Rietveld Sandberg Research

Materiality

Research in Materials builds on the tradition within the Gerrit Rietveld Academie of working with physical materials.
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The development of this research cell is closely linked to the workshops, where work can be made and materials constructed, deconstructed and explored to their full potential. Outside the institution, besides artists and designers, the intention is to involve industrial companies, laboratories and research institutions specialized in research, development and application of new and existing materials.

We started with a working group making inventory of the potential of materiality research specifically for the Rietveld Academie and Sandberg Instituut. This was concluded with an essay written by Louise Schouwenberg. Currently we are looking into further funding possibilities to let this cell grow further.
team
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Anja Groten
project researcher 
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Márk Redele
project coordinator  
affilliates
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Elena Khurtova
 
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Interview Zaïra Pourier

Materiality – Fellows 22/23 Zaïra Pourier participated in the fellowship programme in the academic year 2022-2023 with the research project "Resonance in Displacement: Unearthing the Soul of Diasporic Artefacts". The interview below is published in the online publication “Fellows Published” that was launched in December 2024. fellowspublished.rietveldacademie.nl

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Interview Alaa Abu Asad

Materiality – Fellows 22/23 Alaa Abu Asad participated in the fellowship programme in the academic year 2022-2023 with the research project "The dog chased its tail to bite it off". The interview below is published in the online publication “Fellows Published” that was launched in December 2024.
fellowspublished.rietveldacademie.nl

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Interview Patrícia Domingues

Materiality – Fellows 22/23 Patrícia Domingues participated in the fellowship programme in the academic year 2022-2023 with the research project "Reverberations of the Earth: More Complex Notions of Materiality". The interview below is published in the online publication “Fellows Published” that was launched in December 2024.
fellowspublished.rietveldacademie.nl

event
25
Nov '24
Approaching Quantum Entanglements
How Material Comes to Matter
Theory Stairs, FedLev building, Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Materiality – How Material Comes to Matter Presentations and conversation by Agustina Woodgate, experts from the DLR (The German Aerospace Center) and students from Cologne International School of Design (KISD) and Parsons The New School.

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06
Nov '24
Material Temporalities
Tour of conservation studios followed by a workshop at NICAS (The Netherlands Institute for Conservation+Art+Science+) and the Atelier Building of the Rijksmuseum
NICAS, Atelier Building, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materiality – How Material Comes to Matter Rietveld and Sandberg students are invited to join our workshop Material Temporalities on 6 November. This workshop offers a rare opportunity to visit and work in the Atelier Building of the Rijksmuseum. During the first part of the workshop you will receive an in-depth introduction to the workshops and laboratories at NICAS, exploring different temporalities of art-making through the lens of material-based research. In the second part of the workshop students will be invited to engage in exercises and discussion evolving from their own material experimentations through the lens of preservation and restoration.

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15
Oct '24
Otherwise Possible Connections: Queering Artistic Feedback
Talk by IPOP (In Pursuit of Otherwise Possibilities) followed by a conversation with Emirhakin
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Materiality – How Material Comes to Matter

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10
Oct '24
Entangled fibers: Grey Oyster Experiment
Garden, FL101, Rietveld Academie

Materiality – How Material Comes to Matter This workshop brings together the students of the TXT bachelor department, the Garden Department and other living organisms in a collective site of material research to engage with material practices weaving together human and other-than-human knowledges.

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How Material Comes to Matter

Materiality – The Materiality Research Group revisits the role of workshops and their pedagogies, asking how material comes to matter in the face of contemporary social and ecological challenges. This series of events is kindly funded by CoECI.