margo Slomp
- Marquard Smith
- Camila Sposati
- Jan Verwoert
- Robert Wittendorp
- Kitty Zijlmans
- Mick Wilson
- Buse Aktaş
- Şafak Çatalbaş
- Jeremiah Day
- Adnan Devran
- Iris Ergül
- İnci Eviner
- Ola Hassanain
- Sara van der Heide
- Marijke Hoogenboom
- Job Koelewijn
- Jan Yongdeok Lim
- Winston Nanlohy
- Andrés Novo
- Kristina Országhová
- Sırma Öztaş
- Sarah Pierce
- Falke Pisano
- Alejandro Ramirez
- Vivian Sky Rehberg
- Heekyung Ryu
- Ecem Sarıçayır
- Camila Sposati
- Jan Verwoert
- Robert Wittendorp
- Kitty Zijlmans
- Annette Krauss
- Pelin Tan
- Tom Vandeputte
- Quim Arrufat
- Angela Dimitrakaki
- Despina Koutsoumpa
- Rick Dolphijn
- Gray Kochhar Lindgren
- Yoonis Osman Nuur
- Nástio Mosquito
- Tom Clark
- Lucy Lopez
- Bernadette Buckley
- Sidsel Meineche Hansen
- Ewa Majewska
- pantxo ramas
- Gerald Raunig
- Rachel O'Reilly
- Pieter Adriaans
- Will Alsop
- Gemma Anderson
- Jim Anderson
- Ruben Aubrecht
- Jack Bangerter
- Koštana Banović
- Andrew Barber
- Peter Baren
- Sara Berman
- Maura Biava
- Ansuya Blom
- Peter Bowyer
- Paul Buchanan
- Bernard Burgoyne
- Natalia Calderon
- Hyunju Chung
- Alexander Costello
- Penny Demertzi
- Claire Dorsett
- Ronit Eden
- Stephen Farthing
- Emma Febvre-Richards
- Helen Frik
- Nikolaus Gansterer
- Mikel van Gelderen
- Lotte van Geijn
- Sue van Geijn
- Natasha Ginwala
- Maximilian Goldfarb
- Mel Gooding
- Niels Goos
- Klaas van Gorkum
- David Griffin
- Geoffrey Harrison
- Jutta Herden
- Helena Hernandez
- Edward Hillel
- John Hilliard
- Klaas Hoek
- Hiroomi Horiuchi
- Vincent Icke
- Anna Ioannidi
- Edwin Janssen
- Eun-Hyung Kim
- Jae-Kyung Kim
- Yoonhee Kim
- Andreas Kopp
- Nektaria Lampitsi
- Heleen Langkamp
- Tracy Mackenna
- Elvira Mambetisaeva
- Bruce McLean
- Valle Medina
- Alan Montgomery
- Elena Nemkova
- Emanuele Ortoleva
- Reinoud Oudshoorn
- Dusko Pavlovic
- Deanna Petherbridge
- Rick van der Ploeg
- Hajo de Reijger
- Benjamin Reynolds
- Joke Robaard
- Mark Rutkoski
- Heino Schmid
- Kristin Sigurdardottir
- Floris Solleveld
- Marina Stavrou
- Ivan Suletic
- Marianne Theunissen
- David Tomas
- Nathan Thompson
- Raul Valverde
- Hèctor Vargas
- Christel Vesters
- Vitalist Cuisine
- Ivana Wingham
- Tessa Whitehead
- Erin Woodbrey
- Ursula Biemann
- Rosi Braidotti
- Erich Hörl
- David Pascoe
- Matthew Fuller
- Timotheus Vermeulen
- Katerina Kolozova
- Edit András
- Inke Arns
- Neil Beloufa
- Boris Buden
- Tony Chakar
- Jodi Dean
- Ferenc Gróf
- Dóra Hegyi
- Szabolcs KissPál
- Zsuzsa László
- Daniel Lazare
- Zsóka Leposa
- József Mélyi
- Rastko Močnik
- Hajnal Németh
- Vjeran Pavlakovic
- Milo Rau
- Andrew Ryder
- Tehnika Schweiz
- G. M. Tamás
- Andrea Tompa
- Zsuzsa Toronyi
- Jelena Vesić
- Anna Wessely
- Artist Association of Azawad
- Moussa Ag Assarid
- Manuel Beltrán
- Remco van Bladel
- Concerned Artists of the Philippines
- Constant
- Dilar Dirik
- Marlene Dumas
- Michail Grobman
- Hans Haacke
- Sjim Hendrix
- Bushra Hussein
- Emine Igdi
- Manette van Ingenegeren
- Lisa Ito
- Savannah Koolen
- Paul Kuipers
- Crisanto de Leon
- Alexander Nieuwenhuis
- Maryama Omar Abdi
- Dirk Poot
- Mazou Ibrahim Touré
- Jan Toorop
- Charley Toorop
- UgatLahi Artist Collective
- Erich Wichmann
- Tariq Ali
- Dave Beech
- Jan Breman
- Bernadette Buckley
- Boris Buden
- Elvira Dyangani Ose
- Melissa Gordon
- Janna Graham
- Rastko Močnik
- Andrea Phillips
- Nina Power
- Morgan Quaintance
- Simon Sheikh
- Bev Skeggs
- Harry Weeks
- Arthur Miller
- Iris van der Tuin
- T.J. Demos
- Mark Fisher
- Katherine Gibson
- Brigitta Kuster
- Alexei Penzin
- Poka-Yio
- Kathrin Rhomberg
- Franco Berardi Bifo
- Alice Escher
- Boaz Levin
- Stefan Träger
- Till Wittwer
- Marina Naprushkina
- Office for Anti-Propaganda
- Qiu Zhijie
- Hito Steyerl
- Anton Vidokle
- Boris Groys
- Köken Ergun
- Füsun Türetken
- Burak Arikan
- Homi K. Bhabha
- Nina Fischer
- Maroan el Sani
- Ranjit Hoskote
- Nikos Papastergiadis
- Rasha Salti
- Praneet Soi
- Radha De Souza
- Dolores Zinny
- Juan Maidagan
- Maria Thereza Alves
- Jimmie Durham
- Daniel Baker
- James Benning
- Ethel Brooks
- Tania Bruguera
- Chen Chieh-jen
- Chto Delat
- Phil Collins
- Josef Dabernig
- Ekaterina Degot
- Manthia Diawara
- Marcus Geiger
- Nida Ghouse
- IRWIN
- Hassan Kahn
- Július Koller
- Nicolas Kozakis
- Raoul Vaneigem
- Li Ran
- Thomas Locher
- Sharon Lockhart
- Teresa Margolles
- Radhouane El Meddeb
- Aernout Mik
- Rabih Mroué
- Stefan Panhans
- Piotr Piotrowski
- Christoph Schlingensief
- Nina Wetzel
- Matthias Lilienthal
- Paul Poet
- Keiko Sei
- Mladen Stilinović
- Christopher Kulendran Thomas
- Tom Trevatt
- Burak Delier
- Etcétera...
- Avi Mograbi
- Trevor Paglen
- Cesare Pietroiusti
- SUPERFLEX
- Milica Tomic
- Lidwien van de Ven
- Alexandre Kojève
- Boris Charmatz
- Heman Chong
- Cosmin Costinas
- deufert&plischke
- Nikolaus Hirsch
- Sung Hwan Kim
- Boyan Manchev
- Valda Setterfield
- Sigal Zouk Harder
- Tim Etchells
- Marta Zarzycka
- Charles Esche
- Henk Oosterling
- Tariq Ramadan
- Tariq Ramadan
- Jennifer Allen
- Samuel Herzog
- Rutger Pontzen
- Althea Thauberger
- Fergal Gaynor
- Victoria Scott
Public Program
13 November, 14.00–14 November, 18.00 2021
Music as Spectral Infrastructure (Le Guess Who? 2021)
Inleidingen
12 September 2021, 13.00-19.00
Uitfeest 2021: Inleidingen op Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia
Inleiding
4 September, 15.00–5 September, 16.30 2021
Inleiding op Fragments of Repair/Kader Attia, exclusief voor Museumkaarthouders
Lecture
3 June 2021, 18.30-20.00
FEINART Lecture: From Art Institution to Community Portal, by Maria Hlavajova
Openingsprogramma
17 April 2021, 13.30-18.00
Fragments of Repair/Gathering I: Online openingsprogramma
Assembly and Public Forum
23 January 2021, 15.00-20.30
Propositions #13: Mobilization and (In)Visibility – full recording available
Bijeenkomst en publiek forum
23 January 2021, 15.00-20.30
Propositions #13: Mobilization and (In)Visibility – volledige opname beschikbaar
Exhibition and public program
16 October 2020 13.00–31 January 2021 19.00
Tony Cokes: To Live as Equals [closed due to the prolonged Covid-19 lockdown]
Tentoonstelling en publiek programma
16 October 2020 13.00–31 January 2021 19.00
Tony Cokes: To Live as Equals [vroegtijdig gesloten vanwege de verlengde Covid-19-lockdown]
Exhibitionary
16 October, 08.00–29 November, 23.59 2020
Screening Tony Cokes bij Stadhuisbrug, Utrecht
Exhibitionary
16 October, 08.00–29 November, 23.59 2020
Screening Tony Cokes at Stadhuisbrug, Utrecht
Education Program
14 September–01 October 2020
Course: Art as Politics (A Fundraiser for Beirut Art Fund)
Education Program
24 August, 19.00–10 September, 21.00 2020
Online course: How to Assemble Now (BAK Public Studies) [Open Call closed]
Screening
11 June, 18.00–13 June, 18.00 2020
48-hour Selma: An online screening of Tony Cokes’s Evil.27: Selma (2011)
Screening
11 June, 18.00–13 June, 18.00 2020
48 uur Selma: Een online screening van Tony Cokes’ Evil.27: Selma (2011)
13 March, 19.30–14 March, 22.00 2020
European Forum for Advanced Practices (EFAP) at BAK [NOT TAKING PLACE]
Tentoonstelling en publiek programma
28 February, 18.00–17 May, 19.00 2020
Tony Cokes: To Live as Equals [heropent 16 & 17 okt 2020]
Exhibition and public program
28 February, 18.00–17 May, 19.00 2020
Tony Cokes: To Live as Equals [reopening 16 & 17 Oct 2020]
Training & Public Program
14 November 2019, 13.30-21.30
Propositions #9/2: Training “The Plague” with Rose Hammer & lecture Transfixing Fascist Episteme with Tom Holert
13-17 November 2019
Propositions #9: Deserting from the Culture Wars
13-17 November 2019
XIV. Propositions #9: Deserting from the Culture Wars
Performatief feest
22 June, 19.00–23 June, 00.00 2019
Propositions #8: I Wanna Be Adored
(the Non-Fascist Remix)
Educatieprogramma
18 July 2017, 13.00
Education and Social Justice: A Workshop About John Dewey’s Methodologies
Book Launch, Conversation
31 May 2017, 18.30
Book Launch of Former West: Art and the Contemporary After 1989
Debate, Presentation
3 June 2016, 14.00
Un(fore)seen Cultures: Mapping the Urban Contemporary in Hong Kong and the Netherlands
Education Program
08 September 2015–28 April 2016
Learning Place: Refugee Crisis, or How to Change Things with Art
Public Editorial Meeting
13-14 May 2015
There is a Crack in the Museum of History. Is That How the Future Gets in?
Book Launch, Conversation
23 March 2015
Sexing the Border: Gender, Art and New Media in Central and Eastern Europe
Education Program
21 October 2014
New World Academy #5: Stateless Democracy: The Revolution in Rojava Kurdistan
Education Program
18-22 August 2014
Critical Theory Beyond Negativity: the Ethics, Politics and Aesthetics of Affirmation
Learning
10 February–31 March 2009
Curating (Beyond) Exhibitions: Critical Curatorial Practices and Contemporary Society
Publications
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